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The human cost of the drug war in Mexico and a drama from Venezuela: Retratos de una búsqueda and Dauna. Lo que lleva el río - World Socialist Web Site

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The human cost of the drug war in Mexico and a drama from Venezuela: Retratos de una búsqueda and Dauna. Lo que lleva el río
By Kevin Martinez and Toby Reese
30 March 2016

This is the second of three articles on the recent San Diego Latino Film Festival.
Retratos de una búsqueda (Portraits of a Search)

In Retratos de una búsqueda (Portraits of a Search), director Alicia Calderón follows three mothers as they search for their children lost as a result of the drug war in Mexico. For the women—Natividad, Guadalupe, and Margarita—the loss of their children consumes them, day and night.

#drogue #art #mexique

Thousands of California teachers receive layoff notices - World Socialist Web Site

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Thousands of California teachers receive layoff notices
By Kevin Martinez
1 April 2013

Thousands of layoff notices were sent out to teachers in mid-March across California, marking the fifth year in a row of mass teacher layoffs in the richest state of the nation.

When voters in California approved Proposition 30 last fall they were promised that it would halt and reverse the assault on public education, and that Governor Jerry Brown would spare the state’s education system from $5 billion in contemplated budget cuts.

#états-unis #éducation