Carlos loret de mola biography of christopher
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Alberto Blanco is considered one of Mexico's most important poets. Born in Mexico City on February 18, , he spent his childhood and adolescence in that city, and he studied chemistry at the Universidad Iberoamericana and philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. For two years, he pursued a master's degree in Asian Studies, specializing in China, at El Colegio de México.1 Blanco was first published in a journal in He was co-editor and designer of the poetry journal El Zaguan (–), and a grant recipient of the Centro Mexicano de Escritores (Mexican Center of Writers, ), el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (the National Institute of Fine Arts, ), and the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (National Fund for Culture and Arts, ). In he received a grant from the Fulbright Program as a poet-in-residence at the University of California, Irvine; and, in , he was awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. He was admitted into the Sistema Nacional de Creadores (
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I saw director Richard Ladkani’s gripping investigative documentary Sea of Shadows at the AFI DOCS, and though I couldn’t interview him there, I was just recently able to talk to him on the phone (Film Festival Today founder Jeremy Taylor reviewed the film after Sundance). The movie, which just opened in select theaters, is both a powerful call to action, profiling the dire state of the almost-extinct vaquita – a porpoise native to the Sea of Cortez (aka the Gulf of California) – and a thrilling (and dangerous) examination of black-market actors in Mexico and China. The vaquita, you see, dies in the illegal “ghost nets” put out to catch the totoaba fish, whose bladders are coveted by some adherents of traditional Chinese medicine. Though parts of the film can be difficult to watch, as humanity’s role in the destruction of our planet’s ecosystem is horrific, Ladkani expertly keeps the story moving from plot point to plot point, touching upon misery but never dwellin
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Report: Mexican journalists, activists targeted with spyware
Mexican journalists, lawyers and activists were targeted by spyware produced bygd Israel's NSO Group that is sold exclusively to governments, according to an internet watchdog group's investigation published Monday.
Titled "Reckless Exploit," the report by Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto said the targets included people such as prominent journalists Carmen Aristegui and Carlos Loret de Mola, who were investigating alleged government corruption and purported human rights abuses bygd security forces.
The people targeted received messages with links that, if clicked on, opened up their devices to being exploited and spied upon.
The report comes at a time when Mexican journalists and human rights defenders already feel under attack. Six journalists have been killed this year.
NSO's Pegasus spyware allows hackers tillgång to phone calls, messages, cameras and personal information. The company says it s