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“I am not coming alone, I am coming with everyone”: Claudia Sheinbaum, first female president of Mexico

Pamela Cruz

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2024.06.03

Claudia Sheinbaum, first female president of Mexico — In her first message as the virtual first female president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, assured that she does not come alone to the position of president of the Mexican Republic, but accompanied by all "our heroines who gave us a homeland, with our ancestors, our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters." Photo: X @ClaudiaShein

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In her first message as virtual president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo assured that she does not come alone to the position of president of the Mexican Republic, but accompanied by all "our heroines who gave us a homeland, with our ancestors, our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters."

After the president advisor of the National Electoral Institute (INE)Guadalupe Taddei Zavala announced that Sheinbaum, from the coalition "Let's keep making history", made up of Morena, the Labor Party (PT) and the Green Ecologist Party (PVE) of Mexico, had obtained a vote between 58.3 and 60.7 percent, which places her as the virtual winner for the presidency of Mexico, the next president thanked the support of Mexicans.

Sheinbaum said that, in addition to the presidency, preliminary results indicate that the coalition she represents has won a qualified majority in the Chamber of Deputies, and will probably do the same in the Senate.

“I want to thank millions of Mexicans who decided to vote for us on this historic day to move forward with the fourth transformation of public life in our beautiful country,” said Claudia Sheinbaum. “It is the recognition of the people of Mexico to our history, to the results, to the conviction and to the will, but, above all, it is the recognition of the people of Mexico to our national project.”

The virtual winner also expressed her gratitude for being the first female president in the 200-year history of the Republic.

“I am also grateful because, for the first time in 200 years of the Republic, I will become the first woman president of Mexico. And, as I have said on other occasions, I did not get there alone, we all got there, with our heroines who gave us our homeland, with our ancestors, our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters.”

Clearly happy with his victory, he congratulated Mexicans for their participation in the election, demonstrating that, he said, “Mexico is a democratic country with peaceful and highly participatory elections.”

He also thanked the candidate of the coalition “Fuerza y Corazón por México”, Xóchitl Gálvez, from whom he said he received a call acknowledging the victory, as well as the candidate of Movimiento Ciudadano, Jorge Álvarez Máynez, whom he recognized for his participation in these free and democratic elections.

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said that, although dissent is part of democracy and although the majority of the people supported her project, her duty “is and will always be to look after each and every Mexican without distinction.”

“Even though many Mexicans do not fully agree with our project, we will have to walk in peace and harmony to continue building a fair and more prosperous Mexico.”

He also stressed that his government "will be honest, without influence, corruption or impunity, it will be a government with republican austerity, financial and fiscal discipline, and autonomy from the Bank of Mexico."

Like his predecessor, he said that there will be no real increases in fuel or electricity prices, and that he will maintain the required division between economic power and political power, always defending the supreme interest of the people of Mexico and the nation.

In this regard, he stressed that his government will act in accordance with the laws and the right, and that freedom of expression, the press, assembly, concentration and mobilization will be guaranteed.

"We are democrats and, out of conviction, we would never create an authoritarian or repressive government," he said, adding that political, social, cultural and religious diversity, as well as gender and sexual diversity, will be respected, while the fight against any form of discrimination will continue.

He also said that business freedom will be respected and private national and foreign investment will be promoted and facilitated to foster social well-being and regional development, while always ensuring respect for the environment.

In this regard, he pointed out, "out of conviction, we will dedicate the public budget to guarantee all the welfare programs initiated by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and also all the programs we have committed to."

He added that access to the rights of the Mexican people to education, health, housing, culture will be expanded, as well as the consolidation of strategic projects and the expansion of the infrastructure of trains, highways, roads, ports and airports.

In terms of energy, he said, energy sovereignty, renewable energy and scientific and technological development will be promoted.

Foreign policy, he explained, will be based on constitutional principles of non-intervention, international cooperation for development, self-determination of peoples and peace-building.

With the United States, he said, "there will be a relationship of friendship, mutual respect and equality, as it has been until now, and we will always defend the Mexicans who are on the other side of the border."

Meanwhile, he stressed that he would continue to expand his friendship relations with the South and the Caribbean, as he has done with the rest of the world.

“We will lead Mexico along the path of peace and security, we will move forward with attention to the causes, the consolidation of the National Guard, intelligence and investigation for public security and the coordination of institutions of the different powers and levels of government, that is, our security and justice policy will be one of attention to the causes and zero impunity,” he stressed in terms of security.

Finally, the virtual president thanked the congratulations of various heads of state and personalities, especially President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, for his call and the video he published congratulating her.

“We will continue to make Mexico a more just, democratic, free and sovereign country every day to continue building the greatness of our country. Rest assured that we will live up to our history and to the generous and great people of Mexico. Thank you very much, long live Mexico,” he concluded.

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Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo becomes the virtual winner of the presidency of Mexico

Pamela Cruz

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2024.06.02

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Claudia Sheinbaum virtual winner of the presidency of Mexico — The president advisor of the (INE) announced Claudia Sheinbaum as the virtual winner of the presidency of Mexico after the quick count.

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The president advisor of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Guadalupe Taddei Zavala, reported that, according to the results of the quick count for the election of the Presidency of the Republic, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, of the coalition "Let's keep making history", is the virtual winner with a vote that is between 58.3 and 60.7 percent.

This exercise, he said, based on a statistical sample representative of the polling stations installed throughout the country, was carried out by a technical advisory committee made up of expert scientists who have placed their prestige and knowledge at the service of Mexican democracy.

The count was carried out in 5,651 polling stations, representing 74.3 percent of the total sample, with a confidence level of at least 95 percent according to the data provided by the committee.

In this regard, he stressed that the percentage of citizen participation in this election day is estimated between 60 and 61.5 percent of the nominal list of voters.

Regarding the votes obtained by the candidates for the presidency of the Republic, the estimated ranges by relation in the order of registration of the parties that nominated them are: Xóchitl Gálvez Ruíz of the coalition "Fuerza y Corazón por México", made up of the National Action Party (PAN), Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), obtained a vote that is between 26.6 and 28.6 percent.

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo of the coalition “Let’s keep making history,” made up of Morena, the Labor Party (PT) and the Green Ecologist Party (PVE) of Mexico, obtained a vote between 58.3 and 60.7 percent.

While Jorge Álvarez Máynez, from Movimiento Ciudadano, obtained a vote between 9.9 and 10.8 percent.

Thus, voting preferences in the Mexican Republic give preference to Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, former head of government of Mexico City and presidential candidate of Morena this 2024, as the preferred candidate for the presidency of Mexico, who will become the 66th president of this country.

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was born on June 24, 1962 (age 61) in Mexico City; she is of Jewish descent; her grandparents migrated from Lithuania and Bulgaria.

The candidate of the alliance “Let’s Keep Making History” is the daughter of chemist Carlos Sheinbaum Yoselevitz and biologist Annie Pardo Cemo, both participants in the student movement of 1968.

He attended primary school at the private Manuel Bartolomé Cossío school in Tlalpan, while he completed his high school studies at the Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades (CCH) Sur, participating in the student movement from 1986 to 1987.

In February 1989, she obtained her undergraduate degree in Physics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); in 1990, she began a master's degree in energy engineering at UNAM, and in 1994 she obtained her doctorate in the same subject.

Sheinbaum is married to Jesús María Tarriba Unger, a doctor in physical science from UNAM and financial risk analyst at the Bank of Mexico, and has two children from her first marriage to Carlos Imaz, Mariana Imaz Sheinbaum and Rodrigo Imaz Sheinbaum.

Her first position in public administration was with Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In 2000 she became Secretary of the Environment for Mexico City, a position she left in 2006 to become a spokesperson for AMLO's presidential campaign.

In the 2012 election, the current president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, proposed that he take charge of environmental policy at the national level. He was an active part of the formation of Morena in 2014 and also coordinated the issue of government and politics for the elaboration of López Obrador's 2018-2024 National Project.

She became head of Mexico City in 2018, a position she left on June 15 of this year to participate in the Morena survey that defined who will lead the National Coordination of the Committees for the Defense of the Fourth Transformation, which led her to the presidential candidacy in 2024.

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San Mateo County records 2,130 homeless people in one-day count in 2024

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Pamela Cruz

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2024.06.02

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2,130 homeless people recorded in San Mateo County in one-day count in 2024 — The official one-day count found 2,130 homeless people in San Mateo County on January 25, 2024. Clyde Virges of WeHOPE, a nonprofit social services agency, drives its team through East Palo Alto looking for homeless individuals on Jan. 25, 2024. Credit: San Mateo County Executive's Office.

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The official one-day homeless count, a tally of those living on the streets in every corner of San Mateo County or spending the night in a shelter, found 2,130 homeless people on January 25, 2024.

The figures represent an increase of 18 percent compared to a count carried out in 2022, according to the City Council.

While imperfect, the point-in-time count, officials said in a statement, provides a snapshot of what homeless officials use as a gauge to measure the success and needs of service programs.

Local officials said the figure was due to a 38 percent increase in the number of people in shelters, a fact they attributed to a growing number of emergency shelter beds available to deal with the crisis.

Data released from the Jan. 25, 2024, count found that homeless people counted outside of a shelter (including those on the streets, in cars, RVs, or tents) increased by 5 percent to 1,145. Combined with those counted in shelters, 322 more people were counted in 2024 than in 2022.

As ongoing housing affordability challenges, income inequalities, and other challenges continue to contribute to homelessness, the county has seen increasing needs in recent years.

In response, the County said it has dedicated significant resources to expanding shelters and other homeless services, with the goal of reaching functional zero, where every homeless person in the County who chooses assistance can be sheltered in an emergency shelter or in temporary or permanent housing.

“While we never like to see our numbers go up, I am encouraged by the fact that we saw an increase in the number of people receiving shelter at our emergency facilities like the Navigation Center and El Camino House,” said Claire Cunningham, director of the Human Services Agency.

“This means fewer people in less safe situations, like on the streets or in tents. And shelters provide case management and support services to help residents move into permanent housing,” she added.

The data is not perfect as it captures only what teams of community workers and volunteers discovered during a few hours on a particular day. For example, in 2022 the count was conducted during adverse weather conditions.

Additionally, the County has also created new shelter capacity at its Navigation Center in Redwood City (240 units) and El Camino House in San Mateo (44 units) over the past two years.

The One Day Count is conducted every two years as required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The data collected is compared to historical counts to show trends over time.

The county also conducts surveys of unsheltered homeless individuals in the week following the observational count to provide more granular information about their specific circumstances and demographics.

Notably, the 5 percent increase in unsheltered homeless people in 2024 is smaller than the 21 percent increase between 2019 and 2022.

Of those counted while unsheltered: 40 percent were in a mobile home, 31 percent in a car or van, 19 percent on the street, 7 percent in a tent or makeshift shelter and 3 percent in other.

The 2024 count found that Redwood City had the most homeless people, followed by Pacifica and unincorporated San Mateo County, particularly on the coast.

“This confirms that our work is never done and we remain committed to helping as many of our unhoused residents as are willing to accept it,” said County Executive Mike Callagy.

“Our Board of Supervisors has made achieving zero functional homelessness a key priority, and we are moving toward it with every person we move from the streets or their vehicles to a place with a warm roof, the supports they need to succeed, and the dignity they all deserve,” she said.

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Californian charged with hate crime for physically assaulting Asian-American woman

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Pamela Cruz

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2024.06.02

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Un gran jurado federal emitió una acusación formal contra un hombre del sur de California por un delito de odio luego de presuntamente golpear a una mujer asiático-estadounidense en la cabeza en Culver City mientras le gritaba insultos raciales.

Jesse Allen Lindsey, de 37 años, que se encuentra en una prisión estatal por una condena no relacionada, pero cuya última dirección conocida fue en Fontana, fue acusado el pasado miércoles por cometer un delito de odio, un cargo grave que conlleva una sentencia máxima legal de 10 años en prisión federal.

“La violencia alimentada por el odio no tiene cabida en nuestra sociedad”, señaló el fiscal federal Martín Estrada. “Vivimos en una de las zonas más diversas del país y esa diversidad nos fortalece. Nuestra comunidad permanecerá unida para condenar la intolerancia, y mi oficina no dudará en investigar y procesar a quienes dañan a otros a causa de su intolerancia”.

Krysti Hawkins, subdirectora interina a cargo de la oficina local del FBI en Los Ángeles, detalló que la víctima se ocupaba de sus propios asuntos cuando fue abusada verbalmente y atacada violentamente basándose nada más que en su apariencia.

En ese sentido, dijo que “el FBI está comprometido con la protección de los derechos civiles en los Estados Unidos y responsabilizará a cualquiera que esté tan impulsado por el odio que apunte a personas inocentes por su raza”.

Según la acusación, aproximadamente a la 1:00 horas del 14 de junio de 2021, la víctima caminaba hacia el trabajo en Culver City cuando Lindsey, un hombre blanco, le pidió un encendedor o un cigarrillo. Ella respondió que no fumaba. Lindsey supuestamente comenzó a seguirla y le gritó a la víctima, a quien percibió como un hombre asiático-americano: “Tú [improperio] asiático, date la vuelta”. Lindsey supuestamente llamó a la víctima “coreana” y gritó: “Tú [improperio] asiático, no perteneces aquí”, afirma la acusación.

La acusación formal alega además que, como se captura en el video de vigilancia, Lindsey le gritó a la víctima: “¿No puedes saludar a un [improperio] chico blanco?”. Luego, Lindsey golpeó a la víctima en la cabeza, lo que la hizo caer a la calle y golpearse la cabeza. Mientras la víctima yacía boca abajo en la calle, Lindsey gritó: “¿Escuchas lo que dije, [N-word]? ¡Dije buenos días, perra!

Posteriormente, el personal de emergencia transportó a la víctima a un hospital, donde recibió aproximadamente 11 puntos en la cara. Como resultado del ataque, la víctima sufrió lesiones en la cabeza y la oreja, lo que la dejó incapaz de trabajar durante un mes y le provocó dolores continuos durante un año, alega la acusación.

Cuando más tarde se enteró por las noticias de que las autoridades estaban investigando el incidente como un delito de odio, Lindsey, temeroso de recibir un castigo mayor, huyó de California, según la acusación.

“La comunidad a la que servimos es rica en diversidad cultural y estamos comprometidos a mantener un ambiente seguro y acogedor para todos”, destacó el jefe de policía de Culver City, Jason Sims.

“El odio no tiene lugar en Culver City. Estoy extremadamente orgulloso del trabajo realizado por el Departamento de Policía de Culver City para identificar y localizar al sospechoso responsable de este violento crimen de odio. En colaboración con el FBI, no sólo buscamos justicia para la víctima inocente de este caso, sino que también subrayamos que este tipo de crimen atroz no será tolerado en nuestros vecindarios”, agregó.

Una acusación es simplemente eso, y se presume que el acusado es inocente a menos y hasta que se demuestre su culpabilidad más allá de toda duda razonable en un tribunal de justicia.

Lindsey se encuentra actualmente bajo custodia estatal y se espera que comparezca ante un tribunal federal en las próximas semanas.

El FBI está investigando este caso y recibió asistencia sustancial del Departamento de Policía de Culver City.

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Tips for staying cool in the predicted heat wave for the Inner Bay Area

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2024.06.02

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With heat wave forecast in the Inner Bay Area, tips for staying cool — A heat wave is forecast in the inner Bay Area, and the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management has issued advice for residents to stay cool in the heat.

By Bay City News.

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Se pronostica una ola de calor entre semana para el Área interior de la Bahía, y el Departamento de Manejo de Emergencias de San Francisco ha emitido consejos para que los residentes se mantengan frescos en el calor.

Es probable que las temperaturas en las áreas interiores ronden los 90 grados Fahrenheit, e incluso alcancen los 100 grados en algunos puntos calientes, principalmente a lo largo de la frontera oriental del Área de la Bahía, más cerca del Valle Central, según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional del Área de la Bahía.

El martes se emitió un aviso de calor para partes del interior de los condados de Napa, Sonoma, Contra Costa y Alameda, que durará hasta el jueves, dijo el Servicio Meteorológico. El aviso se ampliará el miércoles a Santa Clara, San Benito y el extremo oriental del condado de Monterey.

Las temperaturas deberían bajar un poco hasta el jueves, según el Servicio Meteorológico.

Teniendo esto en cuenta, se sugiere que las personas afectadas por el intenso calor deben permanecer en un lugar fresco, beber mucha agua, usar ropa y sombreros ligeros, ducharse y cerrar las persianas durante el día, según el Departamento de Manejo de Emergencias.

Además, se llama a evitar estar al aire libre entre las 10:00 y las 16:00 horas, no realice actividades extenuantes y evitar el azúcar, el alcohol, la cafeína y los alimentos ricos en proteínas, dijo el departamento.

De igual manera, beba agua y refrésquese de inmediato si siente cansancio, debilidad o mareos, tiene dolor de cabeza o calambres musculares o suda mucho, dijo el departamento.

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Mexicans dissatisfied with “turtle” voting at polling station installed at the Mexican Consulate in SF

Eric Alcocer Chavez

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2024.06.02

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Mexicans dissatisfied with “turtle” voting at polling station installed at the Mexican Consulate in SF

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA..- Tras más de ocho horas de espera, fallas en el sistema electrónico y la falta de información, cientos de mexicanos que acudieron este domingo 2 de junio al Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco, where the National Electoral Institute (INE) instaló el Módulo Receptor del Voto número 015, manifestaron su inconformidad por la demora.

Durante lo que va de este ejercicio electoral, se han suscitado conatos de violencia y acusaciones de intentar desincentivar la participación de los ciudadanos mexicanos este día de elecciones, desde el INE.

La sombra del fraude electoral del 2006 se hizo presente, por lo que decenas de mexicanos se inconformaron por la falta de previsión de la autoridad electoral de una participación masiva de votantes.

La observadora ciudadana, Cristina Valdez, denunció que “en seis horas, desde que se abrió la casilla electoral a las 07:06 horas de este domingo, únicamente han podido votar menos de 500 personas, previendo que no se puedan usar las mil 750 boletas electrónicas disponibles”.

Explicó que “de acuerdo a la información que nos proporcionó el personal del INE, que instaló la casilla 015, hubo 250 personas que se registraron desde hace varios meses para votar, además de cientos de personas que están llegando, connacionales de varias comunidades cercanas a San Francisco, además del módulo del INE que se instaló en Sacramento, en el Consulado”.

Samuel, habitante de San Pablo, llegó al Consulado General de México desde las seis de la mañana, tras más de ocho horas de espera en la fila, que abarcó varias cuadras a la redonda, consideró que “los del INE lo están haciendo de nuevo, una jornada electoral lenta, tuvieron que prever que muchas personas saldríamos a votar”.

Gente de la tercera edad, algunos en sillas de ruedas acompañados de familiares, denunciaron que no se instalaron baños, mientras que el uso de la urna electrónica generó mucha inconformidad debido a lo confuso para poder emitir el voto.

Alberto Araujo, acusó al INE: “sabemos de qué lado está, muchas de las personas que estamos aquí, pensamos que no se destinaron los recursos materiales necesarios para que la jornada electoral sea más fluida, de las seis urnas electrónicas resulta que solo está funcionando una, hay personas que aquí casi durmieron y no han podido votar, está muy lento el proceso”.

La votación fue muy lenta, de acuerdo a observadores ciudadanos aproximadamente 50 personas por hora pudieron emitir el sufragio.

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Mexicans today decide their new president: elections start calmly

Pamela Cruz

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2024.06.02

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En punto de las 8:00 horas, tiempo del centro, las casillas abrieron en México y dieron arranque a las elecciones de este 2 de junio de 2024, en las cuales, entre otros cargos, los mexicanos decidirán quién será la o el próximo presidente de la República Mexicana.

Desde la transición a la democracia en la década de 1990, México ha sido testigo de un proceso constante de cambio político, económico y social. En cada elección, la ciudadanía mexicana tiene la oportunidad de elegir a sus líderes y definir el rumbo del país. En este contexto, el proceso electoral de 2023-2024 se presenta como un momento crucial en el que se tomarán decisiones trascendentales que impactarán a millones de personas y darán forma al futuro de México.

En esta elección, los mexicanos en el país y en extranjero escogerán entre Xóchitl Gálvez, candidata de la coalición “Fuerza y Corazón por México” conformada por el Partido Acción Nacional (PAN), el Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) y el Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD); Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, candidata de la alianza “Sigamos Haciendo Historia”, conformada por Morena, el Partido del Trabajo (PT) y el Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM); y Jorge Álvarez Máynez, candidato de Movimiento Ciudadano (MC).

De manera federal, los mexicanos elegirán 629 cargos: 1 presidencia de la República, 500 diputaciones, y 128 senadurías.

A nivel local, serán 20 mil 079 los cargos a votar: 9 gobernaturas, mil 802 presidencias municipales, 431 cargos auxiliares, mil 975 sindicaturas, mil 098 a congreso, y 14 mil 764 regidurías.

According to the National Electoral Institute (INE), hay 99.98 por ciento de cobertura de la lista nominal nacional que es de 98 millones 329 mil 591 personas con respecto al padrón electoral nacional que consta de 98 millones 472 mil 789.

Of the national nominal list, 51 million 103 thousand 424 are women, 47 million 226 thousand 062 are men, and 105 are non-binary.

It should be noted that the current credentials nationwide are 98 million 409 thousand 061; while abroad there are 675 thousand 127, for a total of 99 million 084 thousand 188.

Desde el extranjero, los mexicanos podrán votar por presidencia (todas las entidades), senaduría (todas las entidades), gobernatura (Chiapas, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Morelos, Puebla y Yucatán), jefatura de Gobierno (Ciudad de México), diputación migrante (Ciudad de México y Oaxaca), diputación de representación proporcional (Jalisco y Estado de México).

En cuanto a las sedes consulares, en Estados Unidos hay 20, en Canadá 1 y 2 en Europa.

Estados Unidos: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Fresno, Houston, Los Ángeles, New Brunswick, New York, Oklahoma, Orlando, Phoenix, Raleigh, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San José, Santa Ana, Seattle, Washington, D.C.

The records in the Nominal List of Electorates Abroad are 187,388 records.

Cabe destacar que Estados Unidos es el país de mayor credencialización en el extranjero.

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The 7 husbands of Evelyn Hugo: gossip in the purest Hollywood style

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Pamela Cruz

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2024.06.01

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Do you like gossip? If your answer is a resounding yes, the recommendation of Camilasbooks This Saturday's book is for you. Set in the 1960s, this novel written by Taylor Jenkins Reid becomes a must-read for those who enjoy glamour, drama and scandals, written in a bold and entertaining way.

For Camilasbooks, this book captivates you from the beginning due to its unexpected twists that amaze everyone who reads it.

In The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, the protagonist takes us on a journey through her career in Hollywood from the 1950s to the 1980s and how she became the star she was, as well as her 7 husbands. But it all comes to life when she tells her life story to Monique Grant, a struggling 35-year-old writer living in New York City.

“You’re going to devour it. I don’t think there’s a way to read this book slowly, it’s impossible. Also, something that happened to me, and I swear I’m not lying, at some point I believed that Evelyn Hugo was a person who had existed, some person who had been an icon, who had been a very famous actress in some year, at some point in her (real) life, because it’s so well narrated and constructed, that all the details of her story feel so true that I think at some point one forgets that one is reading,” said Camilasbooks.

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Organizations like Casa Círculo Cultural become safe spaces in the face of increasing bullying

Pamela Cruz

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2024.05.31

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Organizations like Casa Círculo Cultural become safe spaces in the face of increasing bullying

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By Pamela Cruz with information from Manuel Ortiz.

Santiago Zapién is 10 years old, and at a young age he has experienced bullying firsthand, which has led him to not want to go to school and his mother to speak out in the Redwood City School District. However, in the midst of all the pain, Casa Círculo Cultural became a space of love, security and respect, showing that there are organizations that fight against hate, discrimination and stigma.

Melissa Maldonado, mother of little Santiago, acknowledged that her son is a very active, affectionate, honest child who loves to help others, in addition to being a person who really likes acting, dancing, and art in general.

Since January of this year, Santiago has been a victim of bullying at school. It all started when they started calling him “gay,” even though he does not identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community and, on several occasions, he referred to it and asked not to be called that; they never stopped, the situation ended up affecting his mood.

“They called him gay at school, they told him, even though he wasn't gay, they kept calling him gay and it still happens and it has affected him a lot. Santi is a very sweet boy and he loves to play with his friends at school and it seems that the school environment is not prepared for that,” Melissa Maldonado told Manuel Ortiz.

“Santi,” as his mother calls him, felt ashamed, and although he didn’t cry at school, he came home devastated and cried before going to sleep. All of this, except in one place, Casa Círculo Cultural, a nonprofit organization that for 15 years has served the cultural, creative, developmental and linguistic needs of disadvantaged and immigrant children and adults in the Bay Area.

“He felt very embarrassed and he doesn't cry at school, but he comes home crying and that has affected him at night, before going to sleep, that's when he says: 'Mommy, I'm so embarrassed, I'm not gay, but I like to dance to Taylor Swift's music,' and it's something that, perhaps, the children are not used to and it's something that I've had to talk to him about,” Melissa narrated.

This affected Santi's self-confidence and dancing is not like before, because if before "he could dance on stage as if nothing had happened, now he feels a little embarrassed. We are working on that now, but it has affected him in many ways, one of the ones I have noticed the most is that he cries out of embarrassment."

“Before going to sleep, he usually starts talking to me and says, 'Mommy, why do you tell me I'm gay, and even though I tell you not to call me gay and I look you in the eye, you don't stop. It seems like you don't respect me,' so it has affected him,” she explained.

Circumstances led Melissa to take the situation into her own hands; she went to speak to the school directors and even the superintendent, because despite Santi saying what they were doing to him, there was no change.

At first, Santi's mother said, the girls who were bothering him were asked to stop and apologize. "I thought that something would be fixed with this, the principal is trying to fix something, it's okay, we have to leave him and give him time to solve what is happening at that school." Things did not change, and the bullying even turned into blows.

Melissa contacted other mothers of children from the Adelante Selby school, and realized that Santiago was not the only one facing bullying, as other children were attacked for their weight, build, physique, gender, sexual preference, and even the clothes they wear.

“I realized that there were other kids who were affected not only by being called gay, fat, ugly, or being bullied about the clothes they wore, and that's when I thought something was going on,” Melissa said.

Added to this was the harassment from teachers, who asked Santiago if he wasn't doing something to be attacked. This led Melissa to take things to the next level: she gathered all the information and evidence, put it in order and presented it to the Redwood City School District.

“It had happened before that he had been beaten and he was scared of the child, but the child is no longer in school, they moved him, so it was okay. So, this time, something else was going on. What I did was I kept him at home for like two or three days because I had to go back to work and that’s when I noticed that he didn’t even want to go to class with his favorite teacher anymore. He’s in fourth grade and he didn’t want to go anymore; it was because the teachers were accusing him that maybe it was his fault why they called him gay, and that’s when I said: no, this is not okay and I took it further.”

Melissa sent a letter to Dr. John Baker, superintendent of the Redwood City School District, explaining in detail what happened.

“He also knew that it was something serious. It was like the child doesn’t trust his teachers, the principal, or the school therapist, because they are blaming him. For me, as a mother, I realized that it is not right for a child to go through this, and I couldn’t believe it because Adelante is one of the safest schools, I had never had a problem. I have a 15-year-old girl who went to that same school and had never had a discipline problem with the boys, but it seems that there are already six different boys who call her gay in the same school.”

After this contact, things changed. Today, the teachers support Santiago and listen to him, and take action to stop bullying at school. But why go to that level to make things work properly?

Finding peace in safe spaces

Melissa wondered why her son didn't want to go to school, but did want to go to his classes at Casa Círculo Cultural.

“Here, at Casa Círculo, he feels confident, he feels that he is loved, that they look out for him; he feels like a very happy child here and at school he feels a little intimidated.”

She explained that when Santiago knows he will have classes at Casa Círculo Cultural, he gets up earlier and gets everything ready to attend.

“He has only been here at Casa Círculo Cultural for a year and six months as a participant and, for him, it is like a family, it is a community where he has found his comfort zone and he feels that he can express himself and no one is going to judge him. I see the difference, that he wakes up with all the confidence in the world, all happiness. He comes here and participates, he is a very sweet child and gets along with everyone. Here no one bullies him, that is the big difference with school,” she said.

Prevention is action

While no one expects or wants their children to suffer bullying, prevention is necessary. One way to take action after statistics show that 1 in 5 students in the United States suffers from bullying.

Part of this prevention, Melissa said, is talking to children, taking the time to listen to them and staying calm about what they have to say, in order to foster trust and motivate them to continue telling what is happening to them. In addition, seeking help and support.

“The difference here at Casa Círculo Cultural is that, as soon as I arrived here, to this place, as a mother I feel supported, because there are always talks, there is someone you can go to: with the director, with one of the teachers, you talk to them and they take into account what you are saying, they listen to you and try to solve it, I think that is a big difference.”

“Many times, we, as Latino parents, don’t speak up and we stay quiet and that’s what the system wants. If I hadn’t gone to the School District, I gave the principal the opportunity to do things right without telling him to do them. Obviously, we have to present ourselves in a calm manner so that they pay attention to us. I went to the School District and then they saw that they had to make changes, but the District is not ready for that type of environment for our children and we are the ones who have to speak for them, and if we don’t speak up when they want to intimidate us, that’s when we stay quiet and nothing happens and our children grow up with those insecurities. So don’t fight or argue, just communicate with our children to find out what’s going on in the schools and many times they don’t let us know, but communication has helped me with my son.”

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Milei in search of intelligence, even if it is artificial

Samuel Cortes

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2024.05.31

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Milei in search of intelligence, even if it is artificial

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It will most likely take years to reverse the total damage that the government has done. Javier Milei produce for Argentina and its people. At the end of May 2024, the South American president will visit one of the most important technological lobbies on the planet: Silicon Valley in California, paired on the official agenda with a landing in El Salvador to participate in the inauguration of Nayib Bukele as re-elected president.

The darkest sides of the Latin American right, of course, are allied because their agenda is the same.

Faithful to his discourse that free capitalism is the panacea of humanity, Milei seeks to give the image that what he proposes for Argentina is innovation, technological development, inventiveness through commitment to semiconductors, enriching investment, when in fact he is articulating the old traditional surrender of Latin America in favor of the Western powers; forcing citizens to blow their dollars - popular forms of protection against inflationary instability, already permanent in the country for years -; mounting a media circus that, through Vice President Victoria Villarruel or presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni, ridicules the struggles of the left, contemporary and historical, and forces millions to pay poverty wages, starvation, who have already advanced their protest in the province of Misiones, in the northeast of Argentina, on the border with Paraguay.

Just this June, the president completes six months at the head of the Casa Rosada, a very brief period that, however, has given him the opportunity to schedule flights to Israel, the United States or Spain, not to mention the diplomatic crises that his hasty verbosity has earned him with Mexico, Colombia or Moncloa itself.

The Chilean poet Armando Uribe, in addition to composing verses, was a jurist and thinker of the legal frameworks of his country, built as a result of a project for a nation independent of European colonialism.

As a result, he also became a critic in the face of evidence that the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship not only betrayed Salvador Allende and the Chilean popular vote, but also sought to dismantle republican laws to promote a State without a State, a mere administration of business impulses.

This is Milei's dream: to reiterate that all of Argentina's misfortunes lie in the sense of the public, the social, the beneficial. And, more than as a head of state, to behave as a manager of investments and dialogues with companies that aspire to profit even from the imaginary of the planet, to manage the issuance of dreams.

Milei does not seek to listen to citizens and meet with the needs of the street, but with the managers of the new extractivism, who talk about green economies to carry out the same plundering of the past, now perhaps focused on lithium, not on fossil fuels - and only partially.

Thus, the South American president is more interested in a photo with Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk than in the fate of the millions of Argentines challenged by current spending, who see how their bills are worth practically nothing, or the thousands of ignored people who crowd the anonymous corners of Buenos Aires to sleep nothing more than on the street.

The central challenge of the times in the largest Spanish-speaking country in South America, however, lies in the desperation of its voters.

While political analysis regrets that Milei does not have the stature of a head of state, the Argentinean on the street, in his daily work, in his taxi, in his small business, as a waiter, or in the informal sale of socks on the sidewalk, is tired of the formalistic promises of professional politics. He is tired of the feeling that Peronism - the most visible electoral opposition to Milei - speaks of patience, of waiting, of prudence, while its protagonists (Sergio Massa, Alberto Fernández) for better or worse do not suffer the suffocation that does anguish the anonymous. And Milei's voter does not want to do political philosophy, but rather to try out an urgent change to the state of things that will allow some relief to their already prolonged social agony.

This was well exploited by the same old business interests (I'm writing this on a Google Sheet), which capitalizes on legitimate discontent with a useful fool, a circus performer, a scandal-loving Twitter user who advances the tremors of the distracting spectacle while the United States seeks a strategic military base in the sovereign Tierra del Fuego, to put us in the sticky situation of some of the ideas spilled out so far. And in just six months, I said.

And while there are strong and clear social sectors, such as the memory fighters, the students, the indigenous groups of Mendoza, the teachers or the employees of the Misiones police, who with varying intensity raise their voices against what they consider unacceptable swings in the Argentine executive, the truth is that the underlying economic desperation is real and continuous among millions, and the hope that, although ridiculous, a political-style change of direction will bring some freshness to daily life still seems far from fading in the Argentine sentiment. “Argentina will recover,” they trust.

Until the disappointment that rejects the arrogance of the traveling head of state with political articulation arrives, the global business community will continue to advance its usual agenda in a country that is so rich, so rich, that they plunder it and plunder it and plunder it, and it never ends.

When the circus ends its programme of spheres and vuvuzelas, reversing the damage will take years. And the left will have had to learn the lesson of listening to the concrete needs of citizens, before bibliographic speculation.

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