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Anna Ishii and Yui Sugawara

Anna Ishii 石井 杏奈 and Yui Sugawara ゆい すがわら, “Fukoka”, choreo by Marcos Morau, Lorena Nogal and Marina Rodríguez, costume and set by Marcos Morau and La Veronal, music by Paco de Lucía (“Tío Sabas“), Miguel Poveda (“De Querer a No Querer“) and José Galván (“Farruca“), Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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La Veronal: Sonoma - Theater Winterthur 11.11.2023

La Veronal: Sonoma - Theater Winterthur 11.11.2023 #Tanz #MarcosMorau #Religion #Spanien #Surrealismus #luisBuñuel #Gastspiel #LaVeronal #sonoma

Bereits 2020 entstanden, nun erstmals auch in der Schweiz zu sehen – im Theater Winterthur, das einmal mehr einen hochkarätigen (Gast)-Spielplan zu bieten hat: “SONOMA”, ein Stück von LA VERONAL, dem Ensemble des spanischen Choreografen MARCOS MORAU – bewegend, kraftvoll, wuchtig… Continue reading Untitled

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The Cause Of The Accident That Started The Fire from CANADA on Vimeo.

A young director (Berta Prieto “Autodefensa”) goes through a creative crisis while filming the movie she’s directing. The car accident scene she’s shooting lacks a clear narrative cause, leading her to lose confidence in herself. Directed by Lope Serrano and produced by CANADA for Audiovisual from Spain, it showcases the talent, creativity, and expertise of the Spanish film industry.Cast includes Berta Prieto (“Autodefensa”); European Film Award-nominated and Spanish Academy Goya award-winning actor Bárbara Lennie; Oscar-nominated “Society of the Snow” director JA Bayona; Cannes regular Albert Serra (“Pacifiction”); “Elité” actor Omar Ayuso; “Money Heist” star Miguel Herranz and Karla Sofía Gascón, who this year became the first trans actress to win best actress at Cannes for her work in Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez”.

Director - Lope Serrano  A Production by Audiovisual From Spain and ICEX. A Film by CANADA.

Cast

Barbara Lennie  Berta Pierto  Karla Sofia Gascon Albert Serra Omar Ayuso  Miguel Herran  J.A Bayona 

Crew

Costume Designer - Violeta Comella  Makeup Artist - Javier Ceferino  Hairstylist - Alba Guillen  Choreographers - Àngela Boix  & Lorena Nogal  Editor - Carlos Font Clos  Poster Artwork - Ignasi Monreal  VFX - Felix Berges - El Ranchito  Grade - Marc Morato  Sound - Trafalgar13  Animation Studio - Brut Works  Production Designer - Andrea Batlló  DOP - Daniel Fernández Abelló  1ST AD - Luis Casacuberta  Director Assistant - Santiago Ruffa  Production Manager - Dani Molina Producer - Cristina Sánchez EP - Marta Argullós Head of Production - Alba Barneda

Written by  Santiago Ruffa Davis Silis Lope Serrano

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The Cause Of The Accident That Started The Fire from CANADA on Vimeo.

A young director (Berta Prieto “Autodefensa”) goes through a creative crisis while filming the movie she’s directing. The car accident scene she’s shooting lacks a clear narrative cause, leading her to lose confidence in herself. Directed by Lope Serrano and produced by CANADA for Audiovisual from Spain, it showcases the talent, creativity, and expertise of the Spanish film industry.Cast includes Berta Prieto (“Autodefensa”); European Film Award-nominated and Spanish Academy Goya award-winning actor Bárbara Lennie; Oscar-nominated “Society of the Snow” director JA Bayona; Cannes regular Albert Serra (“Pacifiction”); “Elité” actor Omar Ayuso; “Money Heist” star Miguel Herranz and Karla Sofía Gascón, who this year became the first trans actress to win best actress at Cannes for her work in Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez”.

Director - Lope Serrano  A Production by Audiovisual From Spain and ICEX. A Film by CANADA.

Cast

Barbara Lennie  Berta Pierto  Karla Sofia Gascon Albert Serra Omar Ayuso  Miguel Herran  J.A Bayona 

Crew

Costume Designer - Violeta Comella  Makeup Artist - Javier Ceferino  Hairstylist - Alba Guillen  Choreographers - Àngela Boix  & Lorena Nogal  Editor - Carlos Font Clos  Poster Artwork - Ignasi Monreal  VFX - Felix Berges - El Ranchito  Grade - Marc Morato  Sound - Trafalgar13  Animation Studio - Brut Works  Production Designer - Andrea Batlló  DOP - Daniel Fernández Abelló  1ST AD - Luis Casacuberta  Director Assistant - Santiago Ruffa  Production Manager - Dani Molina Producer - Cristina Sánchez EP - Marta Argullós Head of Production - Alba Barneda

Written by  Santiago Ruffa Davis Silis Lope Serrano

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Beltrones vuelve

New Post has been published on https://entretodos.com.mx/opinion/corren-rumores/beltrones-vuelve/

Beltrones vuelve

Corren Rumores

Hilario Olea

NUNCA SE FUE… Con la frase: “la experiencia nunca se jubila”, dicha en su visita a Sonora, Manlio Fabio Beltrones lo dijo todo y muy a su estilo dejó en el aire la posibilidad  de su retorno, como si en alguna ocasión se hubiera ido.  La colega Michelle Rivera le preguntó de forma directa si buscaría llegar al Senado, y en respuesta le dijo: “Las cosas en el país no marchan bien y creo que en el futuro la solución está en el Congreso. Yo no he tomado una decisión, estoy evaluando esa situación y pronto lo resolveré”. Seguramente dejó otro mensaje más en la ceremonia donde se rindió homenaje a su amigo Abraham Zaied en Nogales.  Pero ese no lo alcanzamos. Por lo pronto, es claro que si Beltrones no tiene intenciones de buscar un escaño lo  hubiera dicho, pero al dejar las cosas en el aire seguramente que si va.  Ahora, lo que hay que ver es como. Si por entrar en campaña abierta o por una posición plurinominal. Veremos.

PAREJA ATOMICA…Una vez que se dio a conocer el reparto de candidaturas en la Alianza por México, donde se acordó que en Sonora el PRI tendrá mano en primera fórmula por el Senado, y en segunda mano estará el PAN. Ante esto de inmediato se manejaron como los aspirantes con más posibilidades  y con más fortalezas a Manlio Fabio Beltrones como propuesta priista y por los panistas consideran que debe ir en reelección Lilly Téllez.  Ambos personajes son conocidos y reconocidos en Sonora, además de ser una fórmula de alto perfil competidor para enfrentar a los candidatos oficialistas, que hasta ahora llevan puntera Heriberto Aguilar y Lorena Valles. No se queda atrás Movimiento Ciudadano que lanzará como su carta fuerte al aguerrido Ernesto El Pato de Lucas.  Son fórmulas por demás interesantes y sobre todo atractivas para dar una buena pelea, siempre y cuando el gobernador Alfonso Durazo no meta su cuchara.

ANDABA DESATADO…Caray en su gira por Oaxaca ahora si que se lució el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador con una serie de echadas que ni los chairos más retrasados se la comprarían. La primera fue vaciada, al responder luego al anuncio de que su hermano José Ramiro “Pepín” López Obrador y su prima Manuela Obrador van a buscar un escaño en el Senado. Dijo no respalda aspiraciones políticas. “No, yo no respaldo, a mi familia no. Y yo tengo el acuerdo con mis hijos, que es mi familia más cercana, con mi esposa, de que mientras yo esté en actividad, ninguno puede ocupar cargo”.  Vaya, o sea que van a ir por sus propios méritos. Seguramente no habrá llamadas o mensajeros que recomienden a estos personajes.  Por favor, si todo lo hacen al estilo del viejo PRI, ahora salen con que son puros y santos. No la chiflen que es cantada.

SEGUNDA AVENTADA…Otro chistorete que se aventó muy bueno fue cuando habló de la terna que en envió a la Suprema Corte de Justicia:  “Las abogadas, Estela Ríos González, Lenia Batres Guadarrama y Bertha Alcalde Luján, son muy buenas y garantizan criterios de imparcialidad”. Sobre todo van a ser muy imparciales. Por favor. Una es su empleada. Otra hermana de la secretaria de Gobernación y otra hermana de Martín Batres. Todas militantes de Morena. No pudo haber escogido a nadie más parcial y entregada a sus deseos y caprichos. Sería el colmo de la imposición si insiste en mantener su propuesta.  Pero bueno, todos sabemos las ganas que le trae a controlar y hasta desaparecer a la Suprema Corte.  Si impone ministros con este perfil sería un auténtico golpe de Estado.

MEGAFARMACIA FANTASMA…  Y para rematar confirmó que para el 30 de diciembre estará operando la Megafarmacia  para distribuir medicinas en un día a todas partes del país. Presumió que ya se trabaja en su instalación, pero resulta que ya fueron medios informativos a confirmar esta versión y solo encontraron unos bodegones  abandonados, en donde no hay nadie.  No hay personal vigilando o lo que es peor, trabajando para adecuar el lugar para recibir tantísima medicina, sobre todo las que deben estar en ambiente frío.  Pero bueno, ya sabemos que el presidente es experto en patear el bote y culpar a otros por sus fallas, sobre todo si puede señalar a los que llama sus adversarios.  El punto es que tiene un mes para dejar lista la megafarmacia. Pero eso vale. Total, igual la inaugura y presume que está llena de medicinas. Total, no hay forma de comprobarlo porque todo lo esconden.

En, fin, lo bueno que ya es sabadito  y por eso recuerden lo que decía doña Chona, el que nace para maceta, seguro va a ser candidato. Sale.

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Ventura by Maria Arnal i Marcel Bagés from the album CLAMOR - Video by  Xavi Lozano, Marcos Morau, Albert Pons

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Apuntes para una internet más inclusiva: Texto Alternativo como poesía

Toda descripción es política

Author: 

Florencia Goldsman

En el marco de una actividad apoyada por la colectivas de fondos feministas Numun Fund y relacionada con la creación de infraestructuras feministas tuvo lugar el taller “Cabezas parlantes taller: traducción creativa de imágenes para una internet feminista”. El espacio estuvo orientado por la exploración feminista de hacer una internet más inclusiva y se enfocó en las necesidades de las personas ciegas. En este artículo resumimos lo más destacado de los aprendizajes de las sesiones.

El taller “Cabezas parlantes” nació inspirado en el manual creado por las artistas con discapacidades Bojana Coklyat y Shannon Finnegan, “El texto alternativo como cuaderno de poesía” del cual salen impulsos poéticos para crear descripciones de imágenes para una internet que incluya a más personas. Y que a la hora de hablar de descripciones, las mismas no se ciñan a señalamientos escuetos, sino que también ayudan a una mayor accesibilidad, percepción y sensación para las personas de baja visión o no videntes que usan programas de lectura automatizada de pantalla para poder transitar los caminos de internet.

Coklyat y Finnegan invitan a jugar con el lenguaje a la vez que respetamos una cierta cantidad de caracteres y la necesidad de cumplir un rol informativo.

Un ejemplo podría ser la descripción sobre la imagen de un simple jardín.

Aquí podríamos tener dos opciones para un Texto Alternativo sobre el mismo espacio:

Un jardín con un árbol en el centro y plantas circundantes.

Un espacio verde con diferentes tipos de enredaderas y plantas en el que destaca un añoso nogal y un cerco del cual cuelgan ramas y hojas serpenteantes de la fruta de la pasión.

Partimos desde el impulso ya descrito. Y, para poder llevar a cabo la actividad, quien escribe junto con la co-facilitadora Lorena Roffé (integrante de la red Madalenas de teatro de las oprimidas y formadora del grupo Mujeres con Capacidad de Soñar a Colores de Guatemala), diseñamos un taller que pusiera en primer lugar el juego, la poesía y la participación de personas con discapacidad visual.

Por ello, llevamos adelante entrevistas a 3 personas ciegas y/o con baja visión que serían nuestras consejeras y orientadoras durante los talleres. Nos interesó conocer los problemas con los que se enfrentan cada día en una internet que al día de hoy no está pensada para incluir a todas las personas y que, sin embargo, cada día mas se impone como un puente obligatorio para acceder a derechos básicos para toda la población.

De nuestras conversaciones y puesta en común, llegamos a algunos criterios para trabajar sobre un material diverso de imágenes de las participantes, así como de imágenes que seleccionamos en internet y que descargamos de medios feministas, organizaciones feministas y trans-feministas.

De la actividad participaron alrededor de 10 personas de diferentes países de América Latina, que se inscribieron cuando les llegó la invitación se sintieron convocadas por que desde las artes, el diseño gráfico, la comunicación popular y las tecnologías comunitarias quieren apostar por espacios, en línea y fuera de línea, con mayor inclusividad y accesibilidad.

Fue nuestra primera experiencia en este tipo de formato, en línea, a distancia y sin uso de cámaras ni imágenes adicionales (más allá de las que usamos para experimentar no hubo PPT ni saludos a cámara). Para dar inicio a la exploración habíamos consensuado algunos puntos relevantes con nuestres orientadores (dos personas auto percibidas como mujeres y un varón LGBT), las tomamos como marco orientador surgidas desde las propias inquietudes y necesidades:

1.  Más que describir cómo se ve la físicamente persona, es más relevante lo que está haciendo, el gesto. 2. Resulta interesante cuando cuentan características que definen la actitud, por ejemplo: la persona está sonriente, está triste, está con desgano. 3: Objetividad/subjetividad: describir una imagen es inherentemente un proceso subjetivo - al escribir estás utilizando tus propias formas de ver y de entender. Sin embargo, una descripción debe tener como objetivo el proveer un entendimiento claro de la imagen a la audiencia prevista. (Fuente: “El texto alternativo como cuaderno de poesía”).

Leer artículo completo aquí: https://takebackthetech.net/es/blog/apuntes-para-una-internet-m%C3%A1s-inclusiva-texto-alternativo-como-poes%C3%ADa

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Ensalada de Manzana

Esta ensalada me parece que tiene una combinación de sabores y texturas que me parece maravillosa.

Inspirada por la ensalada de manzana y berros de Yeung Man Cooking, le he hecho unas modificaciones y aficiones y me encanta.

La base la hago con kale negro, llamado también kale dinosaurio. A esta le agregué rugula y lechuga romana morada.

Le agregué una zanahoria fresca rallada, 1/4 de pimentón rojo en julianas, media manzana gala, medio aguacate Lorena con sal de mar espolvoreada encima y medio gajo de apio. Esto último es nuevo. Y maravillosa!

Hago una salsa con miel, jugo de limón, sal y pepperoncino. Aunque esta vez no le puse pepperoncino.

Los sabores y texturas de esta ensalada me encantan. La crujencia y frescura del pimentón y ahora del apio. La dulzura de la manzana y la miel. El contraste cítrico del limón. Las hojas que añaden frescura y un poco de chewiness. Lo pedazos de nueces (del nogal) que dan saciedad y añaden diversión y un poco de crujencia también al plato. El aguacate que añade una suavidad fresca.

He estado comiendo ensaladas como plato principal la mitad de los días de la semana.

Antes creía que comía bastantes frutas y verduras porque simplemente me gustaban y las añadía a los platos. Pero ahora las hago mis platos principales. Como muchas más frutas y verduras diariamente. Y me divierto más con ellas.

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Lightpainting en el laboratorio Cartografías a oscuras El Laboratorio Cartografía A Oscuras es un espacio de creación artística dirigido a población ciega donde se desarrolla la cartografía de un territorio íntimo y vital Cada participante escoge un lugar, un territorio, que tiene un papel importante en su vida cotidiana y lo representa explorando tres lenguajes artísticos: poesía, fotografía y paisaje sonoro Participantes: @nataliaescallonlievano Diana Jimenez, Diana Lucia Rios, Johana Hidrobo, Laura Nogal, Lorena Pechené, Maria Consuelo, Andrea Lopera, Alexander Rodriguez, David Medina, Fabio Polanco, Juan Pablo Polanco, Samuel Martinez, Weimer Ramirez, David Tovar, Gabriela Giacometto, Gina Parra, Juan Gutiérrez, Liliana Zapata, Maria Camila Tafur, Natalia Becerra, Natalia Escallon, Simona Tagua. Organiza: Los niños films @losnifilms @idartes @cinematecabta Beca de creación para la realización de contenidos accesibles de Idartes. #laboratorio #Cartografía #beca #ciegos #fotografía #sonido #poesía #paisajesonoro #idartes #Lightpainting #historias #vida #emociones #imaginacion #imagen #imagenlatente #photography #blind #blindphotographer #sound #poetry #camera (en Cinemateca de Bogotá) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdUBDQyprBd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Thursday, April 29, 2021

Biden to propose free preschool, as speech details emerge (AP) President Joe Biden will call for free preschool for all three- and four-year-old children, a $200 billion investment to be rolled out as part of his sweeping American Families Plan being unveiled Wednesday in an address to Congress. The administration said the historic investment would benefit 5 million children and save the average family $13,000. It calls for providing federal funds to help the states offer preschool, with teachers and other employees earning $15 an hour. The new details are part of Biden’s $1 trillion-plus package, an ambitious next phase of his massive infrastructure investment program, this one focused on so-called human infrastructure—child care, health care, education and other core aspects of the household architecture that undergird everyday life for countless Americans. Together with Biden’s American Jobs Plan, a $2.3 trillion infrastructure investment to be funded by a corporate tax hike, they add up a whopping $4 trillion effort to fulfill his campaign vow to Build Back Better.

Navy SEALs to shift from counterterrorism to global threats (AP) Ten years after they found and killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. Navy SEALs are undergoing a major transition to improve leadership and expand their commando capabilities to better battle threats from global powers like China and Russia. The new plan cuts the number of SEAL platoons by as much as 30% and increases their size to make the teams more lethal and able to counter sophisticated maritime and undersea adversaries. That decision reflects the broader Pentagon strategy to prioritize China and Russia, which are rapidly growing their militaries and trying to expand their influence around the globe. U.S. defense leaders believe that two decades of war against militants and extremists have drained resources, causing America to lose ground against Moscow and Beijing.

Scientist: Extent of DDT dumping in Pacific is ‘staggering’ (AP) Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be more than 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected. The 27,345 “barrel-like” objects were captured in high-resolution images as part of a study by researchers at the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. They mapped more than 56 square miles (145 square kilometers) of seafloor between Santa Catalina Island and the Los Angeles coast in a region previously found to contain high levels of the toxic chemical in sediments and in the ecosystem. Historical shipping logs show that industrial companies in Southern California used the basin as a dumping ground until 1972, when the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, also known as the Ocean Dumping Act, was enacted. Disposing of industrial, military, nuclear and other hazardous waste was a pervasive global practice in the 20th century, according to researchers. The long-term impact on marine life and humans is still unknown, said Scripps chemical oceanographer and professor of geosciences Lihini Aluwihare, who in 2015 co-authored a study that found high amounts of DDT and other man-made chemicals in the blubber of bottlenose dolphins that died of natural causes.

Electric Vehicle Appeal Loses Steam (Nature.com/ArsTechnica) California is the largest market in the US for plug-in vehicles. But a new study in Nature Energy has found that about 20% of those early electric vehicle adopters have given up their EVs to return to fossil fuel-powered transport. Survey responders said what they liked most about their plug-ins were recharging costs, reliability, and safety. What they liked least were the driving range and convenience of charging. Not surprisingly, those who decided to keep their EVS had more access to level 2 charging (240 V AC) at home, as well as more access to charging generally.

The real crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border (Washington Post) There’s a crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border, but it isn’t the crisis that the media has been covering and that the Republican governors of Arizona and Texas recently blamed on President Biden. The crisis I’m talking about is the one that is eroding the livelihoods of U.S. citizens on the borderlands. Just ask Blanca Gallardo, 45, or her colleague Ivan Caballero, 39, two of the three workers left at La Familia, a mega-discount store in the border city of Nogales, Ariz. The store once employed 24 people. La Familia occupies a prime piece of real estate on Morley Avenue, Nogales’s Main Street. Like other retail businesses on and around this thoroughfare, La Familia depends almost entirely on shoppers who live on the other side of the border fence a short walk away—Mexicans who have not been allowed to enter the United States since March last year, when land ports of entry were closed to visa-carrying nonessential travelers in an effort to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The result has been devastating. Sheriff David Hathaway, a lifelong Nogales resident and the top law enforcement official in Santa Cruz County, one of four border counties in Arizona, said that 90 percent of local businesses have shut their doors and may never reopen. “There is no migrant crisis,” Hathaway told me. “What we have is a big economic crisis.” That’s not just a Nogales problem, though. One downtown merchant in the border city of El Paso told Border Report in November that his store had lost as much as 90 percent of its customers since last March.

López Obrador’s bid to alter Mexican Supreme Court seen as threat to judicial independence (Washington Post) He won the presidency in a landslide. His party dominates Congress. Now, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is in a battle over the country’s judiciary, as opponents and legal analysts accuse him of making an unconstitutional power grab. Lawmakers from López Obrador’s party have triggered outrage by voting to add two years to the four-year term of the Supreme Court chief justice, Arturo Zaldívar. Zaldívar is generally regarded as sympathetic to the president. As in the United States, where some Democrats want to expand the U.S. Supreme Court, there are fears that the judiciary is becoming increasingly politicized. But the Mexican measure carries especially grave implications, analysts say, because it appears to violate a constitutional limit on the chief justice’s term. López Obrador is increasingly challenging institutions created as part of Mexico’s transition to democracy, including the national elections board and the freedom-of-information institute. Critics worry that the president, who came to power as a leftist political outsider, could use his popularity to reestablish elements of the one-party system that reigned here for seven decades.

With pools closed, Peruvians turn to open-water swimming (AP) The swimmers began gathering even before dawn glimmers on Pescadores beach, plunging into the Pacific surf for one of the few athletic endeavors permitted under Peru’s strict pandemic restrictions. Swimming pools have been closed for more than a year, but government has since Oct. 30 allowed open-water swimming, even if relaxing on the beach is banned to prevent mass gatherings. Forty-three-year-old Lorena Choy said swimming “relaxes me, unstresses me. ... It helps a lot psychologically.” Swimming coach Víctor Solís, 47, said he estimated that the number of swimmers out each morning has multiplied fivefold recently.

UK to come under scrutiny in Italy’s largest mafia trial in decades (The Guardian) In a high-security, 1,000-capacity courtroom converted from a call centre, Italy’s largest mafia trial in three decades is under way in Lamezia Terme, Calabria. About 900 witnesses are set to testify against more than 350 defendants, including politicians and officials charged with being members of the ‘Ndrangheta, Italy’s most powerful criminal group. Several of the defendants will be asked to respond to charges of money laundering over establishing companies in the UK with the alleged purpose of simulating legitimate economic activity. The ‘Ndrangheta—based in the southern region of Calabria, the toe of the Italian boot—is reputed to be one of the richest and most feared criminal organisations in the world. A study by the Demoskopita Research Institute in 2013 estimated its financial strength as more than that of Deutsche Bank and McDonald’s combined, with an annual turnover of €53bn (£44bn). Investigators say the secret of its success lies in its ability to connect the underworld with the upper world, where often the “upper world” stands for London. In the last decade, hundreds of investigations have asserted how the ‘Ndrangheta has laundered billions of euros in the City.

The U.S. Built the Afghan Military Over 20 Years. Will It Last One More? (NYT) President Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that first propelled the United States into conflict, has prompted deep fears about the Afghan security forces’ ability to defend what territory remains under government control. For nearly two decades, the United States and NATO have engaged in the nation-building pursuit of training, expanding and equipping Afghanistan’s police, army and air forces, spending tens of billions of dollars in an attempt to build government security forces that can safeguard their own country. But despite this enormous effort, the undertaking has only produced a troubled set of forces that are woefully unprepared for facing the Taliban, or any other threat, on their own. What comes next is anything but certain. The Taliban already control vast amounts of the country, even with American military power present. Afghan units are rife with corruption, have lost track of the weapons once showered on them by the Pentagon, and in many areas are under constant attack. Some soldiers have not been home in years because their villages have been overtaken by the Taliban. Prospects for improvement are slim, given slumping recruitment, high casualty rates and a Taliban insurgency that is savvy, experienced and well equipped—including with weapons originally provided to the Afghan government by the United States.

In India, Illness Is Everywhere (NYT) Crematories are so full of bodies, it’s as if a war just happened. Sickness and death are everywhere. Dozens of houses in my neighborhood have sick people. One of my son’s teachers is sick. The neighbor two doors down, to the right of us: sick. Two doors to the left: sick. I’m sitting in my apartment waiting to catch the disease. That’s what it feels like right now in New Delhi with the world’s worst coronavirus crisis advancing around us. India is now recording more infections per day—as many as 350,000—than any other country has since the pandemic began, and that’s just the official number, which most experts think is a vast underestimation. New Delhi, India’s sprawling capital of 20 million, is suffering a calamitous surge. A few days ago, the positivity rate hit a staggering 36 percent—meaning more than one out of three people tested were infected. A month ago, it was less than 3 percent. The infections have spread so fast that hospitals have been completely swamped. Although New Delhi is locked down, the disease is still rampaging.

US Navy fires warning shots in new tense encounter with Iran (AP) An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said Wednesday. The Navy said the USS Firebolt fired the warning shots after three fast-attack Guard vessels came within 68 yards (62 meters) of it and the U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat USCGC Baranoff. The incident Monday marked the second time the Navy accused the Guard of operating in an “unsafe and unprofessional” manner this month alone after tense encounters between the forces had dropped in recent years.

Hong Kong passes immigration bill, raising alarm over ‘exit bans’ (Reuters) Hong Kong’s legislature passed on Wednesday a controversial immigration bill, which lawyers, diplomats and right groups fear will give authorities unlimited powers to prevent residents and others from entering or leaving the Chinese-ruled city. The government has dismissed those fears as “complete nonsense,” saying the legislation, which will come into effect on Aug. 1, merely aims to screen illegal immigrants. The assurances, however, come in a climate of mistrust after the increasingly authoritarian path officials have taken the imposition of a sweeping national security law by Beijing last year. Lawyers say the new law will empower authorities to bar anyone, without a court order, from entering or leaving Hong Kong—essentially opening the door for mainland China-style exit bans—and fails to prevent indefinite detention for refugees. The Hong Kong Bar Association (HKBA) said in February the bill failed to explain why such powers were necessary, how they would be used and provided no limit on the duration of any travel ban, nor any safeguards against abuse.

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MARTE_trailer from Spellbound Contemporary Ballet on Vimeo.

Coreografia Marcos Morau in collaborazione con I danzatori

Assistente alla Coreografia Lorena Nogal Navarro

Interpreti Lorenzo Capozzi, Riccardo Ciarpella, Linda Cordero, Maria Cossu, Mario Laterza, Giuliana Mele, Mateo Mirdita, Caterina Politi, Aurora Stretti

Disegno Luci Marco Policastro

Costumi Anna Coluccia

Il progetto Spellbound 25 è una produzione Spellbound realizzata con il contributo del Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e del Turismo e Regione Lazio – Dipartimento Cultura, Politiche Giovanili e Lazio creativo in collaborazione con Ambasciata di Spagna a Roma e in coproduzione con MilanoOltre e Cultur Partner

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Esabelle Chen and Emma Garau Cima

Esabelle Chen and Emma Garau Cima, “Fukoka”, choreo by Marcos Morau, Lorena Nogal and Marina Rodríguez, costume and set by Marcos Morau and La Veronal, music by Paco de Lucía (“Tío Sabas“), Miguel Poveda (“De Querer a No Querer“) and José Galván (“Farruca“), Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.

Source and more info at: Les Grands Ballets Canadiens Website Les Grands Ballets Canadiens on TikTok Les Grands Ballets Canadiens on Twitter Les Grands Ballets Canadiens on You Tube Les Grands Ballets Canadiens on Facebook Les Grands Ballets Canadiens on Instagram Photographer Sasha Onyshchenko Website Photographer Sasha Onyshchenko on 500px Photographer Sasha Onyshchenko on Twitter Photographer Sasha Onyshchenko on Threads Photographer Sasha Onyshchenko on Behance Photographer Sasha Onyshchenko on Pinterest Photographer Sasha Onyshchenko on Facebook Photographer Sasha Onyshchenko on Instagram

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No las mató el COVID-19, las mató la violencia machista. Alison, 17 años. Fue encontrada a la orilla de una quebrada en Villa azul de Alajuela, en Costa Rica con marcas en el cuello. Los vecinos pese a escuchar sus gritos de auxilio, no hicieron nada. Ana Paola, 13 años. Fue encontrada en su casa envuelta en sábanas, su madre había salido a comprar comida, cumplían con la cuarentena, cuando entraron al domicilio para violarla y asesinarla. Esto en Nogales, Sonora. Lorena, 27 años. Era doctora en Italia, su novio la asesinó al suponer que le había contagiado coronavirus. Ambos dieron negativo en la prueba. Los feminicidios no están en cuarentena, pero sí en todo el mundo y especialmente en casa. #JusticiaParaAlison #JusticiaParaAnaPaola #JusticiaParaLorena #NiUnaMás https://www.instagram.com/p/B-pJ-zAgtbB/?igshid=1wc0qspbxbvq5

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Conflicto Rusia-Ucrania podría tener efectos en restaurantes de Hermosillo

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Conflicto Rusia-Ucrania podría tener efectos en restaurantes de Hermosillo

Hermosillo .- A pesar de que se ha estado conteniendo los precios para evitar alzas debido a los incrementos generados por el conflicto armado entre Rusia y Ucrania, sí se prevé que en algún punto va a afectar a Hermosillo, afirmó Manuel Lira, presidente de Canirac.

“Aquí no han subido tantos los combustibles, pero los insumos sí, por eso es muy probable que sí se dé un incremento en los próximos meses o semanas derivado de esto, afortunadamente buena parte de las materias primas son locales, pero a ellos sí les impacta y se va a hacer la cadena, ellos le suben y tendremos que hacer lo mismo”, apuntó.

Comentó que, en lo que respecta a este año, ya hubo que hacer algunos ajustes, por lo que ahora están a la expectativa por el costo de algunos combustibles y de algunas materias primas que tienen también que ver con el flete si son del centro de México o de Estados Unidos.

Detalló que hace tres semanas un flete de Nogales a California costaba mil 500 dólares, ahorita ya vale más del doble, lo que en definitiva tendrá un impacto.

Finalmente puntualizó que van a estar pendientes para ver en qué porcentaje se incrementa, buscando incrementar lo menos posible al costo final de los platillos.

Reportero/Fuente: Lorena Martínez

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Migrants

TIJUANA/REYNOSA, Mexico (Reuters) – More Mexicans and Central Americans are lining up to make asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border as word spreads of a U.S. crackdown on families crossing illegally and the threat of brutal gangs lying in wait if they go it alone.

A Honduran migrant child plays with a football at the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico June 22, 2018. Picture taken June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

Officials at shelters in border cities as well as migrants from Mexico and Central America told Reuters there was a rising number of people waiting, often for weeks, to make asylum pleas to immigration authorities at official border crossings.

Many of the dozens of migrants interviewed by Reuters said they decided to present an official asylum request after hearing about parents being separated from children when crossing the U.S. border illegally, and about friends making successful requests.

Following an outcry at home and abroad over his administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order last week to end the family separations. But over 2,000 children are yet to be reunited with their parents.

The migrants, many with children in tow, told harrowing tales of kidnapping, extortion and murder by gangs in Mexico and Central America. That threat was enough to inspire the perilous journey in hope of receiving asylum in the United States.

“They don’t go through the mountains or deserts anymore, they go to the front door,” said Victor Clark Alfaro, a migration expert at San Diego State University.

But their chances of asylum may be diminishing.

On June 11, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned a grant of asylum to a Salvadoran domestic abuse victim, potentially excluding immigrants seeking refuge from sexual, gang and other forms of violence in their homelands.

Those threats were the basis of a “credible fear” argument that could prevent them from being returned.

That risk has yet to deter migrants.

A Mexican migrant child arranges freshly-washed clothing at the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico June 22, 2018. Picture taken June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

WAITING GAME

Shelters run by charities in Reynosa, Tijuana and Nogales – Mexican cities separated by hundreds of miles along the border – all reported an uptick in migrant asylum seekers.

Marla Conrad, a coordinator at the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, said that so far this month, she had seen about an extra 100 people lining up for asylum compared with May.

At the border in Tijuana, 26-year-old Jose Cortes from El Salvador, traveling with his 5-year-old daughter, said the waiting list to request asylum was now 1,150 people long. When he arrived two weeks ago, it had 1,000 names on it.

Migrants manage the waiting list, a task currently with Cortes. When his turn comes to cross into the United States for an asylum interview, he will pass the list to another migrant.

It is growing even as 30 to 60 people are called up daily to plead their cases with U.S. border agents.

Mexican Jacqueline Moreno, 43, said that as recently as December, her daughter managed to cross and successfully request asylum on the same day. Now, fleeing violence in her home state of Michoacan with her son, 13, Moreno said she had been waiting three weeks.

MANY MORE PEOPLE

Some migrants followed tips from their hometowns about how to seek asylum. Others paid thousands of dollars to people smugglers, or “coyotes,” who assured them a case could be made.

Many stay near the border in spartan shelters, with rows of brightly colored tents, or in dingy hotels often charging prices they struggle to pay.

Slideshow (13 Images)

Patricia Flores and her 7-year-old son are among thousands of Central Americans waiting at the border.

After witnessing a gangland killing in their neighborhood, Flores decided to pay $4,000 to a human smuggler who told her she could just get to the border and ask for asylum.

Flores has been desperately trying to get a meeting at the border but said she had been turned away by Mexican officials.

Her son described how he saw his neighbor shot in the head back in El Salvador.

“My mom said it’s our secret but if I tell anyone, I am going to go to heaven. I don’t want to,” he said, adding he was not afraid. Pointing to his green T-shirt with a cartoon on it, he said that was his “bulletproof jacket.”

Adelia Contini, from Brazil, has run a church-funded shelter for women and children in Tijuana for nine years. She too has noticed a increase in asylum seekers.

“Since 2013, we started seeing more people asking for asylum, but not as much as now,” she said. “Since January, there are many more people, more than last year.”

‘WAITING TO KILL US’

Encouraged by relatives and friends in the United States, Honduran Lorena Mejia has been waiting for two weeks in a shelter in Reynosa near the banks of the Rio Grande with her husband and four children to apply for asylum.

Returning home did not bear thinking about, Mejia said, explaining that she and her family had been threatened because they witnessed a massacre in Honduras a few years ago.

“We can’t go back there. They’re waiting to kill us,” the 31-year-old said, adding that two other witnesses had already been murdered. “We have to get in.”

Sharon Melissa Analco, 23, arrived in Tijuana on Friday with her 5-year-old daughter, fleeing kidnappers terrorizing her family in Acapulco in the violent Mexican state of Guerrero.

Analco said she had no money to pay for her stay, having expected to be able to get right into the United States. But a U.S. official turned her away at the crossing, telling her she would have to put her name on a list and wait her turn.

“I can’t wait out there,” she recalled telling the official, weeping on the plaza next to the border. “I’m in danger.”

Reporting by Anthony Esposito and Lizbeth Diaz; Writing by Michael O’Boyle and Anthony Esposito; Editing by Dave Graham, Daniel Flynn and Peter Cooney

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Migrants

TIJUANA/REYNOSA, Mexico (Reuters) – More Mexicans and Central Americans are lining up to make asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border as word spreads of a U.S. crackdown on families crossing illegally and the threat of brutal gangs lying in wait if they go it alone.

A Honduran migrant child plays with a football at the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico June 22, 2018. Picture taken June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

Officials at shelters in border cities as well as migrants from Mexico and Central America told Reuters there was a rising number of people waiting, often for weeks, to make asylum pleas to immigration authorities at official border crossings.

Many of the dozens of migrants interviewed by Reuters said they decided to present an official asylum request after hearing about parents being separated from children when crossing the U.S. border illegally, and about friends making successful requests.

Following an outcry at home and abroad over his administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order last week to end the family separations. But over 2,000 children are yet to be reunited with their parents.

The migrants, many with children in tow, told harrowing tales of kidnapping, extortion and murder by gangs in Mexico and Central America. That threat was enough to inspire the perilous journey in hope of receiving asylum in the United States.

“They don’t go through the mountains or deserts anymore, they go to the front door,” said Victor Clark Alfaro, a migration expert at San Diego State University.

But their chances of asylum may be diminishing.

On June 11, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned a grant of asylum to a Salvadoran domestic abuse victim, potentially excluding immigrants seeking refuge from sexual, gang and other forms of violence in their homelands.

Those threats were the basis of a “credible fear” argument that could prevent them from being returned.

That risk has yet to deter migrants.

A Mexican migrant child arranges freshly-washed clothing at the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico June 22, 2018. Picture taken June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

WAITING GAME

Shelters run by charities in Reynosa, Tijuana and Nogales – Mexican cities separated by hundreds of miles along the border – all reported an uptick in migrant asylum seekers.

Marla Conrad, a coordinator at the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, said that so far this month, she had seen about an extra 100 people lining up for asylum compared with May.

At the border in Tijuana, 26-year-old Jose Cortes from El Salvador, traveling with his 5-year-old daughter, said the waiting list to request asylum was now 1,150 people long. When he arrived two weeks ago, it had 1,000 names on it.

Migrants manage the waiting list, a task currently with Cortes. When his turn comes to cross into the United States for an asylum interview, he will pass the list to another migrant.

It is growing even as 30 to 60 people are called up daily to plead their cases with U.S. border agents.

Mexican Jacqueline Moreno, 43, said that as recently as December, her daughter managed to cross and successfully request asylum on the same day. Now, fleeing violence in her home state of Michoacan with her son, 13, Moreno said she had been waiting three weeks.

MANY MORE PEOPLE

Some migrants followed tips from their hometowns about how to seek asylum. Others paid thousands of dollars to people smugglers, or “coyotes,” who assured them a case could be made.

Many stay near the border in spartan shelters, with rows of brightly colored tents, or in dingy hotels often charging prices they struggle to pay.

Slideshow (13 Images)

Patricia Flores and her 7-year-old son are among thousands of Central Americans waiting at the border.

After witnessing a gangland killing in their neighborhood, Flores decided to pay $4,000 to a human smuggler who told her she could just get to the border and ask for asylum.

Flores has been desperately trying to get a meeting at the border but said she had been turned away by Mexican officials.

Her son described how he saw his neighbor shot in the head back in El Salvador.

“My mom said it’s our secret but if I tell anyone, I am going to go to heaven. I don’t want to,” he said, adding he was not afraid. Pointing to his green T-shirt with a cartoon on it, he said that was his “bulletproof jacket.”

Adelia Contini, from Brazil, has run a church-funded shelter for women and children in Tijuana for nine years. She too has noticed a increase in asylum seekers.

“Since 2013, we started seeing more people asking for asylum, but not as much as now,” she said. “Since January, there are many more people, more than last year.”

‘WAITING TO KILL US’

Encouraged by relatives and friends in the United States, Honduran Lorena Mejia has been waiting for two weeks in a shelter in Reynosa near the banks of the Rio Grande with her husband and four children to apply for asylum.

Returning home did not bear thinking about, Mejia said, explaining that she and her family had been threatened because they witnessed a massacre in Honduras a few years ago.

“We can’t go back there. They’re waiting to kill us,” the 31-year-old said, adding that two other witnesses had already been murdered. “We have to get in.”

Sharon Melissa Analco, 23, arrived in Tijuana on Friday with her 5-year-old daughter, fleeing kidnappers terrorizing her family in Acapulco in the violent Mexican state of Guerrero.

Analco said she had no money to pay for her stay, having expected to be able to get right into the United States. But a U.S. official turned her away at the crossing, telling her she would have to put her name on a list and wait her turn.

“I can’t wait out there,” she recalled telling the official, weeping on the plaza next to the border. “I’m in danger.”

Reporting by Anthony Esposito and Lizbeth Diaz; Writing by Michael O’Boyle and Anthony Esposito; Editing by Dave Graham, Daniel Flynn and Peter Cooney

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