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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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s last day in Mexico City was dedicated entirely to reinforcing ties with Mexico, beginning with a speech to business leaders that portrayed Canada as a free-trade champion and a wise place to invest.
Already, foreign direct investment in Canada in the last year has fuelled the growth of electric vehicle manufacturing and critical minerals development that has created some 17,000 jobs, Trudeau told his audience…”
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“Furnace specialists M-Glass Factory Services (MGFS) and Excelsius have formed an alliance for the Mexican and South American glass production markets.
The two companies, which specialise in furnace draining, drilling, controlled cooling down, controlled heating up, cullet fill and thermal cleaning of regenerators.
The Excelsius-MGFS team is capable of heating up a furnace, with expansion control, bolt adjustment, cullet fill and furnace operation until glass reaches the machines, all in one hand.
The partnership has equipment domestically in Mexico as well as qualified staff based in the country…”
https://www.glass-international.com/news/furnace-professionals-form-mexican-alliance
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But encounters with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border have soared since then, with 206,239 reported in November 2022, according to the latest available monthly data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the federal agency that encompasses the Border Patrol. Recent monthly totals far exceed the peak reached during the last major wave of migration at the U.S.-Mexico border in May 2019 and are roughly on par with the previous peak reached in March 2000…”
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“Mexico’s economy was relatively robust in 2022, while its equity market comfortably outperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
In many ways the backdrop for 2023 looks considerably less favourable, yet there is optimism regarding Mexico’s outlook. Amid increased geopolitical concerns and a fundamental shift in global supply chains, Mexico stands to be a potential winner…”
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…As a country that’s not immune to the influences of irregular migration and the flow of fentanyl at the U.S.-Mexico border, Canada will need to be part of that conversation as well, one that’s widely expected to dominate the agenda…”
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“…In the class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta and amended late last month, lawyers representing the Mexican workers accused the Korean car maker of benefiting from “exploited” workers. The plaintiffs say they were lured to Georgia through a visa program meant for white-collar immigrants, but then ordered to work low-paid assembly line jobs…”
First Latina and woman sworn in as Alameda County sheriff
“OAKLAND, Calif. – It was a historic moment Tuesday as Yesenia Sanchez was sworn in as Alameda County sheriff. Sanchez, a 25-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, is the first woman and Latina to fill the role…”
https://www.ktvu.com/news/first-latina-and-woman-sworn-in-as-alameda-county-sheriff
Ryan Debolt biography, marriage, net worth, Sara Ramirez’s ex husband
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“…I felt lightheaded as if I’d stood up too quickly as I processed their words. “Tan feos,” she said. So ugly. A prominent Mexican American had invoked stereotypes about a group that, for so long, has been among the most marginalized in Mexico, a country that has long refused to acknowledge systemic colorism and racism.
As shown in a transcript, then-Councilmember Gil Cedillo followed Martinez’s comments by saying, “I’m glad they’re wearing shoes.” Former Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera casually mentioned his mother used to call Oaxacans “Indios,” or Indians, a word often used not as an identifier but spat as an insult.,,”
US-Mexico trade growth to remain steady in 2023, bolstered by nearshoring
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“I believe cross-border volumes will be resilient and grow year over year in contrast to a sharp decline in U.S. domestic volumes we are currently seeing,” said Jordan Dewart, president of logistics operator Redwood Mexico. “Nearshoring efforts of companies trying to avoid a repeat of the Asia-trans-Pacific fiasco that occurred during the COVID [pandemic] can already be seen.”..”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/12/23/american-emigrants/
The short film ‘Lucha Noir,’ by Latino filmmaker Jesús Celaya, won the Spotlight Dorado contest.
“Lucha Noir creator Jesús Celaya is the grand prize winner of the first Spotlight Dorado short film contest, a program created in 2022 by McDonald’s in collaboration with Ben Lopez from the consulting firm L21 Consulting and The Hispanic Heritage Foundation.
Earlier this year, the contest called on Latino writers, producers and directors to submit their short film scripts with a fresh perspective on the Latino experience…”
https://aldianews.com/en/culture/screen/spotlight-dorado-winner
Recording Latinx Dance Histories
“…Originally from the El Paso/Juárez border between Texas and the Mexican state of Chihuahua, it was Avelar’s time and work in New York City that crystalized her identity as a fronteriza (borderlands) artist. Early on, she knew her goal was to research and create accessible, inclusive dance practices anchored in Chicanx and Latinx feminism and border theory…”
Becky G Boyfriend: Who Is Sebastian Lletget?
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Gomez was up in Moreno Valley, where at the age of nine her family had to move out of their home owing to financial difficulties and into the converted garage of her grandparents’ home. Gomez started performing voiceover and commercial work as a part-time profession to support her family…”
https://www.ghgossip.com/becky-g-boyfriend-who-is-sebastian-lletget/
Could Mexico replace China as top global manufacturing exporter?
“While the world economy continues to face multiple headwinds, such as the Russia-Ukraine war, lingering pandemic effects and inflationary pressures, many trade professionals remain bullish about the prospect of more companies nearshoring operations to Mexico over the next decade.
A growing number of global shippers view Mexico as an alternative sourcing location to China and other Asian nations by either relocating manufacturing operations just south of the border or choosing to expand existing production in Mexico, experts said….”
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/could-mexico-replace-china-as-top-global-manufacturing-exporter
TUROMAS is back at Glasstech, the professional Glass Technology EXPO in Mexico City
“…Glasstech Mexico is the perfect platform where the glass, door and window industries communicate and meet with suppliers from all over the world and Latin American buyers…”
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“From the classroom to the workforce, student organizations at CU Denver help guide people into careers where they can make a difference. And the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) is no exception: In November, 11 CU Denver students travelled to Charlotte, North Carolina to participate in the organization’s national conference—and two even walked away with job offers. Here, we sat down with some members of SHPE’s leadership team to learn more about how the group helps develop leadership skills, builds a sense of belonging, and allows them to engage more with their campus…”
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Texas professor wins John Lewis award for spotlighting history of racial violence
“…When Gonzales was doing research for his dissertation, he had a “chilling moment,” he told South Texas College in 2020. As he was reading an account from 1929 denouncing a sheriff for his involvement in a massacre, it included a list of people who had been killed — and he found the names of his great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather.
Growing up, he said in the interview, he had heard from his parents about the killings but did not know the term “La Matanza,” or the massacre, which specifically refers to a period in 1915 when several hundred Mexicans and Mexicans Americans were killed in the Lower Rio Grande Valley…”
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/texas-professor-wins-john-lewis-235150687.html
