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Tragedies in Bolivia: chaos, dead, mourning in dozens of families

by Enrique Bachinelo

 

It is almost indescribable to detail the hundreds of problems that plague the Bolivian people, as a result of the resignation of its president Evo Morales Ayma, on November 10, 2019.

The events arise when Morales calls for a referendum demanding the extension of his mandate for another period, the voting population rejects that request. But Evo wants to continue in power and resorts to call elections to nominate the new leaders where Morales and García Linera, their vice president, head for a new period. The citizens’ response is to fulfill their electoral vote and then proceed to count the votes.

The vote count is suspended for 24 hours due to technical problems. Given that the opposition candidate was very close to his candidacy before the cut of the count and when after those 24 hours the vote count shows that the figures are favorable to Evo Morales who declares himself immediately the winner of the elections for a new period.

But, it happens that this declaration of Evo as winner of the elections produces reactions of protest in Bolivian society threatening massive movements, acts of violence from both sides and pressing Evo to leave power. It is presumed that there was electoral fraud in complicity with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. It triggers days and weeks of vandalism, blockages, lack of necessities and even dead.

Evo goes to its coca bases in the Chapare, tropical zone of Bolivia and the danger of the armed forces taking de facto actions is when an officer of the FF.AA. He suggests to Evo to leave. He has no other alternative. Resort to exile. López Obrador president of Mexico sends a plane to pick up Morales, García Linera and the former health minister from his cabinet.

End of a period of fourteen years of government. Sad fate of a government that did many good things in favor of its people.

Bolivia is without a government: in the absence of the president he should assume the vice president, but these two characters went into voluntary exile in Mexico; then the command of the nation would correspond to the president of the senate, also presents resignation. Senator Jeanine Añez is the next online promotion, but there is no quorum for approval. This confusing situation is taken advantage of by Senator Jeanine Añez who calls herself president and is possessed by the commander of the FF.AA. It is an exceptional event that will go down in history in the life of Bolivia.

But things don’t end there. Chaos and disorder prevail in the highland country. Crowds that descend from the city of El Alto to the city of La Paz in support of Evo. The population of La Paz contemplates that march absorbed. Meanwhile another group of citizens of El Alto are heading to Senkata which is an area where the fuel storage tanks are. The desire of these inhabitants is to protect these deposits in order to prevent criminal hands from trying to damage or burn them, an event that would result in the death of thousands of inhabitants of that densely populated area. Helicopters roam that area and are supposed to be the devices that Evo bought to provide the FF.AA. that at some point they have shot at the crowd that guarded those deposits causing deaths and injuries. And roadblocks continue throughout the country.

So far there have been 33 deaths and 715 gunshot wounds. Who shoots who? Sad story. But this does not end here, in the burned palace, which is called the seat of the executive branch, a gigantic bible was shown for the possession of the current president and as an allegorical auction, the police burn the wiphala, ancestral symbol of the Bolivia’s peasant population.

But, the million-dollar question is important: Why so many dead and wounded? They were townspeople, humble peasants who respect and support Evo. The military and the national police have not hesitated to shoot these masses of protesters and the people who live in Senkata protecting fuel tanks. Evo Morales during his 14 years of government had no dead, injured or political detainees; In addition, the country’s economy remained at a high point in relation to other countries in South and Central America. We predict that the new government that occupies the burned palace in La Paz tries to maintain the economic value of the national currency; given that its economy has been managed with a lot of technicality with highly trained people in the management of the national budget.

It is known that the first victim of a political problem is the truth. And what Bolivia is living now is desperate. It is painful to know the sacrificed work of national and foreign journalists and reporters who, without having any protection, are covering the news that is generated at every moment in La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, without forgetting that also in the other departments of Bolivia, since, the political situation is confusing and arrests, persecutions and detentions are already being presented to the members of the MAS party. What a sad story, Mrs. President.

Now the National Congress has called for elections and the appointment of a Supreme Electoral Tribunal begins. The time is short and the end of these events must be fulfilled until January 2020 as the deadline.

It only remains for us to complement the most promising omens so that peace and tranquility return to Simón Bolívar’s favorite daughter.

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If you’re at risk of diabetes, you should start pumping iron

by Melissa Smith

 

People often practice strength training or resistance training exercises to build muscle and achieve their dream figure. But strength training can benefit the body in more ways: A study published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggested that this type of exercise can be beneficial for reducing the risk of Type 2 diabetes.

In the study, researchers from Iowa State University found that adults with moderate muscle strength were 32 percent less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes. They reached this finding after studying 4,681 people who did not have Type 2 diabetes. To measure the participants’ fitness and muscle strength levels, the researchers asked them to carry out a series of fitness tests, which included leg and bench presses as well as using the treadmill.

During an average follow-up of eight years, the researchers revisited the participants and found that five percent developed Type 2 diabetes. Moderate muscle mass cut the risk for Type 2 diabetes by 32 percent, irrespective of previous fitness levels, smoking, drinking, obesity and high blood pressure.

“Performing even a small amount of resistance training, which is a main contributor to muscular strength, may provide big benefits,” suggested Dr. Angelique Brellenthin, one of the researchers of the study.

The researchers noted that although their findings suggested that moderate strength can be beneficial, they weren’t able to tell exactly how much training people need to do to reduce their risk of Type 2 diabetes. They also wrote that one limitation of the study is that the participants were not asked to report their diet, which is one of the most important risk factors for Type 2 diabetes.

Brellenthin recommended bodyweight squats, lunges, pushups, and planks for beginners.

How strength training helps

Strength training helps reduce the risk of diabetes – not by eliminating the need for insulin but providing a way for the body to burn glucose for fuel without producing much more of it. When you use larger muscles during resistance training, you allow glucose to enter muscle cells, where it will be used for fuel, without the need for additional insulin.

“When you’re performing resistance training, you’re tearing muscle fibers apart,” Christel Oerum, a co-founder of Diabetes Strong who lives with Type 1 diabetes, told Healthline.com.

Oerum explained that those muscle fibers have to be rebuilt to become stronger, a process that requires more energy. For this reason, more glucose and calories are burned after you exercise. She also emphasized that exercise itself and the gradual building of healthy muscles provide the greatest benefits.

Strength training also helps protect against diabetes by increasing the ability of your muscles to store glucose. This increases with your strength, which helps your body regulate blood sugar levels better. In addition, your body’s fat-to-muscle ratio declines with strength training. As a result, the amount of insulin you need in your body to help store energy in fat cells also decreases.

You also don’t have to worry about getting too bulky. You only need to get your muscles stronger and not bigger. Getting bulk muscles also does not come too quickly as it requires significant intention, well-structured training programs, and proper nutrition.

The American Diabetes Association suggests the following guidelines for a strength training routine:

  • Perform strength training two or three days each week, with at least a day off between session to let muscles rest and rebuild.
  • Do at least eight to 10 weight exercises per session to work all the main muscle groups of the upper and lower body.
  • Your workout should last 20 to 60 minutes per session.

Researchers continue to find ways to fight diabetes as the number of people with this condition continues to increase. Learn more on how to protect yourself against this chronic condition at PreventDiabetes.news.

Sources include:

Diabetes.co.uk

Healthline.com

EverydayHealth.com

 

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The future of Dreamers –and of one lawyer who represents them- is in the hands of the Supreme Court

Despite news reports about a potential setback by SCOTUS, experts are optimistic about the chances of DACA recipients to remain in the U.S. in the long term

 

by Pilar Marrero

 

Among the lawyers representing almost 800,000 DACA recipients in front of the Supreme Court was Ted Olson, a veteran who has argued in front of the high court so many times that even the janitorial staff and the elevator operator greeted him by name that day. Accompanying Olsen was Dreamer Luis Cortes, 31, also a lawyer.

“As we walked into the building, you could feel the gravity of the place,” Cortes said in an interview. “This is the same space that has changed history, from desegregation to woman´s rights and so many other things. Olson has argued there 65 times. It was my first time even being inside.”

As they settled in their seats inside of the hearing room, Olson introduced Cortes to the man who would argue against their case: Noel Francisco, solicitor general of the United States, representing the Trump Administration against DACA.

“Olson made sure to tell Francisco that I was co-counsel and that I was one of the DACA recipients they would argue about,” said Cortes. “We shook hands and he said something like ‘great,’ then moved away. He might have been a bit uncomfortable after that.”

The questions don’t predict the outcome

After the arguments were over that day, various experts started to predict how the justices may vote based on their questions. Several media stories anticipated a negative result for DACA, particularly because of questions from Chief Justice, John Roberts, who is expected to be the tie-breaking vote in a court that often rules 5-4.

Neither Cortes nor other experts interviewed for this story feel that way, insisting that justices’ questions cannot predict their vote.

Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), referred to similar news analyses that ran after the arguments were presented to SCOTUS regarding adding the citizenship question to the 2020 U.S Census by the Trump administration.

“Let me remind everyone that seven months ago, they all decided we were going to lose on the citizenship questions because of what Roberts said in the hearing,” Saenz said. “I don´t put a lot of stock on that assessment. Justices, in particular Roberts as it appears from recent history, do consider carefully the implications of a decision. And the implications here are huge.”

Roberts, a conservative, sided in June with the four liberal justices to rule against allowing the Trump administration to add the citizenship question to the 2020 Census, a result no one had predicted a few months ago. Some are banking on a similar surprise from Roberts this time, but no one can really tell what´s going to happen.

After the Nov. 12 DACA hearing, Cortes and Olson left the room optimistic about the results, Cortes said.

“A lot of the time justices use the questions or a conversation for one of the other justices,” he said. “We left very optimistic –we had the best answer with every question that was asked and left everything on the table.”

The possible results for Dreamers

The DACA program, a deferred-action decision allowing temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children, was put in place by former President Barack Obama in 2012. In 2017, the Trump administration announced it would phase out the program, alleging that it was illegal from the very beginning.

Several lawsuits argued that Trump´s planned termination of DACA violates federal law requiring certain procedures before major rules are changed, as well as equal protection and due process guarantees.

Federal courts issued nationwide injunctions, blocking the administration´s plans to end DACA and forcing the continuation of program renewals. SCOTUS took the unusual step of taking up the cases before lower courts had fully heard them.

SCOTUS could rule at any time before next June, and it would all fall in the middle of a presidential election year, a fact that could affect the President´s mind and political calculations, said Frank Sharry, a veteran Washington observer and executive director of America´s Voice, a pro-immigration reform group.

Sharry believes Trump is less likely to move on terminating DACA if the court says it should be done differently.

“If the court says the Trump administration did have the authority to terminate but that it did it in the wrong manner, then there´s a chance he won´t do it at all,” Sharry says.

“I think Trump understands the backlash, because it was big after the revocation was announced in 2017,” Sharry added. “He may try to get away with saying that he will take care of it after the election and keep his base happy that they won and at the same time not completely alienate moderates who support the program. But he doesn´t know if he will be there after the election.”

For Nico Espiritu, a lawyer with the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), a ruling like that from SCOTUS would give Dreamers more time to stay in the country.

“If it´s sent back to the lower courts saying it wasn’t done right, SCOTUS will have to issue another rule to wind down the program,” said Espiritu. “This would allow those still receiving DACA to continue to stay and be authorized to work and protected from deportation.”

Sharry added that Dreamers can apply for an extra two years even if their current DACA has not expired. “There will be a major push for them to do it as soon as possible,” he said.

If SCOTUS rules that the Trump administration did everything right and DACA is allowed to expire, DACA recipients are likely to be allowed to finish their current period in the program and then be put on deportation, but they could still fight it individually, said Saenz. These individual deportations in backlogged immigration courts could take a long time.

In that case, a future new president could restart the program again, issuing another rule, or a new Congress could take up the Dream Act. If Trump remains president, all bets are off, however.

Bill Hing, law professor at the University of San Francisco, expects major protests and mobilizations by the Dreamers, the best organized immigrant group in the country, if DACA is allowed to expire by the SCOTUS decision.

“I think we would see some of the biggest protests in the movement so far,” he said. “They have a lot of support.”

For Dreamer-lawyer Luis Cortes, who practices immigration law, the future lives of his clients are at stake, as well as his own.

“I worry about my clients, but my future is tied up with theirs,” Cortes says. “One of the reasons I was fighting this case is to prevent my clients from being deported, and me with them.”

 

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Trump says drug cartels will be designated terrorist organizations

Mexico will seek high-level meeting with US to discuss the designation

by Mexico News Daily

The United States will designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview Tuesday, triggering a request by Mexico for high-level bilateral talks.

“They will be designated… I have been working on that for the last 90 days” Trump told political commentator Bill O’Reilly.

“We’re losing 100,000 people a year to… what’s coming through Mexico,” Trump said, referring to narcotics trafficking. “They [the cartels] have unlimited money… it’s drug money and human trafficking money…”

Trump’s remarks prompted a swift response from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE).

“The foreign secretary [Marcelo Ebrard] will establish contact with his counterpart, Michael R. Pompeo, in order to discuss this very important issue for the bilateral agenda,” the SRE said in a statement.

“In accordance with the good relations… between both countries, the Mexican government will seek a high-level meeting as soon as possible to present Mexico’s position and understand the point of view of United States authorities.”

Ebrard said Tuesday that he believed designating cartels as terrorists was unnecessary and stressed that Mexico will not allow a United States intervention in Mexico, an assertion repeated by President López Obrador on Wednesday.

He said he did not wish to start an argument on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. so his message to Donald Trump was a brief one: “Cooperation yes, interventionism no. And that’s where we shall leave it.”

López Obrador also offered hugs to U.S. citizens in celebration of the holiday.

Trump’s affirmation that the terrorist designation will be made came two days after the LeBarón family, who lost nine members in a suspected cartel ambush this month, posted a petition to a White House website that calls on the United States government to do exactly that.

But conservative U.S. lawmakers have been urging the Trump administration to classify cartels as terrorists since early this year.

Two Republican party representatives called for the move in a February letter to Secretary of State Pompeo, and soon after Trump endorsed the idea, telling the news website Breitbart, “we’re thinking about doing it very seriously… Mexico, unfortunately, has lost control of the cartels.”

Once a group is designated as a terrorist organization, it is illegal under U.S. law for people to knowingly offer support. Members of the organization are barred from entering the United States and those already in the country face deportation.

Financial institutions that become aware they have funds linked to a terrorist group must block the money and notify the U.S. Treasury Department.

Some of the implications of the designation were aired by Mexican columnist León Krauze in The Washington Post last week. He wrote that a terrorist designation of Mexican cartels “would greatly complicate an already strained bilateral agenda.”

He said “the U.S. government would be immediately granted a set of blunt diplomatic instruments that could have unforeseen consequences for both countries.” He noted that U.S. intelligence capabilities and the government’s ability to antagonize people suspected of assisting cartels would both increase.

“…While the situation in Mexico is undeniably difficult, the designation of some of the country’s cartels as terrorist organizations seems disproportionate and counterproductive,” Krauze wrote.

Arturo Sarukhán, a former Mexican ambassador to the United States, told Milenio TV that a designation could have “very broad and brutal political, diplomatic, financial, economic and commercial consequences.”

The move would reinforce “this narrative of Mexico as a threat to the national security of the United States,” he said.

The editor of the newspaper El Economista argued that the planned designation is politically motivated, writing in an opinion piece that “the president knows that attacking Mexico can offer him a high return from his electoral base.”

Luis Miguel González contended that the move would further complicate U.S. ratification of the new North American trade agreement and could cause the bilateral relationship to plummet to “new lows.”

He predicted that the U.S. president will increasingly use Mexico as a punching bag as the 2020 presidential election draws closer.

“…Will Trump take the Mexican piñata out of the garage? You can bet that he will. Perhaps he won’t dare to break it because of the high risk that implies…” González wrote.

“[But] maybe he will because he likes strong emotions, because he’s a supporter of protectionism more than free trade and… because he doesn’t like Mexico. It’s as simple as that.”

Source: Milenio (sp), Reuters (en), El Economista (sp), The Washington Post (en).

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15th Central American Mothers Caravan arrives in Mexico City

by the El Reportero’s wire services

The 15th Caravan of Central American Mothers in Search of Missing Migrants arrived in Mexico City and will remain in this capital for three days, the National Migration Institute (INM) confirmed on Thursday.

The agency informed in a press release that the Caravan is carried out through the Grupo Beta, which provides support and monitoring during its transit through different states of Mexico.

It adds that the Caravan began its tour on Nov. 15 in the municipality of Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, and arrived yesterday in this capital, where its members will remain for three days before heading to Puebla. The tour will conclude on Dec. 3 in Tabasco.

During this period, Grupo Beta agents have been attentive to the passage of the Caravan through different parts of the country, such as Chiapas, Veracruz, Nuevo Leon, Querétaro, San Luis Potosi, Coahuila, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato and Michoacán.

As part of the accompaniment and follow-up efforts, the press release adds, Grupo Beta has the task of providing – where necessary – first aid and social assistance to the women and men of the Caravan, made up of about 50 people from different Central American nations, including El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

 

More immigrants without criminal records detained in US

The number of foreigners without criminal records who have been detained by US immigration authorities has tripled over the past four years, according to a study published here.

The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a research center attached to the University of Syracuse, in New York, said that 32,000 people without criminal records had been detained until April 2019.

On the other hand, in January 2015, the number of detained immigrants reached nearly 10,000, according to the study, accounting for 64 percent

of those arrested by agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The research shows that the two detention centers with more immigrants without criminal records are in the state of Texas, one of which is on the border with Mexico.

 

US, Canada and Mexico discuss trade deal

Delegations from the United States, Canada and Mexico are meeting here on Wednesday to discuss their trade agreement signed a year ago and pending for ratification by the legislatures in Washington and Ottawa, local media reported.

According to the Politico newspaper, the meeting is being attended by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, and Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister for North America Jesus Seade.

Signed on Nov. 30, 2018, in Argentina, the deal replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA, 1994), after intense negotiations under pressure from US President Donald Trump.

 

Mexican president rejects US intervention

“Cooperation yes, intervention no,” was the response this Wednesday from Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to statements by his US counterpart, Donald Trump, who defined Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups.

Asked about it in his morning press conference at the National Palace, the president evaded the issue and refused to go into details about it, but immediately clarified, in order to avoid any doubts regarding whether the issue was being addressed, that the Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the matter yesterday, which insisted that Mexico’s position is to cooperate, but without foreign intervention.

He reiterated that the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrard, has instructions to deal with this matter and will inform of the results when he considers it necessary, today or tomorrow.

A few hours before the conference, Ebrard had reaffirmed on social networks that Mexico will never accept actions that violate its national sovereignty.

He added that “the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will act firmly.”

He indicated this position was transmitted to the United States, as well as Mexico’s resolve to confront transnational organized crime. “Mutual respect is the basis of cooperation,” he stressed.

 

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The best Black Friday deals are on Amazon

Get ready since starting Friday, November 22, comes the week of Amazon Black Friday deals with daily deals and huge discounts never seen before.

All Amazon offers for Black Friday can be found at amazon.com/blackfriday or in the Amazon app. Customers can also shop at smile.amazon.com/blackfriday to find the same incredible discounts and Amazon shopping experience, but with the added benefit that AmazonSmile will donate a portion of the sale price of eligible products to the charity that you choose.

This year customers can also shop at the largest selection in Amazon’s history of selected gift guides and exclusive stores, which offer inspiration to give away and more: list of festive toys, Amazon fashion gifts, home gifts, gifts electronic, luxury beauty gifts, active lifestyle gifts, small business gifts. For the first time, you can have a little look at how Mariah Carey celebrates the parties at amazon.com/mariahcarey and Oprah’s favorites at amazon.com/oprah.

Customers will also be able to get even more comfort by choosing to have the gifts wrapped and sent directly to their loved ones without any hassle or select from a variety of gift cards with Amazon Christmas designs, other stores, restaurants, Audible and more. You can even receive a one-time promotional credit of $ 15 dollars when you buy $ 50 or more on Amazon gift cards (limited to customers who buy gift vouchers for the first time).

Buying does not have to mean long lines since Amazon keeps innovating and improving your experience when making your purchases. Buy in your language on Amazon.com/espanol, on the Amazon App, with Alexa on an Echo device simply by asking “Alexa, what are my offers? and more. You can also visit Amazon 4-star stores that offer products that have 4 stars or more, to find the store closest to your location visit: www.amazon.com/stores.

Do you want to know more about the products and offers? Watch the live broadcast of Black Friday on Amazon Live throughout the day on November 29 with special appearances of your favorite celebrities. Tune in to the broadcast after 4AM (PT) by visiting www.amazon.com/live. Discover fantastic gifts that never occurred to you in the Treasure Truck.

Participate by sending a text message with the word ‘TRUCK’ to 24193 and receive notifications for offers on the same day, order the product and pick it up in the truck that same day. Also take advantage of the benefits and discounts of being a Prime member when you shop at Whole Foods. Visit woot.com from November 24 to 29 or download the Woot! To find fantastic offers.

Among the offers you can get a Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote and Echo Dot for only $ 46.99, a Ring Video Doorbell Pro with Echo Show 5 for only $ 179, also up to 50% discount on Oakley and Ray sunglasses. Ban, up to 35% in products of the Adidas brand, 45% in Philips Sonicare electronic brushes, as well as more household and electronic products including the popular Xbox One, among many others.

ZTo go straight to Christmas shopping and support your favorite charity at the same time, simply visit smile.amazon.com/blackfriday. Charity Lists offers charities a simple way to create wish lists of the products they need while at the same time giving customers a convenient way to donate these essentials directly to these causes.

You can explore thousands of Charity Lists by visitingmile.amazon.com/charitylists, where new organizations are added all the time.

For the third year, Amazon joins (RED), the charity in the fight against AIDS. Amazon provides its customers with a unique destination to buy more than 150 (RED) products, including the exclusive (RED) edition of the new Echo, which will be available for a limited time only.

For each new edition (RED) sold, Amazon will donate $ 10 to the Global Fund. In addition, you can support the (RED) fight from any Echo device just by saying “Alexa, donate to (RED).” (RED) products will be available starting today at amazon.com/red.

Amazon offers very convenient shipping options including one-day shipping and now Prime members get free and fast grocery deliveries from Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market. Prime members who live in one of the more than 2,000 cities and towns where grocery shipping is available can request an invitation to shop and ship at Amazon Fresh or Whole Foods Market and get more information at amazon.com/g

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Breaking the silence about our stolen sisters

Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff

 

This event is part of our Women’s Building Women Speaker Series where we bring together women leaders and activists whose work may not be getting the attention they deserve (both the women and the issue). This is an evening of conversation to build awareness and inspire action.

We will be “Breaking the Silence” around Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls, as well as women whose lives were stolen as they migrated from Central America to the United States. We will also update our audience about local government efforts to combat gender-based violence in San Francisco.

The evening includes Native American Music, Ceremony and Art. Our Featured Key Note speaker is:

Thurday, Nov. 14, 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., At the Women’s Building, San Francisco, 3543 18th Street, San Francisco.

 

Also at Women’s Building:

Community Planning Continues! Join us to talk about the 2020 ballot and possible measures by the Monster to push their proposal through.

Come be a part of the conversation and help us plan for 2020. See you on the 19th!

Childcare, Interpretation and Dinner provided.

The Women’s Building is ADA accessible and our meeting will be on the ground floor.

Community Meeting – 2020 Ballot, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019 at 6 – 8 p.m., at the Women’s Building, San Francisco.

The California Institute for Community, Art, and Nature (California I CAN)
invites you to an evening with L. Frank Manríquez (Tongva/Ajachmem)

 

Life after genocide, extinct people can park anywhere

The California Institute for Community, Art, and Nature (California I CAN) invites you to an evening with L. Frank Manriquez (Tongva/Ajachmem), a well-known Native American activist, artist, cartoonist, performer, and humorist. Malcolm Margolin, a longtime friend and admirer, will introduce her.

Program Description: Fasten your seat belts and hang on tightly for a tour of Native California that will utterly amaze you.

 

In Berkeley Public Library, West Branch, 1125 University Avenue (near San Pablo Ave.), Berkeley, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

 

1st Annual Bay Area Pax Christi memory and repentance for victims of nuclear weapons and attacks

Pax Christi Northern California will sponsor its first annual liturgy of Memory and Repentance for Victims of Nuclear Weapons Attacks and Accidents.  The mass will be held at Sacred Heart Church in Oakland, CA. Fr. Jack Lau, OMI will be the principal presider.

The liturgy is a consequence of several different factors in the evolving position of the Roman Catholic Church’s stance on nuclear weapons.  In the controversial 1983 peace pastoral letter the U.S. Catholic bishops called for the United States to repent for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

On Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m., at the Heart Church, Oakland.

 

Ivan and Enzo – Tour “There Is No Way To Have Your Fire”

Ivan & Enzo is a duet formed by two talented musicians, multi-instrumentalist composers and singer-songwriters, who by using their different musical talents, manage to combine different musical sounds and expressions as a result they develop a contemporary harmonic sound of great quality.

The two are from artistic families growing up in environments full of music, dance, and Art.

Over the years they have built legacies as singer-songwriters each in different parts of the world, with a common dream to share their music beyond borders.

They have decided to work together in a collaborative production to fulfill their dream and reach new audiences all over the world.

See you guys there with more of the tour: “No Hay Como Tener Tu Fuego.”

At Las Vegas coming up! On Nov. 23, at 8 p.m., at 1800 Industrial Rd Ste 200A Las Vegas, Nevada.

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A Mexican wins the International City of Pupiales Story Contest

by the El Reportero’s news services

 

With Tjher Year of the Pig, a work selected from about 2,000 texts sent from 35 countries in Asia, America and Europe, Ulises Paniagua Olivares won the award.

The jury that formed the Cuban Karla Suárez, the Venezuelan Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez and the Colombian Benhur Sánchez Suárez, writers with important literary work internationally, in addition to the winner selected a group of ten finalists among which include writers from Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Cuba.

The best writer in Colombia was distinguished by Bogota narrator Jaime Escobar Vásquez and two Nariñenses who obtained regional recognition, puppeteers Robinson Coral Portilla and José Daniel del Castillo.

The event that is organized by the Gabriel García Márquez Foundation, with support from the Ministry of Culture and the Government of Nariño, has a long history and prestige that is consolidated every year at the international level.

The story of the winner, who obtains an economic prize of 6 million pesos, is a text that  addresses the obsession of a person, the product of a state of permanent solitude, a metaphor of the urban world where the slavery of a meaningless work leads to delirium, perhaps forgetting  important values ​​such as affection and love. It is a fantastic and ambiguous story that undoubtedly manages to move readers.

Prior to the verdict ceremony, which was known on Wednesday, Nov. 5, the organization of the contest was directly linked to the Gabriel García Márquez de Aracataca House Museum, Magdalena, whose director, writer Rafael Darío Jiménez gave talks about life and work of the Nobel Prize for Literature in the municipalities of Pasto, Gualmatán and Pupiales, in Nariño.

Interested writers, participants or not, can check the verdict on the website, which is the official site of the contest. From now on the organization announces a new call for the year 2020.

Revitalization planned for unique stained-glass mural and botanical garden

The Cosmovitral Botanical Garden houses an elaborate mural and 400 species of plants

The second most popular tourist attraction in México state after the ancient city of Teotihuacán is seeking to boost visitor numbers by tapping into a segment of the market that is notoriously tricky to crack: millennials.

The Cosmovitral Botanical Garden in the historic center of Toluca features an elaborate stained-glass mural by deceased México state artist Leopoldo Flores that tells the story of man and his relationship with the universe. It is also home to 400 different species of plants.

More than 360,000 visitors have enjoyed the enclosed garden this year, including foreigners from countries such as Japan, Israel and Spain, but director Alejandra Abraham Jarquín would like to see more young people coming through the doors.

 

A Latin American rangoli in India

The culture, nature and history of four Latin American countries (Ecuador, El Salvador, Peru and Paraguay) were exhibited in a huge rangoli, a traditional Indian art form, to highlight friendship on either side of the world.

Sponsored by the embassies of those four nations in New Delhi, the Latin American rangoli showed Peru’s cultural and natural wealth, Ecuador’s biodiversity, with its Galapagos Islands and the Cotopaxi Volcano, El Salvador’s greatness, and Paraguay’s mate, Guarani language and young people.

Rangoli, decorative drawings that Indians create on the floor of their living rooms, patios and streets during their traditional celebrations, such as the recent Diwali or Light Festival, before the beginning of winter, and after harvests, is an ancient tradition that has been passed from generation to generation.

Ambassadors Hector Cueva (Ecuador), Fleming Duarte (Paraguay) and Carlos Polo (Peru), and Salvadorian Business Attaché Daniel Gutierrez described the event as a symbol of friendship.

 

Gerardo Ortiz receives the “Run of the Year” Award

Last night the star of the Mexican Regional Gerardo Ortiz dominated the scene of the twentieth installment of the 2019 Radio Awards.

Gerardo Ortiz was awarded in the song Best Run of the Year with the theme Carrillo Airline.

Also, Ortiz was part of the grand opening ceremony by singing his first song of the evening Go Now as a tribute to Valentín Elizalde and presenting the “Collaboration of the Year” award with Carolina Ross and his brother Kevin Ortiz.

Ending his participation in this delivery Gerardo sang his current success entitled More Expensive Than Yesterday.

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If Trump is impeached, democracy will fall to unhindered deep-state rule

by Paul Craig Roberts

President Trump calls it a witch hunt, but it really is a coup against American democracy. The Democrats who want Trump impeached don’t realize this. They just want Trump impeached because they don’t like him.

The impeach Trump people don’t understand that if the coup against the elected president succeeds, every future president will know that if he attempts to “drain the swamp” or bring any changes not acceptable to the ruling elite, he, too, will be destroyed. Voters who want real change will also get the message and give up t

rying to elect a president or members of the House and Senate who will be responsive to voters. It will mean the end of democracy and accountable government. Unhindered rule by the Deep State and associated elites will take democracy’s place.

It is unfortunate that progressives do not understand this. Progressives want real change and Trump impeached, but these desires are at variance with one another.

Few, if any, of the impeach-Trump crowd are paying any attention to the fabricated case against Trump that has taken the place of the Russiagate fabrication that failed. They could not care less what the case is or whether it is a fabrication. Dislike of Trump suffices.

Nevertheless, let’s look at the fabricated case.

First of all, the alleged whistleblower is not a legitimate whistleblower. He is Eric Ciaramella, a CIA officer with a second-hand complaint who met with House Intelligence (sic) chairman Adam Schiff a month ahead to orchestrate the event. Ciaramella served on Obama’s staff when VP Joe Biden was point man for Ukraine. Ciaramella also worked with CIA Director John Brennan, the architect of “Russiagate,” and with a Democratic National Committee operative who encouraged Ukraine officials to come up with dirt on President Trump.

All of this and more has caused the “whistleblower” to withdraw from testifying.

Desperate for a substitute, Democrats have come up with tainted career bureaucrats who favor military aid to Ukraine and a hard line toward Russia. Bill Taylor a US diplomat in Ukraine claims that Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, said that US military aid to Ukraine was conditional on Ukraine reopening the government’s investigation into the Ukrainian company, Burisma, an investigation that VP Joe Biden had closed down. Burisma is the company that paid as much as $1.75 million to Biden and his son.

Taylor claims that another bureaucrat, Tim Morrison, told him that Sondland communicated the “quid pro quo” to an aide to Zelensky.

Sondland rejects the claims by Taylor and Morrison.

A Ukrainian born rabid anti-Russian US Army officer serving on the National Security Council, Alexander Vindman, also offers two cents of unverified quid pro quo claims. Vindman’s motive seems to be that President Trump is inclined to follow a different policy toward Ukraine than Vindman prefers.

This is the extent of the case against Trump. Amazingly weak considering that Ukrainian president Zelensky has stated publicly that there was no quid pro quo and that the released transcript of the Trump-Zelensky conversation shows no quid pro quo.

Now for the issue of the alleged quid pro quo. It seems that everyone on both sides of the argument takes for granted without a second of thought that if there was a quid pro quo, there was an offense, possibly one sufficiently offensive to warrant impeachment. This is utter ignorant nonsense.

Quid pro quos are endemic in US foreign policy and always have been. The US government offered Ecuador president Lenin Moreno a $4.2 billion IMF loan in exchange for revoking Julian Assange’s asylum. Moreno took the deal.

Washington offered the Venezuelan military money to overthrow President Maduro. The military refused the offer.

Dozens of examples come readily to mind. Research would produce enough to fill a book.

What do you think the sanctions are that the US president places on countries? They are punishments that Washington imposes for not accepting Washington’s deal.

As for a quid pro quo deal between the US executive branch and president of Ukraine, we have VP Joe Biden’s boast that he got the Ukrainian prosecutor fired who was investigating corruption in the firm that had purchased US protection by putting Biden’s son, Hunter, on Burisma’s board. Joe Biden brags in front of the Council on Foreign Relations that he gave the Ukrainian president six hours to fire the prosecutor or forfeit $1billion in US aid.

As Biden was US Vice President at the time and is currently the leading Democratic candidate for the US presidential nomination, he is clearly guilty of what Trump is accused. Why is only Trump subject to investigation? If an offense that is merely suspected or alleged suffices for impeaching a president, why isn’t a known and admitted and bragged about offense reason to disqualify Biden from being president?

One would think that a question this obvious would be the topic of debate. But not a word from the presstitutes, Democrats, or Republicans.

Finally, there is the question of the whistleblower law. If this interpretation sent to me by a reliable source is correct, there is no basis in law for the alleged whistleblower complaint.

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In the hands of the US Supreme Court the future of DACA

by Araceli Martínez

 

Estefany Méndez, a beneficiary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), has a headache just thinking that the US Supreme Court decides to support the Trump administration in its decision to end this program that has helped hundreds of thousands of young people obtain a work permit and stop their deportation.

“If they don’t reach an agreement, I run out of work,” says Estefany, who is an editor for the local news on KPIX, Channel 5 in San Francisco.

Last year, Estefany lived in her own flesh what it means to be out of work overnight when the renewal of her work permit by DACA did not arrive on time and she was fired from the Univision station in San José.

Weeks after he received his work permit, Estefany who was brought by his parents to the US at age 12, she was hired by KPIX.

“I am very happy with my new job. I don’t want this dream to end. The truth is that my hope is that the DACA be approved to remain. I hope they influence and the elections and the trial against President Trump, ”says Estefany.

On Tuesday, September 12, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about the DACA program to define whether President Trump acted legally by eliminating him in September 2017.

This program was established by President Obama in 2012 to protect minors who were brought to the United States by their parents from deportation.

Since the DACA was eliminated, several lawsuits were filed against, but one by one they have come out in favor of the almost 700,000 DACA youth in federal courts.

However, the last word is the Supreme Court of the Nation, whose nine magistrates have until June 2020 to issue a ruling, beginning in January.

In defense of DACA were in court, veteran lawyer Theodore Olson; and Luis Cortés, 31, a migration lawyer and a DACA beneficiary. Cortes who came to the United States when he was one year old grew up in San Francisco Bay.

In an interview with CNN, Luis said that if the court rules in favor of President Trump, a part of him will feel betrayed. “If you get to the point of being deported, that will mean that Congress did not act for the next two years,” said the boy.

Luis recently renewed his work permit that gave him authorization to work until 2021. “The nine magistrates – of the court – have my future in their hands,” he said.

Among the first groups that sued against the termination of DACA, was the Board of Regents of the University of California (UC) on the grounds that the decision was arbitrary and capricious. While more than 1,000 individuals, companies, institutions of higher education, religious institutions and advocacy groups have signed letters of support for the demands.

UC President Janet Napolitano established DACA when she was secretary of the Department of Homeland Security under President Obama. Currently, UC serves 1,700 DACA students.

“DACA students are studying to be the next generation of teachers, doctors, engineers and other professionals who will make life better for everyone,” says Napolitano,

“These young people simply want to live, learn and contribute to the country they see as their home,” he says.

Five fewer courts in three different jurisdictions have agreed that the Trump administration acted inappropriately, issuing orders that forced the Department of Homeland Security to continue processing DACA renewals as long as the case is resolved in court.

Since UC got a national protection against the decision to cancel DACA in January 2018, more than 500,000 beneficiaries have been able to renew their status. However, it was not possible for new applications to be accepted.

Estefany says that the idea that DACA is a mostly Latino issue is over. “Since the end of DACA, many boys from other countries came out of the shadows. And so we could see that there are dreamers from all over the world working in fields such as medicine and technology, ”he says.

Just one day before the Supreme Court hearing, the New York Center for Migration Studies (CMS) revealed a study that shows that DACA beneficiaries come from 158 countries.

It also reveals the profile of dreamers: 81 percent of DACA have lived in the US for more than 15 years; 83 percent are in the work force; and of them, 95 percent are employed. Of 346,455 US-born children under 18, at least one of their parents is DACA.

The report found that approximately 88,000 DACA beneficiaries work in specialized professions, 88 percent speak well, very well or only English.

“Young undocumented immigrants have grown, studied, worked and started families in the United States. They are young people who are American in every way, except because they don’t have legal status, ”says Daniela Alulema, director of CMS programs.

If the Supreme Court rules in favor of DACA, it does not mean that the Trump administration does not make another attempt to terminate this program, says Alexander Berengaut, a partner at the law firm Covington & Burling LLP, which represents pro bono to UC in the lawsuit.

“It simply means that officers will need to follow the proper procedures and provide clear reasons to finish it. And any other future attempt to end DACA will again be subject to judicial scrutiny, ”explains the lawyer.

And he adds that if the Supreme Court sides with Trump and determines that the president was right to finish this program, “we would have to wait for the Department of Homeland Security to determine how they will implement the annulment.”

Organizations like LULAC that advocate for immigrants have called on the Supreme Court of the Nation to rule in favor of the continuation of DACA.

“We urge the Supreme Court to support our dreamers, but the US Senate needs to take a bill on migration that allows them and their parents to legalize before the end of the year. That’s what America is about. That is what establishes the Statue of Liberty and the American Dream, ”says Domingo García, president of LULAC.

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