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The secrets of the Hispanic influence in Hollywood: "We have been from the beginning"

2022-09-29T16:42:52.586Z


King Kong wouldn't be the same if it weren't for a Latino. Also, in the Axios Latino newsletter, how to improve diversity in medical studies and the latest on elections in Brazil.


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1. The theme to highlight: Lula or Bolsonaro?

The first round of elections in Brazil this Sunday could end the controversial presidency of Jair Bolsonaro or possibly lead to four weeks of extreme tension before a run-off with leftist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Current situation

: Lula has an advantage of at least 7% in the latest polls.

The big question for this Sunday is not who will win, but whether Lula can win from the first round.

  • If neither candidate reaches 50%, which is likely, the two will meet again on October 30.

  • Bolsonaro has been saying publicly for months, without evidence, that Brazil's electronic voting system can be manipulated (it has been in force since the 1990s and no fraud has ever been proven).

    In recent days he has also begun to say that he believes it is possible to obtain up to 60% of the votes, and that if he did not reach that figure it would be because something "abnormal" had happened.

Big Picture

: If Lula is declared the winner, Bolsonaro will almost certainly challenge the outcome in public speeches and possibly in court, Thiago de AragĂŁo of consulting firm Arko Advice told Axios reporter Dave Lawler.

Posters of Lula (left) and Bolsonaro (right)Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images

  • But De AragĂŁo pointed out that he considers fears that Bolsonaro will commit a coup or a revolt similar to that of Donald Trump supporters on January 6, 2020, exaggerated.

  • Unlike Trump, according to De AragĂŁo, Bolsonaro does not have enough support in Congress.

    And despite his ties to the armed forces, the analyst believes the generals do not want to openly meddle in politics to support a coup.

  • Although there could well be "chaos" if the polls are confirmed and Bolsonaro loses, according to political scientist Beatriz Rey.

  • There have already been bouts of political violence before the vote.

    Last week, for example, it was reported that a Bolsonaro supporter walked into a bar, asked who was planning to vote for Lula, and stabbed to death a man who said "I'll do it."

Recount:

Bolsonaro came to power in 2018 and has been controversial for issues such as criticizing vaccines against COVID-19 despite the fact that Brazil has had one of the highest mortality rates of the pandemic, and for promoting mining activity in the Amazon when the deforestation has worsened and aggravates the climate emergency.

  • Lula and his Workers' Party are popular because in his last presidency raw materials were generating wealth for the country.

    But he is also very polarizing, especially after being convicted of corruption, jailed, and then exonerated and released.

Bottom line:

This is a “rejection election,” De Aragão says, as voters are primarily motivated by a desire to keep Bolsonaro or Lula out of office.

2. Survey: Concern about abortion

Latinos in the US are divided according to their political ideology and countries of origin in their opinions on discrimination and social issues such as the right to abortion, according to a new survey.

News push

: The Pew Research Center National Latino Survey, released Thursday, shows Hispanics are as politically polarized as most US voters heading into the November 8 midterm elections.

  • More than half of Latinos of Central American (57%), South American (56%), Mexican (53%), and Puerto Rican (52%) descent say they have experienced discrimination based on their race or ethnicity, compared to 45% of those of Latin American origin. Cuban.

The intrigue

: The survey also reaffirms that the economy is one of the main concerns of Latino voters, although the issue of abortion grew more relevant than the rest.

Many Latinos could vote in November thinking about their pockets (but also about the right to abortion)

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  • Fifty-seven percent of Hispanic voters surveyed said abortion is very important, up from 42% who said the same in March.

  • 57% also said that abortion should be legal at least in certain circumstances as a danger to the life of the mother.

What's Next

: The future of Latino party affiliation is up in the air.

  • A 2021 Pew Research Center study of political views found that a substantial proportion of Latinos were not fully committed to either party.

3. The history of Latinos in Hollywood

Latinos played an important role in the history of the big screen.

A new book wants to make sure they get that recognition.

Why It Matters

: Latinos are underrepresented in Hollywood and are often typecast as criminals or seductresses.

The

book

Viva Hollywood: The Legacy of Latin and Hispanic Artists in American Film

, by Luis I. Reyes, details how those stereotypes began.

Luis I. ReyesPhoto Illustration by Shoshana Gordon/Axios.

Photo courtesy of Arthur Bryan Marroquin/ABM Photography

  • The book, published in English on September 13, also tells how some artists managed to break through these clichĂ©s and how important Hispanics were for the development of cinema.

Details

: The book of Kings reveals great secrets of the Hispanic influence that have been lost when others tell the story of Hollywood.

  • For example: a Hispanic designer, Bill Travilla, is behind the most famous dresses of Marilyn Monroe on screen.

    And a Mexican-American sculptor was commissioned to create the puppets used in the original King Kong movie (1933).

  • The person in charge of the cast of Charlie Chaplin's classics and the choreographer who made Elvis move in

    Jailhouse Rock

    and Gene Kelly in

    An American in Paris were Hispanics.

  • Rita Hayworth was born as Margarita Carmen Cansino.

    She changed her name—and her forehead and hair—from her because of the demands of her study.

  • There were Latino luminaries in big franchises long before Mexican Tenoch Huerta arrived in Wakanda this year: Ricardo Montalbán was one of the key players in the development of the

    Star Trek saga;

    Pedro Armendáriz appeared in one of the first James Bond movies;

    Roman Novarro was the first interpreter of the classic

    Ben-Hur;

    and Puerto Rican José Ferrer was the first Latino leading actor to win an Oscar.

And there are reports

that the Oscar statuette

was inspired by the silhouette of Mexican actor and director Emilio Fernández, although Reyes tells Axios Latino that it was a rumor spread by Fernández.

In his own words

"I wanted to show that we have been involved in Hollywood from the beginning," he told Axios Latino.

  • "Latinos have advanced in the industry, defining our image and experience in American cinema. But we also have a long history that should be documented and celebrated."

4. How to diversify clinical studies for the good of all

Measuring the racial and ethnic diversity of medical trials, and requiring that a certain threshold be reached before researchers can publish their studies in clinical journals, may be the key to improving research on cancer and other diseases.

Big

picture: Non-Hispanic whites accounted for 75% of all medical research trial participants in 2020, according to a report from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

  • Because of that, research-developed treatments may not work for Latinos or cause unexpected side effects in other demographic groups that were never included in the trials.

  • It's especially concerning because Latinos often have worse outcomes for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma, Alzheimer's and other disorders, studies have found.

    They also have higher rates of cancers that are potentially preventable.

Illustration: AĂŻda Amer/Axios

Details

: Two oncologists developed a strategy they call DRIVE, published this August in the journal

Blood Advances

.

His plan calls for clinical trials to have a diversity officer to monitor whether inclusion goals are being met, and for review boards that then approve drugs to check diversity data.

  • The DRIVE strategy also proposes a score for clinical studies: 0 if it had less than 20% representation of all demographic groups affected by the disease under study, and 5 if that representation reached 80%.

  • DRIVE would require researchers to achieve a score of 3 before their work can be presented at major medical conferences or published in major journals.

Yes, but

: It's unclear whether medical associations and journals will back the strategy.

Recount

: Federal officials in April issued recommendations for companies running clinical trials, calling for plans to improve diversity and inclusion when enrolling participants, and to be submitted when seeking official approval.

  • Various medical associations have also published statements of intent in recent years encouraging best practice.

  • But none of this is binding.

    The promoters of DRIVE say that with this mechanism there would be an obligation to comply.

5. Summary of key news in Latin America and the Caribbean

At least two people have died in Cuba

from Hurricane Ian.

  • The island, already plagued by blackouts due to lack of fuel and problems with the power grid, was still mostly dark Thursday morning.

  • Large waves in Ian's wake also caused flooding near Havana's boardwalk.

The bleak panorama after Ian passed through Cuba (an island with fragile houses to withstand a hurricane)

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A group of NGOs filed a

complaint

against El Salvador

before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for the mass arrests of young people accused of being gang members.

  • They assure that at least 152 of the arrests in the last six months, during the state of emergency, were arbitrary.

  • More than 53,000 people have been arrested under President Nayib Bukele's security strategy against gangs.

Pachanga Thursday

We are about to celebrate the first Axios Latino event, a series of conferences organized by Axios and Noticias Telemundo in Washington DC with the participation of Latino congressmen;

White House adviser Julie Chávez Rodríguez (granddaughter of César Chávez);

political commentator Ana Navarro Cárdenas, and food industry businessman Miguel Garza.

So this Pachanga Thursday, the space we dedicate to celebrating our readers, we want to take advantage of it to thank event organizers such as Ari Hayaud-Din, Priya Matthew, Kristin Burkhalter, Elise Norris, Hannah Tieszen, Margaret Rogers, Will Montano, Alison Snyder and Kevin Gray.

Every Thursday we publish our Pachanga to highlight the achievements of our readers.

If you have just celebrated an anniversary, adopted a pet or have a successful job and want to celebrate it, send an email and a photo to axioslatino@axios.com

Thanks for following Axios Latino!

We will be back on Tuesday.

 Want to read any of the previous editions?

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Source: telemundo

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