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Madrid, Aug 29 (EFE) .- Not everyone is capable of killing but Paula Hawkins, the author of the best-selling "thriller" of the last ten years, "The girl on the train", considers that we are much more susceptible to "going to the extreme" than we think, especially if someone has made us suffer. "What would I be capable of if they offered me the opportunity to take revenge on the one who did me so much damage? How far would I go?", asks Paula Hawkins in an interview with Efe,INTERVIEW WITH PAULA HAWKINS
Santiago de Querétaro, Aug 8 (EFE).- The Mexican state of Santiago de Querétaro is distinguished by its thriving automotive and aeronautical industry, but also by the traditional Otomi crafts that are made here and have not only put their culture and traditions on the international map, but also is the economic support of many indigenous families.The Otomi dolls are distinguished by being Mexico's most popular rag doll.The doll boasts embroidery tradition and the hand-sewing skills of their Otomi Indian creators. (Camera: SERGIO ADRIÁN ÁNGELE).SHOT LIST: OTOMI WOMEN IN SANTIAGO DE QUERÉTARO MAKING HANDMADE OTOMI DOLLS FOR SALE IN MEXICO.
San Jose, Aug 2 (EFE).-The president of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Briton Alok Sharma, highlighted on Monday the role of indigenous peoples and their knowledge of the environment, during his visit to Bolivia.Sharma was speaking at an event in the town of San José, in a rural area of the prosperous eastern region of Santa Cruz, during a visit that will later take him to Brazil.(Camera: JUAN PABLO ROCA)SHOT LIST: SOUND BITES: THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE (COP26), THE BRITISH ALOK SHARMA.B-ROLL OF THE RITUAL OF OFFERING TO THE PACHAMAMA AND THE GIFTING OF A PONCHO TO THE PRESIDENT OF COP26 IN THE LOCALITY OF SAN JOSE, IN THE EASTERN BOLIVIAN REGION OF SANTA CRUZ.
Morelia, Apr 25 (EFE).- Once a national leader in marijuana cultivation, the Mexican town of El Aguaje now faces a massive exodus of families who made their fortunes selling the drug.El Aguaje is the most recognized town in the municipality of Aguililla, in the western Mexican state of Michoacán, and famous for "narcocorridos," the Mexican drug-dealer ballads that describe its history as a "narco town," although today it only has around 300 inhabitants of the 15,000 that had in the 1990s.At that time, the town was known as a "narco's paradise" by the dozens of families who built ostentatious residences accompanied by luxurious trucks at their doors. (Camera: IVÁN VILLANUEVA).B-ROLL OF THE TOWN OF AGUAJE IN THE STATE OF MICHOACÁN, MEXICO.
Tokyo, Oct 6 (EFE).- A photography book published by a Spanish author paid tribute to the now-shuttered Tsukiji fish market two years after the closure of the famous market, which has been turned into a parking lot for the postponed Tokyo Olympics.The volume "Tsukiji Shijo" (The Tsukiji Market) is the work of Daniel de Francisco, a 43-year-old author and photographer from Madrid who has lived in Japan for almost 15 years and who began his project in 2016. (Camera: MARIA ROLDAN). SHOT LIST: DANIEL DE FRANCISCO SHOWS PHOTOS IN HIS BOOK, COMPARING THEM TO THE ACTUAL PLACES AT TSUKIJI MARKET, TOKYO, JAPAN. SOUND BITE: DANIEL DE FRANCISCO, THE AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER OF TSUKIJI SHIJO BOOK (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION:This is like a visual testimony of what the historical Tsukiji market was like. It also helped to preserve the memory and to have a visual documentary for people who never have a chance to visit Tsukiji before. This way, they can experiment it and see what it was like. It is also like a tribute for those who have worked at the market.
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 11 (EFE).- In 2019 Brazil registered over 200 attacks against Afro-Brazilian religions, such as Umbanda and Candomble, which means an increase of 100% in relation to 2018, according to the Commission for Combating Religious Intolerance (CCIR). Drug traffickers who proclaim themselves as evangelicals are responsible for these attacks as they consider minority religions an affront to their God.(Camera: ALEX MIRKHAN/JANAÍNA QUINET Editor: AYEESHA HOLDER)