by the El Reportero’s news services
Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio, protagonist of the Oscar-winning film “Roma”, denounced Tuesday that indigenous women are often forced to lose their “identity” to avoid being discriminated against in Mexico.
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“I think that discrimination has led us to lose many things as indigenous women: our identity,” he said during a forum on sexist violence organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) in Mexico City.
The family of Yalitza Aparicio, originally from the southern state of Oaxaca, did not teach her the Mixtec language to prevent her from being discriminated against, something that for the actress means “forcing people to be who they are not.”
He also gave as an example that many indigenous women “have had to stop wearing their clothes so that they are not judged with their eyes”, something that is “painful because they are such beautiful clothes,” he said.
“Many times we include indigenous people as if they were the same, but each community is different in their way of thinking and customs. What unites us, unfortunately, is discrimination,” said Aparicio, who since October has been an ambassador of good will of Unesco. Source: EFE
Book on economics by Mexican president on sale online
The new book by Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador, entitled ‘Hacia una economía moral’ (Towards a moral economy), is now on sale online, publishing house Planeta announced.
In a brief Tuesday press release, the publishing house informed that the volume will be sold at a price of 7.99 euros, equivalent to 171.59 Mexican pesos.
Planeta notes on its website that ‘Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador offers, as no other president of Mexico had done before, an intimate and eloquent dialogue about the specific results of his first year in government.’ The synopsis of ‘Hacia una economia moral’ states that ‘the paradigm we are building is based on the conviction that generosity is stronger than selfishness, empathy is more powerful than hate, collaboration is more efficient than competition, freedom is more constructive than prohibition, and trust is more fruitful than distrust.’
President López Obrador has insisted that the economy must be based on ethical principles that counteract the neoliberal model.
The print edition of the book will be released in bookstores on Dec. 1.
The story of an American family who suffers deportation from their parents
Presented by Sony Pictures Television, this reimagining of the series follows the five children of the Acosta family as they deal with everyday struggles to survive as a united family after their parents are unexpectedly deported to Mexico.
In a new version of the creators of the original series Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser, this beloved story of a young family that must deal with adversity will be told again with a look linked to current issues and cultural conversation. The series features Brandon Larracuente as Emilio Acosta, Emily Tosta as Lucia Acosta, Niko Guardado as Beto Acosta and Elle Paris Legaspi as Valentina Acosta. Bruno Bichir and Fernanda Urrejola participate as the parents of the Acosta brothers, Javier and Gloria.
The first episode of “Party of Five” will be available for a special preview on Hulu, the Freeform.com app, and on demand starting Wednesday, Jan. 1.
The long-awaited drama “Party of Five” will be released with two episodes on Wednesday, Jan. 8 (9 – 11:00 p.m. Eastern time).
Cuba’s Chucho Valdés wins Latin Grammy Award for Best Jazz Album
Cuban multi-award winning pianist Chucho Valdés expanded his long list of awards by winning a Latin Grammy in the Best Jazz Album category.
The legendary pianist’s album ‘Jazz bata 2’ featured among nominations that included the albums ‘Turning Pages’ by Claudia Acuña, ‘Elemental’ by a trío composed of Otmaro Ruíz, Jimmy Haslip and Jimmy Branly, ‘Dos orientales’ by Hugo Fattoruso and Tomohiro Yahiro, and ‘Rio-São Paulo’ by Andre Marques.
This is Valdés’ fourth Latin Grammy Award, in addition to being the winner of six Grammy Awards.
