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Honduras would regret end of protection for immigrants in US

by the El Reportero’s wire services

Honduras would be sorry if the United States government repeals the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for about 57,000 nationals residing in the northern nation, the Foreign Ministry asserted today.

It would be regrettable if the compatriots who are now under the special migratory program are left in helplessness, because they would go into a condition of illegality, said Honduran Deputy Foreign Minister, José Isaías Barahona.

Before Saturday, the administration of President Donald Trump must announce the determination, after granting a six-month extension to Honduras in November, before making a decision.

We have been able to demonstrate to the US government, through its different officials, that the effect would be harmful in principle to the families of Hondurans and also in the economic aspect for both countries, added Barahona.

A group of 53 Democratic lawmakers recently called on the US cabinet to renew the TPS, which protects Hondurans since 1999, when Hurricane Mitch hit the Central American country.

The program benefits citizens of nations affected by natural catastrophes or armed conflicts, but during the Trump administration that prerogative was suspended for El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan.

Business sectors put pressure in Mexico against López Obrador

Lopez Obrador to Respect NAFTA Agreements But Attentive to Details

The Mexican candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, of the coalition Juntos Haremos Historia, ”We Will Do History Together”, will respect the agreements of the ongoing negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), was announced here today.

There were statements, on behalf of the presidential candidate, of his selected one to occupy the Secretary of Economy, Graciela Márquez, in an interview with the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal.

The publication coincided with statements by the White House spokeswoman, Sarah Sander, who trust the next 30 days the NAFTA negotiations will conclude.

‘If the negotiations are closed, López Obrador administration will not open talks on renegotiating some chapters or seek to include new articles,’ told the Journal Lopez Obrador’s representative, championed by the National Regeneration Movement and the Labor and Social Encounter Party.

Márquez said that NAFTA can not be permanently renegotiated and added that if they in principle, respect the agreement but carefully review the details, especially in the period from July 1 (election date) and Dec. 1, when it will take possession of the new government.

Daniel Ortega organizes large march “for peace”

Caravans of buses, cars and motorcycles full of government employees and followers, drove across the streets of Managua on a call by Daniel Ortega on Monday, April 30, to demonstrate his power, after hundred of thousands of citizens around the country marched on a called by the Catholic Church in peregrination on Saturday April 28, to demand peace and justice for the approximately 60 university students murdered by government forces, including a number of wounded and disappeared.

Caravan migrants cross US border

Nearly 74 Central American immigrants, mostly women and children have entered US territory at the San Ysidro crossing near San Diego.

Dozens of other migrants travelling in a caravan to seek asylum in the US have been stopped at the border.

The group of Central American migrants has been travelling through Mexico for two weeks now. Some hoped to arrive in the US.
Those crossed the US border had slept on the street for three days.

Two by two, the migrants walked to US Customs and Border Protection officials to ask if they could get through. The first in line was a man and his little nephew carrying a soccer ball under his arm, according to Reuters.

Cinco de Mayo with Third Sol & Camino

Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff

Third Sol makes a return to Club Fox to celebrate this big day of music at the annual celebration of Mexican Independence Day, Cinco de Mayo! 

Third Sol, known for their original soul music and many favorite tribute renditions, will fill the dance floor with their brand of East Bay sounds. 

Also making a return themselves as the openers of the show will be Camino who have been making waves in the bay area performing movement through many venues across the peninsula and San Francisco area.

Camino brings a Latin smoky flavor with their original music and captivating sounds. This band is to become an immediate favorite of anyone who hears them. 

At Club Fox – Sat. May 5. For reserved seating (limited) call the LRI office at 415-285-7719. 

Tickets also available through PayPal on LRI website. Be sure to make your purchase through link for each band on the page.

http://www.latinrockinc.net/events/2018-05-05-camino.aspx 

Connect with Tech May 7 – 12  

San Francisco Public Library teams up with 20+ organizations to help bridge the digital divide   

Free technology skill-building classes, a Tech Expo for resources and services and a host of innovative keynote speakers are all part of Connect with Tech Week, a citywide initiative spearheaded by the San Francisco Public Library to promote online access and technology skill-building and to reduce digital disparities in our communities.

Connect with Tech Week is organized by the San Francisco Public Library and more than 20 partner organizations. The public can attend a tech expo to learn about technology programs, training resources, new services and the latest products; participate in panel discussions exploring AI’s potential to help achieve a more inclusive workplace and the state of digital inclusion in San Francisco and attend a tech fair at the Tenderloin Tech Lab for free digital device repairs, coding and smartphone workshops and more. The Library’s TechMobile will be hosting 3D printing demonstrations.

More than 100,000 San Francisco residents lack Internet access at home and/or are not proficient at using the Internet and digital devices. As more basic services are moving online, many are left behind, especially seniors, people with disabilities and low-income families. They lack the knowledge or support to use the Internet and gain digital skills, and view the Internet as difficult, unsafe to use or irrelevant. Last year more than 2,000 people participated in this annual event; gaining knowledge and resources to help them in the ever increasing tech required world.

 Tech training programs are offered all week throughout the Library system and partner locations. Programs range from basic computer skills to advanced coding classes and are taught by library staff, tech workers and industry professionals.

The full schedule of more than 60 events and classes is available at sfpl.org/ConnectWithTech. On May 7-12, at the San Francisco Public Library.

Connect with Tech Week programs are free and open to the public.

Links with Latin America increase interest for Spanish in China

by the El Reportero’s news services

The deepening of the diplomatic, economic and cooperation relations with Spanish-speaking countries, especially of Latin America, encouraged the growing interest in China to learn Spanish, especiallized official source reported Monday.

Inma González, head of the Cervantes Institute where the Spanish language is taught, said that the impact has been overwhelming and every time there are more enterprises, keen to include personal to their staffs with knowledge of the language.

‘Definitely,in this blunted development of Spanish in China, the excellent political and economic relations with the world in Spanish have played an important role, especially with Hispano-America’, Gonzalez pointed out.

The Cuban academician mentioned there are a lot of China companies very interested in entering Latin America with projects of investments, engineering, plants and buildings that is why it is necessary to prepare human resources with knowledge of Spanish language.

González highlighted the good moment for Spanish in China, backed up by the decisions of authorities of including it in the study curriculum of the elementary and high level,together with English, French, Russian and German.

González also remarked a survey result which figures in 126 the High Educational Centers where Spanish will be taught next course as well as the high demand in private schools.

Cervantes Institute advantaged the Spanish World Day, celebrated Monday,and it launched an initiative which is being promoted in this country.

This initiative has to do with the opening of a social media Wechat, the most popular here, which spreads data about persons and countries all over the world that use this language nowadays.

Besides, last Saturday the Center screened the documentary Gabo, magic of the real, a trip through the power of image by the Colombian writer, as a part of the celebrations of the Book International Day, also celebrated every April 23.

Cervantes Institute picked the film by the British Justin Webster to honor Gabriel García Márquez memory in his 4th death anniversary as well as to release work and life of one of the most outstanding authors of the Hispano American literature.

Writer/performer Rick Najera adds comedic magic in new film, Taco Shop

Actor-Writer-Director-Comedian, Rick Najera (East Los High, Nothing Like The Holidays, In Living Color) co-stars in the new comedy, Taco Shop which he also co-wrote the screenplay with Oskar Toruno.  The film is set to launch in select theaters May 4th and on DVD and digital on May 1st from GVN Releasing via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

“Rick Najera is an accomplished talent with an impressive background in urban sketch comedy and we were glad to get him on board,” said producer Moctezuma Esparza.

SFFILM Wraps 2018 San Francisco International Film Festival 

The Golden Gate Award Short Film jury consisted of Director of Canyon Cinema Antonella Bonfanti, filmmaker Mark Decena, and programmer Liliana Rodríguez, who awarded a total of $14,000 in cash prizes.

Best Documentary Short was presented to Crisanto Street (USA) by Paloma Martínez.

First Prize for Best Bay Area Short went to Weekends (USA) by Trevor Jiménez.

The Golden Gate Award Family Film jury was comprised of writer Carvell Wallace, Betsy Bozdech from Common Sense Media, and Jefferson Elementary School teacher Marcy Johnson, who awarded a $1,500 cash prize and Best Family Film to Crisanto Street (USA) by Paloma Martínez, with a Special Jury Prize to Bird Karma (USA) by William Salazar.

The 2018 SFFILM Festival Audience Awards gave festival-goers the opportunity to select their favorite narrative and documentary features. The Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature went to Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade (USA), with Un Traductor by Rodrigo Barriuso and Sebastián Barriuso (Canada/Cuba) also scoring highly with Festival audiences.

California school district says parents can’t pull kids from new LGBT sex ed

by Calvin Freiburger

ORANGE COUNTY, California, (LifeSiteNews) – California is about to implement new abortion- and homosexualty-promoting sex education lessons, and one school district has told parents they have no choice but to expose their children to them.

California enacted the California Healthy Youth Act in 2015, but only now are its controversial provisions starting to take effect in classrooms. Under the auspices of health, the law says it will equip students to develop “healthy attitudes” on “gender [and] sexual orientation,” among other things. It also says it will inform students about the “effectiveness and safety of all FDA-approved contraceptive methods,” and facilitate “objective discussion” about “parenting, adoption, and abortion.”

RedState contributor Kira Davis, a resident of Orange County, California, warns that among the teaching materials approved for use under this law are a study guide for the transgender children’s book I Am Jazz, as well as a “sexual health toolkit.”

This “toolkit,” funded in part by the George Soros-connected Tides Center, offers kids tips on using sex toys and anal lubricant. It defines “anal intercourse,” “phone sex,” and more as “common sexual behaviors.” It teaches that “abstinence” and “virginity” can mean engaging in a variety of sexual activities, but stopping short of intercourse.

“What if you don’t have time or money to buy sex toys?” the guide asks on page C-51. “Cucumbers, carrots, and bananas (with the peel) make great dildos. Just remember to use a condom!”

It teaches that one of the “cons” of abstaining from all sexual activity is that it “requires motivation, self-control and communication from both partners.”

The “toolkit” lists as resources Planned Parenthood and the radically pro-homosexual and pro-abortion group Advocates for Youth.
The law also mandates that lessons and materials “affirmatively recognize” varying sexual orientations, and that they “be inclusive of same-sex relationships.” Instruction must take a positive view of gender confusion, and explore “the harm of negative gender stereotypes.”

Davis notes that the California Healthy Youth Act expressly protects parents’ rights to “excuse their children from participation” in sex education courses without penalty of any kind, because “parents and guardians have the ultimate responsibility for imparting values regarding human sexuality to their children.”

The Orange County school district apparently interprets this differently.

In a memo dated March 29 to the Orange County Board of Education, Orange County Department of Education general counsel Ronald Wenkart says that the law’s opt-out provision “does not apply to instruction, materials, or programming that discusses gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, relationships, or family and does not discuss human reproductive organs.”

Parents who disagree with the state’s LGBT positions “may not excuse their children from this instruction,” Wenkart continues. He then suggests that parents still having the right to “advise their children that they disagree with” such lessons compensates for this restriction.

He also cites judicial precedent to claim that “parents do not have a constitutional right to excuse their children from portions of the school curriculum that they find objectionable.”

Heidi St. John, an author and speaker who covers faith, motherhood, and homeschooling as The Busy Mom, forcefully spoke out Wednesday against the memo.

“The Orange County Department of Education feels it is their right to GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO DISAGREE WITH THEM,” she wrote on Facebook. “These are our children! They do not belong to the schools.”

St. John advises California parents to contact their local school boards and Democratic Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, the law’s author, and to pull their children out of schools that force LGBT lessons on children.

She also urges parents to participate in the Sex Ed Sit Out on April 23, an event spanning the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia in which parents pull their children out of school for the day in protest of radical sex education programs.
RedState’s Davis has similar advice.

“Make noise. Lots and lots and lots of noise,” she writes. “When [lawmakers’] constituents get cranky, they pay attention…and so few people actually call and write anymore that just a few hundred voices go a very long way to making your representative and governor think twice about proceeding with something that seems unpopular.”

Davis also stresses that parents who pull their children out ensure the school does not record it as an excused absence.
“The reason your public school demands you call to excuse a child’s absence is because they lose state and federal dollars on every unexcused absence,” she writes. “If you really want to make an impact, hit them where it hurts.”

Nicaragua: The revolution that now faces its own revolution

FROM THE EDITOR:

What’s happening in Nicaragua? Someone recently asked me this in my Facebook account.

I was also asked this question from someone from Mexico and from another person from Peru, here in the Mission District in SF. They all want to know what happening in Nicaragua.

Really, what could be happening in Nicaragua? Nicaragua is a very poor country in Latin America that until now had been enjoying a calm envied by its Central American neighbors, appearing to be among one of the safest countries in the Spanish-speaking continent, known for its absence of criminal gangs like those they have in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. All of these claims have been proudly boasted by the government, until today, as being the safest country in Central America after Costa Rica.

While some people heard, but did not know specifically, what was happening to this Central American country that had previously suffered through one of the bloodiest wars in Latin America almost four decades ago. Those who did know regretted the violence that returned to torment the beautiful homeland of the great poet Rubén Darío, after the triumph of the Revolution that overthrew the dictator Anastacio Somoza Debayle on July 19, 1979.

A question on Facebook from a woman named Sylvia caught my attention, suggesting that the events shown in the press of incidents where the Nicaraguan police were committing serious human rights violations and killing students protesting against Social Security reforms (INSS), were false.

This was said while para-military forces created by the presidential couple, the Sandinista Youth, faced, persecuted and savagely beat people of the third age who were protesting peacefully for their rights. Then, groups of university students joined the protestors, replacing them. From there everything changed forever in ‘the country of lakes and volcanoes.’ formerly the safest in Central America.

I responded to Sylvia:

Nicaragua’s problem is bigger than what you suggest so simply, I answered, when she said: that people should “not be fooled by people who are in charge of destabilizing and causing chaos, if they do not like artificial trees, let’s unite and plant real trees.” It referred to metal trees that were installed at a cost per unit of about $20,000 by Rosario Murillo.

I explained her that the problem is the taking of the country by duo dictators, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who do and undo everything in the daily life of the country. If you are a member of their political party you do not have access to justice, to state employment, to state benefits. They can take away your property whenever they want, the police can beat you and you have no recourse, the police can rape you and there is no access to justice – they even refuse to fill out the police report when the victim requires it in a complaint. You cannot protest if you want to change the course of the country by going to vote in “free” elections, because you are robbed of elections. The governing party, led by the presidential couple, have in their ranks the electoral judges, and militarize the precincts of voting by intimidating voters who don’t belong to their ideology.

Imagine, all the powers of the state: the executive, the judiciary and the legislative, are at the service of the presidential couple and run the country as their private property … and these are just a few of the issues that people are angry about, anger having replaced the fear that previously controlled the people. Now the town has confronted them after they have seen what the government is capable of as they watched their comrades fall dead by the bullets of the police.

The town overflowed in support of the students. And now these students, together with the people, are now asking for their resignation from the presidency and the resignations of their closest collaborators in the leadership because they are not qualified to govern the country for all Nicaraguans.

Imagine also, that this presidential couple has a reserve of faithful ‘soldiers’ who have been collected from the slums, that they groomed into gang members who are seen in the streets: drug addicts, criminals, etc., and given the rank of members of the ‘Sandinista Youth’. They call upon this army when there are protests, when they need to stop the advance of the opposition that can wrest power from them in free elections. But this time it failed them. For the first time the fear disappeared in the youth, and in fact the rest of the population, and this is something nobody expected to happen.

Under contract, these gang members you now see assaulting protesters and ransacking businesses are the ones who do the dirty work that police do not want to do, and yet they are protected by the same police force. All this has been documented in videos in the news. They are posing as opponents of the government during protests to commit acts of violence and destruction of property while they are recorded in the act with video cameras of TV channels controlled by the same presidential couple, who then blame the protesting students.

And if you have heard it said that Nicaragua is the safest country in Central America, is because the gangs have been protected by the presidential family under their command as employees in reserve for several years. These people receive salary and benefits, but most of all, protection and special treatment, which sometimes not even the police have.

In Nicaragua, the big money moves around their interests and partners, while they pocket large sums doing business with other countries using their government positions. The Constitution has been designed for their benefit and convenience, and the people have become their piggy bank.

The president created a law authorizing anyone to steal the private property of Nicaraguans who have gone abroad to work for lack of opportunities in Nicaragua.

The members of the Assembly are their servants, who have been blackmailed into voting the way the couple dictates.

They take away people’s vehicles for parking and moving violations; creating traps for drivers to fall into their nets and to be able to take their money. They have seized the country in such an incredible way that it looks like science fiction.

Silvia, you say: “Paisanos, the only thing we can do is try to unite and not expect the government to do everything for us”.

I think that is precisely why the Self-Convocation of the students was born, because they cannot expect the government that has created the conditions for their slavery and destruction, to be the remedy that grants them freedom.

And now all of them are asking that the couple leave, but first, that a investigation be undertaken to find the culprits who gave the order to attack and shoot, killing more than 65 people, and put them to trial.

Celery: The humble veggie with cancer healing properties

by Dr. Veronique Desaulniers

Let’s face it: celery is not much to look at. In fact, in many recipes its kind of an afterthought, adding texture and subtle flavor to the more “spectacular” foods. When it comes to nutritional value, however, this simple vegetable is a powerhouse of vitamins, minerals and other phytonutrients which science confirms can stop breast cancer cells from growing.

Celery 101

First let’s take a look at the basics. Celery, which is related to parsley and fennel, is packed with these essential vitamins and minerals:

-Vitamin K (33% of the total per serving!)
-Vitamin C
-Vitamin A
-Vitamin B6
-Vitamin B2
-Potassium
-Calcium
-Magnesium
-Manganese
-Copper
-Phosphorous
-Fiber (lots!)

In addition to all this, celery also has some unique properties which categorize it as a super antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. Research has identified close to a dozen antioxidant phenolic nutrients that can protect against oxidative damage to blood vessels, organs and cells themselves.

According to a recent, 74 percent percent of Americans suffer from some sort of GI discomfort. Celery can be a source of significant relief for the gut too since it’s pectin-based polysaccharides can help calm digestive system inflammation. A published in the journal Pharmaceutical Biology found that the flavonoids in celery can protect the lining of the digestive tract from ulcers. Other research has discovered that apiuman, a polysaccharide substance found in celery, helped balance stomach secretions in an animal model.

A also found that celery intake can fight stomach-centered stomach infections such as H. Pylori.  And still other investigations show that celery can improve cardiovascular health, and liver function.

Celery and cancer

But what about cancer? It turns out that celery contains cancer-targeting substances as well, in the form of two flavonoids– apigenin and luteolin.

A conducted by Pusan National University in Busan, Korea and published in the Journal of Cancer Prevention found that apigenin (found in celery as well as in select other vegetables) contains powerful anticarcinogenic properties. Specifically, this flavonoid has the ability to control cancer cell proliferation through “regulation of cellular response to oxidative stress and DNA damage, suppression of inflammation and angiogenesis, retardation of cell proliferation, and induction of autophagy and apoptosis.”

Another on HER2 Breast Cancer at University of Missouri hypothesized that celery may be a potent non-toxic treatment for breast cancer because it has the ability to decrease vascular growth factor (VEGF). is an important mechanism for stimulating new blood vessels and tissue in growing children. In adults, however, too much of it can kick start tumor growth. Other studies confirm that celery flavonoids have the ability to lead to breast cancer die off through encouraging“.

What these studies and others prove is that consuming celery has the ability to effect cancer cells and the mechanisms which promote them in several ways, and at the molecular level!

How to get the most out of your celery

Humans have been gathering, harvesting and eating celery for thousands of years.  According to experiential research conducted by the (GMF), if you are planning on cooking your celery, steaming is the best way to go. After 10 minutes of steaming, celery maintained about 90% of its antioxidant value. In addition, have found that celery is at its best when it is kept refrigerated, chopped right before consumption and eaten within 7 days of purchase.

Bottom line? You guessed it! Celery—that humble, inexpensive, often-overlooked veg that is probably sitting in your refrigerator right now—is a must-have for a cancer-preventative, Healthy Breast lifestyle. Just make sure it is fresh ! Then chop, steam, eat and juice to your hearts content! (Natural News).

The city and the community come together in historic plan

by Fernando A. Torres

Three years after the historic protests of thousands of people, mostly residents of the Mission District in San Francisco, against displacement and evictions, the city and community organizations are finalizing a joint strategy: the Action Plan for the Mission 2020 (MAP2020).

In an informative meeting at the Women’s Building on Wednesday, more than 200 residents, leaders and city officials gave their opinions and suggestions to update the plan known as MAP2020, version that will be presented to the Board of Supervisors for approval.

In a story plagued by conflicts between the city and low-income communities, the plan is far-reaching. What in 2015 could have been a pitched battle, today was a nice working meeting between municipal officials, leaders and neighbors of the neighborhood.

The housing crisis, fueled by a housing deficit and the mass arrival of workers in the so-called Silicon Valley with high purchasing power, caused evictions and displacements to levels never before seen. The crisis has generated large demographic and social displacements of historical communities that are threatening the very culture of the city. San Francisco is becoming a city for the rich, it was one of the slogans in the dozens of protests that came.

“This really started when the community went to City Hall. We were like 800. There (the politicians) knew that the community was seriously asking for something to be done. This is the result of all that.” Thus, Erick Arguello recalled the beginning of a day of protests that took thousands of people out of the neighborhood and took them to City Hall himself.

Today the city is putting its resources and talking with the community. “The city is behaving like a good partner in this process. We have been working with them for several years and have been quite receptive to the needs of the community, “said Arguello, President of the 24th Street Latino Cultural District, in a more reflective tone.

Contrary to other meetings, this time the meeting was friendly and direct to the important points. The meeting was divided by themes and papers were put on the walls where neighbors wrote their opinions and suggestions. Next to each topic was a city official or a community leader talking to neighbors.

The plan seeks to stop the evictions and maintain the socio-cultural characteristics of the Mission through a detailed plan that includes stopping the exodus of families to other cities through the construction of affordable housing and maintaining jobs in the neighborhood as small businesses and the artistic workshops.

But some think that the popular neighborhood of the Mission suffered irreversible damage, so deep that no plan will be sufficient, that it is only to alleviate the damage suffered. “We are achieving things, but it is not enough, (not equal) to how aggressive the displacement was in the Mission. We are just remedying things, we are not even going back to the original situation. It’s going to take a while for it to stabilize, “said Dairo Romero of the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA).

Since 2000, according to MEDA, 8,000 Latinos have been forced to leave their homes. The Mission, which has always been a place of support for immigrant and low-income Latinos, “is today one of the most inaccessible neighborhoods in the country.” Small businesses, spaces for art, for the community and small industry, have closed because the contract renewal has doubled or tripled the cost of the lease.

According to Claudia Flores, a worker in the Urban Planning Department of the city, the problem also generates a crisis in the economic aspect. “We are losing the working class and this is important for the economic health of the city. That a worker has to come from Stockton or that teachers have to live so far is not sustainable. It will not be a magical solution to stop the evictions. We are committed to do what we can, “said Flores, who was also the moderator of the meeting.

Romero said that progress has been made and cited as an example the 780 units of affordable housing for the elderly and low-income families. “We have been trying for two years to get it out and finally this year they are going to start building”. In order to grant housing, the city will carry out a lottery. “We want many people to know to apply for the lottery,” exclaimed Romero.

At the meeting some showed a mixture of skepticism and optimism at the same time. Such was the case of Carlos Solórzano who recalled that 10 years ago a similar process was experienced and “nothing happened”. Solórzano, who is president of the Hispanic Chambers of Commerce of San Francisco, said that there is now a difference because it has the participation of other organizations such as Calle 24, the Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Merchants of the Mission.

However, Solorzano warned that the current traffic plan in the neighborhood is restrictive for the normal activity of the neighborhood. Following this, many small businesses are closing. The red areas for buses and taxis and the restrictions to turn to the right or to the left do that the clients can not park or transit expeditiously.

“If you come to la Misión, to your favorite restaurant that is on Calle 24 and when you get to César Chávez avenue you are forced to turn right then you have turned around, you can not find parking, then you go from the neighborhood to another part,“ Solórzano asserted.

More information about the MAP2020 Plan can be found on the San Francisco City Planning Department website: http://sf-planning.org/MISSION-ACTION-PLAN-2020.-PLAN-2020.

In Mexico: AMLO gains six points to garner 48% support

Second-place Anaya drops to 26 percent; PRI’s Meade steady at 18 percent

by Mexico News Daily

Leftist presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador has extended his lead over his nearest rival to 22 points, according to a new opinion poll by the newspaper Reforma.

The survey, conducted between April 12 and 15, gave López Obrador 48 percent support, an increase of six points from a February Reforma poll.

Ricardo Anaya of the right-left coalition “For Mexico in Front” was in second place with 26 percent, a decline of six points since February.

The net effect was a widening of López Obrador’s advantage over Anaya from 10 points in the February survey to 22 points in the new poll.
Ruling party candidate José Antonio Meade remained in third place with unchanged support of 18 percent.

The backing for the two independent candidates in the race also remained steady. Margarita Zavala had 5 percent and Jaime “El Bronco” Rodríguez had 3 percent.

The results did not take into account the 19 percent of respondents who expressed no preference.  In total, 1,200 voters were surveyed and Reforma said the poll had a margin of error of 3.7 percent.

The advantage for the third-time presidential candidate commonly known as AMLO is double that of a poll published by the newspaper El Universal earlier this month and four points higher than the 18-point lead he had over Anaya in a March poll by El Financiero.

Another survey published yesterday by the polling firm Mitofsky also showed that López Obrador had increased his lead, although it suggested a tighter race with AMLO leading Anaya by 31.9 percent to 20.8 percent.

The 22-point advantage in the Reforma poll is the largest lead that any candidate in the past three presidential elections has enjoyed over rival candidates at the same time in the campaign period.

President Enrique Peña Nieto had a 15 percent lead over López Obrador in April 2012 and went on to win the election with just over 38 percent of the vote, almost seven points more than AMLO, who was runner-up.

News agency Reuters said that López Obrador had consolidated his lead in the poll by capitalizing on “widespread disenchantment” with the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) over political corruption, rising levels of violence and slow economic growth.

The survey showed that 76 percent of respondents disapproved of the job Peña Nieto is doing.

López Obrador’s increased lead comes despite threats he has made to suspend the new Mexico City International Airport project, a stance that has put him at loggerheads with rival candidates and the business sector.

Mexico’s richest man and key airport investor Carlos Slim came out in defense of the project this week, saying that canceling it would halt economic growth and declaring that candidates have no reason to interfere in the development.

Support for Anaya has dropped since he was implicated in a money laundering investigation involving the sale of a property he owned in his home state of Querétaro.

The former president of the conservative National Action Party (PAN) has denied any wrongdoing but his rivals have continued to accuse him of acting improperly.

After the federal Attorney General’s office (PGR) released a video of the second-placed candidate at one of its offices, Anaya’s team accused the agency of conducting a “dirty war” on behalf of the PRI. Last week Mexico’s electoral tribunal ruled that the PGR had interfered in the presidential election.

Meade’s unchanged support indicates that his campaign has failed to gain any real traction among voters.

The former finance secretary was chosen to run as the ruling party’s candidate despite not being an official member of the PRI. His campaign logo does not include any reference to the party or feature its customary colors.

The Reforma poll also showed that López Obrador’s support was stronger among men than women and his popularity was highest among the 18-29 age demographic.

Half of all respondents with a university education said that they intended to vote for the former Mexico City mayor, compared to just 12 percent and 11 percent who said they would back Anaya and Meade.

Head-to-head with his two main rivals, the poll showed that the candidate for the “Together We Will Make History” coalition would win comfortably.

Facing Anaya, López Obrador wins by a margin of 51 percent to 31 percent while against Meade the gap is even larger at 57 percent to 22 percent.

Asked what they considered most important in this election, 59 percent of respondents cited “removing the PRI from government” as the priority while 22 percent said avoiding an AMLO presidency was their first concern.

The National Regeneration Movement, or Morena party, that López Obrador heads is also poised to become the largest party in Congress, just four years after it was formally registered, the poll showed.

Morena was projected to win 37 percent support in the lower house while its coalition allies, the Labor Party (PT) and the Social Encounter Party (PES), polled 5 percent and 1 percent respectively.

The PAN garnered 21 percent support and the PRI had 17 percent.

The first of three presidential debates will take place this Sunday at 8:00pm in Mexico City. The election will be held July 1.

Source:  Reforma (sp), RT (sp), Reuters (en)

Mexico registers Cuban medication to treat diabetic foot ulcers

by the El Reportero’s wire services

The Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risk (Cofepris) granted the sanitary registration to the Cuban medication Heberprot-P, which is used to treat diabetic foot ulcers, it was reported here today.

The drug is an injection that speeds up the cicatrization of deep ulcers caused by diabetes and one of the main causes for amputation in Mexico.

The medication, which was developed at the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center (CIGB) in Cuba, reduces complications like gangrene and infections.

The measure was announced at the 1st Meeting of the Mexico-Cuba Health Cooperation Group in Havana, which was attended by Mexican Health Secretary Jose Narros.

At the meeting, authorities from the two countries agreed to identify new lines of research on diseases that have a great impact on people, like cancer, high blood pressure, mental diseases and genetics.

They also agreed on creating a bilateral catalogue of units and research centers to identity common areas and potential cooperation.
The two countries will also explore success cases in such fields as geriatrics, mental health, genetics and a model to prevent chronic diseases, the news agency Reforma reported here.

Mexican film students dissolved in acid

Mexican film students who disappeared on March 19 in Tonalá, Jalisco, were murdered by a criminal group and their bodies dissolved in acid, the state attorney’s office said.

After searching 15 farms, finding evidence and the statements of two participants in the crime, the investigation chief of the Public prosecution’s office, Liz Torres, asserted that it can be confirmed that the youngsters are dead and their bodies dissolved in acid.

There are Marco Francisco Garcia Avalos, Javier Salomon Aceves and Jesus Daniel Diaz, who were kidnapped when they were filming for a homework.

It was determined that Aceves’ aunt, now imprisoned and accused of procuring women for immoral purposes, is linked to members of the Nueva Plaza Cartel, which remain fighting against the Jalisco Cartel Nueva Generación (CJNG) and the young people were caught in the middle of that dispute.

The detainees declared to be members of the CJNG, in charge of guarding the farm where on March 18 the three students and others of their classmates made filming for a school assignment.

The farm is owned by Diego Gabriel Mejía, a member of the Nueva Plaza Cartel, who was arrested there in 2015 along with five other people and who could leave prison soon after serving his sentence.
‘Without knowing it, the students were in a place of serious risk guarded by a criminal cell of the CJNG, contrary to the Nueva Plaza Cartel,’ said the head of the prosecution’s office.

Trump administration must accept new DACA applications, said Federal Judge

Federal judges in California and New York have also blocked the administration’s plans on those grounds, and ordered the administration to renew work permits for immigrants enrolled in the program, reported the NY Times.

But the ruling by Bates, an appointee of President George W. Bush, is far more expansive: If the government does not come up with a better explanation within 90 days, he will rescind the government memo that terminated the program and require Homeland Security to enroll new applicants, as well. Thousands could be eligible to apply.

The cases were brought by the NAACP, Microsoft, Princeton University and a student.

Puerto Rican teachers to set a human shield outside the Capitol

The Association of Teachers of Puerto Rico (AMPR) called today for setting a human shield outside the Capitol in San Juan to protest against the closing of 280 public schools.

AMPR placed also a reproduction of a cemetery outside the Ministry of Education, in the community of Hato Rey in San Juan, with 183 reproduction tombstones with the names of the 183 schools, the closing of which was initially outlined for the end of the semester.

The flow of some 40,000 students from the public educational system has been used as a pretext by the Government of Puerto Rico to foster the closing of schools as part of a privatization process, which includes the establishment of charter schools to benefit private sectors.

36th International Film Festival of Uruguay opened

by the El Reportero’s news services

With a varied and broad film program of almost 200 Uruguayan and foreign films from 50 countries, the 36th International Film Festival of Uruguay was opened today until April 7.

The festival was opened at the Montevideo Cinematheque with the screening of the French film ‘Visages, villages’ by veteran director Agnes Varda and photographer JR, who tackle the power of art to change life.

In the 10 day-event, the juries will award the best film prizes to foreign and Latin American feature films and new filmmakers, as well as human rights films and foreign and Uruguayan short films.

The Festival includes various sections as Ensayo de Orquesta (Orchestra’s Rehearsal), in which films on music or related to music will be screened, as Around Luisa (Switzerland), Diante dos meus olhos (Brazil), Fevereiros (Brazil), French waves (France) and The Last Hot Lick (United States).

Another section Ojo con el Cine (Be careful with Cinema) will screen three films related to the works within the film industry, In the Mood for Melville (France), Las Cinephilas (Argentina) and Mi tia Loly (Ecuador).

The festival will be closed on April 7th by the French film La Villa by filmmaker Robert Guediguian.

Dancers from 18 Countries to Perform at Havana’s Festival

Artists from 16 countries will perform in Havana from April 11th to 15th at the International Dance Festival in Urban Landscapes, said organizers today.

The program of the 23rd International Dance Festival in Urban Landscapes, also known as Old Havana, City in Motion, includes exhibitions, concerts, audiovisual screenings and dance performances on streets, at squares, parks and museums in Habana Vieja.

As every year, the festival fosters opportunities for professional development through courses, workshops and lectures, given by Cuban and foreign teachers.

It is organized by the dance-theater company Retazos and the Office of the Historian of the City, with the support of the Theater Center of Havana.

Some of the techniques tackled will be Afro-Cuban Dances, Mixed Techniques, Arara, Contemporary Dance, Tango, Retazos and Contact Improvisation, by professionals such as Sofía Barriga from Ecuador, John Fandiño from Colombia, Luca Carco and Paula Zacharias from Argentina, Reinado Echemendia, Jhoannes García and Isabel Bustos from Cuba.

According to director of the event Isabel Bustos (National Dance Award 2012), this festival promotes the link between inhabitants of the city with their surroundings through movement, and contributes to the culture in a new and enthusiastic way.

The event is expected to be attended by 29 Cuban groups and representatives from countries such as Germany, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, United States, Italy, Norway, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland and Mexico, the one with the largest delegation.

Venezuelan guitarist José Luis Lara dies

The South American country laments the death of Venezuelan guitarist José Luis Lara, who was the president of the International Guitar Festival of Angostura. He died on Sunday, April 1. Lara, who was shot to death, was a prominent exponent of the guitar, who focused his career on the interpretation of the Venezuelan and Latin American repertoire, and shared that activity with teaching and composition.

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