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News Santa helps police polish their reputation Santa Cop spreads Christmas cheer and good vibes in Tijuana 1 1 Mexico News Daily | Tuesday, December 22, 2015 What to do when your police force has a bad rap as a result of past connections with organized crime and drug trafficking? Dress up an officer as Santa Claus and send him out on the street. That’s what the police did in Tijuana, only there they call him Santa Cop and instead of a red suit his is police issue blue. Antonio Medina Cabrera donned the outfit December 12 and went out spreading Christmas cheer in the community, along with good vibes about Tijuana’s finest. Normally, reports El Universal, citizens are fearful when approached by a cop due to the force’s poor reputation. But when Santa Cop appears, out come the smiles and the smartphones; everyone wants a selfie of a friendly hug with Tijuana’s St. Nick. The initiative is a program called Vinculación Social, or Social Connection, designed to bring the police closer to the community, particularly children. At Christmas time, its ambassador heads out into the city’s neighborhoods bearing candies and piñatas. That’s what Santa Cop does best because when he attempts to direct traffic no one pays him any attention: all the drivers want hugs and selfies, too. Source: El Universal (sp) - See more at: http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/santa-helps-police-polish-their-reputation/?utm_source=Mexico+News+Daily&utm_campaign=013ca68cba-December+22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1536a3787-013ca68cba-348153685#sthash.jCoOQGGm.dpuf
Santa helps police polish their reputation
Santa Cop spreads Christmas cheer and good vibes in Tijuana
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What to do when your police force has a bad rap as a result of past connections with organized crime and drug trafficking?
Dress up an officer as Santa Claus and send him out on the street.
That’s what the police did in Tijuana, only there they call him Santa Cop and instead of a red suit his is police issue blue.
Antonio Medina Cabrera donned the outfit December 12 and went out spreading Christmas cheer in the community, along with good vibes about Tijuana’s finest. Normally, reports El Universal, citizens are fearful when approached by a cop due to the force’s poor reputation.
But when Santa Cop appears, out come the smiles and the smartphones; everyone wants a selfie of a friendly hug with Tijuana’s St. Nick.
The initiative is a program called Vinculación Social, or Social Connection, designed to bring the police closer to the community, particularly children. At Christmas time, its ambassador heads out into the city’s neighborhoods bearing candies and piñatas.
That’s what Santa Cop does best because when he attempts to direct traffic no one pays him any attention: all the drivers want hugs and selfies, too.
Source: El Universal (sp)
News Artisans losing trade to Chinese knock-offs Makers of nativity scene figures are losing market share to China 7 0 Mexico News Daily | Tuesday, December 22, 2015 One of the most iconic Christmas celebrations in Mexico is the setting up of the nacimiento, the nativity scene that represents the birthplace of Jesus Christ. But more and more of the figures used in the scene are coming from China, threatening the livelihood of artisans. A proper nacimiento will include the infant Jesus and his parents, the angel Gabriel, the Three Wise Men, shepherds, farm animals and the Devil. The bucolic scene can fit on the top of a coffee table or under the Christmas tree, or extend over a garage or a home’s front yard, limited only by the creativity of its owners. But the cheap Chinese copies of the nativity figures have had a negative impact on their sales by artisans from Amozoc and Tepeaca in the state of Puebla, who have lost up to 50% of their market share in the last five years. The director of the Amozoc Chamber of Commerce reports that of the town’s 77,000 inhabitants, half are artisans, and that 40% of their yearly production is exclusively Christmas-related. Silvia del Rocío Beltrán stated that the handicrafts have been undervalued by consumers, who prefer buying low-quality Chinese knock-offs for 15 pesos apiece to purchasing the domestic product from markets or studio-workshops, where the price of each figure can range from 20 to 55 pesos. In the last five years, 100 such family workshops have shut down as they were unable to compete, said Beltrán. In an effort to counter the trend, Puebla’s artisans have started to promote their handicrafts by making seasonal trips to neighboring states, such as Veracruz, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala and Oaxaca, hoping to save their businesses from bankruptcy. The state of jalisco had been seeing a similar situation but through a promotional campaign launched three months ago it has managed to turn the tables. Entitled “La artesanía está de moda” (Handicrafts are in fashion), the campaign has “given very good results,” said the director of the Jalisco Handicrafts Institute. “We managed to reverse the trend. Foreign figures are still being bought in Jalisco, but we managed to reappraise the state’s products in the consumer’s eye,” said Camilo Ramírez. According to the last census, of the 400,000 artisans in the state, 25% produce Christmas-related figures, mainly in ceramics, glass, wood, and even piteado, a decorative embroidery on leather. About 430 workshops in Jalisco are dedicated to producing artisanal nacimientos, providing a livelihood for at least 1,100 people. Source: El Economista (sp) - See more at: http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/artisans-losing-trade-to-chinese-knock-offs/?utm_source=Mexico+News+Daily&utm_campaign=013ca68cba-December+22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1536a3787-013ca68cba-348153685#sthash.aLTRF0Qa.dpuf
Artisans losing trade to Chinese knock-offs
Makers of nativity scene figures are losing market share to China
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One of the most iconic Christmas celebrations in Mexico is the setting up of the nacimiento, the nativity
A proper nacimiento will include the infant Jesus and his parents, the angel Gabriel, the Three Wise Men, shepherds, farm animals and the Devil. The bucolic scene can fit on the top of a coffee table or under the Christmas tree, or extend over a garage or a home’s front yard, limited only by the creativity of its owners.
But the cheap Chinese copies of the nativity figures have had a negative impact on their sales by artisans from Amozoc and Tepeaca in the state of Puebla, who have lost up to 50% of their market share in the last five years.
The director of the Amozoc Chamber of Commerce reports that of the town’s 77,000 inhabitants, half are artisans, and that 40% of their yearly production is exclusively Christmas-related.
Silvia del Rocío Beltrán stated that the handicrafts have been undervalued by consumers, who prefer buying low-quality Chinese knock-offs for 15 pesos apiece to purchasing the domestic product from markets or studio-workshops, where the price of each figure can range from 20 to 55 pesos.
In the last five years, 100 such family workshops have shut down as they were unable to compete, said Beltrán.
In an effort to counter the trend, Puebla’s artisans have started to promote their handicrafts by making seasonal trips to neighboring states, such as Veracruz, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala and Oaxaca, hoping to save their businesses from bankruptcy.
The state of jalisco had been seeing a similar situation but through a promotional campaign launched three months ago it has managed to turn the tables.
Entitled “La artesanía está de moda” (Handicrafts are in fashion), the campaign has “given very good results,” said the director of the Jalisco Handicrafts Institute.
“We managed to reverse the trend. Foreign figures are still being bought in Jalisco, but we managed to reappraise the state’s products in the consumer’s eye,” said Camilo Ramírez.
According to the last census, of the 400,000 artisans in the state, 25% produce Christmas-related figures, mainly in ceramics, glass, wood, and even piteado, a decorative embroidery on leather.
About 430 workshops in Jalisco are dedicated to producing artisanal nacimientos, providing a livelihood for at least 1,100 people.
Source: El Economista (sp)
News Police, Green Angels accompany travelers Christmas visitors from California travel in convoy to Zacatecas 16 3 Mexico News Daily | Monday, December 21, 2015 There’s safety in numbers when traveling some of Mexico’s highways, which was why Mexicans living in the United States chose to join a convoy to Zacatecas on the weekend. Federal Police and Green Angels met the 70 vehicles — loaded down with family members, Christmas presents and even furniture for relatives in Mexico — at the San Jerónimo-Santa Teresa border crossing between Chihuahua and New Mexico, and headed south for Zacatecas. The initiative is intended to provide safe passage for Mexicans living in the U.S. and avoid extortion and other dangers. For José Fernández of San Francisco, California, it’s all about safety, though he said if something is meant to happen, it will. But if a driver has a flat tire or mechanical problem, he said, there’s help at hand after which everyone continues the journey. Their departure was not without fanfare. Officials from the National Immigration Institute (INM) and state politicians from Zacatecas were on hand to give the visitors a sendoff on their journey of more than 1,000 kilometers. Joining the convoy for the first 40 kilometers, as far as the Samalayuca desert, were agents of Grupo Beta, or Beta Group, and Programa Paisano, or Fellow Citizens’ Program, both part of the INM and designed to aid migrants and Mexican citizens traveling from the U.S., respectively. Members of the convoy were among 70,000 Mexicans living in the U.S. who have already crossed the border into Chihuahua for the Christmas season, a segment of travelers whose numbers have risen 60% in the past five years. The state Economy Secretariat said they will mean an economic benefit of more than 140 million pesos this year. There were long waits at the border crossing on Saturday, when vehicles were backed up for eight kilometers on the U.S. side. The wait time to cross into Mexico was three hours or more. Convoys have been standard practice for a few years between border cities in Tamaulipas and Ciudad Victoria in the south of the state. Source: El Diario (sp), Excélsior (sp), La Parada Digital (sp) - See more at: http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/police-green-angels-accompany-travelers/?utm_source=Mexico+News+Daily&utm_campaign=013ca68cba-December+22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1536a3787-013ca68cba-348153685#sthash.iknqTtlh.dpuf
Police, Green Angels accompany travelers
Christmas visitors from California travel in convoy to Zacatecas
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There’s safety in numbers when traveling some of Mexico’s highways, which was why Mexicans living in the United States chose to join a convoy to Zacatecas on the weekend.
Federal Police and Green Angels met the 70 vehicles — loaded down with family members, Christmas presents and even furniture for relatives in Mexico — at the San Jerónimo-Santa Teresa border crossing between Chihuahua and New Mexico, and headed south for Zacatecas.
The initiative is intended to provide safe passage for Mexicans living in the U.S. and avoid extortion and other dangers.
For José Fernández of San Francisco, California, it’s all about safety, though he said if something is meant to happen, it will. But if a driver has a flat tire or mechanical problem, he said, there’s help at hand after which everyone continues the journey.
Their departure was not without fanfare. Officials from the National Immigration Institute (INM) and state politicians from Zacatecas were on hand to give the visitors a sendoff on their journey of more than 1,000 kilometers.
Joining the convoy for the first 40 kilometers, as far as the Samalayuca desert, were agents of Grupo Beta, or Beta Group, and Programa Paisano, or Fellow Citizens’ Program, both part of the INM and designed to aid migrants and Mexican citizens traveling from the U.S., respectively.
Members of the convoy were among 70,000 Mexicans living in the U.S. who have already crossed the border into Chihuahua for the Christmas season, a segment of travelers whose numbers have risen 60% in the past five years. The state Economy Secretariat said they will mean an economic benefit of more than 140 million pesos this year.
There were long waits at the border crossing on Saturday, when vehicles were backed up for eight kilometers on the U.S. side.
The wait time to cross into Mexico was three hours or more.
Convoys have been standard practice for a few years between border cities in Tamaulipas and Ciudad Victoria in the south of the state.
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