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Sunset in the Galapagos Islands
I’ve seen my share of amazing sunsets and this Galapagos Islands sunset probably is in the top five. Being able to witness these spectacular sites day in and day out on the MS Grace Yacht with Quasar Expeditions was definitely something else. This was on one of the first days of our trip while touring around the entire Galapagos Islands complex.
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#latinamerica #ecuador #galapagosisland #sunset #topfive #amazing
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Artfetch HQ has made a temporary move. Seeing new places & learning new things in the worldwide startup scene. With thanks to #workspotnu for hosting. And while we’re here we’re hunting out some talented #artists in #LatinAmerica & the #caribbean, send them our way! #startupcuracao #startups #globalart #entrepreneurship #creativelabs #coworking #entrepreneurlife #thiswonderfullife #artiseverywhere #emergingartists #travel #tech #art #findingnewthings (at Creative Lab Curacao Scharloo)
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Brazilian movement takes inspiration from Zapatistas
June 24, 2013“Abajo y a la izquierda está el corazón” — “the heart lies below and to the left”. This sentence by Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in Mexico was used in an opening speech by the Free Fare Movement (MPL), which initiated protests across Brazil by forcing a drop in public transport fares. “Below” refers to the marginalized groups and minorities, which MPL calls “the bottom”, and “the left” refers to the anti-capitalist discourse. Formed by students of the University of São Paulo (USP) and by workers from the periphery, the movement defines itself as anti-capitalist, non-partisan, peaceful, autonomous and horizontal.
Some MPL activists, including 19-year-old Luiza Calagian from São Paulo, have crossed the continent to meet with Zapatista communities in Chiapas, who gained worldwide attention in 1994 when the Zapatistas lowered their weapons to negotiate their indigenous rights with the Mexican government. They soon became an example for the new social movements organized against the effects of globalization. Like the Zapatistas, the MPL differs from traditional political parties in its horizontal form of organization, where all decisions are made collectively. There are no positions or leaders. All speak on behalf of the movement. On the streets, one cannot hear the sound of car radios promoting election rallies, as they want to avoid dictating the discourse to “the bottom”.
“Marcos is gay in San Francisco, a black in South Africa, an Asian in Europe, a Chicano in San Isidro, an anarchist in Spain…”. In the ’90s, Subcomandante Marcos, the intellectual from the Autonomous University of Mexico who plunged into the jungle of Chiapas to fight alongside the indigenous community, basically became a legend. When asked who the Subcomandante was — the “sub” refers to the fact that the true leaders are the indigenous people, the Zapatistas, who cover their faces with masks — they respond: “We are all Marcos”.
In Brazil, the MPL tries to follow a similar line: “We could be anyone of you,” says 23-year-old Mayara Vivian, a member of the movement. Activists avoid talking about their personal lives, such as where they work and study. During the past two weeks of protests, a great deal were students of Humanities at USP, aged between 19 and 23-years-old. 19-year-old Philosophy student Marcelo Hotimsky explains: “The Zapatistas have greatly influenced the alter-globalization movement. They are part of a historical process of which we are the fruit.”
At Avenida Paulista on Thursday, despite being virtually expelled from the very demonstration they called after they expressed support for the presence of left-wing parties and social movements’ flags, the activists at MPL still claim to be non-partisan. Traditional parties and social movements work together with the MPL on specific causes, but the activists do not make concessions when they run into conflicts. The Mayor Fernando Haddad from the Workers’ Party (PT) was harshly criticized by the youth even after lowering the fare price. Moreover, they claim not to be the ones responsible for the mobilizations on the streets: “The population is able to organize itself,” Mayara advocates.
The EZLN was born in 1983 and until 1994 operated clandestinely in the Lacandon Jungle in South-East Mexico. After a bloody war against the state military, which lasted 12 days, the Zapatistas kept their weapons. Marcos’ speeches have been resonating across cyberspace ever since and aroused worldwide attention by stirring a wave of anti-globalization movements. Meanwhile, the struggle of the Zapatistas in Chiapas continues.
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Así quedó terminado este gatito con flores de biznaga.
Fue un encargo del retrato de un gatito que se llama Kufus, muy parecido a Paquito y Lupito por esas rayitas de tigre. En estos días también viajará a California con su dueña!
Arte mexicano. Mis obras completas en santiagosavi.com
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#santiagosavi #ñuusavi #mixteca #artemexicano #mexicanart #mexicanfolkart #mexico #folkart #mixtec #mexicanartist #americanart #indigenousart #folkartist #nativeamericanart #nativeamericanartist #mixteco #artemixteco #indigenous #indigenousart #indigenousartist #arteindigena #artelatinoamericano #latinoart #latinoartist #latinamerica #latinamericanartist #artist
#wip #artemexicano #santiagosavi #contemporaryart #catsofinstagram #catart
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Haciendo limpieza de mis archivos digitales encontré este boceto de Mayahuel Alimentando a Tochtli del 2016.
En ese momento me invitaron a participar con algunas piezas con el tema de la historia del pulque; una bebida que se extrae del maguey. A partir de la leyenda de mayahuel hice este boceto donde ella alimenta con su pulque, leche vital; a uno de los 400 conejos mencionados en la leyenda. La figura del conejo está inspirada en los códices mesoamericanos.
Posteriormente ponte una versión de esta obra que actualmente se encuentra en una colección particular.
Mis obras completas en Santiagosavi.com (link en bio)
#santiagosavi #ñuusavi #mixteca #artemexicano #mexicanart #mexicanfolkart #mexico #folkart #mixtec #mexicanartist #americanart #indigenousart #folkartist #nativeamericanart #nativeamericanartist #mixteco #artemixteco #indigenous #indigenousart #indigenousartist #arteindigena #artelatinoamericano #latinoart #latinoartist #latinamerica #latinamericanartist #artist
#wip #artemexicano #santiagosavi #contemporaryart #mayahuel #pulque
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International Safe Abortion Day!
Abortion must be SAFE!
Legal abortion saves the lives of millions of women,
Abortion must be legalized EVERYWHERE!
28 September marks International Safe Abortion Day. For this year’s international day of action, stakeholders around the world are coming together behind the call “Make Unsafe Abortion History”.
Access to safe abortion is time-sensitive essential health care. It is included in numerous international, regional and national legally binding treaties – providing access to safe abortion is imperative for women and girls to achieve their human and reproductive rights.
Unsafe abortion remains a preventable public health tragedy and a violation of women and girls’ human rights. It accounts for 13% of global maternal mortalities, with hundreds of thousands of survivors living with long-term complications, including infertility and chronic pain.
With121 million unintended pregnancies each year – and few countries with legal to safe abortion – too many women and girls who do not want to become parents are forced to remain pregnant. This not only represents a denial of their autonomy, but it may also have serious consequences for their mental health and access to opportunities to achieve their life goals.
For many women, this is so unacceptable that they are forced to place themselves in extreme danger by undergoing unsafe abortions. We know it is women and girls who are often already marginalised – such as those living in poverty and rural areas – who pay the greatest toll and are at the highest risk of unsafe abortion, as well as maternal mortality and morbidity.
Originally “Campaña 28 Septiembre” (or “Campaign of September 28”), the day of action was declared official in 2011 by the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights, and renamed in 2015. The new name, “International Safe Abortion Day”, took aim at unifying the different participating organizations and their respective political aims.
The history of this day is rooted in slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean, specifically in the concept of the “free womb”. “Free womb” laws were enacted for slave women who had been killing their children after birth to spare them from a life of slavery. The law ensured that children born to slave women would be considered free from birth; before the law was put into place, children born to slave mothers were automatically considered the property of the slave owner. The day of action was adopted by many groups to promote universal access to safe abortions and education about reproductive health.
Text Courtesy of figo.org / americanwomensservices.com/
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(In progress) Lines/flats VS initial sketch
Just wanted to show the difference between the 2 stages
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#halloween #lallorona #llorona #weepingwoman #mexicanfolklore #ghost #ghosts #latinoartist #mexicanartist #artprocess #art #roughsketch #sketch #lineart #lineartist #drawing #draw #instaart #artistsoninstagram #latinamerica #latinamericanart #procreate #spooky #halloweenart #darkart #inktober2019 #inktober #water #blackandwhite #grayscale
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Inspired by the beautiful Mayan / Guatemalan Tocoyal hair wraps and textiles.
I am thinking of possibly doing a Latin American fashion timeline next.
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Recently every saturday is a brunch saturday ☕ I’m alive and well ~ Ha sido un “año” interesante en Chile después de haber estado tanto tiempo lejosh ~
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#brunch #avocado #toast #coffee #coffeetime #coffeeaddict #santiago #chile #santiagodechile #summetime #sunnyday #chileig #chilegram #photooftheday #traveller #wanderlust #traveltheworld #latinamerica #sweets #hummus #nature #vegan (en Black Mamba)
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Wish I knew what you were looking for, might have known what you would find ~
Simpler times
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#topshop #nyc #sunnyday #holidays #portrait #latina #redhair #blueskies #summervibes #newyork #newyorkcity #chile #instachile #chilegram #photooftheday #dailyig #blogger #pantsu #china #nanjing #santiago #latinamerica #traveller #adventures #worldwide #trip #studyingabroad (en Brooklyn, New York)
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Take out only
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#matcha #latte #coffee #coffeeshop #café #morning #chile #latinamerica #instachile #photooftheday #santiago #providencia #plants #aesthetic #wanderlust #traveller #traveltheworld #coffeeaddict #ohsomecoffee #takeout #pantsu #vlogger #youtube (en Oh Some Coffee)
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By: BBC News Mundo, October 27th, 2019
With flags, with banners, with pans.
Dozens of people in different parts of the world - not only in the capitals - have expressed their solidarity with the protests that have been repeated in Chile for a week
On Friday, more than 1.2 million people concentrated on Plaza Italia, a nerve center in Santiago, to demand reforms from Sebastián Piñera’s government and call for an end to the deep inequalities of Chilean society.
Convened in social networks as “the largest march in Chile”, it is estimated that Friday was the most massive since the return of democracy to Chile.
But in other cities in both Europe and Latin America the marches have also dyed colors and emotions over the weekend.
In BBC Mundo we show you how they have seen in some cities
In Latin America
Latin America was one of the first regions where the Chilean community took to the streets to join in solidarity with the demonstrations in Chile.
From Argentina to Caracas, dozens of Chileans asked for changes in their country to be palpable.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tijuana, Mexico
In many of the countries, the protests were organized in front of the embassies and consulates of Chile, but the protests not only took the capitals and streets of different cities filled with banners and social justice claims for Chile
San José, Costa Rica
Sao Pablo, Brazil
Caracas, Venezuela
In Europe
The Chilean community in several cities in Europe also met in solidarity with the thousands of people protesting in their home countries.
Cambridge, United Kindom
World Music Expo, Tempere, Finland
From Bristol to Amsterdam or Malaga the protests took several cities of the “Old Continent”.
“Chile may seem like a distant country, but today’s uprising is the result of decades of neoliberal policies that produce and reproduce outrageous inequality,” he said in a statement signed by Chilean students, academics and workers in Bristol, UK.
Bristol, United Kingdom
Budapest, Hungary
París, France
301/5000Protests began last week when the government announced an increase in the price of the subway ticket.
After declaring the state of emergency and curfew in several regions of the country, Piñera backed down and canceled this measure, decision, but that did not result in the end of the protests.
Málaga, Spain
On Saturday, the Army announced that the curfew was lifted in the capital and other cities of the country.
Piñera also announced, during an address from Casa de la Moneda, that he had asked his ministers to make their “positions available.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Barcelona, Spain
The president will try to form a new government to placate the mass protests.
The riots have so far left 19 dead and hundreds injured.
Source:BBC.com
#OnThisDay in 1967, 15 years ago, the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Carribean was drafted and opened for signature.
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On 28 April in New York, we will offer the Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1982 to Alfonso García Robles (1911-1991), the driving force behind the Treaty, which has kept Latin America and the Caribbean nuclear-free to this day.
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Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1982 to Mexican diplomat and disarmament expert Alfonso García Robles. Estimate: $400,000-600,000.
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The Exceptional Sale – 28 April at Christie’s New York.
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#medal #gold #peace #nobelpeaceprize #treaty #latinamerica #carribean #exceptional
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North America 114 years ago today: Nicaragua–Honduras War (14 April 1907) https://buff.ly/3abb4VT Central American instability came to a head in 1907, when Nicaragua invaded and occupied Honduras. Fed up with the endless conflict in the region, the US stepped in, pushing the five independent Central American states to agree to a peace conference and establish a Court of Justice to resolve future disputes. #1900s #1907 #20thcentury #americanhistory #april #april14 #cartografia #cartographer #centralamerica #diplomacy #historicalatlas #historyinthemaking #historymuseum #historynerd #honduras #maps #mexicanhistory #modernhistory #nicaragua #northamerica #centralamericanstates #riskgame #latinamerica #hispanichistory #unitedstates #welovehistory #worldhistory #todayinhistory #historytoday #thisdayinhistory (at Tegucigalpa, Honduras)
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