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1 Topic: They Change the Craft Beer Industry
An increasing number of new craft breweries
in the United States are owned or operated by Latinas.
The Big Picture
: Latina small businesses are one of the fastest growing segments of the economy, despite setbacks from the pandemic and a lack of venture capital.
A worker at Mujeres Brew House in San Diego, California.Russell Contreras / Axios
Details
: Women Brew House opened last year in San Diego at the height of the pandemic.
Its owner and co-founder, Carmen Favela, said she hopes to empower more Black, Latina, Native American and Asian women to enter the industry.
Hot Plate Brewing Company is scheduled to open soon in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, with a seven-barrel brewhouse.
Three years ago, Jessica Fierro opened Atrevida Beer Company in Colorado Springs and her creations have won multiple awards.
Around the same time, Cielomar Cuevas and her husband Luis Castro opened Del Cielo Brewing Co. in San Francisco Bay.
By the Numbers
: About 93.5% of US brewery owners are non-Hispanic whites, according to the latest survey by the Brewers Association, the nation's largest trade group for independent and craft brewers.
Only 2% were owned by someone of "Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin."
The trade group did not disaggregate that data by gender.
In her own words
: “One of the most important reasons for wanting to own my own brewery is because I don't fit into that box of what a brewer is supposed to look like,” Jessica Fierro, Atrevida Beer Company, told Axios Latino.
Important note
: Across all US industries, Latinas earn only 57 cents on average for every dollar earned by a non-Hispanic white male.
2. A paradox: better health, less access to health care
Researchers in Latino health have just received a grant from the Government
to find out why Hispanics and Latinos in the United States sometimes have better life expectancy and recovery from illness, despite the fact that their socioeconomic level is usually lower and that they have limited access to medical care and preventive treatment.
Why it matters
: The reasons behind the so-called “Latino paradox” or “Latino mortality advantage” have been a mystery to researchers for decades.
On average, Latinos do better than non-Hispanic whites with metrics like lower rates of childhood asthma development and lower mortality from COPD and some cancers.
The paradox has been reported across the continent, with people from several Latin American countries having lower premature death rates than non-Latino adults in the US.
Foreign-born Latinos in the US also tend to be in better health than US-born Hispanics.
Details
: The study to be conducted by researchers at the University of Arizona will examine whether social and family ties are the biggest contributor to those better health outcomes.
Latinos are more likely to be caregivers of their family members, and researchers postulate that having a united community motivates Latinos throughout their treatment.
Yes, but
: The life expectancy of Latinos in the United States decreased by three years in 2020, due to the impact of the pandemic, erasing the advantage that existed as a trend due to the paradox.
3. Coyotes now recruit on social media
Human smugglers
are turning to TikTok
and Facebook to advertise their services of illegally crossing migrants across the US border.
To the rhythm of corridos, these coyotes brag on TikTok how they traffic with migrants and outwit the migra
Oct. 6, 202102: 04
What's happening
: The videos uploaded to social platforms by accounts like
pepecoyote23
show fragments of the alleged routes of smugglers.
They film themselves as they lead people through swamps and the desert, with captions showing prices or updates such as: "Departure this week: 4 spots available."
A video shows a pollero driving a truck with migrants sitting on the back seat that passes unseen in front of Border Patrol vehicles.
Coyotes are also filmed counting bundles of bills and fleeing from American officers to avoid capture.
Why it matters
: Migrant experts and advocates are concerned about how such posts misinform migrants about the often deadly journey and the likelihood of being detained and deported.
In his own words:
Trusting coyotes “can be as expensive as your life.
They are unscrupulous organizations and people […] many times migrants have been left abandoned in the middle of the desert, sometimes they have been left to drown in the river ”.
Fernando García, director of the Border Network for Human Rights
4. Hollywood owed Latinos in 2020
The cast of "On my block," a Netflix series and one of the very few Hollywood productions with Latino actors and actresses that was on the air in 2020. Amy Sussman / Getty Images
The probability that a show will have a central Latino figure
is less than that of someone in real life having a twin, according to a 2020 report on media representation.
Why it matters
: The data shows a trend towards underrepresentation of a group that represents almost 19% of the US population, at a time when other reports have also pointed to the media for the lack of Latino voices and faces .
Last year, only 5% of the main actors and actresses in movies and 3% in television and
streaming shows
(both new and recurring series) were Latino, according to the analysis of the Latino Donor Collaborative research group.
Latinos were the only demographic (compared to non-Hispanic black, Asian and white Americans) whose percentage of representation in the media was lower than their population percentage, according to the study.
Important note
: The Latino Donor Collaborative recently launched a database of Latinos who have worked on at least one television show or movie from a major film studio in the last four years.
Ana Valdez, the group's executive director, told Axios Latino that the database is in response to Hollywood executives who say they cannot find Latino talent.
What's Next
: Some recent high-profile animation jobs do have Latino stories, cast and crew.
They include the films
Vivo
y
Encanto
, and the series that premieres this Friday
Maya y los tres
.
5. Summary of key news from Latin America and the Caribbean
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
boasted that an official criminal record against him will not prosper, after a Senate commission recommended that he, three of his children and some members of his Cabinet be formally charged with crimes against humanity, deliberate negligence, neglect of duty, incitement to commit crimes and charlatanism.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused of alleged mass murder
Oct. 19, 202100: 38
Bolsonaro is being charged for his defense of unproven drugs for the treatment of COVID-19;
for minimizing vaccines;
and by the abandonment of health clinics by his government in indigenous areas.
The final Senate vote on whether the case should be sent to Brazil's attorney general (who is close to Bolsonaro) and to the International Criminal Court in The Hague is scheduled for Tuesday.
The Cuban regime released this week a
draft
to update the chapter of the penal code on the family, which would recognize equal marriage and the possibility for same-sex couples to adopt.
They want to get married, but their own church is opposed.
Equal marriage divides Cuba
Oct. 19, 202101: 58
Cubans will have to send comments so that a final text of the Family Code can be voted on by referendum next year and then debated in the Communist Party Congress.
6. ⛹️ Reviving an ancient Mesoamerican sport
The traditional pre-Columbian ball game is back
, thanks to teams preparing for a world competition.
This is the Mayan ball game that resurfaces in El Salvador
Oct. 11, 202101: 46
Details
: The game uses a seven-pound ball made of solid rubber that must be passed through raised rings using the joints of the body.
It was originally banned by Spanish settlers and was not played for millennia.
Teams from Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and two Mexican states will compete this December in Yucatán.
It will be the fourth edition of the contest, which has been played every two years since 2015.
The teams are mixed, in contrast to the available historical record, which shows that it was only for boys and men.
In Context
: The Mayan version of the game is known as Pok ta pok and the rules are that only the hips can be used, while other Mesoamerican variants allow the use of the elbow and knees as well.
The game had ritual purposes, with markings on the court representing the journey to the underworld.
Teams were seen as "victors" of death when they won.
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