Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Aid for storm victims now en route to Texas Shipment may arrive Wednesday although US has not accepted the offer
Aid for storm victims now en route to Texas
Shipment may arrive Wednesday although US has not accepted the offer
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Mexican aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey will arrive in Texas this week although the United States government has not made an official announcement to accept it.
Mexican authorities said assistance could reach the Lone Star State as early as Wednesday after the first shipment travels by land through Nuevo Laredo on the Tamaulipas-Texas border.
“This morning we gave the green light to start concentrating the goods that will be sent to the United States,” undersecretary for North American relations Carlos Manuel Sada told CNN.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott stated publicly that he welcomes Mexico’s help and is working to coordinate the efforts.
Twenty-five trailers filled with basic goods including rice, beans, coffee and chocolate as well as 300 beds, nine electrical generators, water treatment equipment, three mobile kitchens and radio and satellite equipment are being prepared to be sent along with more personnel.
Mexican Red Cross volunteers and firefighters were deployed to the state in the aftermath of the disaster.
“We are very pleased to be able to support our brothers in need on the other side of the border,” Sada said.
The federal government first offered the aid to the U.S. in a statement August 27 that also addressed President Donald Trump’s tweets from the same day about Mexico in relation to NAFTA renegotiations and who will pay for his border wall.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson thanked his Mexican counterpart, Luis Videgaray, for the offer but he did not publicly accept it.
Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Secretariat said Mexico offered the aid “as good neighbors should always do in difficult times.”
Sada said “if it were the other way around I think they would help us, too.”
However, government officials told CNN that the U.S. government had not made any offer of assistance as the cleanup begins of the trail of destruction left by tropical storm Lidia in Baja California Sur. Lidia caused widespread damage and was responsible for at least seven deaths.
It’s not the first time that Mexico has sent aid and assistance to its northern neighbor after a natural disaster.
Mexican armed forces contributed to recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that devastated New Orleans, Louisiana, in August 2005. That deployment was the first time Mexican troops had set foot in the U.S. on active duty since the Mexican-American war in 1846.
Sunday, September 3, 2017
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Friday, September 1, 2017
Mexico: Puebla loses 50% of hot peppers harvest due to rains FreshPlaza ... has managed find a place for itself in the taste buds of people from states like Hidalgo, Morelos, Mexico, Oaxaca, Veracruz and Tlaxcala, which this ...
| Mexico: Puebla loses 50% of hot peppers harvest due to rains
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Mexico: Puebla loses 50% of hot peppers harvest due to rains
By the end of the Chile Poblano season, 450 peasants from the community of San Rafael Tlanalapan harvest up 4,000 tons of the local chili, but due to torrential rains and the three hailstorms that have been registered in the area, only 50 percent will be picked by farmers to dehydrate, said Sixto Palomares Vargas, president of the Union of Producers.
He emphasized that July and August are the months when the peasants pick the chilis from the plots to market them in the local markets of Texmelucan and Huejotzingo. While others send them to the Puebla and Mexico plants, these are also the months where torrential rains, that sometimes include hailstorms that affect the harvests.
With respect to this year, three hailstorms were recorded in Cuautla, Ayotla, Chautla and in the town's urban area. These affected 50 percent of the plants, that is to say they are practically lost because the fruit spoiled and rotted, so that only 2 thousand tons will be collected that will serve to market it percent, which will range from 350 to 500 pesos according to the size or quality of the product.
Palomares Vargas said that fortunately the Chile Poblano National Fair that was held last weekend was successful, as they received 15 thousand visitors, 2 thousand chiles were marketed in nogada and a half ton was used to make mole poblano, as well Like 50 dishes that were made for this holiday, which will allow producers to recover part of what was lost from the spice that was damaged by the hailstorms.
He added that little by little chile poblano harvested in Tlanalapa, has managed find a place for itself in the taste buds of people from states like Hidalgo, Morelos, Mexico, Oaxaca, Veracruz and Tlaxcala, which this year have purchased several kilos for home consumption, and others to market amongst family and friends, so more plots will be necessary to supply them next year.
Source: elsoldepuebla.com.mx
Publication date: 8/31/2017
Los Angeles to celebrate the diversity and richness of Mexico City (CDMX) in September
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Los Angeles to celebrate
the diversity and richness
of Mexico City (CDMX) \
in September
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Aug. 30, 2017, 04:39 PM
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Music, photography, folk sculptures known as alebrijes, movies and soccer will be just some of the free events on display in different corners of Los Angeles County to celebrate the diversity, cultural richness and history of the fascinating CDMX in September. As part of the program of activities for "2017: Año de México en Los Ángeles (MXLA2017 – 2017 – The Year of Mexico in Los Angeles)," organized by the Secretary of Foreign Relations in coordination with the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles, September has been designated as the month of Mexico City: "CDMX in Los Angeles."
With the goal of celebrating the strong and solid historic and cultural ties that bind Mexico and Los Angeles, the Consulate General of Mexico and the Office of the Mayor of Los Angeles declared 2017 the year of Mexico in Los Angeles, or "MXLA2017." With an extensive program of activities and projects, 10 Mexican states have been featured throughout the year, beginning with Baja California in March, Sonora in April, Puebla in May, Guanajuato in June, Jalisco in July, Oaxaca in August, Mexico City in September, and Colima, Michoacán, Durango, Morelos, and Querétaro over the course of the celebration.
The "CDMX in Los Angeles" celebration presents an extraordinary opportunity to showcase the strengths of CDMX as a global city and beacon of hospitality. With a splendid culture open to the whole world, CDMX is a promoter of major opportunities and events, the epicenter of Latin America's creative industries and a fount of incomparable tourist experiences.
The official ceremony for the inauguration of "CDMX in Los Angeles" will be held on Friday, September 8, at 9:30 a.m. in Los Angeles City Hall, and will feature the presence of Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti, and the Head of Government for Mexico City, Miguel Ángel Mancera.
"MXLA2017" accompanies the Getty initiative, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, an ambitious and far-reaching exploration of Latin American and Latino art in a dialogue with Los Angeles to project the existing connection between the creation of Latin American and Angelino artists, emphasizing the development of creators and the promulgation of their roots, as reflected in their pieces.
To promote the image of CDMX and its diversity, the program of activities has four multidisciplinary strategic axes: education, science and technology; culture and the creative industries; community activities, and economic and tourism promotion:
Thursday, September 7
Start of the Film Cycle and Opening of the Photo Exhibit "CDMX – Urban Culture in the 80s"
- Time: 6:00 p.m.
- Place: Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles (2401 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90057)
Space is limited. - Additional Dates: Thursday, September 7, 14, 21 & 28.
- Time: 7:00 p.m. Doors Open: 6:30 p.m.
- Projection of short films of various genres to present the diversity, richness and unique characteristics of CDMX.
- Photo exhibit of Carlos Somonte on the punk scene of the 80s in CDMX, featuring bands from the time that frequented the street known as El Chopo.
Friday, September 8
Inauguration Ceremony of "CDMX in Los Angeles 2017" with Eric Garcettiand Miguel Ángel Mancera
- Time: 9:30 a.m.
- Place: Los Angeles City Hall (200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012)
Press conference for "East Los Angeles Mexican Independence DayParade & Festival" with Miguel Ángel Mancera in attendance
- Time: 11:00 a.m.
- Place: Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles (2401 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90057)
- Participation during press conference held to publicize the parade
Saturday, September 9
Opening of the Mexico City Cup Youth Soccer Tournament (Torneo de Fútbol Infantil "Copa Mexico City"), with kickoff by Miguel Ángel Mancera
- Time: 10:00 a.m.
- Place: Anahuak Youth Soccer Association. Río de Los Angeles State Park (1900 N San Fernando Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90065)
- Dates: Saturday, September 16, 23 & 30.
- Game Times: 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Community gathering to affirm roots, values and the sense of Mexican belonging through youth sports.
Inauguration of Photo Exhibit, Enamorados de la Mujer Barbuda ('The Bearded Lady's Boyfriends')
- Time: 12:30 p.m.
- Place: Los Angeles State Historic Park (1245 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012)
- Dates: Saturday, September 9, to Sunday, September 30.
- Time: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Group show of contemporary photography with a vision balanced between documentary and artistic work, offering a glimpse of recent efforts by highly celebrated artists among the most distinguished representatives of Mexico's current arts scene, showing that at the global level, CDMX is also one of the greatest and most effervescent capitals of the arts.
Closing Ceremony for Workshop on Cartonería and Alebrijes
- Time: 11:00 a.m.
- Place: Los Angeles River Center and Gardens (570 W Avenue 26, Los Angeles, CA 90065)
- Exhibit of works created during workshops on techniques for creating figures with newspapers known as cartonería and the creation of alebrijes given on September 4 - 9 by artisans certified by the Museo Artes Populares (MAP – Museum of Popular Arts).
Sunday, September 10
4th Services Fair
- Inauguration: 9:30 a.m.
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Place: East Cesar Chávez Avenue and North Mednik Avenue.
- Direct attention for citizens of Mexico City and Mexicans resident in Los Angeles, California, in connection with identity, health and cultural and tourism promotion.
Parade in East Los Angeles Mexican, Independence Day Parade & Festival
- Time: 9:45 a.m.
- Place: East Cesar Chávez Avenue and North Mednik Avenue. Participation in commemorative parade with monumental alebrijesforming the letters CDMX to highlight the cultural tradition of Mexico City.
Friday, September 15
5th Services Fair
- Inauguration: 9:30 a.m.
- Duration: September 15 to 17.
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Place: Bell Gardens Veterans Park (6662 Loveland St, Bell Gardens, CA 90201).
- Direct attention for citizens of Mexico City and Mexicans resident in Los Angeles, California, in connection with identity, health and cultural and tourism promotion.
Saturday, September 16
Alyosha Barreiro + Nok Niuk in Concert
- Time: 7:30 p.m.
- Place: Bell Gardens Veterans Park (6662 Loveland St, Bell Gardens, CA 90201)
- An original musical concept of a multimedia spectacle in a magical and lively fusion of the ancestral roots of contemporary Mexico. It combines moods, rites and melodies generated by drums, wind instruments, electronic sounds and the movements of dancers.
Saturday, September 23
Grupo Elefante in Concert
- Time: 5:00 p.m.
- Place: Belvedere Park Lake (4914 E 3rd St, East Los Angeles, CA 90022)
- A Mexican band from CDMX. Their music blends the genres of trova, ranchera and balada, using a poetic language charged with vivid images and rhetorical flourishes.
Friday, September 29
A colloquium on the Minimum Wage
- Time: 2:00 p.m.
- Place: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center (425 Westwood Plz, Los Angeles, CA 90095)
- Roundtable among experts from CDMX and the United States on the subject of the minimum wage.
For more information on "MXLA2017" visit http://www.mxla2017.organd for specific activities part of "CDMX in Los Angeles," visit https://www.cdmxinla2017.com/.
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