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Addendum (9/8)
To all my friends from #Mexico here:
Please correct me, if I messed up your history too much!
@HistoPol @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb
#BooksThatInfluencedYou
#Aztec by #GaryJennings
(4/n)
Day 16:
...what was then Lake #Texcoco in the Valley of #Mexico.
They spoke (and many still speak) #Nahuatl.
This first book provides an understanding of the roots of modern-day #Mexico.
Seen chronologically, the book starts in 1466, when the fictious Mexícan narrator is born. The book...
@mina @Neireh @MaJ1 @mattotcha @2ndStar @energiepirat @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @forthy42 @GreenFire
After the first Trans Gay Migrant Caravan formed in 2017, LGBTQ migrants have become a more visible demographic among those making their way to or through Mexico. But they face a “triple vulnerability,” according to Dana Graber Ladek, head of the UN’s International Organization for Migration. They are not only stigmatized for their migrant status and sexual orientation, but their “irregular” travels make LGBTQ migrants challenging to document. NBC News has more.
#Mexico #Migrant #Migration #Border #LGBTQ #Trans #GayRights
LGBTQ migrants face 'triple vulnerability' as a group in Mexico aims to help them
Mexico has become one of the largest migratory corridors in the world, and the Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration (ORAM) is spearheading a campaign in Mexico to raise money to specifically help LGBTQ migrants, who face added discrimination…Albinson Linares (NBC News)
A #water war is looming between Mexico and the US.
Under an 80-year-old treaty, the United States and #Mexico share waters from the Colorado River and the Rio Grande, but in the grip of severe #drought and heat, Mexico has fallen far behind in deliveries.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/17/climate/water-conflict-us-mexico-heat-drought/index.html
It’s so #hot in #Mexico that howler #monkeys are falling #dead from the trees
Source: https://apnews.com/article/mexico-heat-wave-howler-monkeys-dying-b99e0570dfb53a2fb7ebe663acecde78
#heatwave #heat #nature #climate #temperature #news
Howler monkeys are dropping dead from the trees in Mexico in brutal heat wave
It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees. At least 138 of the midsize primates, who are known for their roaring vocal calls, have been found dead in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco.MARK STEVENSON (AP News)
First-ever human #death of bird flu strain #H5N2 confirmed in #Mexico: #WHO
Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/10547712/bird-flu-death-mexico-h5n2/
First-ever human death of bird flu strain H5N2 confirmed in Mexico: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Wednesday the first laboratory-confirmed fatal human case of avian influenza A(H5N2) in Mexico.Katie Dangerfield (Global News)
“This is not a response to the high number of crossings, it is a purely political move to seem tough on the #border in advance of the debates.”
More migrants are being stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border under Biden’s executive order. https://www.texasobserver.org/immigration-asylum-biden-order/
#Mexico #immigration #Biden #news #politics #USpol #HumanRights
Suspending Asylum - The Texas Observer
Dayana and her family are trying to cross from Juárez hours after President Joe Biden announced an executive order on Tuesday that will suspend asylum at the southern border.Anna-Catherine Brigida (The Texas Observer)
😢 « Gunmen have killed the female #mayor of a town in Mexico just hours after the country celebrated the election of Claudia Sheinbaum as the nation's first woman president.
Yolanda Sánchez was shot in the town of #Cotija, which she had governed since September 2021. She was the first woman to be elected to the post.
Widespread violence against politicians has overshadowed #Mexico's general election, which saw two women run for the presidency. »
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c166n3p6r49o
Mexico election: Mayor killed after first woman elected leader
The killing of Yolanda Sanchez comes just hours after a historic landslide victory for Mexico's first woman president.Vanessa Buschschlüter (BBC News)
#Republicans in #Arizona to Add #Immigration Measure to #Ballot in Nov
The measure would make unlawfully entering AZ from #Mexico a #state #crime. The #legislators’ proposal would give #local #police officers the #power to #arrest & #jail *migrants* & would allow state judges to #deport people.
#law #Federal #ClimateMigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/us/arizona-immigration-law.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=c&pvid=0D989B78-77C1-4139-B60D-D9801D2C8264&sgrp=c-cb
Leftist Climate Scientist Claudia Sheinbaum Wins Mexican Presidency in Landslide
The close ally of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is the first woman to win Mexico's presidency.jake-johnson (Common Dreams)
https://theconversation.com/mexico-elects-first-female-president-but-will-that-improve-the-lot-of-countrys-women-231461
#News #BreakingNews #Mexico #WomensRights
Mexico elects first female president − but will that improve the lot of country’s women?
After her historic win, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum will face pressure to address her country’s gender violence.The Conversation
#POTUS #Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday allowing him to temporarily seal the #UnitedStates #border with #Mexico to migrants when crossings surge, a move that would suspend longtime protections for #asylum seekers in the #UnitedStates.
#law #Immigration #ClimateMigration #ClimateChange
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/us/politics/biden-immigration-asylum-order.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=c&pvid=E8A3F2D3-4A21-4554-8914-B2B9246E193C&sgrp=c-cb
Mexico's first female president is also a scientist. Claudia Sheinbaum has a Ph.D. in energy engineering.
In an interview with the AP last year, she said, "I believe in science.”
Mexico's next president: Who is lifelong leftist Claudia Sheinbaum?
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s next president and its first woman leader in more than 200 years of independence, captured the post by promising continuity.CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN (AP News)
Way to go #Mexico
First woman President who's also a climate scientist and a lady from the left.
More of this please.
🇲🇽
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp4475gwny1o
Mexico elects Sheinbaum as first woman president
Claudia Sheinbaum has beaten her rival, Xóchitl Gálvez, by a landslide to become Mexico's next leader.Vanessa Buschschlüter (BBC News)
Turns out she’s the cousin of a friend of ours!
Claudia Sheinbaum Makes History as First Woman Elected to Lead #Mexico
A climate scientist and former mayor, Ms. Sheinbaum became the first woman and Jewish person elected as president of the country.
Crossing a historic threshold, Mexicans appear poised to elect a woman as president this Sunday but to otherwise leave politics largely unchanged. Reprinted with permission from palabra. and Puente News Collaborative: https://www.texasobserver.org/in-mexicos-historic-vote-politics-are-little-changed/
#news #politics #Mexico #democracy #election2024 #border
In Mexico’s Historic Vote, Politics Are Little Changed
A Puente poll represents a rare survey of the Mexican public by U.S. media.Eduardo García (The Texas Observer)
Pro-Palestine, anti-genocide protesters lit up the Israeli embassy in Mexico last night.
#Mexico #IsraeliEmbassy #Protesters #Palestine #Gaza #Rafah #Genocide #Israel #USA
"Wildlife biologist Gilberto Pozo attributed the deaths to a heat stroke, noting a “synergy” of factors — including high heat, drought, forest fires and logging that deprives the monkeys of water, shade and the fruit they eat — appeared to be to blame, while saying a pathogen, disease or other factor can’t yet be ruled out."
(***Personal note: NOT ONE MENTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THIS ARTICLE! PATHOGEN?!? CMON AP) #MXwx #heatwave #mexico #climateemergency
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/heat-is-killing-howler-monkeys-in-mexico #heatwave #mexico #wildlife #MXwx #climate #climateemergency
