an internationally known brass ensemble that tours the country is coming to Sioux Falls this week to perform at Jefferson High School grew up in Sioux Falls and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 2009 Luis is one of the most gifted musicians from South Dakota There's a short-list of individuals who have completed this achievement in the state he went on to get his bachelor's degree at the University of North Texas while also marching in Drum Corps International for Phantom Regiment in the summer months Luis later went on to get his master's degree at the University of California – Los Angeles and has been living in LA as a professional musician ever since He credits his experience at Roosevelt High School for lighting the spark with his passion for music and the trumpet There's great music education in Sioux Falls public schools I've had a chance now in my career to really travel all over the country and work with thousands of students of all ages and the more I travel and the more students I see the more grateful I am for the really incredible music education experience," said Luis he really is like one of the best in the world and it was because of Sioux Falls public schools and the music education I got." Shane Macklin was the band director at Roosevelt throughout Luis's high school days Macklin is the band director at Jefferson High School He had a chance to see Luis perform with the Dallas Brass a year ago in Omaha "I've known Luis since he was an eighth grader going to Memorial Middle School He was a very tall freshman coming in the door He was a great player in high school for us there at Roosevelt He also plays jazz and plays all kinds of music with the Dallas Brass He's worked on his high chops as well," Maclin said "It was a very proud moment for me last year to see him up there (in Omaha) performing and just to see his growth over the years To remember him as an eighth grader and now seeing him up there on stage Another aspect of Roosevelt that benefited Luis was the after-school sight reading sessions with assistant band director Ben Firkus Sight reading is a skill where you play a sheet of music that you're seeing for the very first time It's a trait that most professional musicians need to have "[Firkus] played duets with me my senior year every day after school We would just play like five to ten minutes of duets We went through every trumpet book in the school and then we started reading out of the French horn book and the clarinet book - just like slight reading stuff," Luis explained "That was some of the most in-depth sight-reading training I got and it carried me really well through my entire career A lot of the professional world is built off of sight reading Roosevelt was continually having success and striving for the next big step with their band program Roosevelt's marching band was competing at the Bands of America Super Regional event in St They even went to BOA Grand Nationals to compete in Luis's freshman year and pep bands were also solid at that time as well "We strived to be good at every part of the activity that we participated in We were trying to really set standards and really do a good job in all those facets of our program," said Macklin "Teachers are always proud of their students There are special ones too that tend to hit these big milestones and become professional performers." Fast forward to 2025 and Luis is in his second season with the Dallas Brass Luis credits his wife Rachel for encouraging his musical career "The first season was a lot of kind of like feeling it out and seeing like "OK is this for me I think it's good and it's now slowly shifting the mix of what my life is like here in LA," Luis explained "I don't have to juggle as much when I'm on the road or when I come back I don't have to I have to make up as much stuff The career stuff has been super fun and really grateful but the next stage is definitely more time for my family." which means it's been an ensemble for more than four decades Their director and founder Mike Levine explained that what the Dallas Brass does is more of a show and less about being a concert that's really cool stuff." It's kind of a hidden music appreciation built into the concert," said Levine We want to reach all ages and all generations." the Dallas Brass performs in top-end settings is working with current high school students in a clinic setting and then letting the kids perform with them "One thing that we've been doing for more than 30 years is bringing a high school band on stage to play one piece with us in the concert," Levine said "We've had over 350,000 students play with the Dallas Brass over the years the Dallas Brass will do a clinic as well with students Luis is also hoping to make a few other stops in the surrounding area Somebody leaves for whatever reason – usually it's because they don't want to be on the road anymore," exclaimed LeVine "We liked what we heard and then we invited him to come out and play for us in person Dallas Brass is in town early this week with the concert scheduled for Tuesday evening I haven't been back in a while and you know to give back to the community that gave me so much I think that's what I'm most looking forward to," stated Luis and I wouldn't be where I'm at now without Sioux Falls Just being such a great place to grow up and having such great music education and having people like [Macklin] I'm excited to go back to try to give back as much as I can." The Dallas Brass's performance at Jefferson High School will take place at 7 pm CT on Tuesday, May 6th. Tickets for the concert are $25. Click here to get more information through the Jefferson band web page is a standout in Ultimate – the most popular Flying Disc discipline Manuela is focused on winning her country’s first gold at The World Games after securing silver in 2017 and bronze in 2022 The Colombian team analyses past performances and trains regularly – monthly camps and twice-weekly sessions – to enhance offensive strategies and boost defensive fitness “We’re pushing ourselves harder than ever to meet the level of the world’s best,” says Manuela juggling gym workouts with office work and her clothing brand “Speed resistance is key in our sport,” she notes Her dedication is driven by knowing she’ll face the top players globally She and her sister quickly rose through school competitions to the national level she competed in her first World Championship a new club that’s already won back-to-back national titles Now aiming for the Pan American Championship she also coaches and mentors young athletes The National Team is well on with its preparations for endeavouring to realise their gold medal dream I like to see it this way: everything I do individually contributes to what we achieve as a team you start to understand and optimize your game tactically Defensive tactics change quite a bit depending on the opponent because there are very distinct playing styles There is absolutely no doubt that this team will have trained its best for the competition in Chengdu But there is so much more to look forward to looking for Colombian athletes to cheer them on and build friendships during the tournament I can totally see our team writing songs for the other Colombian athletes while enjoying the incredible experience of The World Games – this is a truly beautiful dream.” The International World Games Association (IWGA) is a non-profit-making international sports organisation recognised and supported by the International Olympic Committee The IWGA comprises 40 International Member Sports Federations It administers and promotes The World Games (TWG) a multi-sport event held every four years that features around 35 sports on its programme The next edition of TWG will be in Chengdu (CHN) from 7-17 August 2025 5,000 participants from more than 100 countries are expected to take part in this 12th edition The latest Games were hosted by Birmingham Washington, DC — In a detailed interview posted in Spanish (here) and English (here) El País reporter Patricia Caro talks with Vanessa Cárdenas “…It’s clear there’s no sincere interest [from the Trump administration] in improving the system or trying to find a solution because immigration is part of their political strategy to advance their ideology … the things Trump and his allies say about immigration aren’t based on real facts Immigration is positive for the United States There are countless economic studies that talk about the contributions of immigrants that they are essential to the economic prosperity of this country That is the true and real narrative about immigration a narrative that isn’t based on facts has been accepted and Americans are accepting it because they don’t feel there is a viable solution …the goal is to change the definition of who an American truly is and immigration is a key part of enforcing their agenda.” Read the Vanessa Cárdenas interview posted in El País in Spanish (here) and English (here) the boxing world will come to a standstill as one of the year’s most anticipated showdowns takes center stage at the iconic T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Japanese pound-for-pound king Naoya “The Monster” Inoue returns to U.S soil to defend his undisputed super bantamweight titles against rising American star Ramón “Dinamita” Cárdenas in a matchup that promises fireworks from the opening bell 26 KOs) has carved out a legacy as one of the most dominant forces in the modern era of boxing the multi-division champion has bulldozed through the ranks leaving a trail of stunned opponents behind him This Cinco de Mayo weekend bout marks his first fight in the United States since 2021 and fans can expect a statement performance under the bright Vegas lights But standing across the ring will be a man with nothing to lose and everything to prove 13 KOs) enters the biggest fight of his life riding a 14-fight win streak resilient technician who’s shown the ability to adapt and disrupt — a potential nightmare for any opponent With both fighters in peak form and legacy on the line this matchup is more than a title defense — it’s a high-stakes collision of power and you’ve got the makings of an instant classic this is a can’t-miss war — one that could reshape the landscape of the super bantamweight division and etch a new chapter in the sport’s rich lore In a night of mixed emotions at the ANB Arena.. Usage of Content   Confidentiality Clause We recently switched our login system from requiring display names to email addresses in order to log in You must use your email address instead of your display name in order to log in Below is an excerpt from the recently-released 2019 Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook Nate Rowan is the Media Relations Director of the Rochester Red Wings The Minnesota native was kind enough to write up a history of the Rochester Red Wings It’s really a remarkable history when you think about it each one a little crazier than the previous Easter dinner is one of those holiday meals where tradition tends to reign and potatoes and carrots vanish from produce shelves in the lead-up to Easter Sunday who grew up celebrating Easter with seafood we would always eat seafood—fresh and simple products from the local market,” she says and the period always ended with a celebratory family lunch after the kids went searching for chocolate eggs.” Fuentes-Cárdenas was the first Chilean woman to receive a Michelin star, awarded for her seamless fusion of Mediterranean European flavors (especially Italian and Spanish influences from Tenerife) with those of her native Chile. She recently opened Novatore Cucina & Bar in Miami a modern Italian restaurant inspired by the upbringing of her husband and partner Andrea Bernadini The menu reflects her signature coastal fusion style where seafood plays a starring role—including in her idea of the perfect Easter meal “These are dishes that I love and that hold a special place for me since we serve them at Novatore,” she says The three-course menu she shares is “elegant but still simple and fresh.” is to use the “freshest ingredients”—and to “choose everything with care and love.” And if you’re not in the mood to cook where Fuentes-Cárdenas will prepare the menu for you Easter is “the perfect moment to share this kind of meal with the people I care about most.” the first Chilean chef to receive a Michelin star earned this prestigious recognition for her restaurant Nub in Tenerife she was surrounded by diverse flavors from an early age influenced by her parents and grandmothers.  she began cooking spontaneously and later studied Gastronomic Administration at Inacap she worked at the now-closed Rai in Santiago and moved to Spain in 2011 where she settled in Tenerife to work with Andrea Bernardi they opened a gastrobar before launching Nub in 2016 a restaurant that blends Chilean and Italian cuisine using local Tenerife ingredients making Fernanda the first Chilean chef to achieve this honor This purchase is available as a free download with your MyC-SPAN account C-SPAN.org offers links to books featured on the C-SPAN networks to make it simpler for viewers to purchase them C-SPAN has agreements with retailers that share a small percentage of your purchase price with our network C-SPAN earns money from your qualifying purchases C-SPAN only receives this revenue if your book purchase is made using the links on this page Any revenue realized from this program goes into a general account to help fund C-SPAN operations Please note that questions regarding fulfillment or issues relating to your book orders should be directed to the Webmaster or administrator of the specific bookseller's site and are their sole responsibility MyC-SPAN users can download four Congressional hearings and proceedings under four hours for free each month There are three ways to set in and out points for a clip: Check your selection with the "Preview Clip" option If you are editing the times of an existing clip you may only set a start and end time within the original clip boundaries News founding director of the Global Systems Institute issued a grim report about impending climate tipping points including the collapse of ice sheets and the cataclysmic shift of North Atlantic ocean currents Associate Professor of Critical Race & Ethnic Studies and Performance Play & Design at the University of California called Lenton’s report “the scariest thing I have ever read I just wanted to shout it from the rooftops We are not just going to have warmer weather If we get to 1.5 degrees celsius (of global warming) we could trigger multiple tipping points.” was already 1.44 degrees above global mean temperatures She pointed to a September 2022 essay in Science which went into detail about the various tipping points each of which could lead to compounding global disaster including the dieback of the Amazon Rainforest an interdisciplinary and multimedia artist is sounding the warning about climate catastrophe tipping points in her new high-profile exhibition Probability Engine: Atlantic Overturning Toronto’s all-night celebration of contemporary art This exhibition has the potential to reach a vast audience the event typically attracts more than 200,000 visitors every year And cárdenas’s open-air exhibition is lingering well beyond the Nuit Blanche festivities Curators have selected her work for the Nuit  Blanche’s Extended Program offering visitors an immersive experience of climate collapse through interactive sculptures and virtual reality and augmented reality to create a visceral experience of climate justice while helping visitors imagine a more just future Ware assembled a group of artists to address climate change across various mediums the exhibition also reflects a spirit of “play “This exhibition is an invitation to imagine what’s possible The centerpiece of cárdenas’ exhibition is “Atlantic Overturning,” a 15-foot-long undulating sculpture This sinuous form evokes the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a critical system of global ocean currents warned that AMOC “is on course for collapse” due to rising ocean temperatures and altered salt levels caused by human-induced climate change would have dire consequences for global ecosystems To create “Atlantic Overturning,” cárdenas collaborated with Marcelo Díaz Viana Neto a UC Santa Cruz graduate and multidisciplinary artist a graduate of the Art and Design Games and Playable Media BA program who is also an artist and Studio Manager at UC Santa Cruz’s Critical Realities Studio Previous iterations of the project also featured three other powerful sculptures: The Probability Engine a 3D-printed sculpture allowing viewers to witness the future of climate change while envisioning other outcomes; Permafrost confronting visitors with the melting of Boreal Permafrost and the release of methane; and The Last Piece of Antarctic Ice visitors can use an augmented reality app to explore virtual sculptures including images of future sea walls proposed by many cities in response to rising sea levels and imaginary homes that walk on the land as it shifts from permafrost thaw cárdenas believes in the power of art to effect real-world change which created DIY bulletproof clothing to protect Black trans women She also contributed to the Transborder Immigrant Tool an app designed to increase the safety of people crossing deserts by providing survival information cárdenas is using her artistic talents to raise awareness about the looming collapse of ocean currents The Probability Engine app includes poems by cárdenas urging readers to become “tipping points” for positive change “This could be an opportunity to change society,” cárdenas said “One of the things that the Humanities can do is put things in context and make us think about the bigger picture It’s the job of science to get into the smallest details to prove something in ways that are replicable I think my job is to take those very focused scientific studies and make broader connections.” cárdenas also cites the climate impact of wars and the disproportionate suffering of indigenous groups and people of color due to climate change “I think about art in terms of making connections for people.”  She cited studies showing that emissions from Israel’s war on Gaza are making an “immense” contribution to climate change and the work of climate justice activists calling attention to indigenous groups and people of color who are suffering disproportionately from the effects of climate change including floods and devastating fires bring home the emotional message of “The Probability Engine,” making climate change feel deeply personal to readers while also calling attention to forms of collective resistance that she likens to an alternative and positive “tipping point.”  “I think the power of art resides in reaching people on an emotional and affective level Scientists try to reach people on a logical level,” she said “I am trying to get people to think about the feeling of loss This exhibition is trying to say that we need to overturn the order that is creating this climate disaster.” Probability Engine is supported by the Arts Division, the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, Nuit Blanche, and the Anonymous Was a Woman award. For more information on The Probabilty Engine and to hear micha cárdenas’s poem, “We Will Be The Tipping Point,” visit the Critical Realities Studio website.  An official website of the United States government Watch Live at 11:30 a.m. ET: Results of Nationwide Law Enforcement Effort Press Conference View the latest ICE guidance on COVID-19 Get information about how to check in with your local ICE Office here Reportándose con ICE: Obtenga información sobre cómo reportarse a su oficina local de ICE aquí View in other languages Call 1-866-DHS-2-ICE to report suspicious activityReport Crime Learn More About ICE ICE's ERO officers uphold United States immigration laws by focusing on individuals who present the greatest risk to national security View the annual report Media Inquiries the archive contains content from a previous administration or is otherwise outdated This information is archived and not reflective of current practice Cartel Leader wanted for homicide and other acts of violence turned over to Mexican authorities Texas — The former head of the notorious Gulf Cartel 16 to Mexican law enforcement officials by U.S Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry He is wanted in Mexico for homicide and other acts of violence This case was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with assistance from DEA FBI and cooperation from the United States Marshals Service and the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office The former Gulf cartel leader was transferred to the custody of Mexican authorities without incident he was released from prison and turned over to ICE custody and sent to the Otay Mesa Detention Center “Today marks the closing of a significant chapter in our ongoing fight against drug cartels in South Texas and throughout the U.S The return of this cartel leader to Mexico sends a powerful message to those who think they can evade justice The consequences of their actions are lifelong they are not untouchable,” said HSI San Antonio Special Agent in Charge Craig Larrabee Cardenas-Guillen oversaw a vast drug trafficking empire responsible for the importation of thousands of kilograms of cocaine and marijuana into the United States from Mexico The drugs smuggled into the country under Cardenas-Guillen’s watch were further distributed to other areas of the country more than 2,000 kilograms of cocaine directly attributable to Cardenas-Guillen was seized by United States law enforcement The distribution of these vast quantities of cocaine and marijuana generated millions of dollars in drug proceeds which flowed south to the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas and ultimately into Mexico Drug ledgers seized in Atlanta in June 2001 indicated that the Gulf Cartel generated more than $41 million in drug proceeds over a three-and-a-half month period in the Atlanta area alone Cardenas-Guillen used violence and intimidation as a means of furthering the goals of his criminal enterprise The three-year investigation led to his indictment and subsequent arrest and conviction Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs worked with the Government of Mexico to secure his arrest and extradition Mexico extradited Cardenas to the United States to stand trial in the Southern District of Texas Customs and Border Protection paroled Cardenas into the United States at the Houston port of entry until Jan The Marshals Service transferred Cardenas to the Federal Correctional Facility District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston convicted Cardenas-Guillen of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and threatening to assault and murder a federal agent Cardenas-Guillen was sentenced to serve 25 years in federal prison without parole and forfeited $50 million in proceeds from his illegal enterprise He plead guilty to the charges and was sentenced the same day Texas using a Border Crossing Card which permitted a temporary stay within 25 miles of the U.S./Mexico border Cardenas was arrested for possessing with intent to distribute Cardenas was transferred to Cameron County Jail in Brownsville District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Brownsville convicted Cardenas for possessing with intent to distribute approximately two kilograms gross weight of cocaine and sentenced him to 63 months incarceration Cardenas transferred to Mexico under the Treaty between the United States and Mexico on the Execution of Penal Sentences Attorney’s Office in Houston filed an indictment against Cardenas for 13 counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana six counts of assault on a federal officer one count of laundering monetary instruments one count of conspiracy to import into the United States from Mexico cocaine and marijuana and one count continuing criminal enterprise ERO Chicago encountered Cardenas at USP Terre Haute and lodged an immigration detainer ERO Mexico City notified ERO Chicago that Cardenas had several active arrest warrants in Mexico ERO Chicago served Cardenas with a notice of intent to issue a final administrative removal order citing federal aggravated felony convictions you have been convicted of an aggravated felony an offense relating to the illicit trafficking in a controlled substance The HSI San Antonio area of responsibility (AOR) covers more than 500 miles of border with three Deputy Special Agent in Charge locations: Rio Grande Valley these offices respond to 22 ports of entry (18 land local and federal law enforcement agencies within the AOR Learn more about HSI San Antonio’s mission to increase public safety in South Texas communities on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @HSI_SanAntonio For media inquiries about ICE activities, operations, or policies, contact the ICE Office of Public Affairs at ICEMedia@ice.dhs.gov DC — The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas reflecting on 100 Days of the Trump administration followed by a roundup of relevant America’s Voice content on the first 100 Days and beyond Trump’s minions seem intent on squandering one of America’s greatest comparative advantages as a nation by making it harder for people from around the world to imagine themselves studying succeeding and creating businesses here in America Our long-term fight is not just to fix a broken immigration system in a manner that reflects our interests and values but to preserve a vision of America as the beacon of safety liberty and freedom it has represented for so many America’s Voice Content: 100 Days of Trump  Be on the lookout for more America’s Voice content assessing the first 100 days of the Trump administration Grand Challenges Initiative a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fowler School of Engineering He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo (UNPRG) in chemical and biomolecular engineering from North Carolina State University where he conducted research about new functional materials using colloids and hydrogels for biomedical applications as well as exploring novel nucleation prediction methods using computational tools for drug discovery and other pharmaceuticals applications he has a keen interest in the ethics of science specifically at the interface of organized religious entities and genetically modified foods (GMOs) he drinks lots of (specialty) coffee while trying to model in-silico its pour over extraction mechanism What is your current area of research – and why are you passionate about it My current research area is both experimental and computational rheo-mechanics of squishy particles (ultra-soft microgels) and how ionic charges affect their behavior at the molecular scale I love it because we can probe very small scales with computational methods that would otherwise be extremely expensive experimentally What are you most looking forward to about GCI What would you be doing if you weren’t a scientist Rajeev Joshi: 3D-Printed Models for Optimizing Tactile Braille & Shape Display Sayani Ghosh: Equilibria and Effective Rates of Transition in 'Astromers" Lorenzo Leiva Araya: Homocysteine thiolactone from translation proofreading is an endogenous ligand for cell-cell signaling by the receptor SdiA Chapman’s Postdoc Program Bridges the Gap to Tenure-Track Jobs Ariane Jong-Levinger: Modeling Post-Fire Sediment-Laden Flood Risk March 10, 2025 by | Grand Challenges Initiative GCI and the Fowler School of Engineering welcomed guest speaker Jennifer Gill Roberts Roberts talked about entrepreneurship within the technology sector Her talk was focused technical fields including industrial automation March 20, 2025 by | Uncategorized The university’s Grand Challenges Initiative is becoming a reliable stepping-stone for postdocs seeking permanent academic roles Harrah College of Hospitality — is an expert on tourism planning His experience in both academic and administrative roles is wide-ranging. The Ecuador native has worked extensively in community-based tourism planning projects in the United States and abroad engaging local residents in the sustainable tourism development process. Cárdenas’ international experience includes visiting professor posts at Shandong University in China the Inter-Continental University of the Caribbean in Curacao he has helped develop strategic international partnerships in countries including Vietnam he served in university faculty and leadership roles including as the associate dean of academic programs for the University of South Carolina's College of Hospitality In that role, Cárdenas oversaw curriculum Cárdenas has examined topics such as technology adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic His work has been published in peer-reviewed academic publications including the Journal of Foodservice Business Research, Tourism Review International and the International Journal of Event and Festival Management Gift from Las Vegas business icon and 2002 graduate Marco Benvenuti provides opportunities for students beyond the classroom New dean brings a global focus and rich background in sustainable tourism to the Harrah College of Hospitality an international tourism expert and University of South Carolina interim vice provost Asked to list some of the highlights from his 12 years in the House Tony Cárdenas points to one that might not seem like a “big deal.” “But I think it’s a big deal,” he said of Congress establishing the National Museum of the American Latino It’s going to educate a lot of other people about how amazing our contributions are.” The California Democrat also cites his work on health care issues and his time spent “making sure that our bodies of elected officials look like America.” Once a rising star in the party who led the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ fundraising efforts he aimed to head the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2020 and 2022 but fell short Now Cárdenas is closing out his final weeks on the Hill after deciding not to run for reelection.  “Our democracy is going to survive for many more years to come,” he said in an exit interview last month we’re going to be challenged more than ever before with President Trump and the likes of his antics but I’m still going to miss the work that we do here.” This interview has been edited and condensed “I think I might be done.” After this very intense career for 28 years in Sacramento and then [Los Angeles] City Hall and now here she really let me know that it’s not a light decision I met Luz when she was running a not-for-profit called DIY Girls in Pacoima to teach little brown girls that they can be scientists like her Alex Padilla and I had recruited her to run for the State Assembly about six years earlier and I’d always had her in my mind as the perfect person I would like to support to replace me.    A: What do you see as your biggest accomplishments Q: I worked on a lot of health care issues which is now a real three-digit number that anybody can call anywhere in America and get mental health support immediately just like we call 911 if you need the police or an ambulance.  we got the Latino museum bill signed [to become part of the Smithsonian] Some people might not think that’s a big deal We were here even before the country became a country and we deserve to have our place and our space When I got elected to the State Assembly in 1996 I was the first Latino to get elected in the San Fernando Valley’s history and we’d never had a person of color represent that mostly minority community.  And so one of my biggest accomplishments is focusing on making sure that our bodies of elected officials look like America At the end of my freshman term [in Congress] I convinced my colleagues to elect me to be chair of the Hispanic Caucus BOLD PAC and now all of the minority PACs are raising millions and millions of dollars Q: Some Latino voters shifted away from Democrats this cycle A: Donald Trump tells people what they want to hear convinced that the product is going to be good for them or they really need it And I think that Donald Trump is just like that He convinced a lot of people that they really need him and he’s one of the most selfish people on the planet and he’s not going to do the things that he promised people he would do Q: Some strategists say Republicans won over Latinos by treating them not as a minority group A: Early on [in the California State Assembly] I remember Speaker Cruz Bustamante having a press conference and they want a safe neighborhood.” Sounds like what every other American wants.  if you’re going to communicate and the person doesn’t speak English “Are these issues important to you?” but also ask “What is important to you?” And I think people can win if they pay more attention to those basic tenets and actually practice them in their campaigns I’ve noticed that the people who get the most attention are the ones who scream at other colleagues or use profanity when they’re in committee or on the floor of the House.  People are crossing those lines more now than we’ve seen in any given 12-month period in the history of this institution So I think it’s up to the leadership on both sides of the aisle to really remind people that there’s something good about being respectful when you disagree Or can you go to the House floor and apologize?”  A: When I was a real estate broker I owned my own company and I enjoyed the responsibility of making sure that the people who worked within my business were able to feed their families but I’ll probably end up doing some kind of consulting but I won’t be retiring and sitting on some beach somewhere Washington, DC –  A States Newsroom article, “ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings’,” recaps speeches from the “2025 Border Security Expo” held in Phoenix and featuring several Trump administration immigration leaders including Trump’s Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: “The leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that his dream for the agency is squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the same way that Amazon trucks crisscross American cities delivering packages ‘We need to get better at treating this like a business,’ Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said explaining he wants to see a deportation process “like (Amazon) Prime “Human beings aren’t products to be wrapped Yet the acting leader of ICE believes that is the ‘dream’ way for ICE to fulfill Trump’s order of mass deportation Todd Lyons is the one who needs to be sent packing – and his comments encapsulate so much about this administration and their cruel and costly mass deportation agenda and worldview We’ve experienced the violence that accompanies the dehumanization of immigrants and we know the danger within this sentiment and line of thinking As the administration turbocharges its mass deportation agenda they are viewing any immigrant without status as a target to toss aside and ship out of the country and dependable co-workers; they are community members TPS holders and caregivers; they have dreams and due process rights and basic dignities that this administration refuses to acknowledge America is a nation of immigrants who have always enriched and strengthened this nation.”  Upon questioning that highlighted that 77 of 78 immigrants recently arrested by Border Patrol in Kern County had no criminal record “‘Every single one of the 78 that we arrested were criminals 1325 – illegal entry into the United States,’ he said citing federal code for what is a misdemeanor offense … ‘If you’re an illegal alien you get it … It’s game on – anywhere.'” The first time Brenda Cárdenas heard her poem sung by a large choir in Carnegie Hall that powerful relationship between poetry and music never surprised her “As poets, we paint pictures with words, and the internal music of the language is so important to us — rhythm and cadence,” she said on WPR’s “Wisconsin Today.” “Poetry is really a very musical form and often a very visual kind.”  The Carnegie Hall performance featured her poem “Para Los Tin-Tun-Teros,” which honors drummers set to choral music by Daniel Afonso and sung by an orchestra and choir of more than 50 people.  This blending of poetry with other art forms — known as interarts — is part of the reason a 16-member committee from the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission named Cárdenas Wisconsin’s newest poet laureate “When you hear Brenda discuss poetry or how she interacts with poetry there are many awe inspiring moments,” commission chair Vida Cross said in an email to WPR.  Cárdenas will serve through 2027 as the state’s ambassador of poetry and inspire people with creativity through workshops and projects that means helping others understand the joy Cárdenas writes on a variety of subjects from culture — as a Mexican-American woman — to the environment She often blends her poetry with a variety of art forms.  Those blended works are called “ekphrastic” poems.  “That simply means that poems are written in response to or in conversation with or in correspondence with visual art,” she said.  As part of the application process for becoming the state’s poet laureate Cárdenas proposed an ekphrastic poetry project where instead of passing a story between participants you pass a poem between writers and visual artists An artist reads a poem and then creates an image inspired by it Then that image goes to a different writer who creates a poem inspired by it any artist or poet will be able to access and join the project from a custom-built website.  “It’s about bringing people together and realizing that these different art forms have a lot in common,” Cárdenas said.   In addition to flowing between different art forms Cárdenas often flows between writing in Spanish and English in her poetry as the two languages combine to make something new.  Listen to Brenda Cárdenas recite her poem titled “Deportation.” Cárdenas grew up in Milwaukee in a house full of different languages and storytellers her inspiration for a poem often starts with language.  “Some phrase that’s especially sonorous rhythmic or just interesting — in terms of the turn of phrase… that will come to me and then I’ll put that down on the page More than half of her poems blend Spanish and English.  won the national Poetry Out Loud competition reciting Cárdenas’ poem “Zacuanpapalotis.” Cárdenas told the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee the poem is about monarch butterflies migrating between countries and cultures It reflects her feelings of being a woman in the space between — being both Mexican and American “That to me was more important than an award I could have won,” Cárdenas said after winning the 2018 UW-Milwaukee Outstanding Woman of Color Award. “She was this young person in Alaska that I connected to through this poem that was one of my favorite achievements.” Through her state poet laureate project and time in the position Cárdenas hopes to form similar connections among poets and artists all across Wisconsin Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin Educational Communications Board DC — The following are statements from America’s Voice Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas and America’s Voice legal advisor David Leopold reacting to the details and implications of this evening’s 5-4 U.S Supreme Court ruling lifting Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining order against the Trump administration’s use of the “Alien Enemies Act.” “This administration’s attacks on immigrants are the tip of the spear when it comes to attacks on all of our freedoms While tonight’s Supreme Court ruling allows for basic due process it does not hold President Trump to account for his indiscriminate attacks on immigrants or his invocation of an 18th century war time act that has previously led to internment camps and the trampling on the rights of U.S Instead of standing up for a full-throated defense of democracy and the rule of law tonight’s ruling hands Trump a chisel to keep chipping away and eroding core tenets of our democracy.” leading immigration attorney and America’s Voice legal advisor: John Domini is a regular Rail contributor, with eleven books to date. His next will be a critical work that includes many of his Rail pieces, Caliban’s Cry: On a Literature Unhoused. Home Washington, DC — The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to the Trump inauguration speech and the array of promised immigration and border executive orders to be issued. To connect with Vanessa Cárdenas or some of the nation’s leading experts on the specific policies to be announced today, email press@americasvoice.org Donald Trump’s inauguration speech of ‘American carnage’ was followed by four years of cruelty and chaos in our immigration system hitting his familiar ugly anti-immigrant lies of “invasion” in his inauguration speech and planning to announce an array of Day One executive orders that are more about division and scapegoating than advancing solutions ‘America First’ really means ‘blame immigrants first,’ even when the related policies harm the nation and do little more than advance fear especially when they learn the details and see it unfold it’s leading to buyer’s remorse: scores of business leaders in key industries are fearful that mass deportation will gut entire sectors of our economy and public schools are taking the dramatic step of preparing their classrooms and parking lots for raids by federal agents During Trump’s first term, the American public swung sharply in a pro-immigrant direction and preference for politics over solutions Much like we saw during his family separation policy we expect backlash from Americans upon witnessing the harms of Trump’s second-term immigration agenda including on the American economy and our core values Lost in all the ugly rhetoric is Trump’s hypocrisy: he knows well the value of immigrants; he hired hundreds of them to build his exclusive golf courses and work at his properties And during the COVID-19 pandemic — his administration relied on tens of thousands of immigrants ‘essential workers’ to keep food on our table even as it put workers’ lives in danger America is stronger and better than the bleak and dystopian picture Trump paints for our future America’s future is strengthened by immigrants.” This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page will host a thrilling super bantamweight showdown as reigning WBA Continental Latin America champion Ramón “Dinamita” Cárdenas puts his belt on the line against unbeaten Mexican contender Bryan Acosta Cárdenas captured the vacant title in 2024 with a ninth-round knockout of Jesús Ramírez Rubio and now looks to make his first defense in the main event of a ProBox TV fight card enters the ring at 26 years old with a flawless 20-0 record Having built his career between Mexico and Canada debut—a moment he’s eager to capitalize on as he aims for a statement-making victory Cárdenas brings a strong resume of 25 wins (14 KOs) and just one loss with three of his last four victories coming inside the distance this bout promises to deliver high-octane action Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Chicago and ERO Removals’ International Operations Division where he is wanted for homicide and illegal possession of a firearm underscores our unwavering commitment to public safety and justice,” said ERO Chicago Field Office Director Samuel Olson executed with precision and coordination by ERO Chicago alongside our dedicated partners in San Diego Mexico City and the International Operations Division demonstrates the power of collaboration in law enforcement By returning this dangerous individual to Mexico we have taken a significant step in safeguarding our communities and upholding the rule of law.” ERO officers took custody of Cardenas from the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute Indiana and transferred him to the Otay Mesa Detention Center Officers escorted Cardenas via the San Diego Port of Entry where he was handed over to Mexican law enforcement without incident District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston convicted Cardenas of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana Cardenas was sentenced to a total term of 25 years’ incarceration at USP Terre Haute This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations Rio Grande Valley in coordination with other federal and local law enforcement partners ERO is one of ICE’s three operational directorates and is the principal federal law enforcement authority in charge of domestic immigration enforcement ERO’s mission is to protect the homeland through the arrest and removal of those who undermine the safety of U.S and its primary areas of focus are interior enforcement operations management of the agency’s detained and non-detained populations and repatriation of noncitizens who have received final orders of removal ERO’s workforce consists of more than 7,700 law enforcement and non-law enforcement support personnel across 25 domestic field offices and 208 locations nationwide and multiple temporary duty travel assignments along the border Members of the public can report crime and suspicious activity by calling 866-347-2423 or completing the online tip form American slugger Ramón “Dinamita” Cárdenas (26-1 securing a unanimous decision victory and successfully defending his WBA Continental Latin America Super Bantamweight crown Cárdenas controlled the fight on the inside and capitalized on counterpunching opportunities edging out Acosta on the scorecards (95-94 The San Antonio native proved to be the sharper puncher while Acosta struggled to fully exploit his reach advantage The Mexican contender had his best moment in the seventh round but he couldn’t press the attack to turn the tide outworking Acosta with superior volume and precision Acosta banked on landing a single fight-ending shot that never came 2 spot in the World Boxing Association’s super bantamweight rankings inching closer to a potential world title opportunity Reporting by Lizbeth Diaz; 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All rights reserved Executive Director of America’s Voice: “The Trump administration’s obsessive focus on immigration and related scapegoating and scare tactics are a way to justify a more sweeping set of power grabs and crackdowns that threaten Americans’ rights and liberties and even the basic separation of powers The Administration’s usage of ‘invasion’ and ‘public safety’ is the excuse to implement extremely dangerous tactics that go against our values and rule of law This isn’t about Venezuelan gangs any more than the Mahmoud Khalil case was about Gaza – instead there are much bigger stakes and implications for all of us.” said: “This administration is weaponizing immigration law and policy using them to breathe life into archaic statutes that should have no application and bearing to the current moment They become entry points and means to an end in this administration’s efforts to claim dangerous new executive powers Independent of partisan and ideological affiliations we all should be raising the alarm and recognizing what’s at stake is much larger than anything about immigration.” Washington, DC — As Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice stated earlier this week “The Trump administration’s obsessive focus on immigration and related scapegoating and scare tactics are a way to justify a more sweeping set of power grabs and crackdowns that threaten Americans’ rights and liberties and even the basic separation of powers.” That assessment was made after the administration’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 and subsequent ignoring of a federal judge’s court order to pause deportation flights and following their attempts to deport green card holder Mahmoud Khalil without due process and for political protest Yet the past few days have demonstrated the Trump team is intent to go even farther in proving the point – with ominous implications for all Americans’ freedoms and liberties a former Gulf Cartel leader and founder of Los Zetas criminal organization is now in prison in Mexico after he was deported from the United States on Monday The 57-year-old convicted drug trafficker was released from jail in the state of Indiana in August after his 25-year sentence was cut short for good behavior nicknamed “El Mata Amigos” (The Friend Killer) didn’t become a free man as he was placed in the custody of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) On Monday, he was “removed” to Mexico, “where he is wanted for homicide and illegal possession of a firearm,” ICE said in a statement “… Officers escorted Cárdenas via the San Diego Port of Entry where he was handed over to Mexican law enforcement without incident,” ICE said the former Gulf Cartel leader was flown to Mexico City and subsequently transferred to the Altiplano federal maximum security prison in México state according to the El Universal newspaper and other media organizations He reportedly arrived at the facility from which Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán escaped in 2015 in the late afternoon on Monday Cárdenas is accused of a range of offenses bribery and the use of resources of illicit origin El Universal reported that he could be sentenced to up to 730 years in jail if convicted on all charges The newspaper said that seven federal criminal prosecutions against Cárdenas will be reactivated now that he is in custody in Mexico a native of the northern border state of Tamaulipas was once considered one of Mexico’s most powerful drug lords he wasn’t so successful in evading the long arm of the law from his native Matamoros and was arrested the same day “for possessing with intent to distribute approximately two kilograms of cocaine,” ICE said on Monday In early 1993 he was convicted of cocaine possession with intent to distribute and was sentenced to 63 months in jail Cárdenas was “transferred to Mexico under the Treaty between the United States and Mexico on the Execution of Penal Sentences,” ICE said Cárdenas was out of jail and free to resume his criminal career He soon became the top leader of the Gulf Cartel (CDG) During his 1997-2003 leadership of the cartel, “the CDG controlled a mammoth cocaine and marijuana trafficking empire that rivaled those of other storied Mexican organized crime groups, including the Sinaloa Cartel,” according to Insight Crime a think tank and media organization that focuses on organized crime in the Americas Cárdenas was arrested in Tamaulipas in 2003 extradited to the United States in 2007 and in March 2010 he was convicted in a federal court in Houston on drug trafficking and money laundering charges as well as “threatening to assault and murder a federal agent,” according to ICE He served 14 years of his 25-year sentence Cárdenas created Los Zetas in the late 1990s Los Zetas served as the Gulf Cartel’s armed enforcer wing until it struck out on its own in 2010 The group initially consisted of deserters from an elite unit of the Mexican army Los Zetas “professionalized Mexico’s gangland warfare by detonating an arms race and introducing a kind of brutal violence never before seen in the country,” Insight Crime reported earlier this year In 2010, Los Zetas murdered 72 migrants — 58 men and 14 women — in the municipality of San Fernando Michael Deibert a journalist and author who wrote a book about the Gulf Cartel told Insight Crime that Cárdenas is “arguably the most impactful former head of international operations for the DEA said earlier this year that he was an “architect of extreme violence” and “his methods have become the blueprint for other cartels in Mexico.” With reports from El Universal and UNO TV  ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC Mauricio Cárdenas joined the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) in August 2019 as a visiting senior research scholar to lead a new research initiative focused on energy and climate policy in Latin America Cárdenas previously served as a distinguished visiting fellow at CGEP As Colombia’s finance minister between 2012 and 2018 he handled the oil shock (which caused a 40 percent reduction in Colombia’s exports) implementing a successful adjustment program that preserved high investment rates and sharp reductions in poverty and inequality Prior to the shock he had led a fiscal reform that cut payroll taxes triggering an unprecedented increase in formal jobs has been a minister in four other portfolios: Economic Development (Industry and Housing) His academic experience is mostly associated with Fedesarrollo where he has been twice executive director where he has been senior fellow and director of the Latin America Initiative in Economics from the University of California Cárdenas was an event speaker at the Dialogue The Dialogue is a hemispheric organization that builds networks of cooperation and action to advance democratic resilience and sustainable development across the Americas and enhance collaboration to unlock meaningful change in the Western Hemisphere Inter-American Dialogue1155 15th Street NW | Suite 800Washington, DC 20005P: +1-202-822-9002F: +1-202-822-9553 We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze how you use this website and provide the content and advertisements that are relevant to you These cookies will only be stored in your browser with your prior consent You can choose to enable or disable some or all of these cookies but disabling some of them may affect your browsing experience Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent 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federal Chamber of Deputies and the Senate Cárdenas Batel is a member of a distinguished political family: his grandfather Lázaro Cárdenas del Río served as President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940 has been a presidential candidate on three occasions and was the first democratically elected head of government of the Federal District (Mexico City) Both father and grandfather also served as governors of Michoacán Cárdenas Batel holds a degree in ethnohistory from the National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) in Mexico City Cárdenas is currently on leave from the Dialogue until the end of his term Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent The Twitter comments are quite amusing. See also The Independent (Kelly Rissman) UPDATE: Apologies for my error: I had originally written "CNN The View Commentator …," but I should have written "CNN, The View Commentator" (and I've now corrected it). 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his investigations of community His latest novel, American Abductions (Dalkey Archive Press is set in a near-future United States where runaway data harvesting and advanced algorithms have abetted the mass surveillance and deportation of Latin Americans—an all-too-logical extension of the ongoing crisis of family separations and their attempts to navigate precarity after their father is deported to Colombia Bailey TrelaEach chapter in American Abductions is a single sentence running across multiple pages You’ve spoken in the past about attempting to combine in your writing “two types of sentences,” that is “long sentences with voices” and “performance-of-an-impulse sentences.” I’m wondering if you could talk about your philosophy of the long sentence Why is it the right vehicle for the stories you’re trying to tell Mauro Javier CárdenasLong sentences allow me to rhythmically dramatize the rapid interconnection between seemingly disparate elements like in the opening sentence from American Abductions Robert Schumann’s “Traumerie,” lines of poetry by Czeslaw Milosz and Edward Hirsch and the memory of how the American abductors captured Ada’s father on her way to school My first novel contained sentences that were heavy on em dashes and dialogue as well as the more traditional long sentences you find in Correction by Thomas Bernhard I combined those elements and linked them to an opening impulse that I often attempt to exhaust the opening impulse of American Abductions is “take him / who needs a father anyway?” I like to believe the excitement of this type of sentence for the reader is the same as for the writer: What will this impulse generate BTExperimental classical music is everywhere in your work from Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time to Arvo Pärt’s Symphony No You’re also a huge fan of Steve Reich and have spoken about listening to works like Drumming and Phase Patterns while writing I’m wondering if you could talk a little bit about how Reich’s music plays into your compositional process Is there something about his music that you’re trying to recreate in prose MJCI would describe his music the same way he has described the long sentences in my second novel: “The energy in them is addictive and exhilarating.” My daughters would groan at the previous sentence and ironically say Why write these long sentences if you can’t share that Steve Reich enjoyed them I keep a framed signed copy of his Reich/Richter by my writing desk I still remember how at Davies Symphony Hall in 2016 when my first novel was about to be published and I didn’t know what else to write about—I thought I had nothing else to write about!—somewhere in my face the pulse of his music felt so invigorating to me as it still does when I listen to it while I write BTAntonio appeared in your previous two novels and the family at the center of American Abductions was also present in your second novel your long-term fictional project has been a family saga And why did you feel the need to take that story into the future MJC Has anyone already written 750 pages filled with long sentences in English about the same Czech-Colombian family who lives in the United States without resorting to intergenerational backstories abloom with magic and boredom I no longer find friendships or romantic relationships believable as a sustained subject of inquiry Members of my own family are also still missing on how coexisting has shaped the members of this one Czech-Colombian family over the span of seven and a half years but as soon as I wrote about the sisters in American Abductions I knew they were the same daughters in Aphasia Aphasia is mostly about the father; American Abductions is mostly about the daughters; and in A Cache of Amulets Advance 3 I like to believe one day someone will publish them as a boxset so I can have Ada and Antonio handy for when I forget I wrote them BTPart of your fictional project is an interrogation of the ways we represent trauma Aura recalls that Antonio “hated those American novels that begin with the usual trauma / banal combo.” How do you avoid the banal when it comes to representing trauma And why is that an urgent technical question for you MJCI would state it differently: my fictional projects begin by interrogating the ways we represent what I choose to write about—the immigrant’s wish to return home in my first novel the impulse to ignore the catastrophes of childhood in my second novel I believe that in the twenty-first century if you tell most readers that a book is about deportations they will immediately see in their mind how the story will unfold My job is to remove what they see in their mind from my books and work with whatever’s left This is why my novels can be frustrating to readers who are hoping to ride on the rails of the predominant narratives of our culture which as you know are mostly intended to extract profit he becomes a sort of traveling story collector finding people all over the world whose lives have been disrupted by the abduction program and interviewing them about their experiences Why was it important for you to tell this collective narrative as well MJCI’ve often invoked Padgett Powell’s “subconscious accretion” as my preferred method of narrative progression I also love to read oral histories because they generate parallel stories in my mind about what the interviewees are possibly leaving out I didn’t plan it this way when I began American Abductions but I can see now why I would lean toward a collective subconscious accretion of oral histories about family separations American Abductions feels extremely of the moment—the specter of Donald Trump hangs over the work pioneered by Barack Obama and continued under Joe Biden form the core from which the novel’s world is extrapolated Do you consider the book a political novel Does that even feel like a useful category for you the category might be too entangled with propaganda to be useful unless it leads to the question of why American writers haven’t written more novels about the varieties of destruction the American government has been responsible for but writers should write about whatever they want but it might be generative to question how whatever they want came to be my first assignment might be to write about an American writer who has been conditioned to write about his little garden but not to write about what’s destroying his and everyone else’s little gardens Or: write about Children of Men by focusing solely on the room preserving the masterpieces of Western art Bailey Trela is a writer in New York whose work has appeared in Commonweal honoring the memory of Yucatecan musician and composer Guty Cárdenas Guty Cárdenas — Casa Memoria showcases the legacy of this 1920s icon who is still remembered for songs like “Caminante del Mayab,” “Nunca,” and “Rayito de sol.” Guty Cárdenas was known as “The King of Yucatecan Song,” but his emotional ballads and romantic compositions were famous throughout Mexico and the United States Cárdenas formed a successful duo with pianist Ricardo Palmerín Their song “Nunca” became one of their most recognized works Cárdenas died in Mexico City’s Salón Chantecler cantina after an argument with a former military officer escalated to violence Cárdenas left a significant legacy in Mexican music His compositions continue to influence musicians and remain part of Yucatán’s cultural heritage The creation of this space fulfills a long-held wish of Dr Mario Durán Cárdenas and Carmen Sánchez-Juárez Cárdenas the idea emerged to create a space dedicated to promoting and preserving their uncle’s work and legacy he began researching the property where Guty was born This effort coincided with the centenary of Guty Cárdenas’ birth a restoration process that took nearly six years followed so work had to follow strict guidelines from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) the restoration work was paused for three years due to the pandemic Durán Cárdenas hired his friend Luis Ramaggio Flores as the museographer who led the project with his team The museum’s purpose is purely cultural: to promote art and offer a new icon for Mérida Durán looks forward to the museum welcoming children who can learn about the history of a talented young man like Guty “Guty’s music continues to be heard and performed and his memory continues to be honored in this way,” he says Durán believes that a museum dedicated to Guty Cárdenas will generate an impact similar to those devoted to José Alfredo Jiménez in Dolores Hidalgo Room 1 features an introductory video presented by Professor Luis Pérez Sabido Includes a jukebox with headphones where visitors can listen to original recordings of Guty’s voice and guitar The available archive covers 240 of the more than 249 songs he recorded to learn about Guty or other Yucatecan trova authors is named after the guitar with which Guty composed many songs A display case exhibits handwritten sheet music including “Caminante del Mayab.” On one wall is a photograph of Guty with Antonio Mediz Bolio in Mexico City they discussed the musicalization of the poetry book “La tierra del faisán y del venado,” from which emerged “Caminante del Mayab” and “Yucalpetén.” Room 3 traces the composer’s life from his birth—which occurred in that very room on Dec Friends and colleagues like Ricardo López Méndez and Alfredo Gutiérrez Alfaro also appear Room 4 shows where he traveled and performed, such as the White House—where he sang for President Hoover—theaters in Los Angeles and the Iris Theater in Mexico City. It also includes press notes, including one about movie star Pedro Infante an admirer of Guty who was to star in a film about his life but died two months before filming began who named him “Guty” as a child His birth name was Augusto Cárdenas Pinelo Room 5 exhibits an 1890 piano that belonged to Guty’s father Guty’s mother also played guitar and sang This room screens a video of Guty’s performance in the film La dama atrevida where he sings “Ojos tristes” and “Piña madura.” The material was provided by the Valencia Institute of Culture in Spain The museum also includes a room for temporary visual arts exhibitions and a musical and cultural events forum Located at the corner of Calle 61 and 68 in downtown Mérida, the museum is open to the general public on weekdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is free. Instagram: @museoguty Yucatán Magazine has the inside scoop on living here. Sign up to get our top headlines delivered to your inbox every week The Festival de las Ánimas (Festival of Souls) 2018 celebrates Yucatán’s unique take on the Day of the Dead Mérida’s Gran Museo del Mundo Maya took the top prize as Best Emerging Cultural Destination of the Year in its region What will be hot for furniture and décor in 2019 in Mexico This is one of the most frequent questions I was asked over the holidays while I was out and about The trends we have here somewhat follow the trends that take hold north of the border Police asked motorists to be careful driving around the countless pilgrimages underway this weekend as the faithful carry out a time-honored Guadalupe-Reyes tradition The Marion Sanctuary in Valladolid was one of several gathering spots in Yucatán where the faithful are gathering today are honoring a promise they made to the… Sometimes it becomes all blurry when you face cultural situations that can be completely different in another country Especially when they happen on a daily basis One of those situations is saying hello and goodbye The framework that you take with you from your background is not necessarily helpful in another culture Much mystery still surrounds the fertility goddess we know as Ixchel Advertise With Us 43,000+ global companies doing business in the region 102,000+ key contacts related to companies and projects news and interviews about your industry in English embrace a Scandinavian-inspired simplicity with natural materials and soft natural tones Hotel website Brand OwnerKorman Communities The Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission (WPLC) announced that Brenda Cárdenas is the new Wisconsin Poet Laureate on Monday “I am so excited and grateful,” Brenda Cárdenas said in a statement “I am ready and eager to travel our beautiful state giving readings and engaging in projects that celebrate the vitality and diversity of poetry and how it calls people together.” who was born and raised in Milwaukee and has also lived in Beaver Dam Cárdenas has authored two full-length books: Trace (Red Hen Press) and Boomerang (Bilingual Press) She has also authored or co-authored three chapbooks: Bread of the Earth/The Last Colors Cárdenas recently retired from a 35-year career teaching creative writing to students at every level from seventh graders to doctoral candidates From 2007 to 2024 she taught creative writing and U Latino/x Literatures at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee “We are more than thrilled to have Brenda Cárdenas as our new poet laureate,” said Vida Cross “Her enthusiasm for poetry is infectious.” who earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and a master’s degree of fine arts (MFA) degree in creative writing (poetry) at the University of Michigan has a special interest in ekphrastic poetry — poetry written in conversation with visual art — which developed from working on collaborative The Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission (WPLC) is an unincorporated organization formed to enrich the lives of Wisconsin’s residents by sharing and encouraging poetry via the appointment of a Wisconsin Poet Laureate Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker was released from prison in the United States on Friday is a native of the northern border state of Tamaulipas He was detained in Mexico in 2003 and extradited to the United States in 2007 authorities and pleaded guilty in 2009 to the charges of drug trafficking money laundering and making threats against U.S Nicknamed “El Mata Amigos” (The Friend Killer) the Zetas founder was released early from the Terre Haute Federal Correctional Institute in Indiana for good behavior The years he spent in jail in Mexico before his extradition to the United States were also taken into account The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) told the El Universal newspaper that Cárdenas won’t be sent back to Mexico where there are valid warrants for his arrest A DEA official told El Universal that he is free to go wherever he chooses other media outlets reported that Cárdenas could be handed over to Mexican authorities Citing a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) source the Milenio newspaper said that he was turned over to U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement upon his release from prison “Osiel will stay in the United States indefinitely or until his migratory situation is fixed,” the HSI source told Milenio The Matamoros native was the leader of the Gulf Cartel (CDG) at the time of his arrest and considered one of the most powerful drug lords in Mexico During his 1997-2003 leadership of the cartel “the CDG controlled a mammoth cocaine and marijuana trafficking empire that rivaled those of other storied Mexican organized crime groups including the Sinaloa Cartel,” according to Insight Crime which served as the cartel’s armed enforcer wing until it struck out on its own in 2010 Los Zetas initially consisted of deserters from an elite unit of the Mexican army The group “professionalized Mexico’s gangland warfare by detonating an arms race and introducing a kind of brutal violence never before seen in the country,” Insight Crime reported Friday In 2010, Los Zetas murdered 72 migrants — 58 men and 14 women — in the municipality of San Fernando Michael Deibert said that he was an “architect of extreme violence” and “his methods have become the blueprint for other cartels in Mexico.” Insight Crime reported that Cárdenas “has no apparent remaining links to the CDG which has fractured into smaller groups since his imprisonment.” the Cárdenas family remains a powerful force in Tamaulipas’ criminal arena,” it added This celebration of the mathematician’s favorite holiday get it?) actually works quite well mathematically and thematically (the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter) with its homonym of pie Arts & Letters event returns in person this year with readings from Wisconsin’s outgoing and incoming poets laureates Nick Gulig and Brenda Cárdenas respectively an enterprise center developed by the Urban League of Greater Madison devoted to incubating and networking Black and other BIPOC entrepreneurs In-person attendees will enjoy scrumptious pies while enjoying poetry by accomplished Poets Laureate “This opportunity to hear poetry read aloud is an opportunity to see through their eyes but also to understand ourselves and find our shared humanity," stated Erika Monroe-Kane Executive Director of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences understanding each other and being connected is particularly important."  Registration is required for this event for both the in-person and online experiences. Registration can be completed through the Poetry & Pi(e) page on the Wisconsin Academy’s website at: https://www.wisconsinacademy.org/evenings/poetry-and-pie-2025   please send an email with the following information to calendar@isthmus.com Here's the information we need to include your event in our calendar: * event date; RSVP/ticket deadline if there is one email or website we can publish (REQUIRED) Optional info:* bios/press releases for posting with the online listing