Cuando el artista visual y actor Herbert Siguenza sube al escenario como el legendario homónimo de su espectáculo individual “A Weekend With Pablo Picasso, Un Fin de Semana con Pablo Picasso, el esta cumpliendo el sueño de toda su vida. “Es el papel que he querido desempeñar desde niño,” el dijo “pero tenia que tener […]
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Visual artist portrays Pablo Picasso in one man show
When visual artist and actor Herbert Siguenza takes the stage as the legendary namesake of his one-man show, “A Weekend With Pablo Picasso,” he is fulfilling a lifelong dream. “It’s a role I’ve wanted to play since I was a kid,” he said. “I had to get old enough to do it first.” Siguenza will […]
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Reseña del libro: “morir en México: Informe directo desde el interior de la Guerra Contra las Drogas”, de John Gibbler
“La guerra contra las drogas” comunmente se utiliza como un eufemismo de las políticas militaristas estadounidenses.
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Book Review: “To Die In Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War” by John Gibbler
“The War On Drugs” is often used as a euphemism for enforcement of United States drug law,but in the book “To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War,” California journalist, John Gibbler, provides a fearless and unflinching look at the bloody reality of the ‘real’ drug war happening south of the U.S./Mexico border.
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Fallo judicial contra Chevron por contaminación en Ecuador
Los grupos del Amazonas ecuatoriano están un paso más cerca de recibir reparaciones por la contaminación masiva del bosque tropical Amazónico con una reciente decisión de las cortes estadounidenses.
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Chevron receives unfavorable ruling in Ecuador pollution case
A recent ruling by U.S. courts brings the indigenous groups of the Ecuadorian Amazon one step closer to receiving reparations for the massive pollution of the Amazon rain forest. In February, an Ecuadorian court ruled against the oil giant Chevron, and awarded damages of up to $18 billion to various indigenous groups and residents of […]
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Honran labor de estudiantes y líderes comunitarios
El 27 de septiembre, el músico y activista cultural John Santos fue conmemorado en la Premiación a la comunidad organizada por la Fundación San Francisco en el teatro Herbst.
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Community leaders and students honored at Herbst Theater
Local musician and cultural activist John Santos was honored at the San Francisco Foundation’s annual Community Leadership Awards ceremony at Herbst Theater, Sept. 27. Santos, who performed at the opening and closing of the event, was awarded the Helen Crocker Russell Award for making a significant and ongoing contribution to the Bay Area. His music, […]
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Photographer bears witness to toxic neglect in Ecuadorian Amazon
The photo exhibition “Crude Reflections/Cruda Realidad: Oil, Ruin and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest” tells the story of residents of the Ecuadorian Amazon who suffer from chronic illnesses — including cancer and genetic disease — which they believe are attributable to the toxic byproducts of oil drilling in their homeland. The exhibit, which opened at […]
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Fotógrafo atestigua descuidos tóxicos en la Amazonía ecuatoriana
La exposición fotográfica “Crude Reflections/Cruda Realidad: Oil, Ruin and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest” cuenta la historia de los residentes de la Amazonía ecuatoriana que sufren de enfermedades crónicas —cáncer y enfermedades genéticas entre ellas— que las atribuyen a productos tóxicos resultantes de la extracción de petróleo en sus tierras.