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Paraguayan film Las Herederas with possibilities for Oscar 2019

by the El Reportero’s news services

he prestigious U.S. digital film portal, The Playlist, considered the Paraguayan film Las Herederas (The Heiresses) among those who could arouse interest for the 2019 Oscar Prize, official sources announced today.

We are honored that some international media consider Las Herederas to be one of the films which could have an impact on the Hollywood Award Season,’ said Marcelo Martinessi, the film’s director.

The Playlist also mentioned the films Summer Birds (Colombia) by directors Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego and Rome-Mexico by Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron, as the films which could compete in the Best Foreign Language Film category in the Oscars of the coming year.

We are really very pleased with the way the film was received and awarded in several countries, connecting with very diverse people, awakening interest in our country and its cinema, Martinessi reflected.

However, the coming-out of the film to the nominations of the Academy of Film Arts and Sciences of Hollywood will depend on its Paraguayan counterpart who, as every year, makes an open call and a first selection.

That’s where the press promotion work comes in order to reach a nomination, said the Guaraní film director.

Fresno breakout show with Thee Latin Allstars

Fresno came alive Saturday night with Thee Latin Allstar, led by Ray Carrion at their debut show at Fulton 55. Ray’s historical introduction of the band members was worth the price of admission alone.

This Allstar group of musicians, mostly from the LA area brought the venue alive from the jump with one of my favorite songs from WAR, Me & Baby Brother with Tex Nakamura wailing on the harmonica. The band played one hit song after another as the crowd filled the dance floor throughout the night.

Viengsay Valdes to Premiere Russian Version of Spartacus in Panama

Cuban National Ballet (BNC) Prima Ballerina, Viengsay Valdes, described as a premiere her performance here along with her compatriot Osniel Gouneo, with whom she will dance for the first time the Russian version of Spartacus.

She commented that after her arrival in Panama, they made a couple of very intense rehearsals, because ‘I learned the Cuban version, it was only to agree on coordination, so I hope everything will come out well.’

After several years of absence in Panama, this will not be the only piece Valdes will dance along with Gouneo, as the program also includes the pas de deux of Don Quixote. Valdes said that after her return to Cuba on Sunday, she will dance Cinderella with Dani Hernandez at the Alicia Alonso Grand Theater of Havana, as part of the summer gala.

This is the third time Valdes visits Panama. Her previous performance was during the Stars of the 21st Century gala, which brought together artists from around the world.

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This is the future of independent media if we do nothing

by Article by Matt Agorist

Alternative and independent media is under attack and needs your help to survive.

The Free Thought Project is going offline. We are doing so for 72 hours to demonstrate the inevitable effect of social media censorship, Google organic traffic throttling, and Facebook’s attack on freedom-minded independent media.

The Free Thought Project is being slowly snubbed out by the establishment-friendly social media giants as well as corporate players who refuse to advertise on sites who challenge the status quo.

Recently, the “arbiters of truth” at Snopes, the AP, and Politifact have joined in and ganged up on the Free Thought Project and determined that our entirely factual articles are “false.” As a result, our website’s organic traffic is currently being throttled from all sides. This throttling coupled with Google disabling ads on “controversial” content is the perfect storm which is primed to take us out.

We have confirmed through internal sources that Facebook has throttled our pages and we have zero recourse. This comes on the heels of a massive Facebook purge in which the social media giant unapologetically axed thousands of pages with no reason given. Independent media outlets who’ve spent years researching and building a following, quite literally watched their hard work get wiped from the face of the web.

As if going after pages wasn’t enough, Facebook is going after individual page owners as well. Last month, the co-founder of TFTP was banned from Facebook for posting a photo of ET — seriously. In the meantime, however, posts calling for killing Muslims, hating different races, and stoking divide are not only allowed, but they are promoted in the algorithm.

Make no mistake, under the guise of fighting “Fake News and “hate speech,” real independent media who put out facts that challenge the status quo is being bullied into silence. There is a concerted effort to keep the establishment narrative under control and we are witnessing it first hand.

Yes, Facebook is a private company and can operate however they want. However, if this attempt to silence independent media continues unchecked, the result will be an internet dominated by the likes of media giants at FOXSNBCNN. All media outlets who attempt to break outside of the divisive two-party paradigm will be throttled out of existence and ideas that promote peace and liberty and who challenge the police state will all but cease to exist online.

When the Free Thought Project came online in 2013, there was a void in the market for a freedom and liberty-minded media outlet who was also unafraid of reporting on the daily atrocities carried out by the police state. As a result, we quickly grew to an Alexa ranking in the top 500 websites in the country. The people had spoken and they wanted this information.

Over the next several years, TFTP grew to be the largest police accountability and liberty-minded website out there. Our work has been reprinted and republished on countless websites and hundreds of millions of people have benefited from this information.

But thanks to the establishment’s grip on the flow of information online, that is all about to come to a grinding halt.

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Ten herbs that will annihilate cold and flu viruses naturally

by Lynn Griffith

Common colds are the main reason why children and adults miss school an work. Adults get an average of 2-3 colds per year and children often have more. Colds are commonly shared in the winter and the spring but are possible to get any time of year.

Four out of ten adults use alternative remedies to fight illness

For centuries, people have used natural remedies for fight colds and the trend continues. The National Center for Health Statistics reports that nearly 4 out of 10 adults have used some form of alternative remedies to fight illnesses.

Ten herbs that will help fight cold and flu viruses naturally

If you feel a cold coming on, consider the benefits of herbal medicine. The following herbs have been shown to be effective at battling the common cold.

1. Echinacea: Echinacea is known for its ability to enhance the immune system. It stimulates white blood cells, increases production of interferon and increases immune cells ability to destroy invading microbes. Six studies show that echinacea significantly reduces the risk of respiratory infection. A separate six studies show that echinacea shortens the duration of colds and flus.

2. Astragalus: Astragalus is a tonic and adaptogen. Studies show that it boosts immune system and fights viruses, bacteria, and inflammation.

3. Elderberry: Elderberry can inhibit the enzyme that the flu virus uses to penetrate cell membranes. In one study, elderberry juice mixed with raspberry extract, glucose, citric acid and honey inhibited both type A and type B influenza virus.

4. Garlic: Garlic boosts immune function and kills a broad range of microbes. Studies show that garlic is active against cold and flu viruses. Garlic also functions as an expectorate to help remove mucus from the body.

5. Licorice root: Licorice root contains glycyrrhizin, which has been shown in studies to inactivate and inhibit a wide range of viruses. It also contains a polysaccharide ingredient that increases the bodies production of interferon and activates while blood cells.

6. St. John’s wort: St. John’s wort can inhibit influenze A and parainfluenza viruses.

7. Lomatium: Lomatium has been used by Native Americans for bacteria and viral infections. Studies show that it is potent against viruses and bacteria.

8. Stinging Nettle: Studies show that this herb inhibits influenza A virus and is also packed with nutrients. Nettle contains high amounts of carotenoids and flavonoids that help ease allergies.

9. Lemon Balm: Test tube studies show that lemon balm or Melissa oil has antiviral effects against parainfluenza and other bacterial infections.

10. Peppermint: Peppermint oil helps relax the airways and open congested sinuses and nasal passages. One study shows that inhaling peppermint relieves respiratory discomfort.

Instead of purchasing over the counter medicines that often leave you feeling groggy and run down, consider herbs that will help boost your immune system, shorten your time of sickness and allow you to return back to your daily routine. (Natural News).

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The Zombie Guest Worker Bill

Republican immigration reform proposals may be dead, but Republican guest worker proposals live on…

by David Bacon

On Wednesday, June 27, the Republican effort to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill went down in flames for the second time in a month, due to divisions within their own party. The Republican effort to create a vast new guest worker program, however, has not ended.

That effort has been headed by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and is supported by many growers around the country, particularly on the west coast. Originally Goodlatte introduced a stand-alone bill in 2017, the Agricultural Guestworker Act. Although that bill didn’t get a vote in Congress, its main provisions were folded into a much larger, comprehensive bill Goodlatte tried to pass this spring, the Securing America’s Future Act. That bill failed by a vote of 193 to 231. Goodlatte then incorporated his guestworker provisions into the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act (H.R. 6136). That fared even worse, 121 to 301.

Nevertheless, House Speaker Paul Ryan made a promise to Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-WA) , a cosponsor of H.R. 6136, that he would hold a vote on agricultural worker issues before Congress adjourns at the end of July. After noting his minority votes for the two comprehensive immigration bills, and criticizing fellow Republicans for torpedoing them, Newhouse said in a statement, “the House has yet to address the crisis facing agriculture producers who cannot find enough workers, and I will not stop advocating for improvements to create a reliable legal guest-worker system. If our nation’s farmers are to continue providing food for America and the world, it is incumbent on Congress to act to address labor needs. I thank the Speaker for committing to hold a vote on this matter in July.”

Goodlatte’s guestworker bill has not yet been reintroduced, but when it is, the contents will undoubtedly be the same as in previous iterations. The latest guestworker provisions, in the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act, are a window into what’s to come. Those provisions would create a massive new guestworker program, based on a new visa category called H-2C. This would take the place of the current H-2A visas, whose numbers have increased from 44,619 workers in U.S. fields in 2004 to 200,049 last year – a growth of over 450 percent in a little over a decade.

Critics of H-2A visas have two chief complaints: first, that workers in the program are exploited and often cheated, and second, that resident farm workers are displaced by growers who see H-2A workers as easier to control, and potentially less expensive. The proposed H-2C program would put the H-2A program on steroids, according to Bruce Goldstein, director of the Washington DC-based farm worker advocacy group, Farmworker Justice.

“Over the last year,” Goldstein charges, “Rep. Goodlatte has made it his mission to create a massive new guestworker program of millions of captive workers who have even fewer labor rights than the current workers they would replace. His new guestworker program would convert an entire industry, from the farms and ranches to the packing houses and processing plants, from lettuce and grapes to dairy cows and poultry, into a labor force of exploitable temporary guest workers with virtually no workplace protections and with no opportunity to join the communities they are helping to feed.”

Goodlatte’s H-2C provisions might result in 2 million visas issued in the first two years, Farmworker Justice predicts, supplying contract labor to meatpacking and food processing in addition to agriculture. Growers would be able to employ workers year round, and continuously from one year to the next. Current H-2A workers have to return to their home countries within a year, and can come back the following year if they receive a new contract. In either program, workers have the same vulnerability. If they fail to meet grower production demands, if they complain or organize, or if they simply get on the wrong side of a foreman, they can be fired, and must leave the country immediately.

Today each state has to calculate a wage rate for H-2A workers that, in theory, doesn’t undermine local farm worker wages. H-2C worker wages, however, would be set at 115 percent of the federal $7.50/hour minimum wage, or applicable state or local minimums. This locks in farm labor wages at the minimum wage level, since local farm workers that demand more could be replaced with contract workers. Workers’ fear of replacement by H-2A labor is already affecting strawberry wages in Santa Maria, for instance.

(This article was cut to fit space. To read the entire article please visit https://capitalandmain.com/the-zombie-guest-worker-bill-0702).

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Mexico’s next transportation secretary has breathed new life into the suspended

by Mexico News Daily

Mexico City-Querétaro train project, declaring that it forms part of the incoming government’s plan for a new national railroad network.

Javier Jiménez Espriú told the newspaper El Financiero that the transportation plan also includes building a new railroad between Cancún and Palenque, modernizing the existing line between Coatzacoalcos and Salina Cruz and starting the construction of Guadalajara-Tijuana and Querétaro-Nuevo Laredo routes.

The current federal administration awarded a US $3.75-billion contract to a Chinese-led consortium in 2014 to build a high-speed rail line between Mexico City and Querétaro but the project was later postponed as part of budget cuts announced in January 2015 and it hasn’t been revived since.

But following Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s landslide victory in the July 1 presidential election, it would appear that the project is back on the agenda.

“Our idea is to establish a national railroad network; the network has different important sections and within those we will determine which sections [deserve] the most urgent attention based on the impact they will have at both a social and economic level, because the [different] sections will trigger regional development projects,” Jiménez said.

In a separate interview with the newspaper Milenio, Jiménez said that the next federal government will continue practically all the infrastructure projects that have already been started but added that the development of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region in Oaxaca and the Maya area of Calakmul in Campeche would be priorities.

In the former region, the future cabinet secretary said, in addition to modernizing the train line between Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, and Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, work will also be undertaken to improve the highway network.

In addition, the ports in the respective cities and the airport at Ixtepec, Oaxaca, will be modernized, Jiménez said.

There are also plans to establish an extensive fiber optic network in the Isthmus region and López Obrador said yesterday that the possibility of establishing a free zone with a lower value-added tax rate is also being analyzed.

The projects planned for the region, which took the brunt of the powerful September 7 earthquake, will complement the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Coatzacoalcos and Salina Cruz that were established by the current government.

“The other big project is the passenger train from Cancún to Bacalar and Palenque to develop the Maya area, mainly Calakmul…” Jiménez said.

He added that during its six-year term, the López Obrador-led administration would prioritize the construction of paved roads in 250 municipalities that currently only have dirt-road access to their main towns.

The projects will create employment in rural areas and prevent communities from being cut off due to heavy rains that can make the dirt roads impassable, Jiménez said.

He also said that by the end of the next government’s term, the aim is for all Mexicans to have access to broadband internet services.

With regard to the new Mexico City International Airport project, the future communications and transportation secretary said the López Obrador transition team would first analyze its technical aspects — such as the suitability of the ground it is being built on — as well as environmental considerations to determine whether it is feasible in an operational sense.

The president-elect has previously threatened to scrap the project, charging that it is too expensive, corrupt, not needed and unfeasible due to its construction on an ancient lakebed.

Jiménez said that if it is determined that the project is technically feasible, the incoming administration would turn its attention to analyzing whether the contracts are in order and if it adds up financially.

If it doesn’t, “there is the solution of the other airport,” he added, referring to the proposal to adapt an existing air force base in México state for commercial use.

He also said the public consultation process that López Obrador floated at a rally in Texcoco, México state — the municipality where the new airport is being built — would take place after the incoming government has completed its analysis.

Whether the new government decides to continue with the current project or instead develop the Santa Lucía air base — located about 50 kilometers northeast of the capital — Jiménez said that a new airport must be ready by 2023 to alleviate pressure on the existing facility.

Source: El Financiero (sp), Milenio (sp)

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Nicaragua: State repression has reached deplorable levels

by Amnesty International reports

July 9, 2018 – The repressive actions of the Nicaraguan government have reached deplorable levels, Amnesty International said today, after one of the bloodiest weekends since the repression of protests began almost three months ago.

“Heavily armed pro-government groups remain at large, accompanied by police forces, committing joint attacks against the civilian population,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International.

“The message sent by the highest ranking Nicaraguan authorities is that they are willing to do anything to silence the voices of those who demonstrate against this violent repression. This situation is extremely serious and deserves strong condemnation from the international community.”

At least 17 people were killed in Matagalpa, Jinotepe and Diriamba during the weekend, most of them by police and pro-government armed groups. In addition, the arbitrary detention of dozens of people was reported.

Today, bishops of the Catholic Church, including Monsignor Silvio Báez, who has played a central role in the national dialogue process, were attacked by pro-government armed groups at the Basilica of San Sebastián in Diriamba. Several journalists also reported assaults and the theft and destruction of their equipment in the same location.

“The direct attack on figures who publicly denounce the attacks of agents of the government of President Ortega is without a doubt a form of retaliation and an attempt to silence those dissident voices,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas.

“The serious human rights violations committed or permitted by the authorities are turning the country into a pressure cooker about to explode. Nicaragua’s tragic history must not be repeated.”

Nicaragua: Shoot to kill: Nicaragua’s strategy to repress protest

In response to social protests since April 18, the Nicaraguan government has adopted a strategy of violent repression not seen in the country for years.
More than 300 people have been killed by the state and thousands injured, and this has been continuing to take place in the country as of today.

Nicaragua: Government’s shameful denial of human rights violations is part of its strategy of repression

In response to the government of President Daniel Ortega’s outright rejection of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ report on grave human rights violations committed in the context of the recent protests in Nicaragua, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said:

“It’s shameful that the government of President Ortega is denying the undeniable. There is a wealth of evidence, including thousands of testimonies, to show that the Nicaraguan state has committed terrible human rights violations and continues to do so on a daily basis. This has to stop before more lives are lost.”

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US government exposed: for 30 years, it broke the law on vaccine safety

by Jon Rappoport

For 30 years, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) broke the law regarding vaccine safety, and no one noticed or cared.

Then two men came along and discovered the scandal: Robert F Kennedy, Jr. (twitter), head of the World Mercury Project, and Del Bigtree (twitter 1, twitter 2, FB, web), the producer of the film Vaxxed. They filed papers in court, and they won their case.

Here is the issue in a nutshell: In 1986, a law, the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, was passed. It insanely excused vaccine makers from legal liability stemming from unsafe vaccines and the injuries they cause. Buried in the law was a provision ordering the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to update Congress, every two years, on its efforts to improve vaccine safety.

Kennedy and Bigtree thought it would be very interesting to read these HHS reports—all 16 of them. So they filed a Freedom of Information Act request, and then…nothing. No replies.

Kennedy and Bigtree then went to court to obtain the information—and after wrangling and stonewalling, HHS admitted it has NO such reports in its archives.

In other words, since 1988, HHS has failed to update Congress on its efforts to improve vaccine safety.

And the further implication is: there are no reports, because HHS has done nothing to improve vaccine safety in all these years.

The original 1986 law removed all liability from vaccine makers because there was a problem, and that problem was vaccine safety.

Congress protected billions of dollars that could never be sought in court from vaccine manufacturers. Those law suits, filed by parents of vaccine-injured children, would henceforth be illegal. That was the substance of the law.

So, did Congress recognize there was a serious vaccine safety problem? You bet your life they did, and to make it seem they cared, they charged HHS with doing something about it, and reporting to them (Congress) every two years.

Which never happened.

And thanks to the efforts of Kennedy and Bigtree, all this is now exposed.

Again…

In 1986, vaccine makers went to the federal government and said they were going to get out of the vaccine business, because juries were awarding too much money in court, to parents of vaccine-injured children. The feds basically said, “We’ll ram through a law eliminating those law suits,” and they did. Everybody and his brother knew vaccine safety was a major problem…

Including the US Department of Health and Human Services, which was tasked with doing something about it. Back in 1986.

And now it’s discovered there is no evidence they lifted a finger these last 32 years.

Instead, they’ve lurched forward, introducing more and more vaccines into the childhood schedule—and never running studies to gauge the toxic effects of the increased load.

To any person with open eyes, these are the actions of criminals pretending to be scientists.

If you want to glimpse the level of profound criminality, talk to the mother of a bright, happy, open child who incurred brain damage after a vaccination and checked out of this world.

(Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections, The Matrix Revealed, Exit From The Matrix, and Power Outside The Matrix).

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A high level of cardiovascular fitness reduces your risk of dementia by 90%

by Michelle Simmons

Being physically active does not only make you physically fit, but also makes you mentally healthy. In a Swedish study of women and fitness, it was revealed that people who have a high level of cardiovascular fitness are 90 percent less likely to develop dementia later in life.

The study, published in the medical journal American Academy of Neurology, evaluated the cardiovascular fitness of women based on an exercise test. The test required 191 women, with an average age of 50, to ride a stationary bike to exhaustion to measure their peak cardiovascular capacity. The workload for a high fitness level was at least 103 watts, while the workload for a low fitness level was 80 watts or less. In total, 40 women met the criteria for a high fitness level, 92 women were in the medium fitness category, and 59 women were in the low fitness category or stopped the exercise test because of chest pain, high blood pressure, or other cardiovascular problems.

Throughout the next 44 years, the participants came back for dementia testing six times. During that time, a total of 44 women developed dementia. Only five percent of highly fit women developed dementia, in comparison to 32 percent of women with low fitness level and 25 percent of moderately fit women. In addition, 45 percent of those who stopped the exercise test developed dementia. Moreover, highly fit women who did develop dementia had the disease an average of 11 years later compared to moderately fit women, or at 90 years old instead of 79.

The findings of the study indicated that having a high level of cardiovascular fitness reduces the risk of developing dementia by 90 percent. The study emphasized the importance of being physically fit, especially in midlife, in preventing various health diseases.

It is important to make According to research, high-intensity exercise performed in intervals or for short bursts of time can improve cardiovascular fitness. There are five everyday exercises that can help you enhance your heart rate and your fitness level:

– Walking – Instead of a slow-paced walking, walk briskly. The average person weighing 155 pounds (lbs) who walks at a brisk pace of 3.5 miles per hour for 30 minutes can burn about 150 calories. This can also improve your heart rate. If that is too fast for you, try to increase your speed at intervals. Increase your pace for a minute and then go back to a more leisurely walk for the next minute.

– Running – When running, try to change your speed and intensity at slightly random intervals. This will allow your heart rate to increase without breaking your energy bank. Try to run hard for 30 seconds with a minute of walking in between.

– Strength-training – To keep your heart rate elevated, perform circuits that involve different muscle groups. Alternating exercises that involve various muscles lets you rest the ones you recently worked on, at the same time, continuing to move.

– Yoga – To improve your cardiovascular fitness with yoga, try a Vinsaya, power, or flow class. In this type of yoga, you will continuously move with your breath, keeping your heart rate elevated.

– Cycling – Whether cycling indoors or outdoors, pedal for 40 seconds with a cadence of 80 and as much resistance as you can endure. Then, pedal for 20 seconds with a 100-stroke cadence but without resistance. Do this 10 times. The spike in resistance when pedaling will make you work harder.

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Celebrating Colombian filmmakers creativity

Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff

PANORAMA COLOMBIA showcases Aug. 17-19, 2018 some of the most stimulating works made by a new generation filmmakers in Colombia.

Four feature films and a program of shorts make up a series that celebrates not only the talent and the creativity of the Colombian directors, but also a cultural expression through its cinematography and story-telling. Images, screening links and interviews with select directors available upon request.

Among the films is Amazona – In this skillfully constructed personal film, director Clare Weiskopf explores motherhood and its lace of the spectrum between persona freedom and parental responsibility.

While expecting her own first child, Clare visits her mother Val in the Amazon region of Colombia in order to heal the wounds of the past and make sense of the elder woman’s decision to leave her children behind to live in the jungle after a family tragedy. In the process, she opens a fascinating dialogue about sacrifice, guilt and self-determination.

A Q&A via Skype with director Clare Weskopf will follow the screening! Sunday, Aug. 19, 3:30 p.m., at Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco.

35 job positions need to be filled up

Grocery Outlet Bargain Market will open its first store in Alameda in September. Store operators will be hiring 35 positions, focusing on local hiring and are excited to meet interested candidates at the next job fair.
On Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, at 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at The Alameda Chamber of Commerce, 2215 S. Shore Center, Alameda.

29th Annual San Jose Jazz Summer Fest

San Jose Jazz Summer Fest returns for its 29th festival season from Friday, Aug. 10 – Sunday, August 12 in and around Plaza de César Chávez Park in downtown San Jose.

A showcase for jazz, blues, funk, R&B, salsa, world and related genres, SJZ Summer Fest is nationally recognized as one of the biggest Latin festivals in the country and a magnet for international artists, who have marquee performance opportunities in Northern California. Above and beyond any other year, SJZ Summer Fest 2018 illuminates the depths of electrifying global jazz happening around the world by supporting new Summer Fest artists hailing from Cuba, Australia, Switzerland, Argentina, Spain, Ghana, Japan and Luxembourg.

A standout summer destination for music lovers and families alike, the three-day event includes 120+ performances on 12 stages, attracting tens of thousands of visitors to downtown throughout the weekend.

The 29th Annual San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2018 features an acclaimed lineup, and today San Jose Jazz announces its initial round of confirmed artists including Sobrato Organization Main Stage headliners: Kool & the Gang; Herb Alpert and Lani Hall; Lalah Hathaway; Booker T.’s Stax Revue: A Journey Through Soul, Blues and R&B; Goapele; Yissy & Bandancha; Nachito Herrera Trio; and Vincent Herring’s Story of Jazz: 100 Years.

Friday, Aug. 10 – Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, Plaza de César Chavez Park, Downtown San Jose. Event Info: summerfest.sanjosejazz.org.

 

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Musician Carlos Santana’s mural vandalized – police looking for the vandals

by the El Reportero’s news services

The mural of Latin Rock Star CARLOS SANTANA in the Mission District San Francisco on 19th & Mission Street was vandalized on July 17, with white paint! The muralist later restored the mural.

Painted in 2014 by muralist Mel Waters who was raised in the Mission who is racially mix with rich Black, Latino & Filipino roots titled the mural, Para La Mision, “to give hope to people in the Mission due to the massive gentrification of Latinos and to honor Santana who was raised in the Mission District.”

Police are looking for the vandal who threw a container of white paint at a celebrated Mission District mural.

Roberto Y. Hernandez, Artist, Organizer and Leader has communicated to the San Francisco Police Department that they immediately review all camera footage in the area to investigate, what he considers a hate crime.

“At a time where Latinos are under attacked in the United States by Trump and his administration with the amount of hate increased in our country, Latinos in San Francisco will not tolerate racism in any shape way or form,” said Hernández in a communicate.

San Francisco has been known for love around the world and this type of Hate Crime and we will continue to promote the power of love, he said.

If anyone has any information on the individuals that committed this crime they are asked to immediately contact the San Francisco Police Department!

LATINAFest: Mind, Body & Soul, a spectacular celebration of Latinas!

The most anticipated summer event of the year, comes on August 25, 2018, when LatinHeat Media and LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes partner to present the inaugural LATINAFest: Mind, Body & Soul hosted by Emmy Award-winning TV host and actress Fernanda Kelly. The festivities will be held at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes (Downtown) Los Angeles.

Mexican Singer Armando Manzanero Records Songs in Cuba

Mexican singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero today recorded for the first time in Cuba three songs with the renowned singer Haila Maria Mompie, which will be included in the artist”s next production.

‘With all due respect, Haila sings Armando Manzanero’ is the new work’s title, which will be a tribute to the legend of Mexican romantic music and will contain songs from his extensive repertoire brought to the salsa genre, said Mompie.

The studios 18 of the Company of Recordings and Musical Editions (EGREM) today welcomed the duo that gave voice to the titles ‘You Drives me Crazy’, ‘There Are No Limits’ and ‘Nothing Personal.’

According to the Mexican musician, it was a privilege to record with Haila, a singer who admires and whose work he respects a lot.

The two artists shared the stage this Sunday in the first concert offered by Manzanero on the island, where Omara Portuondo and Eliades Ochoa were also guests.

This Monday the musician returns to his country not without first confessing that he would like to come back, ‘because he loves Cuba and its people, an island that has given so many good musicians,’ he said.

 

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