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Blamed for ‘invasion of violence’ in Chiapas community, migrants told they’re not welcome

‘If we catch you stealing you will be lynched!’ reads a sign

 

by Mexico News Daily

 

Residents of a small town in Chiapas are sending a clear and hostile message to Honduran migrants, whom they accuse of crimes such as rape, robbery and drug trafficking.

“If we catch you stealing you will be lynched! If you’re Honduran you’re no longer welcome in this neighborhood … continue on your way! We’re watching you,” read banners hung by a citizens’ group at various points in Pakalna, a community about five kilometers from Palenque.

According to a local government official people are fed up because Pakalna has been “invaded by violence.”

Leopoldo Contreras told the newspaper Milenio that federal authorities are aware of residents’ concern about the situation in Pakalna but have refused to relocate a shelter that attracts migrants to the town.

However, due to the residents’ threats toward migrants and its own personnel, the Jtactic Samuel Ruiz García shelter recently decided to close its doors. Contreras said residents want the closure to be permanent.

“… We don’t despise [migrants]; on the contrary we’ve helped them with work and food [but] we want [the shelter] to be closed and [the migrants] removed,” he said.

It’s not the first time that residents of Pakalna have shown hostility toward migrants. In March 2020, residents attacked and expelled some 130 Central Americans who had been staying in a local auditorium. They too were accused of committing crimes in the town, including robberies and assaults on women.

With the town’s shelter currently closed, exhausted migrants – who likely entered Mexico via the border with Guatemala in Tabasco – are sleeping on the streets, Milenio said. “Many commit crimes due to hunger and a lack of work,” the newspaper said.

However, one Honduran migrant who said he walked through jungle for four days to reach Pakalna said he just wanted to rest.

“One comes with the hope of resting for at least one day or a few days but we arrived to see the migrants’ shelter closed,” said Javier, who was forced to bunk down outside.“It was a critical situation for us last night because it rained,” he said.

Barefooted and wearing wet clothes after sleeping on a park bench, another Honduran said it was a shame that the shelter is closed. Luis said that a small number of migrants who have committed crimes in the town have given all migrants a bad name.

“In the vineyard of the Lord …  there are good people and bad people. Unfortunately those who come with the intention of doing damage ruin the path for those of us who come in peace and with the hope of finding a better course for our lives,” he said.

The director of the Jtactic shelter claimed that “some political leaders,” whom he didn’t name, are behind the threats toward migrants.

“There was a very belligerent group that ordered … people to go to the shelter with sticks and machetes as if we were criminals. I just want to say that [the threats and aggression] are documented before the National Human Rights Commission [CNDH] and also in a preliminary [criminal] investigation,” said Alberto Gómez, who is also a priest.

Fearful of more threats and the possibility that the shelter could be attacked, the Chiapas bishops’ association called on the federal government to provide a security guarantee so that the casa del caminante (wayfarer’s house), as the shelter is officially called, can reopen.

“We’re convinced that joining forces to attend to migrants as best we can with clear and concrete policies and actions that respect their dignity is urgent,” the association said in a missive directed to the federal government and the CNDH.

It said it has evidence of “campaigns of hate and xenophobic intolerance” that were carried out in Pakalna and forced the shelter’s closure.

Gómez rejected Contreras’ call for the shelter to shut permanently, asserting that not only should it reopen but a second facility should be built.

“We need a second shelter because [the Jtactic shelter] is unable to welcome a lot of people. Migration flows will keep growing and it’s not true that the flow will end with the removal of the shelter,” he said.

Record numbers of migrants have arrived in Mexico this year, including large numbers of Hondurans and Haitians. Many have been detained in the country’s south but thousands have reached northern border cities such as Tijuana, Reynosa and Ciudad Acuña.

With reports from Milenio

Contractor’s deal on California rent relief gets more lucrative

by Manuela Tobias

 

Despite an initial slow rollout of rent relief money, the state of California is extending and more than doubling its deal with the outside contractor it hired to get the money to tenants and landlords.

The contract with Horne LLP, a Mississippi-based accounting firm that specializes in disaster relief, jumped from $51.7 million when the program kicked off in March to at least $146.8 million in the amended agreement signed on Sept. 16, according to documents obtained by CalMatters through a public records request.

Under the new contract, which goes through March 2022, Horne will be responsible for administering $2.6 billion in rent relief, up from $1.15 billion when the program kicked off in March.

The increase follows the doubling of federal rental relief funds for California to $5.2 billion and the decisions by several big cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, to hand over their local rent relief programs to the state, according to Geoffrey Ross, deputy director at the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

Ross said the cities previously administering their own programs joined the state because of increased efficiencies; for example, the state can easily redistribute funds if one city or county has leftover money. He also said that local officials saw the state’s success with its contractor.

Horne, which has made emergency rent relief a line of business, isn’t in charge of distributing all the money that California has. The remainder of the $5.2 billion available for rent relief is being handled by local jurisdictions that are still disbursing the first round of funds, including Los Angeles, and those running their own programs for the second round, including Sacramento, Stockton, San Diego, Oakland and Alameda.

The amount that the state, and Horne, handles could increase if local jurisdictions also choose to hand over their program to the state, or if California gets anticipated leftover federal funds from other states.

But State Auditor Elaine Howle warned last week that California could lose as much as $337 million in federal rent relief because of how it reports spending to the feds. The Housing and Community Development Department disputes that will happen.

While the state bumped up Horne’s administrative fees in the renewed contract, it amounts to about 5% of the total rental assistance allotment — and still falls under the federal government’s 15% cap for administrative fees.

“Even though it’s a sizable amount of money, we’re able to actually now deploy additional resources,” Ross told CalMatters. “We have a pretty significant cost savings when you were to compare what it would cost for all 49 jurisdictions to run this center.”

Most of what Horne is receiving will go to staffing, which Ross said the company had already quadrupled, to about 1,200 employees, since the start of the program.

In September, the contract calls for at least 1,190 people to manage individual cases, 340 people to staff the call center and 19 people to manage funds. The staffing is supposed to drop off in November, to 650 case managers and 190 call center workers, and even more so by March.

If the state decides additional staffing is needed, the contract says Horne would provide 200 more employees within three weeks at an additional cost of $4 million a month to the state.

The money budgeted to pay Horne could technically be redirected to landlords and tenants if the company uses less staffing than predicted, Ross said.

Lots of big contracts

This is only one of a multitude of contracts worth tens of millions of dollars the state has signed with outside vendors in response to emergency needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. They include several to fix problems with unemployment benefits getting to jobless Californians. Some other deals have had problems.

Ross said the state had received multiple bids for this contract, and determined that Horne was the most qualified because of its expertise in disaster relief, including rent relief in Texas. While that rollout also started slowly, it has improved, according to media reports.

The state of California was unprepared to create the software or hire employees to get the money out in time before it started to be clawed back by the feds, Ross said.

“It is really hard to fully understand what’s the appropriate dollar amount for these kinds of things, particularly, to be honest, of a program of a scale and speed, which is fairly unprecedented,” said Vincent Reina of the University of Pennsylvania, whose research group has been studying rent relief distribution in California and Los Angeles.

To evaluate how effective the program has been, Reina said to look at three components: the total dollars distributed, the rate at which distribution has increased and whether the dollars have reached those who need it most. “And that’s where the data becomes really complicated,” he said.

On Sept. 27, the state announced it has paid out $650 million to 55,000 households, about a quarter of the $2.6 billion available. That’s a nearly 700% increase since June 28, when the state began the latest round of tenant protections, according to Russ Heimerich, a spokesperson for the state’s Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency.

Ross attributed the faster rollout to eased federal documentation requirements, which led to simpler applications, and an increase in how much landlords and tenants are eligible to receive.

While the eviction protections passed in June are set to expire on Sept. 30, rental assistance will continue to be available. To be covered by eviction protections through next March, eligible tenants must apply for rent relief.

“When an eviction matter comes before the court, the court is supposed to ask the landlord: ‘Have you participated in rent relief and has your tenant participated in rent relief?’ If the answer is yes, then the courts cannot take up the eviction matter until that case is decided,” Heimerich said.

Horne and the housing department are working on a separate phone line that courts could call to corroborate whether a plaintiff in an eviction case had applied for rental assistance, Heimerich said.

A landlord gets relief, finally

One landlord, Bill Phelps, told CalMatters he had on Monday finally received nearly $35,000 in missed rent payments for the 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom house he rents out for $3,500 a month in Concord. But he had applied for the money six months earlier, on March 15, the day the state opened its portal.

“It was a long, long, long wait, but I’m happy to get the money,” said Phelps, 72.

But he said his tenants, an unemployed couple with two kids who lost their jobs at the start of the pandemic, still plan to move in with family at the end of the month because they’re $7,500 behind in rent.

“I talked to the tenants and said, ‘The moratorium ends at the end of the month. You’re going to have to leave. I don’t want to start an eviction,’” Phelps told CalMatters. “That’s where I made the offer: I’ll forgive the $7,500 you owe if you’re out by the end of the month. I even kicked in $200 if they need it.”

Ross said money was still available and encouraged landlords and tenants to apply for rent through December to avoid having to leave. But they have to wait 15 days between the day they receive rental assistance, and their next application.

Phelps said he didn’t know that was an option, and would consider it. But he has little faith.

“If I would get my check right away, oh yeah, they can stay,” he said. “But the way that it is, I wouldn’t be getting this money until maybe next July or August. I’ll just sort of accept my losses, and just move forward and sell the house.”

Fellowship Initiative in Oakland expanding economic opportunity

by JPMorgan Chase’ Christina Dello Bueno

Vice President, Communications

Northern California | JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

While there’s no secret recipe for professional and financial success, we know that access to a broad set of learning and skills development experiences, networks and strong mentors are a defining experience for many. Unfortunately, these assets and critical ingredients to success are not equally available to everyone, as 1 in 3 young people will grow up without a mentor and many lack access to quality education and employment experiences.

But these inequities won’t solve themselves – they require intentional and deliberate action from leaders who not only have the power to help open the door but can hand over the keys for long-term success as well.

That’s why JPMorgan Chase created The Fellowship Initiative (TFI), a three-year program to provide Latino and Black young men with the education, skills and resources that contribute to greater economic mobility. This past February, TFI expanded to Oakland, extending intensive academic support, college and career readiness, and mentoring to local young men of color to help expand economic opportunity.

Through this initiative, 40 high school students (Fellows) in Oakland were paired with a mentor at JPMorgan Chase. Mentors will help the Fellows successfully complete high school by engaging them in academic and project-based learning activities, college and career planning and leadership development opportunities, all with the goal of preparing them for postsecondary pathways.

JPMorgan Chase is also collaborating with Kingmakers of Oakland, an independent non-profit that supports school districts across the country, to help young men of color succeed.

TFI offers professional and personal opportunities for young men to hone leadership and networking skills. Fellows like Kenneth Richardson from Skyline High School and An Lin from Oakland Charter High School are looking forward to gaining a sense of community through TFI and getting guidance for both their personal and professional growth.

“I would like guidance in many aspects of my life, such as being involved in community service, developing healthy relationships and navigating the college application process and lifestyle,” says Richardson. “The ultimate goal is to expand my network to further my growth and development in the professional spectrum,” adds Lin.

To date, more than 350 JPMorgan Chase employees have worked with TFI Fellows as mentors, coaches, speakers or volunteers. This year, the program serves youth in seven cities, including Oakland, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and New York with more to come, and has driven 100 percent admission to college among graduating Fellows.

“Many of these young men are the first in their families to access quality post-secondary opportunities, like college,” said Rudy Lozano, Head of The Fellowship Initiative, JPMorgan Chase. “Through TFI, we’re able to break down the barriers that too often limit economic mobility and invest in the growth of the next generation of leaders.”

During their time in TFI, students receive academic training and project-based learning, as well as one-on-one mentoring with JPMorgan Chase employees. Other focal areas of the program include mental health support, college readiness and planning support, professional and leadership development, and career awareness activities.

“We’re thrilled to have expanded here in the East Bay,” said David Diggs, Co-Executive Sponsor of the Bay Area TFI. “We’ve seen a lot of local interest in getting involved in TFI and by working with Kingmakers of Oakland, we’re optimistic about the impact this program will have on local young men of color.”

Through 2030, TFI will triple the number of young people it serves to more than 1,000 across several U.S. cities, building on Chase’s commitment to prepare youth for the future of work.

For more information about the program and how you can get involved, visit your local Chase bank or the TFI home page on jpmorganchase.com

Selena’s family and her husband Chris Perez end long legal feud

by the El Reportero‘s news services

 

Chris Perez, the husband of late Tejano star Selena Quintanilla, says that he and her family have worked out their differences after a long legal feud.

Perez and the Quintanilla family were locked in a legal dispute over Perez’s plan to create a miniseries based on his 2012 memoir, “To Selena, With Love.”

In 2017, Selena’s father, Abraham Quintanilla, opposed the show and called the memoir an unauthorized book.

Quintanilla sued Perez and two companies planning to turn the book into a series. The lawsuit said at the time that after Selena’s 1995 murder, Perez signed a deal that gave all rights to Selena’s likeness and name to her estate.

Four years ago, a Texas judge ruled that the lawsuit could move forward. Lawyers for Perez wanted the lawsuit dismissed based on free speech grounds.

READ MORE: Texas judge allows lawsuit against Selena widower to proceed

Tuesday afternoon, Perez wrote in a tweet that the legal dispute with the Quintanilla family had been “amicably resolved.”

“Now that these issues are behind us, going forward, my hope, and the hope of the Quintanilla family, is for us to work together to continue to honor and celebrate the legacy of Selena,” he said.It’s unclear what both parties agreed to, but Abraham shared a similarly worded statement on his Facebook page. (Shared from/by ABC/13).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q0t98L_0Gg

 

Spanish Cinema in Los Angles and Miami

This year, Los Angeles and Miami join forces to co-host and present a hybrid In-Person/ On Site & Virtual special editon of

Recent Spanish Cinema on November 4-11, 2021, in Los Angeles & Miami, which will showcase some of the most outstanding contemporary Spanish Films.

Enjoy the best cinema from Spain More details and full program line-up to follow in October. Stay tuned for more at #recentspanishcinema.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) announced that its 44th Annual Awards Gala, taking place on Thursday, September 23, 2021, at 6:30pm ET, will conclude with a special performance by multiple Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter Juanes.

With a solo musical career that spans 20 years, Juanes has evolved into a genuine superstar, one of the most celebrated pop figures in the Spanish-speaking world. He has released ten best-selling albums, garnered a dozen No. 1 singles, performed on the most important stages around the world, and amassed a combined total of 25 Grammys and Latin Grammys. There are few accolades the singer-songwriter has not earned.

The impactful performance will close out a gala program featuring remarks by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other guests. The program will be emceed by Award-winning journalist and best-selling author Mariana Atencio; while internationally recognized culinary innovator Chef José Andrés and actress, philanthropist and activist Eva Longoria, both previous CHCI Medallion of Excellence recipients, will serve as 2021 Medallion co-presenters. The 44th Annual Awards Gala is sponsored by Bank of America,

The Annual Awards Gala is the culmination of CHCI’s Leadership Conference and signature events in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme Presente: Latinos Leading the Way, honors the contributions of Latino leaders and celebrates the legacy and diverse culture of the Latino community. Registration to the event is now open at chci.org.

Give us your huddled masses yearning to be vaccinated

by Jon Rappoport

 

And once we receive the genetic RNA shot, and suffer the consequences, those who survive will be awarded the carrot, the immunity passport that might allow us to re-enter normal life.

What a deal.

We’re all immigrants, outsiders in our own country, faced with conditions we must fulfill, in order to be granted rights and privileges once again. So we can re-enter America.

Natural Liberty, Constitutional Liberty, gone.

Because this is a crisis, say the experts.

The evidence that exposes the crisis as a hoax? Ignored by news media, censored by social media.

The government/medical experts are supported by an army of uninformed, brainwashed, ignorant citizens who unthinkingly obey.

Even the Great Reset sociopaths weren’t sure the population would cave in and meekly go along with COVID restrictions. But apparently the huddled masses were in desperate need of earning their right to be proud of SOMETHING, ANYTHING, to justify their existence.

Lock down? Close a business? Go broke? Wear a mask? Keep a distance? Get tested? Take the shot? “We’ll do anything to show our loyalty to a higher cause.”

Soldiers under withering fire from the enemy, soldiers lying on top of their dead comrades in foxholes of mud, bleeding soldiers, soldiers rising up to make one last assault across open exposed land against the enemy’s position—a picture from the past. Now people are waiting for behavioral orders because they’re terrified of an invisible germ. That’s the modern measure of courage. They summon up all their strength to delete a message that contains information contradicting Anthony Fauci.

The Orange Man heaps praise on his Operation Warp Speed. The Gray Man wearing a mask who can’t find his way from the shower to his bedroom in the White House residence tells the population to take the RNA shot. They comply. They are thus heroes. They do the right thing. They use the deadly weapons of Twitter and FB to rain fire down on anti-vaxxer troops.

Many people make the brave sacrifice of working from home. In their living rooms, they brave the mustard gas of interrupting pets and nagging children. Someone rings the doorbell. Is it a secret agent working for Dr. Mercola or Robert Kennedy, holding a lethal tract of misinformation about the spike protein? Would brains be captured and absorbed if they were exposed to a paragraph of subversive text?

Tucker Carlson, who dares to raise questions about the vaccine, must be de-platformed, even though the effort will make the assault on Iwo Jima seem like a Sunday picnic by comparison. Capture his hill, men. Take off your gloves and fight your way through to Instagram. Iwo, Normandy, Heartbreak Ridge, Tucker. Perhaps you weren’t raised for this war, perhaps your parents never conceived life could turn out like this, but now you have to take destiny in your own hands and mouse and click your way to glory.

Once there were the seafaring Vikings. Now there is a slender man in a suit with a perfectly trimmed beard who shows up on your television screen saying: “Hi. I work in Human Resources for a major corporation. You know, hiring the right people for the right jobs can be OVERWHELMING. Well, it was, until I connected with FlickWit, the online job search firm. Within hours, they send me resumes of precisely qualified candidates. My work day is now a joy…”

Thank God for that. Who raised him? Who wiped his nose every time he turned around? A doting mother who gave him a trophy for eating his peas?

“Now you listen to me, young man. If you’re going to play soccer, you wear that helmet. And don’t look at the girls in the stands. It could be interpreted as a sign of abuse. After practice, I’m taking you to the Hands Across the World Community Center to get the vaccine. You can have your choice. The Pfizer or the Moderna. It’ll make you a champion. Then we’ll talk to the doctor about puberty blockers.”

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

Thousands face eviction without a lawyer – a bill before the state Senate would even the odds

by Tina Rosales, housing advocate at Western Center on Law & Poverty

 

Imagine coming home one day to find a notice  on your door stating in bold letters:

 

TO ALL TENANT(S) AND ALL OTHER PERSONS IN POSSESSION: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED…

there is now due and unpaid rent for said premises. You have three days to tender the full amount of rent owed or your rental agreement shall terminate and you shall be subject to eviction proceedings.

That is what will happen or is already happening to thousands of Californians as the state’s eviction moratorium ends on September 31, 2021. Every day, tenants get notices demanding rent they cannot pay due to the pandemic, as billions of federal dollars meant to relieve tenants and pay landlords sits in the bank.

Many – probably most readers of this piece – have no idea what to do or where to turn for help. Most tenants are unaware that there is funding available to help them. All but a few fortunate tenants will have no legal representation.

Before and during the pandemic, I represented tenants in eviction defense proceedings throughout Los Angeles, where over 60 percent of people are renters. On any given day, I’d walk into eviction court and see at least 30 people, almost all people of color, without an attorney. The landlords, many of whom were corporations, had legal representation. Nationally, only three percent of renters have an attorney when they’re forced into eviction court — 81 percent of landlords do. The odds are not in tenants’ favor.

A bill currently in the State Assembly, AB 1487, could change that by creating a fund to even the playing field for both tenants and landlords. AB 1487 doesn’t just provide funds for desperately needed legal representation, it also provides community-based pre-eviction intervention and mediation services. The combined elements of the bill are especially critical now, as the pandemic rages on and people are still unable to find jobs and pay rent.

AB 1487, sponsored by Housing Now, Inner City Law Center, Legal Aid Association of CA, and Western Center on Law and Poverty, will hit the floor of the Senate for a vote just before Labor Day.  If it gets bipartisan support, passes, and is signed by the Governor,  it would  prioritize legal access for California’s 17 millions renters.

I think about the stakes for the tenants I saw every day, many of them desperate for an attorney to represent them only to find that their day in court had already come and gone, and that they have to move.

One tenant, an elderly Black woman with severe disabilities and limited education, came into my office with a long stipulation agreement stating that she had to pay all back rent, all attorney’s fees, and move within two weeks. She didn’t understand that she had signed something saying she must move and pay those costs, especially since she only withheld the rent because her landlords refused to make repairs – which was her legal right. With the limited number of attorneys able to defend her, the best I could do was give her counsel, advice, and resources so she wouldn’t end up homeless after leaving her rent controlled home of over 30 years.

Overwhelmingly, Black women with children are the most at risk of eviction; then Latinx and Native American renters, when compared to white renters. To add to the recipe of inequality, most California landlords are corporations with the funds and resources to win in court, an advantage renters don’t have. Mom and Pop landlords exist, but a disproportionate number of landlords in California are corporations whose priorities include making shareholders happy, not keeping communities safe and stable.

The consequences for tenants can include losing their home, exacerbating medical issues including the spread of COVID-19, and a substantial increase in stress, anxiety, depression, and other underlying medical issues. It can stop a child from going to school if they change districts, or even cause a parent to fear their child will be taken away because they don’t have a place to live.

An eviction in someone’s rental history often stops them from getting a home or rental in the future, destabilizing life well beyond the eviction. With so much at stake, it’s reasonable to assume renters have a right to representation in eviction court, but in California, that’s not yet the case.

This year, I made the tough decision to stop practicing law to become a policy advocate and make systemic changes like those in AB 1487 that address the unjust evictions I saw every day as an attorney. I want to ensure that people who find an eviction notice pinned to their door know there is legal help they can turn to.

Tina Rosales is a Policy Advocate at Western Center on Law & Poverty, where she focuses on land use policies, housing production for people with low to no income, landlord/tenant law, homelessness, fair housing, and other housing related issues. Previously, Tina worked for Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, where she worked on landlord/tenant litigation and homelessness issues.

José, Huitlacoche, Medel: a Mexican boxer loved in Japan but hated in Mexico

Shared from/by México Desconocido

 

José, Huitlacoche, Medel was hated in Mexico when he defeated the idol of the people, while in Japan he was loved when he defeated the idol of the people

If we had to mention a national boxer with whom the Mexicans were very ungrateful, that would be the native of Tepito, José, Huitlacoche, Medel. Although the affection that he did not get in Mexico ended up getting it in Japan, a country where people put him on their wall of ring idols.

Shortly before the 1950s began, Medel, then 17 years old, began to alternate selling lemons in the rough neighborhood with training to become a professional boxer. It was there when a coach gave him the nickname “Huitlacoche”, for his dark skin tone tending to blue.

His professional fights started fast. He was a boy of technique, fine, owner of a fulminant left foot, for which he was soon called “the best left hand in Mexico” (a title that he continues to keep to this day by scholars of the world of punching). He soon became one of the stars of the Arena Colosseum.

Fight after fight Medel improved. His career was growing, he won matches against figures like Chucho Pimentel and Mundo Esparza, to mention a few who had the misfortune of trying to beat him. But on August 1, 1959, he wrested the victory by decision from someone he did not owe: José, Toluco, López, another rising Mexican star.

After that victory the “Huitlacoche” waited for the ovations, the affection of the Mexicans, but it was not like that. Office workers, merchants, housewives and drunkards alike complained to him on the street why he had defeated the idol of the town. “El Toluco” had shown to the populace that even a humble bricklayer – by the way “El Toluco” was one of those who built the Bullfighting of Cuatro Caminos, where he would fight later – can aspire to have it all.

Mexicans did not think that Huitlacoche Medel beat Toluco

“José Medel was an esthete in the ring, he must have been a super idol, but he was not because he beat ‘Toluco’ López and beat him with diaphanous clarity, without arguments from the judges, without protests,” the late José would declare for a documentary. Sulaiman, who was the president of the World Boxing Council.

To Toluco López, famous for ending his fights with a single blow, people liked him not only for coming from below but also because he liked to live large: many women, excessive parties in places where he used to leave double tips the size of the same account and above all a lot of pulque. While José, Huitlacoche, Medel, who had also come out of poverty, was the opposite: disciplined, away from vices and a boxer who knew how to handle his success and the money that was coming to him.

José Medel buried his career in Mexico after winning his revenge against “Toluco”

As the public requested a rematch, it came on November 19, 1960, being even worse for “Toluco.” In that meeting José, Huitlacoche, Medel knocked him out in the seventh round of a lawsuit agreed to at 12. Again the Mexicans were on top of him, it was useless to beat him with cleanliness and technique, it was useless to be disciplined so much in his sporting life as a family member, as he did not achieve the desired admiration.

Soon after, he made the decision to go live in Japan. His first presentation in the land of the rising sun gave him a victory by knockout against Masahiko, Fighting, Harada, the Japanese idol of those years. Immediately the Japanese public gave him the admiration that the Mexican had not achieved in his land, despite seeing his star defeated.

José, Huitlacoche, Medel was loved in Japan for his power and discipline

The “Huitlacoche” continued to win fights in Japan, but he continued to miss Mexico, and more because given his successes in that country, he traveled to others such as England, Brazil and the United States to face other renowned boxers, winning in all their encounters. The Japanese began to consider him one of their own, to this must be added by the way that Medel had oriental facial features.

On January 3, 1967, José Medel faced Masahiko again for the world title, but the Mexican would be defeated by decision. His world championship aspirations were buried.

He had the opportunity to continue in Japan boosting his career, but he missed Mexico too much, he returned to make his family life and dedicate himself to training promising boxing players. He died on February 1, 2001 because of cancer, he did not receive the honors other than his relatives and some fans who respected and remembered him.

The benefits of supplementing with fish oil

Fish oil omega 3 gel capsules isolated on wooden background

by Skye Anderson

 

08/31/2021 – You’ve heard it dozens of times: fatty or oily fish such as salmon, tuna, mackerel and trout are good for your health, despite their abundance of fat. In fact, it is the high fat content of their oils that makes them healthy. These blue fish are full of omega-3 fatty acids, the good fats, and the American Heart Association recommends that you eat at least two servings of these fish twice a week.

So what is so good about these fats that forces experts to recommend eating oily fish and supplementing with fish oil?

The benefits of good fats

Oily fish are famously good at providing two things: protein, which your body uses to repair damaged cells and make new ones, and healthy fats called omega-3s. Omega-3s are said to have anti-inflammatory properties that can help lower your risk of inflammation-related diseases, such as heart disease, arthritis and cancer.

The two main omega-3s in fish oil are docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EHA). You can’t get these healthy fats from plant sources. Nuts and seeds are rich in a different type of omega-3 known as alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). While ALA offers its own unique benefits, DHA and EPA play many important roles inside your body in addition to providing a wide range of benefits.

According to a 2012 study, DHA and EPA are essential for proper growth and development, as well as healthy aging. They are also involved in anti-inflammatory processes and serve as precursors of various lipid mediators. Lipid mediators are signaling molecules that help regular cellular responses, including the growth and death of cells and inflammation.

DHA is also a key component of cell membranes. In fact, the cells of your brain and retina contain high amounts of this healthy fat. Meanwhile, EPA is used by your body to produce eicosanoids, which are molecules required for reproduction, gastric secretion and blood pressure regulation. Aside from oily fish, you can also get DHA and EPA from seaweed — the so-called sea vegetables — and marine algae.

Here are some of the benefits offered by DHA- and EPA-rich fish oil:

Helps protect against heart disease — According to a study by American researchers, the omega-3s in fish oil can counteract the detrimental effects of mental stress on the heart. Volunteers who supplemented with fish oil for several weeks showed blunted heart rate reactivity and muscle sympathetic nerve activity under stress, suggesting that fish oil exerts protective effects on cardiovascular function during mental stress.

Helps reduce arthritis risk — Using data from a population-based prospective study, Swedish researchers found that adequate daily intake of omega-3s like those found in fish oil can reduce a person’s risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis by 35 percent. Consistently high long-term consumption can lower your risk by up to 52 percent.

Helps keep the brain healthy — Many studies have reported that alcohol abuse increases the risk of dementia. But a 2013 study found that the DHA in fish oil can protect brain cells from alcohol-triggered inflammation. In fact, DHA helped reduce neuroinflammation by about 90 percent in brain cell cultures exposed to amounts of alcohol more than four times the legal limit for driving.

Helps lower the risk of certain cancers — According to a 2013 study, low doses of EPA can effectively stop the growth of cancerous skin cells. The researchers noted that EPA does this by arresting cell division and triggering apoptosis, or programmed cell suicide. Meanwhile, other studies have reported that high consumption of fish oil in women can help reduce their breast cancer risk.

Helps maintain healthy vision — Research has found that retina function progressively declines with age. But DHA supplementation may help preserve this function and prevent age-related functional losses, according to a study by researchers at the University of Alberta in Canada.

An update on fish oil supplementation and heart health

In a recent study, Australian researchers explored the benefits of combining fish oil with curcumin, another popular supplement for supporting good heart health. They worked with 152 older adults aged between 50 and 80 who were either overweight or obese and lived a sedentary lifestyle. The researchers divided the participants into four groups and asked them to take either a placebo, fish oil, curcumin or a combination of fish oil and curcumin every day for 16 weeks.

The researchers found that the participants who took fish oil daily (2,000 mg of DHA + 400 mg of EPA) experienced significant improvements in their heart rate, blood triglyceride and blood cholesterol levels. Specifically, the participants enjoyed a three percent reduction in heart rate compared to the placebo, a 24 percent reduction in their blood triglyceride levels and an eight percent increase in their good cholesterol levels.

But contrary to what they expected, the combination of fish oil and curcumin did not produce additional benefits. The researchers said that this could mean that the two supplements do not work synergistically. They also noted that another research team conducted a similar experiment and came up with the same results.

Despite the combination of fish oil and curcumin falling short of expectations, the researchers said that their study further proves why supplementing with fish oil — or eating oily fish — is one of the keys to a healthy heart. If you want to maintain good heart health for as long as possible, consider eating at least two servings of oily fish every week or supplementing with fish oil daily. Boosting your intake of healthy fats is sure to benefit other parts of your body as well. Natural News

 

Pro-life win: Supreme Court refuses to block Texas heartbeat law which virtually bans killing babies

by TTC

 

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to block a pro-life Texas law barring abortions after roughly six weeks’ gestation in a vote that deals a major blow to Roe v. Wade and could foreshadow how the court will handle abortion cases in the near future.

In the 5-4 decision, the high court declined to block the Texas law, determining that plaintiffs in the case failed to carry the burden of making a “strong showing” that it is “likely to succeed on the merits.” Chief Justice John Roberts joined the liberal wing of the bench in dissent.

The law, S.B. 8, bars abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, or as early as six weeks into pregnancy. But unlike similar laws passed in other states that have been blocked by courts, the Texas legislation does not provide criminal enforcement against abortion. Rather, it relies solely on private individuals for enforcement, empowering citizens to file civil lawsuits against anyone who performs an abortion or “aids and abets” the procedure. It is this unusual legislative design that makes the law difficult to challenge.

The law went into effect at midnight Wednesday after the Supreme Court initially declined to rule on an emergency request to block the law. Democrats across the state and country immediately became unhinged, lamenting that the law unjustly sidesteps legal precedent for abortion established by Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

Women in Texas reportedly flocked to abortion clinics into the late hours Tuesday night to seek abortion procedures before the law took effect. Planned Parenthood and Whole Women’s Health, two abortion providers involved in the case, claimed the law has caused “chaos on the ground.”

In their emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, the plaintiffs argued that the new law will “immediately and catastrophically reduce abortion access in Texas, barring care for at least 85 percent of Texas abortion patients (those who are six weeks pregnant or greater) and likely forcing many abortion clinics ultimately to close.”

But in a brief ruling issued on Wednesday, a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices disagreed. The ruling stated that abortion providers “raised serious questions regarding the constitutionality of the Texas law,” but did not adequately address “complex and novel” procedural questions presented by the case.

Such questions included whether or not state officials and pro-life activists would enforce the law in a way that would permit the court’s intervention, NBC News reported.

Additionally, the court did acknowledge, “This order is not based on any conclusion about the constitutionality of Texas’s law, and in no way limits other procedurally proper challenges to the Texas law, including in Texas state courts.”

Nevertheless, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing in dissent, called the court’s decision “stunning.”

“Presented with an application to enjoin a flagrantly unconstitutional law engineered to prohibit women from exercising their constitutional rights and evade judicial scrutiny, a majority of Justices have opted to bury their heads in the sand,” she claimed.

This fall, another major showdown over abortion rights is set to come before the Supreme Court as the court takes up Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

The case, which concerns Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, essentially asks the Supreme Court to re-evaluate the constitutionality of the fetal viability standard. Under current precedent, states are prohibited from banning abortions before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb, generally considered to occur at 22 weeks.

A decision in favor of Mississippi could lead to a major rollback of abortion rights in the country. Based on the court’s decision on the Texas law, such a ruling at least appears possible.

In Mexico City, another Grito minus a crowd in the Zócalo

At least six states will have some form of in person celebrations

 

Celebrations of “El Grito,” a symbol of the struggle for independence, was toned down on Wednesday in Mexico City due to COVID-19 restrictions despite this year being the two-century anniversary of the beginning of liberation from Spanish rule. The event was also heavily diluted in 2020 due to health considerations.

Traditionally, a large crowd congregates outside the National Palace and calls back to the president as he calls the names of the heroes of the independence movement, culminating in three cries of “Viva México!” or “Long live Mexico.”

President López Obrador confirmed that the official ceremony would be an invitation-only event and that Mexico City’s central zócalo would remain empty. The capital is yellow on the government’s COVID-19 stoplight map.

However, the president assured that the commemoration would still take place, and that Mexicans could tune in on television. “El Grito means a lot … I assure you that in your homes most Mexicans will be able to participate, you will be able to see everything,” he said.

He added why the event carried political weight. “[Miguel] Hidalgo and [José María] Morelos sought, at the same time as independence, justice. Hidalgo proclaimed the abolition of slavery and Morelos wanted equality, for poverty and opulence to be moderated, so of course we are going to commemorate El Grito.”

Meanwhile, some state governments have decided to hold in person celebrations, the newspaper Milenio reported. Sinaloa, Durango, Campeche and Coahuila have all announced limited-capacity events. Campeche will allow a crowd of 2,000 people.

Some municipalities in Chiapas and Campeche will also allow limited crowds. In Puebla city, concerts will take place in the central square. At least 14 other states have completely canceled in person celebrations.

“El Grito” recalls the night of September 15, 1810 when Hidalgo, a priest from Dolores, Guanajuato, ordered the church bells to ring and urged people to fight their colonial rulers with the call to arms: “Long live Mexico!” Eleven years later Spain recognized Mexico’s independence through the Treaty of Córdoba.

The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September18, respectively.

With reports from Milenio.

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