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Cuando la cámara se va al exilio: voces del fotoperiodismo salvadoreño (2) - Vist Projects

En esta entrevista, el fotoperiodista salvadoreño Víctor Peña nos recuerda que, en una sociedad marcada por diversas formas de violencia y en donde la libertad de expresión se encuentra deteriorada, la fotografía —y en particular el fotoperiodismo— se vuelve aún más indispensable para preservar la memoria y dejar constancia del coste humano generado por políticas autoritarias.
Messaggero di Sant'Antonio •

Dove dormono i poveri?

Nel suo saggio Dove dormiranno i poveri? (2002), il teologo peruviano Gustavo Gutiérrez – ampiamente riconosciuto come il fondatore della teologia della liberazione – proponeva riflessioni cruciali in vista dell’inizio di un nuovo secolo che si preannunciava segnato da una serie di forme rinnovate e più complesse di emarginazione, quali l’esclusione digitale, di genere, culturale, migratoria o la «povertà spirituale».
Messaggero di Sant'Antonio •

Sopravvivere senza gli USA

Chiunque passi di mattina per via María Adelina Flores, nel centro di San Cristóbal de las Casas, nello stato messicano del Chiapas, potrebbe lasciarsi sedurre dalla fragranza che proviene dal numero 16: sede dell’organizzazione no profit Chantiik Taj Tajinkutik. I giovani del laboratorio di panificazione Los Sueños stanno già sfornando le loro creazioni: brioche alla fragola, ciambelle, fagottini di sfoglia ripieni di prosciutto e formaggio.
AP News •

Baile libre sin costo ni acoso: Nueva Red de Bailadores transforma la fiesta en Ciudad de México

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El público es de lo más variopinto, pero todos sus integrantes desean lo mismo: bailar libremente. Danzar sin costo, sin acoso, sin prejuicios. Son las 4 de la tarde de un domingo y un pabellón de altos ventanales del Bosque de Chapultepec, un parque urbano que ocupa más de 800 hectáreas en el corazón de la Ciudad de México, ya está casi al tope de su aforo.
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A board game born in Mexican prisons is bringing together people from all walks of life

MEXICO CITY (AP) — On a Sunday afternoon in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood, Rosa María Espinosa joins nearly 80 men under a park pavilion to play poleana, a board game requiring mental dexterity that was born in the city’s prisons nearly a century ago.Espinosa blows smoke rings with her cigarette and laughs with the others. Today she will be the only woman playing.Though the game’s origins still carry a stigma, it is having a moment as people from diverse backgrounds discover its appeal.“It’s a...
El País México •

¿Racismo o comercio mal regulado?: el auge de locales chinos en la Ciudad de México eleva la tensión entre vecinos

Wu Yang llega a la carrera y enfila sonriente la entrada de su local estrecho, abarrotado de gente y mercancía. Un aguacero acaba de empapar el centro histórico de Ciudad de México, pero el Eje Central no ha tardado en recuperar su pulso de sábado por la tarde. La pequeña tienda administrada por Wu —de 38 años y originario de Liaoning, una provincia del norte de China—, ya parece hormiguero. Los clientes salen y entran y los estantes rebosan de productos baratos: accesorios para videojuegos, dis...
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Where China's emigrants are going, from Mexico City to Tokyo

By Dake Kang, Yuri Kageyama, Caterina Morbiato and Huizhong WuChina's latest generation of emigrants is more diverse and showing up in noticeable numbers in more places. While many still head for the United States and other Western countries, growing pockets of Chinese are changing neighborhoods from Mexico City to Tokyo. An Associated Press series offers a glimpse into this wave from select cities around the world.

By Dake Kang, Yuri Kageyama, Caterina Morbiato and Huizhong Wu

China's latest...
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Chinese migrants flock to Mexico in search of jobs, a future and, for some, a taste of freedom

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Despite her well-paying tech job, Li Daijing didn’t hesitate when her cousin asked for help running a restaurant in Mexico City. She packed up and left China for the Mexican capital last year, with dreams of a new adventure.The 30-year-old woman from Chengdu, the Sichuan provincial capital, hopes one day to start an online business importing furniture from her home country.“I want more,” Li said. “I want to be a strong woman. I want independence.”Li is among a new wave of Chin...
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US border policy spurred migrant camps hundreds of miles away in Mexico's capital

MEXICO CITY (AP) — “That’s it, dude! Done!” exclaimed Eliezer López as he jumped up and down, throwing his arms to the sky and drawing a sign of the cross across his chest. His joy was so contagious, his friends started to emerge from nearby tents to celebrate with him.López, a 20-year-old Venezuelan migrant in Mexico City, had reason to rejoice: after several frustrating attempts, he was able to secure an appointment to seek asylum in the U.S.He is one of thousands of migrants whose U.S.-bound...
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Cómo fue estar preso en El Salvador: “Se subían encima de él como que si era un resorte”

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El día en que fue detenido, Luis se encontraba en unas oficinas gubernamentales de San Salvador, la capital salvadoreña, en espera de obtener su certificado de antecedentes penales. El joven de 23 años lo necesitaba para solicitar trabajo en una central de llamadas, algo que le hubiera dado más oportunidades que el empleo de panadero que ya tenía.“Lo que yo quería en ese momento era algo mejor para mi vida”, explica vía telefónica a The Associated Press Luis, quien prefie...
El País México •

“Ya nos llegó la cita. Nos vamos para la frontera”: la odisea de las cubanas atrapadas en Tapachula

A pocas horas de haber llegado al aeropuerto internacional de Managua, Nicaragua, Mai buscó con prisa unas fotos de patines en Google. Sabía que, a más de 1.300 km de distancia en línea recta, en una casa de la provincia cubana de Ciego de Ávila, su hija estaba esperándolas ansiosa. Te voy a regalar unos patines, le había prometido apenas una semana antes, pero para comprarlos me tengo que ir a trabajar lejos. Muy lejos.Esta mañana Mai —que prefiere no dar su apellido por seguridad— saca su celu...
The Christian Science Monitor •

Why this Mexican school pushes to get migrant children in the classroom

“I always tell my teachers that education is a challenge,” he says. “But you are going to move the world with what you can and how you can – despite the obstacles.”Mr. García Roblero’s mission to give all children equal opportunity is rooted in his four decades of teaching in this rural state of Chiapas, experience educating across language barriers in Indigenous communities, and desire to listen to and connect with students in what he calls the “classroom trench,” despite his growing leadership...
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Messico, una carovana migrante contro la crisi umanitaria

«Tapachula è un carcere a cielo aperto», mi dice Danny Turcio, honduregno di trentotto anni. In questa città rovente, al confine tra Messico e Guatemala, Turcio ci è arrivato circa due mesi fa, abbandonando la sua casa di Tegucigalpa per sfuggire alla morsa delle estorsioni che gli venivano imposte sia dalla polizia come dalle gang Mara Salvatrucha 13 e Barrio 18.
Sono le due del pomeriggio di domenica 23 aprile. Siamo nel paesino di Álvaro Obregón, nello Stato del Chiapas. Danny Turcio non è l’...
The Christian Science Monitor •

Did Snow White consent? Salvadoran youths rewrite tales – and their future.

Creative play focused on shifting gender stereotypes can “sow a little seed, so that when [participants] are adults they can start to break … patterns,” says Heydi Gómez, part of the local Association for Municipal Development and Reconstruction.El Salvador has sky-high rates of femicides (the murder of women based on their gender) and worrying school dropout numbers. Rewriting a traditional fairy tale is far from a silver bullet solution to El Salvador’s towering challenges, but empowering the...
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