Senior Freelance Correspondent reporting in English for @CGTNAmerica • Documentary filmmaker specializing in environmental justice, food and water issues.
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Franc Contreras retweeted
Julian Assange has just celebrated his first birthday in freedom after many years of persecution. The government was forced to admit in court that his only crime was journalism, and that no one had ever come to harm from it.
That's called winning.
Rescue efforts continue in wake of New Mexico wildfires muckrack.com/link/egVWtr/res…
Franc Contreras retweeted
Aquí les comparto los perfiles de quienes me acompañarán en las secretarías de Salud; Función Pública; Energía; Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano; e Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes.
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Franc Contreras retweeted
📸 El personal diplomático de @EmbaMexEcu ya viaja de vuelta a México desde Quito.
Países amigos y aliados de nuestra embajada apoyaron para velar por la integridad de las personas mexicanas, a través de su acompañamiento en el recorrido hasta el aeropuerto de la capital ecuatoriana.
¡Agradecemos a las y los embajadores de Alemania🇩🇪, Panamá🇵🇦, Cuba🇨🇺, Honduras🇭🇳, el presidente de la Cámara Ecuador-México y el resto del personal diplomático por su solidaridad con el pueblo de México!
🇲🇽🤝🌎
#DiplomaciaContundente
It was the night before Mexico‘s presidential campaign kick-off and all through the plaza. Sola poca gente, La Gente, La Raza. En vivo Panorámica del Zócalo de la Ciudad de México youtube.com/live/daf0XlW0lcU… via @YouTube
Aeroméxico will canceled or delayed more than 100 flights while it inspects its fleet of 19 Boeing 737 Max-9 jets. The decision follows a dangerous blowout aboard an Alaska Airlines jet of the same model Friday in the United States. @cgtnamerica
Amazing news! Turn Back South was just selected by San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival via FilmFreeway.com!
Our nonfiction short essay film, "Turn Back South" was just selected by San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival via FilmFreeway.com! -
Franc Contreras retweeted
Enrique Dussel, one of our greatest philosophers in Latin America, passed away last night. His contributions to decolonial and Marxist thought and philosophy of liberation will continue to inform our interrogations of colonialism, imperialism, & capitalism. Rest in Power.
HURRICANE AFTERMATH.
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — At least 43 people died when Category 5 Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, the governor of hard-hit Guerrero said Sunday as the death toll continued to climb. @cgtnamerica
Turmoil in Guatemala.
🚨🚨🚨🚨ATENCIÓN🚨🚨🚨🚨
ALEJANDRO GIAMMATTEI QUIERE IMPONER ESTADO DE EXCEPCIÓN ESTE VIERNES A LAS 3 DE LA TARDE.
💥LA MISMA CONSUELO PORRAS ANDA HACIENDO ALARDE DE QUE ELLA TIENE BIEN ALINEADOSA LOS 3 ORGANISMOS DEL ESTADO.
💥Y HASTA LE ANDA AVISANDO A SUS TEABAJADORES QUE NO SE PREOCUPEN, QUE YA EL SÁBADO REGRESAN A SUS OFICINAS PORQUE EL PRESIDENTE YA LE DIJO QUE LOS VA A DESALOJAR.
Mexico’s president said Monday that about 10,000 migrants per day are heading to the U.S. border, and he blamed U.S. economic sanctions on countries like Cuba and Venezuela for the influx. AP
CINEMA
Shards of Moon (Bi Gan, 2023)
Watch it alongside new shorts by Terence Davies, Jia Zhangke, Radu Jude, and many more — all streaming free courtesy @FilmfestGent: thefilmstage.com/film-fest-g…
Franc Contreras retweeted
Congratulations to Franc Contreras '87, for his documentary “Turn Back South” which features footage he captured across Mexico of people making the dangerous journey, often with their families, to migrate into the United States.
🇲🇽 Mexico‘s Morena party tonight named its presidential candidate. She is the former mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum. Now two women, Sheinbaum vs Xóchitl Galvez, are in a face-off to become the next president of Mexico.
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#Comunicado
▶️El @SPRMexico convoca a periodistas al curso "Periodismo Multimedia para Medios Públicos", que permitirá mejorar el uso eficiente de recursos y estrategias audiovisuales, literarias y técnicas
📆Registro: 1-15/Sept
Curso: 2/Oct - 15/Dic
📰spr.gob.mx/2023/c59
