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Fighting Displacement in Oaxaca
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The Zapotec people of Tilzapote, in Oaxaca's coastal Pochutla District, are fighting against property developers who are trying to force over 70 families off a 300 hectare area of communal lands in order to build luxury tourist resorts.
Video by: Proyecto Costa
For more information, check out this article by our comrades at Avispa Midia: avispa.org/mexico-real-estate-sector-robs-zapotecs-of-their-communal-lands-on-the-coast-of-oaxaca/
For more information, check out this article by our comrades at Avispa Midia: avispa.org/mexico-real-estate-sector-robs-zapotecs-of-their-communal-lands-on-the-coast-of-oaxaca/
Artist recognized for his use of insect dye Alejandro Martínez has developed 15 different tones using cochineal carmine
Artist recognized for his use of insect dye
Alejandro Martínez has developed 15 different tones using cochineal carmine
A painter’s interest in pre-Hispanic pigments has led him on a path of rediscovery and international outreach.
Alejandro Martínez Hernández, 46, began using the natural dye carmine almost 10 years ago, encouraging a resurgence in interest in the pigment and the insect from which it is obtained, cochineal (Dactylopius coccus).
Cochineal carmine used to be the second most valuable export from colonial Mexico, second only to silver. But the growth in popularity of commercial synthetic red dyes in modern times meant a drastic drop in demand for the natural product. However, its harvest in Oaxaca, where it feeds on the moisture and nutrients of nopal cactus, has continued.
A native of the state, Martínez not only rediscovered the dye and began using it in his art but he tried incorporating various additives, through which he has been able to develop 15 different tones.
Martínez can now produce the bright shades of red that made cochineal a pricey product in the past, along with equally vibrant violets and pinks, shades of orange and even of grey, through the use of solvents.
Martínez’s cochineal creations have earned him recognition in Mexico and abroad, reaching exhibition spaces in the United States, Argentina, Costa Rica, Spain and Italy.
It was in the latter country that Martínez participated in an exhibit in September with five other artists from Oaxaca. The Firenze Il Bisonte Foundation, an art center that specializes in printmaking, took note of his work and invited him to give a workshop.
Martínez will be going back to Italy in November, taking his cochineal pigments and teaching young artists about their use.
The fall art courses will be a continuation of Martínez’s rediscovery of cochineal. In Oaxaca, he leads a collective and workshop known as El Espacio de Sabina, where he teaches courses on the use of the natural dye.
The space also serves as a gallery, where his work can be bought. “I like it that those who buy my work can also watch the process, and understand why I paint with what I paint,” he told the newspaper El Universal.
Sunday, December 17, 2017
Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: David Archuleta - My Little Prayer - #LIGHTtheWORL...
Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: David Archuleta - My Little Prayer - #LIGHTtheWORL...: David Archuleta - My Little Prayer - #LIGHTtheWORLD David Archuleta
Cold, white Christmas forecast in some areas Heavy rain forecast this weekend in Nuevo León
Cold, white Christmas forecast in some areas
Heavy rain forecast this weekend in Nuevo LeónMexico News Daily | Friday, December 15, 2017
Weather forecasters are predicting a white — and cold — Christmas in northern regions of Mexico.
Residents of Nuevo León in particular are in for a rare meteorological phenomenon that is expected to bring more than three times the normal December rainfall this weekend alone.
A strong winter storm, the presence of cold front No. 16 and high humidity will all converge on the northern state to deliver more rainfall in two days than what is historically registered throughout the month.
Average rainfall in December is between 15 and 20 millimeters, forecaster Abimael Salas Garza told the newspaper Milenio, but 30 to 60 millimetres is expected throughout the state today and tomorrow.
In some regions, he said, especially in mountain areas, rainfall is expected to be over 60 millimeters.
Conditions are expected to improve beginning Sunday.
Snow is also in the forecast but unlike last week it is only expected above the 1,500-meter level.
“But it is important to point out that in those mountains above 3,000 meters, in [the Nuevo León municipalities of] Galeana, Santa Catarina, Santiago, and Arteaga, Coahuila, there could be over 50 centimeters of snow,” Salas said.
Temperatures across the country are rising after last week’s cold front and winter storm, but conditions are expected cool again by the 24th or 25th, just in time for the Christmas celebrations.
An official with the National Meteorological Service said that even though temperatures will be higher in the coming days throughout the country, “we must take into consideration that this is winter and mornings and nights will continue to be cold.”
Still, there will be a few days of respite from the below-freezing temperatures, said Jesús Carachure Bautista. In Mexico City, for example, low temperatures are expected to range between 0 and 5 degrees, “not below zero, as was recorded on Sunday and Monday.”
But staring December 24, temperatures will start to drop again, bringing snow to northern Mexico, especially in the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango and San Luis Potosí.
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