Spanish reading journal
Beginner II
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chis., When inaugurating the meetings of arts and resistance and rebellion, Subcommander Moisés, of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), stated that “not content with annihilating human beings, the capitalist system destroys nature, mother earth,” so “we have to choose: surrender, faint, resign ourselves and let each person see it individually or organize with others.”
We have always pointed out, in this same space of reflection, that migration is a universal and timeless phenomenon: it has been present on all five continents and has its roots in the genesis of history and even prehistory. It is not an ideological, cultural, religious, much less a racial issue. Only the extreme right stigmatizes it and refuses to understand its nature, everywhere.
History repeats itself, like so many other times: from the “largest environmental disaster in the history of mining in Mexico” (40 thousand cubic meters of sulfuric acid in the Sonora and Bacanuchi rivers, on August 6, 2014), without leaving aside the toxic spill in the Sea of Cortez (3 thousand liters of sulfuric acid, in July 2019), to the most recent, but not the last (70 thousand liters of sodium hydrosulfide spilled into a stream in Naco, Sonora, on July 26, affecting an area of 1.7 square kilometers; originally there was talk of 59 thousand liters), after the derailment of a Ferromex wagon (owned by Grupo México) in the municipality of Naco, Sonora, and whatever accumulates.
Beyond sports, the case of Gianni Infantino, the contested leader of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), exhibits the widespread corrupt decomposition that Trumpism generates, with its business family aspects, in almost everything it touches.
“The capitalist system is an inhuman, cruel and criminal system,” stated insurgent subcommander Moisés, spokesperson for the EZLN, during the War Against Humanity Hotbed. (Populations and nature under siege), held between July 20 and 24. And he concluded: we do not believe that this system can be humanized.
Tehran. President Donald Trump assured yesterday that negotiations with Iran will resume today, probably through intermediaries. He said conversations with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and the Islamic Republic prompted him to call off what would have been the attack, “by far the largest since World War II.”
The conventional approach to economic theory focuses on the existence of limited resources to satisfy unlimited human needs. The issue is posed as an environment of options that are taken rationally. The essential problem points to scarcity. This implies facing the so-called opportunity cost: the economic, personal or collective benefit that is forgone by choosing one option instead of another.
Of the 2.9 million investors who participate in the CetesDirecto platform, three out of five are from the millennials and Z generations.
Walking through the streets, parking lots and corridors of the Presidente Kennedy housing unit, in the Jardín Balbuena neighborhood, Venustiano Carranza mayor's office, is to encounter again and again abandoned cars, which have become warehouses for junk and garbage or a refuge for cats and rodents. Some have not moved for up to a decade and for the inhabitants, they not only occupy public space, but have also become a source of insecurity, with no useful programs for their destruction.
Pumas had a bitter debut in the Apertura 2026 tournament of the Mexican Women's League after being beaten 5-2 by León in a matchday one match, played yesterday at the Olympic University Stadium.
Laura Galván has a talent for breaking records. His legs, strengthened between dirt streets in a rural community in Guanajuato, seem tireless when it comes to setting records.
Naco, Son., The deployment of medical brigades in the municipality of Naco was intensified yesterday due to concern about the possible consequences of the spill of more than 70 thousand liters of sodium hydrosulfide caused by the derailment of a Ferromex train, belonging to Grupo México; Meanwhile, residents of the Cuauhtémoc ejido demand that clinical studies be carried out on the entire population and that the company be held accountable for the damages caused by the accident.
Only between 32 and 34 percent of Americans approve of President Donald Trump, a new historic low for a United States president in his second government, affected by the stalemate of the war with Iran and the rise in gasoline prices, and which could have repercussions on the November legislative elections, The New York Times reported yesterday.
A few months ago, President Claudia Sheinbaum called to establish a national discussion on the excessive use of screens in our childhood. From that moment on, we began, from the Ministry of Public Education, to promote forums to listen to all voices and work together towards the regulation and conscious use of digital technologies.
On July 28, Dr. Lilia América Albert died. The absence of the most important toxicologist in Mexico and a reference in Latin America hurts the numerous specialists she trained through her fruitful career as a professor and thesis advisor; for the articles and books he published. The Environmental Toxicology Course stands out; Toxic Mexico: Chemical Emergencies, written with Marisa Jacott. The Pollution Dictionary, the only one that exists in our language, and Pollution and its effects on health and the environment. They had to be reissued for public libraries, now that the government gives away books everywhere.
The revenue obtained from the special tax on production and services (IEPS) charged on soft drinks, beer, flavored drinks, tobacco and foods with high caloric density, or junk products, left more than 132 billion pesos in the government's coffers at the end of the first half of the year.
Tel Aviv., The government of the Prime Minister of Israel and fugitive from the International Criminal Court (ICC), Benjamin Netanyahu, yesterday rejected any withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, despite the plan imposed by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, until Hamas has completely disarmed.
Trumpeter Luis Gasca, a rock and jazz figure, who played with a host of stars, from Dámaso Pérez Prado to Janis Joplin and Carlos Santana, died yesterday morning at the age of 86, in San Antonio, Texas, where he was on tour. The night before he had participated in a concert with Little Joe, La Mafia and other artists and on a previous date he had played with Richard Bean Suavecito.
Mexican Romina Hinojosa finished the second stage of the Women's Tour de France just shy of the time limit. The Lotto-Intermarché Ladies cyclist entered the finish line in penultimate place (138) in an emotional image holding hands with her partner Diana Boels (139), after the tough 147.9 kilometer route between Aigle and Geneva. The Dutch Lorena Wiebes (SDW) took the victory and retained the yellow jersey of general leader.
In recent days, the rector of UNAM, Leonardo Lomelí, has offered a circus, rope and theater demonstration with the purpose of: 1) washing his hands of the disaster of this year's bachelor's exam; 2) convince that it is fair to repeat the test and 3) hide the company Territorium Life, which the institution hired to perform the test remotely. It is curious that the supplier was not mentioned in the report of the technical commission commissioned to investigate the irregularities. Neither did the rector. It is intriguing that Patricia Dolores Dávila Aranda has resigned from the general secretary without informing whether she was to blame for the fiasco (or scapegoat?) What is clear is that a service contract, whose amount ranges from 40 to 100 million pesos, assigned directly, cannot be signed without the authorization, or at least, the knowledge of the rector. And the contract, right?
Fuel production at the Olmeca refinery of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in June was 141 thousand barrels per day, data that showed a contraction of 2.08 percent compared to May, the company reported.
Sao Paulo., At 80 years old, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared himself “very healthy” yesterday when making his candidacy for a fourth and final term in the October elections official, over which the shadow of Donald Trump looms.
The Senate will open a microsite on its Internet portal to receive observations and proposals on the project to issue the General Law to Prevent, Investigate and Punish the Crime of Femicide, which will operate from August 1 to 9, reported the president of this Chamber. Laura Itzel Castillo.
San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, Oax., On the outskirts of the Oaxacan capital, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo yesterday laid the first stone of a new IMSS general hospital, which will be part of the so-called Ciudad Salud, which she defined as a project that will be an example for the world, because it will have the most modern services and will provide justice to the state and the people of Oaxaca.
If, as you are reading today's column, Monday, August 3, the idea comes to your mind that what was written, you already knew it a long time ago, do not waste time trying to find the original source of the text that you are carrying today. You are right: in these pages, more than 10 years ago, the “great-grandmother” of today's young Jornada, revealed, for the first time, the story of one of the days in which I have felt most proud and excited. To the astonishment of the Tyrians and Trojans, the tiny rebel army, made up mostly of young people who had never held any weapon in their hands, defeated the army of the dictatorship in Cuba. One of the explanations that I always bring up is very simple, but also a reality: Cubans could no longer tolerate a life, whose daily life was that of a disguised slavery and in which young people had no other inheritance other than being able to repeat the destiny of their elders. These objective and subjective conditions were the fuel that in the past attempts had not been enough to achieve victory, and that on January 1, 1959, the escape of the satrap Fulgencio Batista was celebrated accompanied by an amount of dollars that his entire life would not be enough to waste. So Cuba has two historical celebrations: January 1, which I already described, and July 26, 1953, the date that began the armed uprising. This is the date that everyone recognizes as the Cuban national holiday and this is the one that I want to share with you today.
Moscow. The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobianin, described this Sunday as a “cruel terrorist attack” the explosion of a bomb last night (Saturday) in a central restaurant in the Russian capital, which claimed the lives of five people and left 21 injured, most of them hospitalized and six of them in very serious condition.
Hermosillo, Son., Three days after the 12th anniversary of the largest environmental disaster caused by mining in the country, inhabitants of the Sonora River basin denounced that the pollution caused by Grupo México, a mining consortium owned by businessman Germán Larrea Mota Velasco, remains without comprehensive repair; That is, there has been no environmental remediation, there is an absence of justice, opacity in the negotiations and complicity of authorities with those responsible.
Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) reported that, after almost five months of contingency, the closure of the Krem-1 Well was completed, in the municipality of Las Choapas, Veracruz, as a result of specialized technical work and the deployment of control equipment.
The Attorney General's Office (FGR) will continue to strengthen investigations against fuel theft and other crimes that affect the communities and economy of the country, stated its head, Ernestina Godoy Ramos.
Amid the controversy that has been generated regarding Ariana Grande's health and physical appearance, her representative announced yesterday that the artist will soon "step away from public life a little" after the end of her Eternal Sunshine tour in London on September 1.
Buenos Aires., The Spanish singer Rosalía, on tour in Buenos Aires, apologized face to face to her Argentine fans after the avalanche of criticism she received for a publication on social networks about the Albiceleste's defeat in the World Cup final.
Massive Attack have been banned from entering Singapore after displaying a Palestinian flag at one of their concerts in the Southeast Asian country.
It has been demonstrated in various ways that the tragic avalanche of young Moroccans who last week entered the autonomous Spanish city of Ceuta, located in North Africa, by the tens of thousands, did not constitute an authentic migratory phenomenon. They were persuaded by false news spread on social networks and chat groups that entry into Spanish territory had been free; Thousands of them were taken in trucks – and assisted by police from their country – to the demarcation of that city, where some overcame the border fences and others jumped into the sea to reach it, with a provisional death toll of about 90.
At least 15 people have been arrested by the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) for the crime of looting and others related to criminal cells dedicated to the sale of drugs, so far this year.
The Technical Commission for the Review of the Entry Process for the 2026 UNAM Bachelor's Degree will continue to investigate the situations that generated the irregularities detected in the virtual exam carried out between last May and June, and within the analysis "the role of the company Territorium Life, in charge of applying the test, is included," said Carlos Arámburo de la Hoz, a member of that committee.
Rome. Rock legend Patti Smith was elated and almost speechless when she met with Pope Leo XIV last Friday.
This Saturday, the Mexican men's soccer representative rescued a valuable 1-1 draw against the local Dominican Republic, in a duel corresponding to the second day of Group A of the Central American and Caribbean Games.
As soon as the decision of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to apply a control exam to 58 thousand candidates seeking to pursue a degree at the highest university was known, academies, institutes and schools specialized in the preparation of applicants launched express courses.
The generational change of racquetball keeps the Mexican delegation strong in the region even without its greatest reference Paola Longoria. The discipline stood out yesterday in its closing at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, after winning eight medals: six gold and two silver.
Federal forces, led by the Mexican Army, arrested yesterday in Michoacán Alfonso Fernández Magallón, Poncho La Quiringua, identified as the boss of the Los Reyes cartel, reported the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), Omar García Harfuch.
Atlante, the so-called people's team, returned to the Liga Mx to be the first to beat the current champion. During 10 games under the technical direction of Joel Huiqui, Cruz Azul did not count defeats, but rather championships: the League and the Champion of Champions.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Barham Salih, will make an official visit to Mexico at the end of next September. According to sources consulted, the Iraqi official is interested in learning about the asylum processes and the integration of refugees.
Given the arrest of Ramón Ángel Álvarez Ayala, El R1, identified as the alleged mastermind of the murder of Carlos Manzo, mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, the national leadership of Morena clarified that he has never been a member of this party, but his brother Roldán was and was expelled from its ranks in November of last year.
The company Servicios Aduanales JR was identified by the Attorney General's Office (FGR) as “one of the main corporate instruments used for the execution of criminal conduct” that was committed through Ingemar, a company linked to former governor Ernesto Ruffo Appel – accused last June of participating in the smuggling of millions of liters of hydrocarbons –, according to the investigations carried out by the Prosecutor's Office specialized in Matters of Organized Crime (Femdo).
The Ministry of Public Education (SEP) reported that in order to contribute to the strengthening and expansion of high school spaces, registration to attend upper secondary education through the Prepa en Línea-SEP system will remain open until August 5.
In the age of misinformation and infodemic, reading is an act of resistance. This motto became a shout from a corner in the Narvarte neighborhood in Mexico City, where, literally, the “white rabbit hole” is located, whose metaphorical allusion is to a phrase from the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel, the protagonist sees a talking hare enter a burrow that leads to a fantasy world.
In the turbulent times that humanity is experiencing today, with war conflagrations occurring simultaneously under the threat of reaching irreversible catastrophic dimensions, the United States Department of State has created a new criminal category to eliminate left-wing political expressions, accusing them of “left-wing terrorist extremism.”
Although the population was offered a shorter waiting time to receive the voting credential, in practice it continues for a much longer period than usual, declared counselor Carla Humphrey Jordan, president of the Federal Voter Registry (RFE) commission of the National Electoral Institute (INE).