The U.S. Department of Justice has Apple and Google in its sights. The lucrative deal between these two big companies represents one of the largest antitrust cases ever handled by the U.S. government, reports The New York Times.
On Tuesday, the Justice Department filed an antitrust suit against Google, alleging that the company - based in Mountain View - used practices that do not encourage market competition and that, on the contrary, in the search and advertising markets it used to maintain an illegal monopoly.
In 2017, Apple renewed its agreement with Google's search engine so that Apple devices, in their "Spotlight" function, Safari - the default browser - and Siri - virtual assistant - would have Google's search engine as their default over Yahoo's, Microsoft's Bing and DuckDuckGo's.
The New York Times reports that Apple receives between 8 and 12 billion dollars a year for this deal with Google. To date, it is believed that this could be the largest payment Google makes to a third party company; this deal favors Apple with an impressive 14 and 21 percent of Apple's annual profits.
The technology community has been bold enough to point out that this sum has become the main source of Apple's product development year after year. The exhibition is on the innovative proprietary architecture chip - ARM - the A14 Bionic, the heart of the new iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPad Air from 2020. This should not be taken lightly, as it is the first processor for mobile devices that would surpass the 3Ghz mark, representing a performance of more than 33% compared to its previous chip, the A13.
Apple does not store user data. However, according to the Department of Justice, nearly half of the searches Google receives are from Apple devices. For Google, losing this deal would mean a hard blow to the company, so much so, that it would enter a crisis.
The business is profitable for Google, since its business model is based on AdSense -the Google ad system-.
Apple does not have much room for manoeuvre either, since Google is the number one search engine on the Internet. This situation generates a monopoly on the part of Google and not Apple, since as mentioned, it is possible to migrate, with an update, the default options of macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS and tvOS -the latter two through Siri-.
The Justice Department complaint cites a comment by a senior Apple employee in 2018: "Our vision is that we work as one company.
While the consequences may impact Apple, they represent a catastrophic danger for Google, since Google would have no alternative to an ecosystem larger than that of the company led by Tim Cook. The New York Times speculates what the technology community already rumored: that Apple would absorb some search company, or, as it did with Apple Maps, create its own search engine which, in turn, would pose a greater threat to Google, since Apple would be becoming independent of Google.
The Institute of Mexicans Abroad -IME-, through Consulate of Mexico, in San FranciscoThe study guide was released with options for those fellow countrymen who seek to continueto finish or enrich their distance learning ranging from educational level basic to superior means and Superior.
In the case of educational opportunity to study or complete basic education, the Mexican agency emphasized that there are two modalities: through the 250 community seats distributed throughout the country, and with virtual materials in conjunction with the National Institute for Adult EducationINEA–.
For the high school, you can study virtually through the Secretary of Public Education -SEP- or by the National Autonomous University of Mexico -UNAM-, High SchoolThe only test with the Kuepa University or in face-to-face mode on the Christian University of the Americas and the Jefferson University.
University education can also be resumed by choosing one of the online courses offered by the Maxima Casa de Estudios, Universidad Abierta y a Distancia de México, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Universidad Tecnológica Latinoaméricana, Universidad Jefferson, Universidad Cristiana de las Américas and Universidad Kuepa.
Other educational support offered by the institute in the U.S. include scholarships, free textbooks, readings from the Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE), free online courses from UNAM, bilingual education forums, videos explaining math and English language courses, among other tools.
For those who return to Mexico, the IME also has options to support their fellow countrymen in educational matters to resolve doubts about the requirements to continue their studies and revalidate them; obtaining the high school certificate and work skills.
These options can be consulted online at ime.bunam.unam.mxwhich provides recommendations on what to do in the event of migration detention; advice on the development of a contingency plan in the event of a possible return to Mexico; and information on the Binational Migrant Education Program -Probem-, among others.
Finally, the IME called on all Mexicans abroad to take advantage of the tools, regardless of their immigration status, because, it said, "with education you can change your future - choose, learn and get ahead".
Although Facebook -a company led by Mark Zuckerberg, recently exposed for selling users' personal data to third parties. has served as a perfect platform to disseminate human rights violations., censorship to campaigns for social justice, scientific outreach and gender equity, and the promotion of hate speech Against minorities, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, the Latino immigrant community and sexual diversity, most of the information circulating on this digital platform is garbage; noise is generated around urgent causes, which, in turn, generates confusion among users.
This company has become a space virtual ideal to spread ignorance, misinformation and hate campaigns. orchestrated by the power groups who hide, for the most part, in anonymity. To a large extent, this explains the enormous echo that the current president of the United States, Donald Trump, has on social networks.
In the last 30 days, according to The New York Times, Trump received 60 million "likes" and comments on Instagram, a platform owned by Facebook. Meanwhile, on the official Facebook page of the candidate for re-election in the United States, Trump generates messages that are often characterized as promoting misogyny, racism, white supremacism and fake news. -the permanent irony of the businessman's discourse-, thus reaching the enormous and implausible figure of 130 million reactions.
It is no coincidence that Facebook, where Trump and his followers move like fish in water, is considered both by the International Center for Journalists -ICFThe social-digital space with a grossly higher rate of digital journalism than the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University elevated disinformation on COVID-19. Therefore, based on the study of these two institutions, Facebook was considered a "prolific disinformation channel".».
Editor's note: Voters in the Latino community comprise an estimated 10% of U.S. citizens living abroad. Overseas, many actively support the Democratic Party, reports Katarina Machmer, who covers immigration issues in Europe for EMS.
Berlin. The same issues that could bring more Latino voters to the polls this November are mobilizing their overseas counterparts, say expatriate voters interviewed in Europe.
"We haven't noticed such voter registration activity in a long time," says David Coronado, an expatriate from the Texas Latino community who now lives in Madrid, Spain, where he is coordinator of social networking for Democrats Abroad (DA), the official arm of the Democratic Party for Americans living outside the United States. DA strives to provide expatriates with Democratic representation in the U.S. government and to elect Democratic candidates by mobilizing Americans abroad to vote.
Coronado says DA expects at least half a million votes from abroad in this election, most of them from Democrats.
"Political leaders send signals and are the ones who shape culture. Both the Latino community in the United States and in Europe receive the signal that they are not being valued," he explains.
Expatriates normally vote by mail or, depending on the state in which they are registered, they can vote by email or fax.
Latino voters are estimated to constitute more than 10% of U.S. citizens abroad, says Amerika Garcia Grewal, president of the DA Hispanic Caucus, which advocates for issues of concern to the global Hispanic community. The number of expatriates from the Latino community who can vote for the Democrats is unknown, but in Europe, many of them are leaning towards the Democratic Party and showing their support through their activism, even if they cannot vote.
Part of this situation is due to the fact that the Democrats Abroad are more organized than their counterparts, the Republicans Abroad. While the Democrats Abroad send delegates to the Democratic National Convention, the Republicans Abroad do not belong to the U.S. Republican Party, so they cannot participate in their national convention.
Also, Republicans Abroad, unlike Democrats Abroad, does not have a group of Hispanic people to help mobilize expatriates from the Latino community to vote or become activists.
In Spain, where many expatriates from the Latino community reside, Republicans Abroad have only one registration, while Democrats Abroad have four. Germany and other European countries do not have as many expatriates from the Latino community; however, they remain home to Hispanic Democratic voters and activists.
Onélica Andrade, who left California for Belgium in 2016, was one of seven delegates from the Latino community elected by Democrats Abroad to participate in this year's Democratic National Convention, which took place virtually. She says that members of the Latino community she has met through Democrats Abroad, where she holds a seat on the Hispanic political board, are actively trying to recruit American voters.
"Although we are few people in the Latino community, we are committed and we are loud. We may not encourage people from the Latino community to vote because there are not as many around us, but we encourage other Americans," says Andrade.
Immigrant rights activist Monsy Hernandez also believes in the ripple effect of political activism, saying, "I've noticed a difference in the people I've talked to, also in my American friends who have seen the work I do.
Hernandez has been fighting for the Latino community since he was 18 years old. Born in Mexico City, she lived undocumented in South Carolina for 15 years. Then, in 2017, due to the state's restrictive measures affecting dreamers and the immigrants, she deported to Germany with her husband, who had studied there before.
"My skills to survive and succeed were unattainable for me in South Carolina - and in the United States in general - once Trump took office," explains Hernandez. Because she was unable to obtain U.S. citizenship and therefore could not become an official member of the Democrats Abroad, she volunteered with the DA Hispanic Committee for two years as an unofficial member.
"Whether you live in Europe, the United States or somewhere in Latin America, we all belong to the Latino community," says Hernandez. "And we cannot allow our community to continue to struggle in a country that owes much of its wealth to our shoulders.
Onélica Andrade agrees, adding that the United States plays a fundamental role in international politics. "We have infants in detention centers, and the world is watching. We are normalizing criminal acts. This is absolutely wrong."
Daniel Garcia, an expatriate from California's Latino community, also sees immigration as one of the most important issues for the Latino community worldwide.
"What unites the Latino community globally is the experience of migration," says Garcia, editor-in-chief and social networking of Democrats Abroad in Alicante, Spain, and founder of the Nuestras Voces, Nuestro Futuro campaign, which targets younger expatriate voters. "In the United States, we need immigration reform, and I'm looking forward to fighting for it from Europe.
Working with David Coronado, Garcia creates ads for Why you should vote for social media. They tell the stories of expatriates who vote for Democrats from abroad to encourage others to vote.
In addition to immigration reform, affordable education and universal health care are at stake in the 2020 presidential election, not only for the Latino community worldwide but, as Coronado says, for "all those who are losing something. Universal health care in Spain is a totally new experience for him: "Not having to worry about how to pay for a doctor's visit gives me great peace of mind and makes me passionate about fighting for this cause.
Monsy Hernandez had a similar experience when he arrived in Germany. A doctor he visited could not believe that he could not get health insurance or medical care during the 15 years he lived in the United States. In her South Carolina neighborhood, a visit to the doctor was literally and financially out of her reach. The university was also inaccessible.
"Here in Germany I can take German lessons because they are affordable," says Hernandez. "It was inconceivable, but I shouldn't be disconcerted by this kind of situation." Instead, he encourages the Latino community abroad to continue fighting for fair wages and access to health care as well as higher education.
Onélica Andrade hopes these issues will unite Latino voters worldwide and elect Biden - the "right" candidate, she says - whose presidency will help secure needed reforms. But much remains to be done: After Biden's election, community members must redouble their efforts to hold political leaders accountable for their campaign promises and, just as importantly, listen to the concerns of minority communities.
Farmers are among the most essential workers in the state of California, as it is thanks to their tireless efforts that residents are able to enjoy their daily meals, however, given the low wages they receive, they may be paying with their lives, as they are unable to afford Covid-19 treatments.
Due to the nature of their work, farmers, most of whom (between 60% and 80%) are undocumented, often work without any personal protective equipment, resulting in their exposure to the coronavirus.
So said the director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), David E. Hayes-Bautista, who noted that these essential workers are paid very little and rarely have health insurance.
During the videoconference "Costs for medical care for Covid-19," conducted by Ethnic Media Services, the professor of medicine at Ethnic Media Services said that those who become infected with Covid-19 often have to pay for medical expenses out of their own pocket.
And, he said, if a farm worker is infected with Covid-19, the cost of monthly treatment with Remdesivir can reach $3,120, which is equivalent to more than two full months of income, since their average monthly salary is $1,500.
"Because they rarely have health insurance to be able to afford this treatment, a California farmworker would have to go without food, housing and transportation for two months. Otherwise, they would be financially burdened by this medical debt and could leave their family in poverty," he said.
According to the study "Covid-19: Who Can Afford the Cost of Care," which Dr. Hayes-Bautista led, most of these people could starve to death after 40 days without food.
He added that the average monthly household income of Latinos in the U.S. is $5,441, so the out-of-pocket cost of a Remdesivir treatment would be a little more than half (57%) of that amount.
In that regard, he noted that approximately 95% of non-Hispanic white households have health insurance that could cover most or all of the cost of treatment, since their average monthly income is $7,090, so spending on that same treatment would be less than half (44%) of their monthly income.
And if treatment for Covid-19 with Remdesivir is unaffordable for many, access to a future vaccine will be even more so, since primary distribution, he said, will prioritize citizens and people with legal immigration status.
Therefore, he said, farmworkers, "the unknowing backbone of California's economy, whose efforts feed each and every one of us," need to be protected.
She also stressed that these workers need access to adequate protective equipment, testing and public health education, as well as affordable health care services, regardless of their immigration status.
Hayes-Bautista noted that the Latino community has the highest rates of Covid-19 infection in the country, and when they go to a doctor they arrive with severe symptoms, so their recovery requires more treatment, and therefore a greater outlay of money.
The expert said that the treatment to which President Donald Trump had access, after testing positive for the virus and presenting strong symptoms, is beyond the reach of most people of Latino and African descent communities.
While the politicization of facemask use has caused many to stop using protection, there has been a spike in Covid-19 cases in many parts of the United States.
Finally, he noted that the holiday season is about to begin, and the Latino community tends to gather to celebrate, so he called to keep a healthy distance, use masks, maintain personal hygiene, wash their hands constantly, and preferably conduct their meetings in open or well ventilated places so that there can be good air circulation.
On the other hand, during the virtual meeting, Denise Octavia Smith, executive director of the National Association of Community Health Workers, pointed out the importance of supporting this type of workers because they do great work at the local level to support, especially in marginalized communities that need access to medical services.
And in the entire country, only the states of Massachusetts and California pay these community workers, who are mostly women of color from the Latino, African American, Asian Pacific Islander, and Asian Pacific Islander communities, who are often survivors who have experience on the front lines of the medical field.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, he said, community health workers have worked with limited resources and even little protection, as they receive no funds to help purchase materials.
After President Donald Trump's administration instituted a "zero tolerance" policy in 2018, which caused the separation of thousands of migrant families at the southern U.S. border; today, 545 children still separated from their mothers and fathersas these have not been located.
So said lawyers appointed by a federal judge to identify the migrant families that were separated since 2017, after the presentation of a report by the American Civil Liberties Union -(ACLU).
ACLU Deputy Director of the Immigration Rights Project Lee Gelernt stressed that it is critical to find out - as much as possible - who was responsible for the horrific practice, while keeping in mind that hundreds of families still have not been located and remain separated.
"People are asking when we will find all these families and, unfortunately, I can't give an answer. I just don't know", he said.
He assured that will not stop searching until each family is found.s, no matter how long it takes, since the tragic reality is that hundreds of mothers and fathers were deported to Central America without their children.
The "zero tolerance" policy resulted in the separation of 2,800 families.most of them in U.S. custody. However, more than 1,000 parents separated from their children had already been deported when a federal judge in California ordered the migrant families reunited, according to NBC News.
The committee of lawyers that was selected for the task, including the ACLU, has been able to contact the parents of more than 550 children, and believes that 25 of them may have the opportunity to return to the United States to be reunited.
Gelernt noted that some of the families have chosen to keep their children in this country with other family members or friends, "for fear of what will happen to their children if they return to their home countries.
In a statement, the Department of Health and Human Services, detailed that the aforementioned 545 minors were duly discharged from the "unaccompanied alien children" program - of the Office of Refugee Resettlement - before June 23, 2018.
In the last Trump vs. Biden debate, six topics were addressed during 90 minutes, covering U.S. national security, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the incidence of foreign nations such as Russia and China in the upcoming elections. Kristen Welker, this time the moderator of the debate, is the White House correspondent for NBC.
Nashville, Tennessee. The candidates for the presidency of the United States, current President Donald Trump - from the Republican Party - and Vice President Joe Biden - from the Democratic Party - held a debate with a different moderation to the previous one, where the closing of microphones and timed participations were highlighted to avoid the fiasco of the first presidential debate. The elections are 12 days away.
COVID-19
Regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the first topic of the presidential debate, U.S. re-election candidate Donald J. Trump assured citizens that mortality rates from the new coronavirus have been dropping and he is confident that a vaccine will be ready by the end of 2020. He spoke about his recent positive diagnosis and treatment of the disease, saying it has improved rapidly. He blamed China for dispelling the rumors, even to the point of hiding the disease.
For his part, the Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States, Joe Biden, accused President Donald Trump of the more than 220,000 deaths caused by COVID-19. He added in the debate the importance of the use of mouthpieces, as well as the urgency of expanding testing programs for the detection of the disease. He claims that Trump lied when he said that the new coronavirus would slow down its infection in hot seasons, the direct intake of chlorine.
National Security
On the subject of the national security of the United States, the American president sent a message to the nations that, if they intervene in the country's elections, "it will be paid without a very high price" and he blamed China, Russia and Iran for the impact on the elections. He also denied that he had received any money from the Russian government, and Trump noted that Biden has earned up to $10 million from shady deals in China. Trump concluded by saying that the U.S. had a good relationship with Hitler--until he decided to invade European territory.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden, Democratic candidate for the US presidency, questioned Trump about why he has not made public statements against Russian President Vladimir Putin to justify his non-intervention stance in the November elections. Biden, for his part, accused Trump of handling his finances on the sly and denied categorically that he had received money from Ukraine and Russia through his son, Hunter Biden.
Family economy
The Republican Party's candidate for re-election to the U.S. presidency, Donald Trump, said Obamacare was "not good" because it forced people to turn to private sector insurers. He says his cabinet is working to change this social security plan into a "beautiful" one. He said that the person responsible for the lack of an economic support program for American families is Nancy Pelosi, in charge of the Lower House.
In contrast, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Obamacare can become a public option for people who cannot access Medicaid and that people can still choose a private insurer anyway. He also opened the window for the possibility of buying drugs at a lower cost in the future. As for support for the family economy, Biden said the Republican representation in the U.S. Senate turned its back on the program that would have been driven by Trump.
Migration
With data in hand, moderator Kristen Welker, White House correspondent for NBC, noted that more than 4,000 infants have been separated from their families during the Trump administration and asked the Republican candidate about his plan to reunite them.
Donald Trump, the Republican Party's candidate for re-election to the U.S. presidency, blamed "coyotes" - people who traffic in people - and Mexican cartels for putting children on U.S. soil.
Joe Biden, the Democratic Party's candidate for the U.S. presidency, says the seriousness lies in the fact that migrant children have been robbed of their right to have a family by being separated from their parents. "It's a crime," Biden said, noting the conditions in which thousands of children are being held in the "cages" Trump built for their detention. He reiterated his support for the continuation of the DACA - Deferred Action for Children - program. "We owe our lives to migrants, who are in the majority in this country," she noted. He said that if he wins the elections on November 3, he will take measures to benefit 11 million undocumented people in order to grant them citizenship.
Racial violence
Republican presidential re-election candidate Donald Trump blamed Biden for not reaching out to the African-American community. He said that "no one has done more" than he has for that community... except Abraham Lincoln. He ended by condemning the Black Lives Matter movement.
On the other hand, the candidate for the U.S. presidency for the Democratic Party, Joe Biden, pointed out Trump as one of the most racist presidents the U.S. nation has had in contemporary history; furthermore, he finished by saying that Trump's policy is spent on exclusion and discrimination and recalled the episode where the U.S. president, Donald Trump, called migrants of Mexican origin "rapists".
Climate change
On the last topic, the lawyer in the last debate between the candidates for the presidency of the United States, Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump, both fixed positions with contrasts.
Donald Trump, the Republican Party's candidate for re-election to the U.S. presidency, said, in the abstract, that he has "thousands" of programs and that he "loves" the environment. Again, during his speech he said that the Paris Accord - an agreement that establishes measures for the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions through mitigation, adaptation and resilience of ecosystems - is the best way to achieve this. Trump also said he knows "more about wind" than Biden and accused him of being against practices such as hydro-fracturing - "fracking", in Spanish-. In the abstract, he said Biden "knows nothing" about climate.
Joe Biden, the Democratic Party's candidate for the U.S. presidency, said climate change is a real consequence and poses a threat to the preservation of the environment and humanity. If it continues for another four years under Trump, Biden warned, humanity will find itself in serious trouble, most of which cannot be reversed. He spoke in favor of investing in the deployment of a network of charging stations for electric cars on U.S. soil.
Conclusions
Republican presidential re-election candidate Donald Trump again boasted that before the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States had one of the lowest unemployment rates. "We must pool our success," he said. In addition, he said his Democratic counterpart's strategy would lead to a new depression with more widespread regulation.
Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. presidency, Joe Biden, promised that, with the vote and election of the American people, he will represent the will and resolve the issues of concern to the citizens of the United States. "I will bring them hope, not fear. We have the potential to create opportunities for improvement on economic issues and to combat racism," he said.
For the ancient inhabitants of the great Tenochtitlan, dualities, as we know them today, did not exist as such; for example, a difference would have to be made between life and existence. Existence -nemiliztlIn the Nahuatl language, it would correspond to the night-time part that begins at birth: tlacatiliztliand it ends with death -miquiztli-that is, that death only represented a dark phase in which the life cycle began to renew itself.
Death was, for them, only a moment of organic and functional relaxation that prepared a new existence, but this can only be understood by giving a brief review of the way the Mexicas saw time:
After four times full of chaos in which life did not progress, the fifth sun arrived, nahui ollinwhose original legend says that the gods met in Tehotihuacán to create the sun and the moon. It was necessary for this purpose that one of those present, sacrificed himself. Since no one answered a bubbly, little, ugly god called Nanahuatzin stood up to offer himself and in response, the arrogant god TecuciztécatlLord of the Snails, also offered his life for him to create the stars. The gods gave him preference, but despite trying four times, he was afraid. Instead, Nanahuatzin on the first attempt he courageously threw himself into the bonfire of the creative fire from which the Sun, personified by him, would be born and the Moon by Tecuciztécatl.
Research work on sculptures from the Aztec culture for this year's Day of the Dead celebration at @casa_circulo_cultural.
This myth teaches us that the sacrifice of the gods created the movement of the stars, that it was thanks to having the courage to die that the universe could be set in motion. Blood was necessary to give way to life and this cult remained a symbol of birth, because if the gods had already done it, it was necessary for men to repeat that feat.
The name of the Sun, Tonatiuhmeans "there will be light". Not in an immediate time but in that time of waiting in which the gods were afraid and uncertain. The Mexica creation is defined on these two movements of night and day, the feminine and masculine, the shadow and the light. The ancient ones, more than having cardinal points, had regions that clearly reveal the opposition of the Nahuas to think in opposite poles and rather let us see their tendency not to establish definitive and eternal states but transits from one state to another.
Man was born according to the myth, from the penetration of Quetzacoatl into Mictlan from where he took the dust from the bones of the scepter of Mictlatecuhtli and created man. That is, it was time incarnated by Quetzalcoátl that penetrates to the center of the earth where darkness lies to make bones the matter of human beings, where it also falls into a trap (the hole called tlaxapochtli) laid by the mictecaThe bones will be scattered, the limbs will be separated and it will become that which was going to change, that stripping, that rotting of a divine being to through restoration, create life.
An example of this myth is that children who died early were buried near the so-called barns, cuezcomatenot only because these early dead infants, according to their beliefs, were to give - by their premature death - to the cincalco or house of corn, but because they would deposit their soul energy in the corn stored in that place.
The relationship that the pre-Columbian Nahuas developed with everything that was disposable from the body was not one of sorrow or obfuscation. Within the Borgia Code, there is an image in Figure 13 comparing the ingestion of a mortuary lump by the earth, TlalatecutliWith cropofagia, the "essence of the consumed being" is found in the excrement. As far as the corpse is concerned, what remains after its cremation on earth is the bone, the raw material for the divine elaboration of man and the ultimate state of his organic cycle.
One of the goddesses related to this vision of death and deposition is the goddess Tlazoltéotl, who had four names that represented carnality and was also seen as an antithesis of the human process, that while she defecated the bad, what she discarded and left over, the Goddess ate it and turned it into good, that was the main of her divine gifts: regeneration.
The Nahuas believed that for four days and nights the souls of the dead remained among us visiting the cardinal points, then, on the fifth, they were taken to their final destination. For the women, widows, sisters and mourners, the mourning lasted 80 days, where they did not wash their bodies, hair or change their clothes.
For four years, every year after the person's death, food, pulque, tobacco, flowers, etc. were offered to him in the name of the deceased and in accordance with the manner of his death. If the death was natural - due to old age - the festivities were held in the month of Títitl. The deceased children were celebrated during the month of MiccailhuitontliThe first of these was the celebration of the death of a man, while the adults who died in the war and the sacrifice were celebrated in the month of Huey Miccailhuitl; those who had died by drowning, dropsy, were struck by lightning or had succumbed to skin problems, were on their way to Tlalocán were celebrated in the month of Tepeilhuitl.
Death was not only part of life but also part of a waiting, in which it would go through an expectant silence and regeneration, not just a reincarnation and would go through a transformation. It was the same waiting in which the gods waited for the stars to come out and set them in motion -Ollin- to make sense of the universe. The wait and its uncertainty were that moment where the decomposition was total but not fatal, but only a lapse in which life healed itself to re-emerge.
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The ultra-right in the U.S. seeks to create disinformation among the Latino and Afro-descendant electorate and thus prevent them from voting in the elections to be held on November 3.
This was pointed out by the researcher of Equis LabsJacobo Licona, who stressed that the far-right group that supports the current president and candidate for the Republican Party, Donald Trump, creates distractions and confusion in order to prevent this sector of the population to cast their vote.
"Bad actors are using social media to misinform, suppress the vote and dampen enthusiasm among key progressive voters, including the Latino community," he said.
And, he said, there are various cultural and demographic nuances within the Latino and other Afro-descendant communities, especially geographic and generational, that create conditions that easily lead to misinformation or disinformation.
In that sense, he noted that, in the case of people from the Latino community, the Spanish language allows gaps in information to be created, which can be exploited to create misleading narratives.
In the Latino community, he said, "voters tend to follow political news less. So they are more susceptible to these kinds of tactics.
The false narratives are often amplified in social networks - media used by the Latino community, especially to be informed of political issues, Licona said during the videoconference "Manipulating the vote: how to detect disinformation that threatens the U.S. elections," conducted by Ethnic Media Services.
Also, he said, there is external interference, as in the case of Russia, where groups have exploited issues such as immigration, in addition to promoting disinformation through messaging platforms such as WhatsApp.
"We know that (WhatsApp) is very popular among the Latino community and also among other Afro-descendant communities. It is fundamental for the dissemination of information and disinformation, which is a problem because, on these platforms, it is more difficult to know what is going on," he said.
He added that the far right has also sought to create racial tension and division among the Latino and Afro-descendant communities to generate confusion and fear.
"This division seeks to suppress Latino voters and voters of color, what they're trying to do is create a division and also a general distrust of the system, which can affect the way people vote."
The misinformation that has been seen during this election period has surpassed previous ones, because this time, he said, has caused many voters to distrust the postal service, since this means of voting is very safe.
"Trump is constantly pushing this theory about mail-in voting, and in doing so, many are amplifying the theories of voter fraud and manipulation - claiming that the left is trying to steal the election through mail-in voting."
This, he noted, undermines confidence in both the electoral process and the integrity of the election results.
An example of this, he pointed out, is a series of propaganda that says socialism is growing and will come to the United States, should Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate who is continually linked to this type of political and economic doctrine, win.
For his part, the director of the Algorithmic Transparency of the National Citizens ConferenceCameron Hickey noted that "viral misinformation is contagious and dangerous, just like a real virus. This content spreads because people share it with each other. And it creates serious problems that threaten our health and the future of our democracy.
He stressed that disinformation touches on very specific issues, such as conspiracies, extremist theories that cause fear and try to manipulate people, who even change their behavior because of them.
He added that this disinformation is usually out of context, lacks logic, brings up issues from the past, uses terms that divide and incite hatred, or is based on "pseudo-science".
In these elections, he pointed out that the key issues have been QAnon: A conspiracy theory founded and spread by the extreme right, through social networks since 2017, whose leader "Q", to date, is unknown, but which spreads first-hand information from the government.
QAnon is part of the history of US politics mainly because of theories that point to a very privileged sector in the US that seeks to influence, in a very profound way, the politics of the country, to such an extent that it has tried to establish a "dark state", where racism is mainly sown, fascist and anti-Semitic factions are superimposed and from where xenophobia is promoted; from QAnon Satanic cults are also born, whose purpose is to sacrifice minors for sexual purposes.
QAnon is not limited to the political elite, but also to the financial and banking elite; the food consumption industry is said to be linked to pharmaceuticals, the entertainment industry and the media, the latter being the channel and the path for disinformation.
Another issue is the civil warThis includes messages from both the right and the left that the country must prepare for armed conflict and threatens with alleged consequences if the elections do not go well.
Ideological hyperboleThe message is that a candidate or political party will establish or perpetuate an extremist ideology such as Nazism or Communism.
Voting access is another hot-button issue in this election, as misconceptions are being spread about when, where and how to vote. One example of that, he said, is the misinformation that "Republicans vote on Wednesdays and Democrats vote on Tuesdays.
The risk of ballot transportation is a recurring theme and concern; this narrative sends a message that questions and exposes the problems of voting by mail, for example, that ballots can be stolen, tampered with, retained, or burned, and thus lead to voter fraud.
Therefore, it was stressed that every citizen has a role to play to reduce the impact of this content that generates confusion and distrust during the electoral process, so it called to verify the information received and invite others to do the same, such as reporting such content to platforms like Junkipedia and, finally, share truthful and verifiable information.
After the WNBA player won her fourth championship with the Seattle Storm and LeBron did the same with the Lakers, a debate ensued about what everyone gains from achieving the top goal in their category.
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Women's world sport has taken on a fairness dimension from the voice of some of its protagonists. For example, in the summer of 2019, the player and captain of the U.S. national soccer team, Megan Rapinoe, criticized FIFA for putting the final of the women's World Cup and the men's Copa America and Oro on the same schedule, arguing that in the top men's game it would be unthinkable to do so. Now the debate is about the abysmal salary difference between Sue Bird, Rapinoe's love interest, and LeBron James, basketball superstars.
Just a week ago, Bird and James managed to rise to the top of the WNBA and NBA rankings respectively. In doing so, both added their fourth championship ring in their careers and, although in sports the numbers are the same, the checks issued by the Association do not weigh the same.
While the Los Angeles Lakers veteran amassed $37 million this season for handing the 17th title to the gold and purple franchise, the historic leader in women's league assists earned $215,000 despite also being a champion.
It's not just about wages. It is estimated that James, for leading the championship as the main piece of the Angelino set, obtained approximately 370 thousand dollars in prize money, for the 11,356 of his counterpart.
The main reasons for basketball players to earn more money than women is based on the alleged trade agreements of each league and, therefore, on the income that each one maintains. On the other hand, the streaming platform that the league created to broadcast NBA games costs approximately $152.36 annually, while the same one, but for the women's division, is priced at $5.
Salaries were even lower before this season. In January, the players protested to demand improvements in the economic income of each one of them and, although they did not ask to be paid what the male superstars pocket, they did ask for an equitable distribution of the income, with which they reformed the collective work contract for the next nine years, the best paid players will be able to earn more than 500 thousand dollars, that is to say, more than triple what they obtained only last season.
Although there is a nine-year, $24 billion contract in place since 2015 for the broadcast rights to both leagues, most of the money goes to the men's campaigns, which also attract the attention of major sponsors, fans and the purchase of T-shirts, as well as specialized footwear.
The main protagonists in the WNBA stave have raised their voices. The push to improve conditions and make the gender pay gap visible to the world every day brings to the table the debate about how work is evaluated in an industry that moves hundreds of thousands of dollars.
