Every Day is Magic: Ada Limón
In her 2015 collection, Bright Dead Things, a National Book Award finalist for poetry, Ada Limón writes of moving to Kentucky: “Confession: I did not want to live here.” It’s perhaps not a surprising sentiment coming from a coastally oriented person who was raised in Northern California, attended college in Seattle, and then spent over a decade in New York City.
But Limón and her husband, Lucas, have been in Lexington for seven years now and the effects of settling into this place are noticeable in her new book, The Carrying (Milkweed, Aug.). It’s a phenomenally lively and attentive collection replete with the trappings of living a little closer to nature. While Bright Dead Things is marked by a preponderance of light, such as images of fireflies and neon signs, The Carrying features numerous appearances by various trees, birds, and beetles. Limón also demonstrates a greater willingness to be explicit in naming colors, particularly green. “It’s crazy green, the whole book,” she says. “Lexington is the greenest place I’ve ever lived.” Similarly, where in Bright Dead Things, Limón tells a lot of stories and anecdotes, in The Carrying she is very present in her thoughts and experiences.
As it turns out, these shifts in focus have another, altogether unexpected source. While putting Bright Dead Things together, Limón was diagnosed with chronic vestibular neuronitis, which can cause bouts of vertigo. “If I’m really having vertigo, it’s pretty intense and I really have to focus,”
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Opinion | Mexico Flirts With Dictatorship
“…Among the most pernicious of the president’s 20 proposed constitutional amendments is the overhaul of the judiciary. It would remove all 7,293 sitting jurists in the country: 11 Supreme Court justices and all circuit court, federal district and state judges…”
AB Barrera elected district governor for the American Advertising Federation’s District 10
“Local advertising and communications professional A.B. Barrera was unanimously elected to serve as district governor for the American Advertising Federation District 10…”
ISM® Enhances Reach with New Initiatives in Mexico and Latin America
“To address the expanding needs of the global supply chain management community, the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) is set to broaden its reach in Mexico and Latin America starting September 2024. This expansion will include a range of offerings such as supply chain skill-building courses, ISM certification prep programs, and executive-level events, available in both English and Spanish. This initiative enhances ISM’s existing presence and community in the region…”
Alvarez & Marsal Appoints Jose Manuel Ramirez as Latin America Complex Transactions Tax Managing Director
“New York, July 18, 2024 — Alvarez & Marsal Tax, LLC (A&M Tax), an affiliate of leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), announced the appointment of Jose Manuel Ramirez as a Managing Director joining the Latin America Complex Transaction Tax team in New York.
Mr. Ramirez brings over 30 years of experience advising multinationals on local, regional and global transactions encompassing domestic and international corporate and personal tax planning. He helps clients navigate centralized offshore treasury, cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) issues along with managing indirect and excise duties, value chain optimization, site location, captive reinsurances, shared services centers, dispute and tax controversy resolution, and tax incentives projects.
Jose Manuel’s experience with strategic tax services to large multinational companies and LATAM family-owned businesses, aligns with the expansion of the US based team of professionals serving the Latin American region and complements the ongoing investment in talent at the local level as well. Mr. Ramirez will work closely with Managing Director Alfonso A-Pallete who joined the firm in 2022…”
Unlocking investment opportunities in Latin America
“…Morena, Ms Sheinbaum’s party and its allies won a supermajority in the lower house of Congress but fell short in the Senate, making any changes to the constitution unlikely. “She doesn’t have a Senate majority, which will make it hard for extreme amendments,” adds Mr Aquilina.
“The current financial minister, who is well regarded by investors, will stay in place,” he says, with some of the financial community reassured by the way Ms Sheinbaum presents herself as more “market and business-friendly than the former president”.
Other specialists share this optimistic mood. “We expect her government to be well-grounded, with a reassuring appetite for compromise,” says Damien Buchet, chief investment officer at Finisterre Capital, part of Principal Asset Management, which manages $540.4bn in assets…”
https://www.pwmnet.com/unlocking-investment-opportunities-in-latin-america
Listen: Generational shift strengthening San Antonio-Mexico economic bond
“In 1996, a group of Mexican entrepreneurs founded the Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos to help Mexican professionals find success in the U.S. and assist Americans interested in doing business in Mexico.
Founded in San Antonio, the US – MX Business Association, as it’s known in English, or AEM, now has chapters all over the country. And while the founding chapter has always been active, the latest generation of young professionals, led by Victor Reyna, who was named president last fall, is breathing new life into the organization…”
How Mexico’s President-Elect Got U.S. Help to Fight Crime
“…The cocaine raid was carried out with intelligence from Homeland Security Investigations, Mexican and U.S. officials said. It was a prime example of how Mexico’s new president-elect, Claudia Sheinbaum, quietly built strong relationships with U.S. law enforcement over five years as mayor of the country’s capital.
She took a law-and-order approach to tackling violent crime, boosting the number and wages of police officers and installing a security chief who worked closely with U.S. law enforcement. The result was a sharp drop in killings in the capital, an achievement that Sheinbaum has promised to replicate across the country…”
Borderlands Mexico: Widening technology gap a threat to US-Mexico trade, experts say
“…Commercial transportation is a category that is often stereotyped as a laggard in terms of technology adoption,” said Love, who is based in Laredo. “Most carriers, logistics professionals are just so busy keeping the lights on that they can’t really start to think about innovation in the future.”
Mexico replaced China as the top U.S. trading partner in 2023, with trade between the U.S. and Mexico totaling $798 billion last year. In the first quarter of 2024, trade between Mexico and the U.S. totaled $200.1 billion, a 1.7% year-over-year increase…”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/borderlands-mexico-widening-technology-gap-110000643.html
Abel Valenzuela Jr. appointed as dean of UCLA College Division of Social Sciences
“His scholarship has shaped research on itinerant workers, worker centers and immigrant work. His studies have engaged local stakeholders and community-based organizations, and influenced policy and legislation on issues related to labor, social stratification, race, poverty and neighborhood change,” Hunt said in the email…”
Latin America Roundup: Mexico, PAHO seek to help Guatemala boost regulatory capacity
“…The agencies agreed to personnel exchanges in their national laboratories of reference and proposed cross-border surveillance initiatives. COFEPRIS invited Guatemalan regulators to take part in its nascent regulatory school and has pledged to provide the Guatemalan agency with a quality management system…”
AMLO Expanded Mexico’s Military. It Built Airports Instead of Reining In Murders
“…Yet Lopez Obrador will leave another legacy as well. His administration has presided over the bloodiest term in the nation’s recent history, with more than 170,000 homicides since he took office in 2018 through February. That is a 26% increase from the 135,345 murders during the term of his predecessor, Enrique Peña Nieto. And it has happened despite the combined budgets of the armed forces — the Ministries of Defense, Navy and the National Guard — being boosted by 150%…”
Hispanic and Latino professionals feel overlooked and underrepresented in corporate America, new study finds
“…The study notes that while Hispanics and Latinos make up 19% of the US population they only represent about 8% of the professional labor force. And within corporate America, only 10% of managers and 5% of executives identify as Hispanic or Latino/a…”
https://www.aol.com/hispanic-latino-professionals-feel-overlooked-213312572.html
The top 10 most common jobs for Hispanic and Latino scientists and engineers
“Jobs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics have grown by almost 80% in the past three decades. Part of the increased need for STEM professionals can be attributed to the U.S. government’s efforts to bolster American competitiveness in strategically essential technologies such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence.
Revelo used data from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics to identify the most common occupations for Hispanic and Latino scientists and engineers. The report considered scientists and engineers to be U.S. residents younger than 76 with a bachelor’s degree or higher degree in science and engineering, or those working in science- or engineering-related jobs. The NCSES analysis is based on the 2021 National Survey of College Graduates.
Although the STEM fields play a vital role in U.S. advancement, Hispanic Americans continue to be underrepresented in the sector. Only 8% of all STEM workers are Hispanic as of 2021, according to the Pew Research Center.
In 2021, unemployment rates for Hispanic and Black American STEM workers were more than double that of their white and Asian American counterparts, a 2023 diversity in STEM report by the National Science Foundation noted…”
New Reporting Requirements for Mexicans and Other Foreigners with Participation in U.S. Entities
“The Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting Rule of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) entered into force on Jan. 1, 2024. Now, U.S. or Mexican entities will be required to report the individuals who directly or indirectly exercise substantial control over the entity or own 25 percent or more of the ownership interests in that entity, unless the entity is exempt from reporting.
In addition, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Feb. 16, 2024, proposed a new transparency initiative focused on “all cash” acquisitions of U.S. residential real estate by entities and trusts, with a requirement that real estate professionals involved in the transaction must report the individual beneficial owners and other information to FinCEN within 30 days of closing. Learn what this latest proposal means if you acquire U.S. real estate through an entity or a trust…”
https://www.hklaw.com/en/events/2024/04/new-reporting-requirements-for-mexicans-and-other-foreigners
Mexico got rid of daylight saving time. Should the U.S. end it, too?
How many Mexican gray wolves call New Mexico home?
“…“Each year, the free-roaming Mexican wolf population numbers increase and the areas they occupy expands. Genetic management using pups from captivity is also showing results. In total, 99 pups carefully selected for their genetic value have been placed in 40 wild dens since 2016, and some of these fosters have produced litters of their own. While recovery is in the future, examining the last decade of data certainly provides optimism that recovery will be achieved.”…”
Mexico Nearshoring Boom to Require Massive Energy Investment, Experts Say
“Mexico will need to attract more than $41 billion in investment to generate an estimated 37 GW of additional electricity capacity required to meet the increased energy demand anticipated by nearshoring, Abraham Zamora, president of the Mexican Energy Association (AME), said during a recent presentation in Monterrey…”
Latin America Roundup: Brazil, Mexico lay out regulatory priorities
“…Mexico’s Federal Commission for the Protection Against Health Risks (COFEPRIS) also recently made public its priorities and work agenda for 2024, some of which parallel those laid out by ANVISA.
In a document released on 30 January, COFEPRIS described efforts to promote regulatory certainty, improve confidence in its processes, and expand digitalization as a strategy to speed approvals.
COFEPRIS said 2024 would see the launch of its biosimilars unit and pharmaceutical development committee, both of which share the goal of expanding Mexican manufacturing. The agency also promised to refine rules for conducting clinical research “with the aim of achieving competitive service times.”…”
Consul General of Mexico in Raleigh addresses crowded Phyfer Auditorium
“It was standing room only when Claudia Velasco, Consul General of Mexico in Raleigh, N.C., addressed students, faculty, staff and visitors on Thursday, September 21 in Phyfer Auditorium. Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month, Velasco was sponsored by the Association of Latino Professionals for America – Clemson University Student Chapter, the Department of Management at the Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business and the Consulate General of Mexico in Raleigh, N.C…”
https://news.clemson.edu/consul-general-of-mexico-in-raleigh-addresses-crowded-phyfer-auditorium/
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson dies at 75
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“…Richardson was born in 1947 in Pasadena, California. He grew up in Mexico City, Mexico, leaving to attend boarding school in Massachusetts in 1960.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and French from Tufts University in 1970 and a master’s degree from Tufts’ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1971.
He is survived by his wife Barbara, whom he married in 1972…”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/politics/bill-richardson-former-new-mexico-governor/index.html
