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The United States Approves .ECO

STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — .ECO® – In the same week that President-elect Joe Biden announced his environmental team to combat climate change and ensure environmental justice, .ECO proudly welcomed news of USPTO’s trademark expansion approval. This approval strengthens the power of .ECO’s Brand.

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) approved «.eco» trademark expansion to include Advertising Agency and Database Management…

STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — .ECO® – In the same week that President-elect Joe Biden announced his environmental team to combat climate change and ensure environmental justice, .ECO proudly welcomed news of USPTO’s trademark expansion approval. This approval strengthens the power of .ECO’s Brand.

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) approved «.eco» trademark expansion to include Advertising Agency and Database Management services on December 15, 2020. The trademark application (serial number 88917823) was filed on May 15, 2020 by planet .ECO LLC (dba, «.ECO») and was approved with the registration number 6220615.

In addition to offering new top level domains, .ECO founders have actively promoted American and global efforts to mitigate climate change and ensure environmental justice for all through a variety of domain services. Excited to be a part of the diverse range of people and organizations committed to saving the planet, .ECO, founder, Jean William reiterates what has been his company’s mantra since 2008: «We continue to believe Inclusion is the Solution™ and will continue doing our part by using our .ECO initiative as a means to make clean air and clean water a universal reality.»

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.ECO are the exclusive trademarks of planet .ECO LLC.

About planet .ECO, LLC

planet .ECO LLC, is the exclusive registrant of .ECO and continues to provide .ECO domain, database management and advertising agency services. planet .ECO is a purpose-driven organization aimed to create platforms and opportunities for people and organizations committed to fighting climate change. The .ECOnide Giveback Program pledges to donate five percent of its .ECO domain name related registrations, pre-tax profits to sustainable projects.

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Jean William, planet .ECO LLC dba («.ECO»), +1 (203) 517-0929, info@planetdoteco.com

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Nexteer Recognized in Newsweek’s List of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2021

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — For the second year in a row, Nexteer Automotive has been named to Newsweek Magazine’s List of America’s Most Responsible Companies. Newsweek and Statista Inc. identified the top 400 most responsible companies based on research of publicly available key performance indicators in the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) categories, as well as an independent survey.

«Nexteer is proud to be recognized by Newsweek…

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — For the second year in a row, Nexteer Automotive has been named to Newsweek Magazine’s List of America’s Most Responsible Companies. Newsweek and Statista Inc. identified the top 400 most responsible companies based on research of publicly available key performance indicators in the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) categories, as well as an independent survey.

«Nexteer is proud to be recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Most Responsible Companies for a second straight year,» said Tao Liu, president and chief operating officer, Nexteer Automotive. «In this unprecedented year of 2020, sustainability plays a pivotal role – enabling us to navigate through the COVID-19 environment with a broader, deeper sense of safety and corporate social responsibility.»

«Looking ahead, we continue to integrate a sustainability mindset into our global business strategies and operationalize through our three-tier governance structure to advance ESG efforts for our stakeholders,» added Liu, who also chairs Nexteer’s sustainability steering committee.

To learn more about Nexteer’s overall sustainability efforts, please visit the Company’s 2019 Sustainability (ESG) Report. Nexteer’s sustainability framework covers five key focus areas: Business Ethics; Supply Chain; Environment, Health and Safety; Community; and Value Creation.

To view the full list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2021, please visit the Newsweek website.

ABOUT NEXTEER

Nexteer Automotive (HK 1316), a global leader in intuitive motion control, is a multi-billion dollar global steering and driveline business delivering electric and hydraulic power steering systems, steering columns, driveline systems, as well as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving enabling technologies for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company has 27 manufacturing plants, four technical and software centers and 13 customer service centers strategically located in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The company serves more than 60 customers in every major region of the world including BMW, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, GM, PSA Groupe, Toyota and VW, as well as automakers in India and China. www.nexteer.com

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Nexteer Recognized in Newsweek’s List of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2021

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — For the second year in a row, Nexteer Automotive has been named to Newsweek Magazine’s List of America’s Most Responsible Companies. Newsweek and Statista Inc. identified the top 400 most responsible companies based on research of publicly available key performance indicators in the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) categories, as well as an independent survey.

«Nexteer is proud to be recognized by Newsweek…

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — For the second year in a row, Nexteer Automotive has been named to Newsweek Magazine’s List of America’s Most Responsible Companies. Newsweek and Statista Inc. identified the top 400 most responsible companies based on research of publicly available key performance indicators in the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) categories, as well as an independent survey.

«Nexteer is proud to be recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Most Responsible Companies for a second straight year,» said Tao Liu, president and chief operating officer, Nexteer Automotive. «In this unprecedented year of 2020, sustainability plays a pivotal role – enabling us to navigate through the COVID-19 environment with a broader, deeper sense of safety and corporate social responsibility.»

«Looking ahead, we continue to integrate a sustainability mindset into our global business strategies and operationalize through our three-tier governance structure to advance ESG efforts for our stakeholders,» added Liu, who also chairs Nexteer’s sustainability steering committee.

To learn more about Nexteer’s overall sustainability efforts, please visit the Company’s 2019 Sustainability (ESG) Report. Nexteer’s sustainability framework covers five key focus areas: Business Ethics; Supply Chain; Environment, Health and Safety; Community; and Value Creation.

To view the full list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2021, please visit the Newsweek website.

ABOUT NEXTEER

Nexteer Automotive (HK 1316), a global leader in intuitive motion control, is a multi-billion dollar global steering and driveline business delivering electric and hydraulic power steering systems, steering columns, driveline systems, as well as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving enabling technologies for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company has 27 manufacturing plants, four technical and software centers and 13 customer service centers strategically located in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The company serves more than 60 customers in every major region of the world including BMW, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, GM, PSA Groupe, Toyota and VW, as well as automakers in India and China. www.nexteer.com

Link to Nexteer Media Center 

Constitutional Republic Battleground Story Features Basilico’s Pasta e Vino Restaurant At NewsBlaze

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As government response to COVID-19 continues to work against the Constitutional Republic, imposing tyranny on the public, it often focuses on the people it can most easily force into compliance. Those people are business owners because they have a lot to lose.

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As government response to COVID-19 continues to work against the Constitutional Republic, imposing tyranny on the public, it often focuses on the people it can most easily force into compliance. Those people are business owners because they have a lot to lose.

Across America, a relatively small number of business owners have stood up to government tyranny, and NewsBlaze is telling their stories.

The latest feature story is «The Mini Battleground For the Constitutional Republic America» by Nurit Greenger.

Almost a year into the Coronavirus social psychosis, the image of America as the beacon of freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness has faded. America was once the land where people could dream big and with hard work and tenacity, those dreams could be materialized. The United States was an exceptional country, the envy of the world.

That image has become opaque. It has been replaced by small, singled out islands of freedom and liberty.

As writer Nurit Greenger says, «One significant bastion of the fading American philosophy is ‘Basilico’s Pasta e Vino’, a quaint Italian restaurant in Huntington Beach, Southern California, and proprietor Tony Roman, an American patriot.»

To see the complete story, visit NewsBlaze at:

https://newsblaze.com/usnews/national/battleground-constitutional-republic-america_171802/

As Greenger writes, «Once people comply, on any level, with a government order that is infringing on their inalienable rights, they have lost their case in the face of the authorities, and that makes Tony’s fight to retain the unconditional and total freedom this country has been blessed with so much more difficult. When restaurant owners, for example, fight for only outdoor dining, instead of for full standard operations, including dine-in, they are compromising their stand. They are not even halfway fighting for what is inalienably theirs.»

The story outlines Tony Roman’s pledge to defend the precious gift of liberty, not to dishonor it and those who gave it to the American people.

Tony Roman’s message to Americans, and business owners in particular is «Don’t leave your destiny with respect to your freedoms in the hands of others who will sell them out from under you.»

About NewsBlaze

NewsBlaze was founded in 2004 as an independent online newspaper and information portal, forming relationships with other publishers and wire services. NewsBlaze covers broad topics of interest to readers worldwide, which has helped build a loyal, global following of readers, especially in Australia, North America, Europe and South Asia.

In addition, as the lead Syndicate Partner of the World City Press Network, NewsBlaze provides news, editing and content services, including news features, for the publishers that make up the World City Press Network. Visit NewsBlaze.com to learn more.

NewsBlaze writers include long-time journalists who like what we do and help us to inform and entertain our readers. The Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the NewsBlaze news organization is Alan Gray.

About Nurit Greenger

Nurit Greenger has been a NewsBlaze contributor since 2011. She is the Israel and Business Innovation Reporter, and continues to contribute critical commentary on current affairs as well as analyzing important news in America and other countries around the world in business, elections, science, education, and other fields.

See Nurit Greenger’s bylines here: https://newsblaze.com/author/nurg/

Media contact: Alan Gray, media@newsblaze.com, +1 775 241 8446

 

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With congressional passage of COVID relief, what’s next to avoid mass evictions? A statement by former Treasury official David M. Dworkin, President and CEO National Housing Conference

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Help is on the way for millions of renters and small business property owners who for months have faced an impending housing crisis. The $25 billion for eviction assistance announced by Congress today is a practical start for staving off the immediate threat of mass evictions across the country.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Help is on the way for millions of renters and small business property owners who for months have faced an impending housing crisis. The $25 billion for eviction assistance announced by Congress today is a practical start for staving off the immediate threat of mass evictions across the country.

Rapid distribution of rent relief is essential to stem a wave of evictions, says former Treasury official David Dworkin.

More will be needed to prevent housing insecurity for millions of low- and moderate-income households who are managing the economic fallout of the pandemic. Survey research we’ve seen indicate that an estimated six to 16 million Americans fear they may not have enough funds on hand to pay their next rent.

We applaud Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and members of the 908 Coalition in the Senate and the Problem Solvers Caucus for their hard work in reaching an important mutual agreement for the benefit of the American people.

We hope that a continuing spirit of compromise will prevail as the new Congress addresses the persistent need for further rent relief measures in 2021. Compromise is the art of the possible, and while much more help will be needed, this bill is an essential first step, building back our ability to work together.

Rapid deployment of the funds is the most important next step. Distributing them directly to the states through the U.S. Treasury will be the most efficient way to get the money quickly into the hands of those waiting for assistance. It is essential that Treasury fast-track regulations to guide distribution procedures, so that tenants and their landlords get the help they need now.

NHC convenes and collaborates with a diverse membership and the broader housing and community development sectors to advance policy, research, and communications initiatives to effect positive change at the federal, state, and local levels. The nonpartisan NHC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.  #OurAmericanHome @natlhousingconf @davidmdworkin 

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72% of Americans Say COVID-19 Has Drastically Changed Holiday Travel Plans

DALLAS, Dec. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — A new research report revealed that 72% of Americans have made drastic changes to their holiday travel plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioned by ScoreSense® and conducted by the research firm PeopleFish, the report also touches on the pandemic’s impact on family gatherings and business holiday parties. Indeed, two thirds of the 987 people surveyed for the research shared that they had to cancel plans to see family for the holidays this year….

DALLAS, Dec. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — A new research report revealed that 72% of Americans have made drastic changes to their holiday travel plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioned by ScoreSense® and conducted by the research firm PeopleFish, the report also touches on the pandemic’s impact on family gatherings and business holiday parties. Indeed, two thirds of the 987 people surveyed for the research shared that they had to cancel plans to see family for the holidays this year.

Key Findings

  • 67% of all consumers had to cancel plans to see family for the holidays this year.
  • Half of consumers (including 60% of men and 63% of those in Gen Z) had other plans outside of family plans that were canceled.
  • 29% of businesses are still planning a holiday party, and 78% of consumers plan to attend those parties. Men and members of Gen X are most likely to attend.
  • 39% of all consumers, including 53% of Millennials and 45% of all men, work from home during the pandemic.

«We are all aware that COVID has had an effect on family travel this year, but the research is still a bit of an eye-opener,» said a spokesperson for ScoreSense. «The pandemic is really changing the way we live and celebrate or lives together as families.»

Overall, the pandemic has changed travel plans to a dramatic extent. Plans are being changed due to age and other factors, accrued paid time off is increasing but is unable to be used, and people working remotely often have to use their PTO even when working from their travel destination. Americans are dealing with restrictions and rules that are causing a great deal of distress this holiday season.

Full research report here: https://www.scoresense.com/study-covid-19-holiday-travel-plans/

About PeopleFish

All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from PeopleFish. This study was conducted in November 2020 among a sample of 987 consumers in the United States aged 18+. The margin of error for total respondents is +/-3.1% at the 95% confidence level.

About ScoreSense

ScoreSense (https://www.scoresense.com), developed by One Technologies, LLC, serves as a one-stop digital resource where consumers can access credit scores and reports from all three main credit bureaus—TransUnion®, Equifax®, and Experian®—and understand what is most affecting their credit. As part of its mission to deliver information and insights which enable consumers to keep their finances and families secure, ScoreSense provides customers with cutting-edge credit monitoring and ID theft protection to safeguard and maintain their credit. These products include $1 Million Identity Theft Insurance to help offset the high cost of repair should identity thieves strike.

Media Contact

Jeremy Luebke, AiH for ScoreSense, +1 (972) 885-3990, jluebke@audienceharvest.com

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Judicial Overreach Causes Growing Alarm

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On December 3, 2020 Judge Jennifer M. Anderson of the Washington, DC Superior Court issued a «Remedies Judgement» in the controversial «Family Federation for World Peace and Unification International et al v. Hyun Jin Moon et al» case which totally disregards the defendants’ First Amendment rights and due process. Anderson’s ruling has…

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On December 3, 2020 Judge Jennifer M. Anderson of the Washington, DC Superior Court issued a «Remedies Judgement» in the controversial «Family Federation for World Peace and Unification International et al v. Hyun Jin Moon et al» case which totally disregards the defendants’ First Amendment rights and due process. Anderson’s ruling has stoked the worst fears of all those concerned not only about the free exercise of religion, but also fundamental rights to organize and associate free from government interference. The case is sure to be continued through the appeals process.

That this court battle is far from over is a great relief for Right To Believe and others upset about the growing encroachment of government (especially in the courts) in the affairs of religious organizations and individuals. In a recent speech to the Federalist Society, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito cited numerous court cases impacting the free exercise of religion as indicative that «religious liberty is in danger of becoming a second-class right.»

The case before the DC Superior Court involves protracted disputes within the Unification Movement founded by the late Reverend Sun Myung Moon.  Though it was initially and properly dismissed on First Amendment grounds because it clearly involved religious disputes in which courts cannot intervene, this complex and extremely costly case has been extended by subsequent rulings for more than nine years.

It is well-established legal precedent that the First Amendment prohibits the courts from interfering in disputes about the teachings and leadership of religious groups.  Yet that is precisely what the DC Court has done in this case.  As evident in both summary judgement and remedies rulings, the DC Superior Court disregarded voluminous clear evidence of an emerging religious movement wrestling with issues of succession and doctrine.  It decided that it could sidestep First Amendment prohibitions and evaluate the religious purposes of UCI, a DC non-profit corporation established to advance the principles and work of the Unification movement. In doing so, the Court in effect took sides in a religious schism.

The onerous actions taken by the DC Court in its remedies ruling of December 3 are cause for great alarm among religious and nonprofit leaders alike.  Based solely on its unconstitutional evaluation of UCI’s religious purposes, the Court found that four directors had breached their fiduciary duty, ordered them removed from the Board, and made them personally responsible for crushing financial penalties. This severe judgement was imposed even though in its ruling, the Court itself acknowledged that the four directors had not received any personal benefit whatsoever. The court ordered the remaining board members to identify new directors «in conjunction» with the plaintiffs.

So why does this matter?  The DC Superior Court’s rulings in this case have trampled upon First Amendment protections, making determinations about religious teachings and leadership, and thereby taking sides in a schism.  Such dangerous precedents make all religious groups more vulnerable to government intrusion. The Court took the unprecedented step of removing a majority of the directors of this nonprofit’s Board, seriously overstepping its authority and disregarding requirements specifically articulated in DC law.  The December 3rd ruling also constrains the remaining directors as to how they can select replacement Board members, forcing a reconstitution of the organization’s leadership, again without legal authority.  Board members of every nonprofit incorporated in the District of Columbia should be alarmed about the details of this case, for there could be dire extralegal ramifications should they face any disputes before the DC Court.

It should also concern people of all faiths that the courts are often all too ready to use such cases as opportunities to expand their powers and authority.  Judicial overreach opens a Pandora’s box of government encroachment into religious expression and free exercise. It can, and often does, lead to protracted legal battles; distracting religious organizations and nonprofits from their primary missions, and forcing them to bear heavy costs to defend themselves.

If Judges can decide what aspects of your faith are valid, or what is not in the public interest, the implications for religious freedom are vast. It opens the door for government, not God, to be the final arbiter of the human conscience.

The rulings in this case, if upheld, set dangerous precedents in the District of Columbia and beyond. Bishop Dr. Paul Murray, Chairman of the Religious Freedom Commission of One Way Churches International, noted «Judicial overreach is a growing concern for faith leaders of all backgrounds.  Freedom of religion, belief and conscience is our first and most fundamental right.  Rulings like the ones in this case remind us that we must be vigilant and stand together to safeguard the First Amendment rights of all.»

Citation: Justice Alito speech to the Federalist Society, November 12, 2020
https://reason.com/volokh/2020/11/12/video-and-transcript-of-justice-alitos-keynote-address-to-the-federalist-society/

Howard C. Self
President, Right To Believe

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Minority-led clinical consulting firm to connect people with sickle cell to clinical trials

CINCINNATI, Dec. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In a bid to help more than 100,000 Americans of color cope with sickle cell disease (SCD), one firm has announced that they will be working to connect the BIPOC community with local SCD clinical trials.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In a bid to help more than 100,000 Americans of color cope with sickle cell disease (SCD), one firm has announced that they will be working to connect the BIPOC community with local SCD clinical trials.

ClinArk Inc. is a minority-led organization founded in 2019 to increase clinical trial awareness, access, and participation. The clinical consulting firm helps sponsors and contract research organizations execute clinical feasibilities and recruit patients.

Now, they will be helping bring clinical trial opportunities to people with SCD, a genetic disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans and Hispanic Americans.1

By initiating a grassroots community engagement strategy throughout the United States, ClinArk aims to bring clinical trial opportunities to patients with sickle cell.

The move comes in a year when increased scrutiny has been placed on America’s longstanding problems with diversity and inclusion across industries and sectors.

Racial and ethnic minorities in the United States are historically underrepresented in the clinical trials used to examine the safety and efficacy of medical treatments, vaccines, and medical devices according to a report issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this fall.2

The problem of underrepresentation among minorities in clinical trials dates back generations. ClinArk’s CEO Adam Brown, Sr, a sought-after expert and speaker on clinical trial inclusion, hopes to tackle the problem by addressing a genetic disorder prevalent among African Americans.

«Being an African American myself, I’m honored and excited to know that my company ClinArk can help sickle cell warriors find out about clinical trial options in their area,» Brown said. «At ClinArk, we believe everyone should have access to clinical trials, no matter their zip code.»

In addition to their current work to connect the BIPOC community with SCD clinical trials, ClinArk is currently working with minority doctors to participate in trials related to other high prevalence diseases, including COVID-19.

About ClinArk Inc.

ClinArk, founded in 2019, is a clinical consulting firm that helps sponsors and contract research organizations execute clinical feasibilities and recruit patients. ClinArk’s mission is to increase clinical trial awareness, access, and participation around the world. We believe that our services should solve problems that help make the world a better place. That is why our service offering helps expand clinical trial access and awareness. We are dedicated to helping all communities gain access to clinical trials, no matter the zip code. 

Learn more about ClinArk at https://www.clinark.org. Follow ClinArk on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/clinark and on Facebook at @ClinArk.

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1https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/sicklecell/data.html#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States&text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%3A,Black%20or%20African%2DAmerican%20births 

2https://www.fda.gov/consumers/minority-health-and-health-equity/racial-and-ethnic-minorities-clinical-trials 

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Las amenazas de muerte y la violencia de las pandillas obligan a más familias a huir de Centroamérica

Las amenazas de muerte y la violencia de las pandillas obligan a más familias a huir de Centroamérica

Las amenazas de muerte y la violencia de las pandillas obligan a más familias a huir de Centroamérica

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Las amenazas de muerte y la violencia de las pandillas obligan a más familias a huir de Centroamérica

Las amenazas de muerte y la violencia de las pandillas obligan a más familias a huir de Centroamérica

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NUEVA YORK, 18 Decembe 2020

NUEVA YORK, 18 Decembe 2020 /PRNewswire Policy/ — Las razones que hay detrás de la creciente migración de las familias del norte de Centroamérica en busca de protección en otros países son las amenazas de muerte, el reclutamiento de pandillas, la extorsión y otras formas de violencia selectiva, revela una nueva encuesta divulgada este jueves por las dependencias dedicadas a los refugiados y a la niñez.

Según la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados (ACNUR) y el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF), en las comunidades caracterizadas por la violencia extrema, la presencia de las pandillas y las actividades delictivas, los segmentos más vulnerables de la población son los hombres, las mujeres y los adolescentes.

En este contexto, ACNUR y UNICEF instaron a los Estados a cumplir con sus obligaciones internacionales de garantizar los derechos humanos a las personas obligadas a huir de su país o de su comunidad de origen. También recordaron que esta protección de derechos debe darse durante todas las etapas del desplazamiento.

El sondeo entre más de 3100 personas arrojó como resultado que el 20% se desplazó en unidades familiares para huir de la violencia y que más del 30% de los niños no acompañados mencionó, además de algún tipo de violencia y amenazas de muerte asociadas con el reclutamiento por parte de las pandillas, su incapacidad de acceder a servicios esenciales, como la educación.

Algunas mujeres y niñas reportaron ser víctimas de violencia sexual y de género a manos de pandilleros, mientras que los hombres jóvenes son explotados con fines delictivos, incluido el tráfico de drogas, o son reclutados por grupos criminales. d

Las cifras muestran un aumento del 456% en el número de familias detenidas en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos el año pasado, que rebasó las 432.000 frente a las 77.800 de 2018.

Realidad compleja

El representante regional de la Agencia para los Refugiados para Centroamérica y Cuba destacó el cambio de los detonantes de la emigración masiva de centroamericanos.

“El cambio en las dinámicas de desplazamiento forzado desde el norte de Centroamérica refleja una compleja realidad en los países de origen, donde familias enteras están amenazadas y huyen juntas en busca de un lugar seguro”, dijo Giovanni Bassu.

Muchos adultos encuestados afirmaron haber huido de su comunidad con todos sus hijos porque las pandillas los habían amenazado, al igual que a todos en su hogar.

“Muchas personas del norte de Centroamérica están literalmente corriendo por su vida mientras las pandillas atacan a familias enteras, incluidos niños y niñas, obligándolos a huir”, recalcó Jean Gough, directora regional de UNICEF para América Latina y el Caribe.

Agregó que los adultos que migran se llevan a todos sus familiares porque temen que las pandillas les hagan daño si los dejan atrás.

El confinamiento agrava la situación

La pandemia de COVID-19 ha agregado factores de estrés para las personas amenazadas en El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras puesto que las restricciones de movimiento impuestas, así como el cierre de las fronteras les ha obstaculizado las vías para huir del peligro, mientras que muchas formas de violencia, entre ellas la violencia doméstica, se han agudizado durante los confinamientos.

ACNUR y UNICEF aclararon que los datos de la encuesta se recolectaron antes de que la pandemia afectara a la región y añadieron que durante ésta los líderes comunitarios en las áreas del norte de Centroamérica donde trabaja el ACNUR, han reportado una mayor vulnerabilidad a la persecución ya que las personas blanco de las pandillas son más fácilmente ubicadas debido a los cierres de actividades.

Asimismo han informado que como resultado del control ejercido por estos grupos criminales, los miembros de las comunidades enfrentan dificultades para acceder a alimentos y medicinas.

Por su parte, los trabajadores del sector del transporte, un grupo sujeto a la extorsión por parte de las pandillas en toda la subregión, han expresado su temor a que una vez disminuya el confinamiento, se reanuden esos chantajes.

Nuevas olas migratorias en el horizonte

Jean Gough advirtió que a la luz de la crisis del coronavirus y los desastres, puede esperarse una nueva migración masiva.

“Ahora, después de que el COVID-19 y dos devastadores huracanes han azotado Centroamérica, es probable que el aumento de la pobreza y la violencia hagan que más familias abandonen sus hogares en las próximas semanas y meses”.

De acuerdo con los datos de la ONU, fines de 2019, más de 800.000 personas de El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras habían buscado protección dentro de sus países o habían cruzado fronteras internacionales en busca de asilo para escapar de amenazas como la violencia y persecución de pandillas.

SOURCE Centro de Noticias ONU

NUEVA YORK, 18 Decembe 2020 /PRNewswire Policy/ — Las razones que hay detrás de la creciente migración de las familias del norte de Centroamérica en busca de protección en otros países son las amenazas de muerte, el reclutamiento de pandillas, la extorsión y otras formas de violencia selectiva, revela una nueva encuesta divulgada este jueves por las dependencias dedicadas a los refugiados y a la niñez.

Según la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados (ACNUR) y el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF), en las comunidades caracterizadas por la violencia extrema, la presencia de las pandillas y las actividades delictivas, los segmentos más vulnerables de la población son los hombres, las mujeres y los adolescentes.

En este contexto, ACNUR y UNICEF instaron a los Estados a cumplir con sus obligaciones internacionales de garantizar los derechos humanos a las personas obligadas a huir de su país o de su comunidad de origen. También recordaron que esta protección de derechos debe darse durante todas las etapas del desplazamiento.

El sondeo entre más de 3100 personas arrojó como resultado que el 20% se desplazó en unidades familiares para huir de la violencia y que más del 30% de los niños no acompañados mencionó, además de algún tipo de violencia y amenazas de muerte asociadas con el reclutamiento por parte de las pandillas, su incapacidad de acceder a servicios esenciales, como la educación.

Algunas mujeres y niñas reportaron ser víctimas de violencia sexual y de género a manos de pandilleros, mientras que los hombres jóvenes son explotados con fines delictivos, incluido el tráfico de drogas, o son reclutados por grupos criminales. d

Las cifras muestran un aumento del 456% en el número de familias detenidas en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos el año pasado, que rebasó las 432.000 frente a las 77.800 de 2018.

Realidad compleja

El representante regional de la Agencia para los Refugiados para Centroamérica y Cuba destacó el cambio de los detonantes de la emigración masiva de centroamericanos.

“El cambio en las dinámicas de desplazamiento forzado desde el norte de Centroamérica refleja una compleja realidad en los países de origen, donde familias enteras están amenazadas y huyen juntas en busca de un lugar seguro”, dijo Giovanni Bassu.

Muchos adultos encuestados afirmaron haber huido de su comunidad con todos sus hijos porque las pandillas los habían amenazado, al igual que a todos en su hogar.

“Muchas personas del norte de Centroamérica están literalmente corriendo por su vida mientras las pandillas atacan a familias enteras, incluidos niños y niñas, obligándolos a huir”, recalcó Jean Gough, directora regional de UNICEF para América Latina y el Caribe.

Agregó que los adultos que migran se llevan a todos sus familiares porque temen que las pandillas les hagan daño si los dejan atrás.

El confinamiento agrava la situación

La pandemia de COVID-19 ha agregado factores de estrés para las personas amenazadas en El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras puesto que las restricciones de movimiento impuestas, así como el cierre de las fronteras les ha obstaculizado las vías para huir del peligro, mientras que muchas formas de violencia, entre ellas la violencia doméstica, se han agudizado durante los confinamientos.

ACNUR y UNICEF aclararon que los datos de la encuesta se recolectaron antes de que la pandemia afectara a la región y añadieron que durante ésta los líderes comunitarios en las áreas del norte de Centroamérica donde trabaja el ACNUR, han reportado una mayor vulnerabilidad a la persecución ya que las personas blanco de las pandillas son más fácilmente ubicadas debido a los cierres de actividades.

Asimismo han informado que como resultado del control ejercido por estos grupos criminales, los miembros de las comunidades enfrentan dificultades para acceder a alimentos y medicinas.

Por su parte, los trabajadores del sector del transporte, un grupo sujeto a la extorsión por parte de las pandillas en toda la subregión, han expresado su temor a que una vez disminuya el confinamiento, se reanuden esos chantajes.

Nuevas olas migratorias en el horizonte

Jean Gough advirtió que a la luz de la crisis del coronavirus y los desastres, puede esperarse una nueva migración masiva.

“Ahora, después de que el COVID-19 y dos devastadores huracanes han azotado Centroamérica, es probable que el aumento de la pobreza y la violencia hagan que más familias abandonen sus hogares en las próximas semanas y meses”.

De acuerdo con los datos de la ONU, fines de 2019, más de 800.000 personas de El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras habían buscado protección dentro de sus países o habían cruzado fronteras internacionales en busca de asilo para escapar de amenazas como la violencia y persecución de pandillas.

SOURCE Centro de Noticias ONU

El tereré, el chamamé y los caballos del vino entran a la lista del patrimonio cultural inmaterial de la humanidad

El tereré, el chamamé y los caballos del vino entran a la lista del patrimonio cultural inmaterial de la humanidad

El tereré, el chamamé y los caballos del vino entran a la lista del patrimonio cultural inmaterial de la humanidad

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El tereré, el chamamé y los caballos del vino entran a la lista del patrimonio cultural inmaterial de la humanidad

El tereré, el chamamé y los caballos del vino entran a la lista del patrimonio cultural inmaterial de la humanidad

PR Newswire

NUEVA YORK, 18 Decembe 2020

NUEVA YORK, 18 Decembe 2020 /PRNewswire Policy/ — El Comité encargado de inscribir el patrimonio cultural inmaterial de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) incluyó este jueves en su lista el tereré de Paraguay, el chamamé de Argentina y los caballos del vino de España, junto con la danza budima de Zambia y el taijiquan de China, entre otras tradiciones, que este año sumaron 29 adiciones.

El tereré es una bebida ancestral guaraní que se prepara tradicionalmente en una jarra o termo, mezclando agua fría con pohã ñana, una hierba medicinal previamente machacada en un mortero. Se sirve en un recipiente en el que se ha puesto mate y se absorbe con una bombilla de caña o metálica.

Esta costumbre ritual sigue una serie de códigos preestablecidos. Los beneficios para la salud del pohã ñana se conocen gracias a que la sabiduría popular paraguaya los ha venido transmitiendo de generación en generación. La UNESCO afirmó que se trata de una práctica que fomenta la cohesión social y destaca la importancia del legado guaraní. El tereré es la primera práctica de Paraguay que ingresa a la lista del patrimonio cultural inmaterial.

El chamamé es una expresión cultural muy extendida en la provincia argentina de Corrientes. Entre sus componentes se cuenta una danza que los bailarines hacen abrazados, así como eventos festivos llamados musiqueadas, invitaciones, plegarias y el sapukay, un grito peculiar lanzado con un movimiento del cuerpo que expresa emociones de alegría, tristeza, dolor o valentía.

En un principio, la música y las letras de las canciones del chamamé eran las de cantatas religiosas interpretadas en guaraní, pero actualmente se transmiten en yopará, una mezcla de español y guaraní. El chamamé está presente en todo tipo de celebraciones comunitarias, familiares, religiosas y festivas.

Los caballos del vino es una fiesta ecuestre anual que se realiza del 1 al 3 de mayo el pueblo español de Caravaca de la Cruz. Se compone de una serie de eventos con caballos. Además, los animales desfilan en cortejos por las calles luciendo unas capas bordadas de seda y oro.

El momento culminante es una carrera contra reloj de los caballos hacia lo alto de la pendiente que lleva al castillo de la localidad, donde los ganadores de la carrera y las capas más vistosas reciben premios. La viticultura y la cría de caballos son dos actividades indisociables de la economía, la historia y la cultura de la región de Caravaca.

El taijiquan es un ejercicio físico caracterizado por movimientos circulares relajados, el control de la respiración y un estado mental de neutralidad y ecuanimidad. Surgido a mediados del siglo XVII en la Provincia de Henan, en el centro de China, hoy se practica en todo el país y a todas las edades. Debido a la influencia del taoísmo, el confucianismo y las teorías de la medicina tradicional, el taijiquan se ha escindido en diferentes escuelas o estilos que han adoptado los nombres de diversos clanes o de maestros experimentados.

Tradición colombiana en riesgo

En otra lista, la del patrimonio cultural inmaterial en condición de salvaguardia urgente, la UNESCO inscribió el barniz de pasto mopa-mopa en Putumayo y Nariño, Colombia. Las técnicas de esta tradición abarcan tres actividades: la recolección de los brotes de mopa-mopa, el torneado y talla de la madera, y el barnizado decorativo.

La recolección exige conocer a fondo el bosque, trepar a los árboles y recolectar los brotes sin dañar el arbolado. Esta tradición implica un factor de identidad para las comunidades y les da la posibilidad de trabajar por cuenta propia. Sin embargo, corre el peligro de desaparecer debido a los cambios que han acarreado el desarrollo y la globalización. Además, el acceso a los lugares de recolección es difícil y las condiciones de los talleres de los artesanos son precarias.

Este año, la UNESCO también añadió una práctica a la lista el patrimonio cultural inmaterial transnacional: el cuscús. La lista, que cuenta ahora con 32 tradiciones, incluye costumbres que muestran la capacidad de reunir a los pueblos y promover la cooperación internacional.

SOURCE Centro de Noticias ONU

NUEVA YORK, 18 Decembe 2020 /PRNewswire Policy/ — El Comité encargado de inscribir el patrimonio cultural inmaterial de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) incluyó este jueves en su lista el tereré de Paraguay, el chamamé de Argentina y los caballos del vino de España, junto con la danza budima de Zambia y el taijiquan de China, entre otras tradiciones, que este año sumaron 29 adiciones.

El tereré es una bebida ancestral guaraní que se prepara tradicionalmente en una jarra o termo, mezclando agua fría con pohã ñana, una hierba medicinal previamente machacada en un mortero. Se sirve en un recipiente en el que se ha puesto mate y se absorbe con una bombilla de caña o metálica.

Esta costumbre ritual sigue una serie de códigos preestablecidos. Los beneficios para la salud del pohã ñana se conocen gracias a que la sabiduría popular paraguaya los ha venido transmitiendo de generación en generación. La UNESCO afirmó que se trata de una práctica que fomenta la cohesión social y destaca la importancia del legado guaraní. El tereré es la primera práctica de Paraguay que ingresa a la lista del patrimonio cultural inmaterial.

El chamamé es una expresión cultural muy extendida en la provincia argentina de Corrientes. Entre sus componentes se cuenta una danza que los bailarines hacen abrazados, así como eventos festivos llamados musiqueadas, invitaciones, plegarias y el sapukay, un grito peculiar lanzado con un movimiento del cuerpo que expresa emociones de alegría, tristeza, dolor o valentía.

En un principio, la música y las letras de las canciones del chamamé eran las de cantatas religiosas interpretadas en guaraní, pero actualmente se transmiten en yopará, una mezcla de español y guaraní. El chamamé está presente en todo tipo de celebraciones comunitarias, familiares, religiosas y festivas.

Los caballos del vino es una fiesta ecuestre anual que se realiza del 1 al 3 de mayo el pueblo español de Caravaca de la Cruz. Se compone de una serie de eventos con caballos. Además, los animales desfilan en cortejos por las calles luciendo unas capas bordadas de seda y oro.

El momento culminante es una carrera contra reloj de los caballos hacia lo alto de la pendiente que lleva al castillo de la localidad, donde los ganadores de la carrera y las capas más vistosas reciben premios. La viticultura y la cría de caballos son dos actividades indisociables de la economía, la historia y la cultura de la región de Caravaca.

El taijiquan es un ejercicio físico caracterizado por movimientos circulares relajados, el control de la respiración y un estado mental de neutralidad y ecuanimidad. Surgido a mediados del siglo XVII en la Provincia de Henan, en el centro de China, hoy se practica en todo el país y a todas las edades. Debido a la influencia del taoísmo, el confucianismo y las teorías de la medicina tradicional, el taijiquan se ha escindido en diferentes escuelas o estilos que han adoptado los nombres de diversos clanes o de maestros experimentados.

Tradición colombiana en riesgo

En otra lista, la del patrimonio cultural inmaterial en condición de salvaguardia urgente, la UNESCO inscribió el barniz de pasto mopa-mopa en Putumayo y Nariño, Colombia. Las técnicas de esta tradición abarcan tres actividades: la recolección de los brotes de mopa-mopa, el torneado y talla de la madera, y el barnizado decorativo.

La recolección exige conocer a fondo el bosque, trepar a los árboles y recolectar los brotes sin dañar el arbolado. Esta tradición implica un factor de identidad para las comunidades y les da la posibilidad de trabajar por cuenta propia. Sin embargo, corre el peligro de desaparecer debido a los cambios que han acarreado el desarrollo y la globalización. Además, el acceso a los lugares de recolección es difícil y las condiciones de los talleres de los artesanos son precarias.

Este año, la UNESCO también añadió una práctica a la lista el patrimonio cultural inmaterial transnacional: el cuscús. La lista, que cuenta ahora con 32 tradiciones, incluye costumbres que muestran la capacidad de reunir a los pueblos y promover la cooperación internacional.

SOURCE Centro de Noticias ONU