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Los desafios globales - AP Spanish Language and Culture

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Students will have the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills about complex global issues and come face to face with the controversial issues of our time through the media and modern communications technology.

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la United Fruit Co. pablo neruda jorge ibarra

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American Fruit Companies in Latin America

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Discover projects at betterplace.org - Donate time or money to support aid projects around the world

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La crisis económica que vive el país a causa de la pandemia por el nuevo coronavirus ha tocado también al campo colombiano. Por esta razón los campesinos, como muchos otros sectores, han migrado a los medios digitales para dar a conocer su trabajo y buscar nuevas alternativas para generar ingresos.

"Les vamos a contar cómo una familia campesina se decidió volver 'youtuber'", así comienza el video de la familia del municipio de Chipaque, en Cundinamarca, conformada por Nubia Gaona, sus dos hijos (Jaime Alejandro Riveros Gaona y Arley David Gaona Gaona), y un perrito como mascota. (Lea también: ¿Cómo sobrevivirá el campo colombiano a la crisis de covid-19?)

'Nubia e hijos' es el nombre del canal de YouTube en el que esta familia campesina sube contenidos para enseñar a las personas a sembrar desde sus casas y apartamentos. Los nuevos 'youtubers' aseguran que se han unido con más familias del huerto de La Sabana para ejecutar esta labor.

En el video, Gaona cuenta que hace dos años murió su esposo y que ahora es madre cabeza de hogar. Además, señala que la actual situación sanitaria que vive el país, por cuenta de la propagación del nuevo coronavirus los ha afectado muchísimo. "Mi familia, como otros campesinos, nos hemos visto afectados por la baja de los precios de nuestros productos", dice Arley David sobre la razón por la que decidieron realizar esta iniciativa.

De este modo, la familia promete que enseñarán los pasos para sembrar "frutas, hortalizas, aromáticas y muchas cosas más". Además, están ofreciendo un kit de siembra por 18.000 pesos, pero en caso de que alguien no lo quiera o pueda adquirir, dicen que le enseñarán cómo conseguirlo.

"Hagamos esto viral y que nadie se tenga que ir a acostar sin comer, sabiendo que podemos cultivar nuestros propios alimentos en casa", agregó el hijo mayor de la familia.

Por su parte, Jaime Alejandro aseguró que también buscan que las personas pasen un momento divertido "aprendiendo estas lindas labores del campo colombiano".

El video finaliza con un dato sobre la situación que viven los campesinos del país: "El 90% de las familias campesinas viven en pobreza extrema y sus cultivos se ven afectados por el precio del mercado y la alta cantidad de intermediarios. Apoyemos esta linda labor suscribiéndonos y compartiendo".

(Lea también: La silenciosa batalla para que la comida llegue a la mesa)

E l canal de Nubia y sus hijos ya cuenta con más de 40.000 suscriptores, su primer video ya superó las 110.000 reproducciones y sus cuentas en redes sociales también cuentan ya con miles de seguidores.

(Lea también: Covid-19: la estrategia del Cauca para apoyar a los campesinos)

Tendencias EL TIEMPO

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Familia campesina se vuelve 'youtuber' para enseñar a cultivar en casa

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La crisis económica que vive el país a causa de la pandemia por el nuevo coronavirus ha tocado también al campo colombiano. Por esta razón los campesinos, como muchos otros sectores, han migrado a los medios digitales para dar a conocer su trabajo y buscar nuevas alternativas para generar ingresos.

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Posing in fairy-tale gowns with reality as a backdrop.

A quinceañera, or fiesta de quince años, is one of the most important celebrations in Latin American culture.

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It's pretty standard for the coming-of-age party to include princess-style gown, waltzing, pyrotechnics, choreographed dance routines, tons of food, and a massive cake.

This extravagant, fantasy-like event usually comes with a hefty price tag. Most families save for years, work overtime, and even go into debt just to be able to afford this one special night.

Fascinated by this elaborate tradition, photographer Delphine Blast traveled to Colombia to learn more.

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In her new photo series, Quinceañera, Blast photographs 15 young girls wearing their party dresses in the middle of their daily surroundings. She hopes to show the disparity between the extravagant quinceañera parties and the humble families paying for them.

She spoke to BuzzFeed about what the experience of photographing these young girls has taught her:

On her inspiration: "Before the project, I had heard a little bit about this tradition in the Latin Hispanic world, but I wanted to learn more about what this celebration really represents for the girls and their families."

On Colombia: "I wanted to understand how Colombian women manage to merge modernity and tradition in a country torn between these two entities."

On how she met her subjects: "I went to store in the city center where they rent the quinceañera dresses and I spent the afternoon there."

On what she learned: "I realized how important tradition and family bonds are in Colombia. I already knew that it took on a different meaning than it does in Europe, at least in my family, but I really became aware of it there."
Here are some of the young women whom Blast photographed:

Laura Cristina Zarta in her quinceañera dress:

To see Blast's complete Quinceañera series, visit her website.

An exhibition for the collection will be held in Paris at the beginning of February 2017.

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This Photographer Shows The Sacrifices Families Make For A Quinceañera

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Posing in fairy-tale gowns with reality as a backdrop. Laura Cristina Zarta in her quinceañera dress: An exhibition for the collection will be held in Paris at the beginning of February 2017.

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing shutdown have left many restaurants uncertain about their future. As they grapple with new realities, we asked some of them to share their stories.
The bottle of hand sanitizer that Alebrijes in Santa Ana has next to its takeout window has always been there.

"We're a taco truck, so hands always get messy for our customers but also us workers," owner Albert Hernandez said on a recent morning, as customers who just finished shopping at a nearby Northgate Supermarket queued up to order.

"But almost none of our customers would ever use it," he said. "Now, they ask for it more than salsa!"

The 44-year-old immigrant from Guanajuato, Mexico, is the embodiment of the lonchero dream. He began to work at Alebrijes, a Cadillac-pink truck that sells Mexico City-style standards like alambres, tortas de Milanesa and picaditas, in 2006.

Hernandez eventually became the owner, then created an empire: He now leases out six other loncheras that range from straightforward taco trucks that serve construction sites to higher-end models that bounce around offices and festivals.

But the business is hurting. All of the trucks except Alebrijes are currently grounded because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The positive thing is that we can still work," Hernandez said, nodding as if resigning himself to the thought. "But it's getting hard."

Santa Ana is the only city in Orange County with a bona fide taco truck scene, one created by loncheros who successfully sued in 2006 for the legal right to park in one spot all day. Hernandez continues to organize his fellow loncheros against any government encroachment: Three years ago, they beat back proposed regulations by the Santa Ana City Council that would have forced taco trucks to stay 500 feet from street corners and to provide restrooms.

Their actions created a flourishing lonchera culture in Santa Ana, with at least 70 spread across the city that buzzed from morning until night and spanned Mexican culinary regionalism: You could find Ensenada-style seafood platters and Oaxacan moles, as well as birria de res varieties from Jalisco, Zacatecas and Michoacán.

Most stand largely quiet now, including Alebrijes.

Business has declined by half. Hernandez's costs for meat, tortillas and produce have shot up.

But he refuses to raise his prices, or offer any specialty packs, because he can't afford to offer any specials.

"There's a lot of people who depend on our food," he said. "To raise prices would just give people another problem."

And he hasn't laid off any staff. "They've been there for us in our good times," he said. "Now it's time for us to stand with them in the bad."

Hernandez has had to clamp down on the culture he helped to create. There are no longer any chairs or milk crates for people to sit on. He shoos away customers who linger to eat, reminding them all orders are to-go. People can't help themselves anymore to pickled onions, limes and squeeze bottles of salsas; workers now parcel them out, one bag or 2-ounce cup at a time.

Two telling trends are emerging among his customers, Hernandez said. More of them seem to be ordering tortas, which he attributes to their size and the fact they can be stretched out longer as a meal unlike, say, tacos.

And while business from non-Latinos remains roughly the same, his Latino clientele has dropped dramatically, a reflection of how the coronavirus has disproportionately affected the finances of Latinos across the United States.

"In this time, there's a lot of our people with no money," he said.

Hernandez fears the worst is yet to come.

"Difficult times are coming," said Hernandez, as another customer pumped Purell onto their hands. "But I have faith in God that we'll get through this. Because we'll always need tacos."

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A taco truck owner in Santa Ana tries to keep the city's lonchera culture going

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing shutdown have left many restaurants uncertain about their future. As they grapple with new realities, we asked some of them to share their stories. The bottle of hand sanitizer that Alebrijes in Santa Ana has next to its takeout window has always been there.

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THE big ideas: why does art matter?

A role in Alfonso Cuarón's film showed me how art can provide a voice for the disenfranchised.

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Ms. Aparicio is an actress.

The streaming service Netflix erected signs around Los Angeles last year to promote "Roma," which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including best picture. Credit... Hunter Kerhart for The New York Times

Thisessay is part of The Big Ideas, a special section of The Times's philosophy series, The Stone, in which more than a dozen artists, writers and thinkers answer the question, "Why does art matter?" The entire series can be found here.

In fact, it was my involvement in this film that led me to better appreciate the importance of art.

Art sheds light on the urgent, necessary and at times painful issues that are not always easy to approach because we as a society have not been able to figure them out. Art lays bare our brutal reality - a reality that is complex, diverse and often unfair - but it also presents us with the amazing opportunity to give voice to the unheard, and visibility to the unseen.

Although discrimination is not often spoken about in Mexico, it is a very real problem. According to a 2017 poll conducted by Mexico's national office of statistics, 65 percent of Mexicans think that few to none of the rights of our Indigenous communities are respected.

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Yalitza Aparicio on the red carpet at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Credit... Lucas Jackson/Reuters

The impact of this victory reached far beyond Mexico's borders: The National Domestic Workers Alliance in the United States wrote an open letter dedicated to the women in the movie and summoned support for a National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights being considered in the American Congress.

Cleo had a very profound effect on my life, and playing her placed me on my current path: I am using my newly discovered activismto improve social conditions in Mexico, champion gender equality and promote diversity wherever I can. In short, I'm trying to build a better world - one in which we aren't judged by our appearance or typecast for certain roles, and where we aren't limited by what we see, read or hear.

As a child growing up in Oaxaca, the lack of representation in the film industry communicated negative messages. Today, I'm turning that around.When we do not see people who look like us in the media, we should not be discouraged. Rather, we should stand up and demand representation and not let others criticize our culture or dismiss our concerns.

This - nothing more, nothing less - is the importance of art.

Yalitza Aparicio is an actress and, since 2019, has been a UNESCO good will ambassador for Indigenous peoples.

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Alexis Sanchez Documentary (2017): From Poverty to Panenkas

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Latin America’s Deadliest Place to Be a Woman

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Patria y Vida - Yotuel , @Gente De Zona , @Descemer Bueno , Maykel Osorbo , El Funky