México canta draws over 16,000 auditions for second edition: Thursday’s mañanera recapped

Sheinbaum’s mañanera in 60 seconds 

• 📍Mañanera focuses connected México canta: President Sheinbaum’s Thursday property league centered connected the 2nd variation of México canta, a binational singing contention promoting bid and rejecting the glorification of cartel unit successful music.
• 🎤 16,000+ auditioned for 2nd edition: Culture Minister Claudia Curiel de Icaza said much than 16,000 young radical — 10,528 from Mexico and 5,761 from the U.S. — took portion successful archetypal auditions, calling the effect “extraordinary.”
• 🌟 14 semi-finalists selected: The Mexican Music Council picked 7 U.S.-based and 7 Mexico-based semi-finalists. The 7 U.S. artists, from California, Arizona, Colorado, New York, Oregon and Illinois, performed astatine today’s mañanera; the Mexican finalists volition beryllium announced adjacent week.
• 🏆 Semi-finals acceptable for L.A. and Mazatlán: Curiel announced the semi-finals volition beryllium held Aug. 23 astatine the Million Dollar Theater successful Los Angeles and Aug. 31 astatine the Ángela Peralta Theater successful Mazatlán, with 3 winners yet earning signaling contracts via nationalist vote.
• 🤝 Sheinbaum cuts mañanera abbreviated for Greer meeting: Sheinbaum ended her property league aboriginal to hole for a 10 a.m. gathering with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, coming 3 weeks aft Greer said Washington would not renew the USMCA successful its existent form.
• 💭 Sheinbaum connected México canta’s impact: Asked to quantify the competition’s effect connected younker violence, Sheinbaum said it’s hard to measurement but described a “virtuous circle” wherever participants power friends and family, adding: “If we lone influenced 1 person, it would beryllium worthy it.”

Why today’s mañanera matters 

Today’s mañanera focused connected the México canta (Mexico Sings) binational euphony competition, whose 2nd variation is underway.

Sponsored by the national government, the contention aims to beforehand peace, combat addiction and foster a civilization that rejects the glorification of violence.

Rosalba Valdez of Chicago, 1 of 7 U.S. semi-finalists, performs astatine Thursday’s statesmanlike property conference. (Presidencia)

The competition, which is unfastened to young Mexicans and Mexican-Americans, has 1 overriding rule: Songs that glorify the lives of cartels, unit oregon cause trafficking are not allowed.

On Thursday morning, President Claudia Sheinbaum was accompanied astatine her property league by Culture Minister Claudia Curiel de Icaza, 7 México canta participants from the United States and the Mexican vocalist and rapper known arsenic El Bogueto (real sanction Armando Antonio Toledo Rosas).

The mañanera was important arsenic it underscored the government’s committedness to steering young radical distant from a beingness of transgression and violence. The México canta contention is, successful effect, portion of the government’s strategy to code the basal causes of crime.

The main constituent of the strategy is the proviso of enactment and acquisition opportunities for young people, particularly those who whitethorn beryllium susceptible to recruitment by transgression organizations.

Those opportunities are provided done programs specified arsenic the Youths Building the Future apprenticeship scheme, done acquisition scholarships and via the opening of caller nationalist assemblage campuses.

More than 16,000 participants successful 2nd variation of México canta

Curiel told reporters that much than 16,000 young radical — 10,528 from Mexico and 5,761 from the U.S. — participated successful the archetypal auditions for the 2nd variation of México canta.

The civilization curate described the effect to the telephone to enactment successful the contention arsenic “extraordinary.”

Curiel announced that 14 semi-finalists had been selected by the Mexican Music Council — 7 from the United States and 7 from Mexico. The 7 U.S.-based artists were contiguous astatine today’s mañanera, portion the 7 Mexican semi-finalists are to beryllium announced adjacent week.

President Sheinbaum announced the 7 U.S.-based semi-finalists connected Thursday, with the Mexico-based participants acceptable to beryllium announced adjacent week. (Presidencia)

The 7 U.S.-based semi-finalists see 4 women and 3 men from six antithetic states: California, Arizona, Colorado, New York, Oregon and Illinois.

Curiel announced that the semi-finals of México canta volition beryllium held astatine the Million Dollar Theater successful Los Angeles connected Aug. 23 and astatine the Ángela Peralta Theater successful Mazatlán connected Aug. 31. Six finalists volition subsequently execute unrecorded during 4 tv transmissions. Via a nationalist vote, 3 winners volition beryllium selected and they volition person signaling contracts arsenic prizes.

The 7 U.S.-based semifinalists got a accidental to amusement disconnected their talents astatine today’s mañanera up of their performances successful L.A. adjacent month. El Bogueto, who hails from Nezahualcóyotl, México state, besides performed, singing his opus “Mi barrio” (My ‘hood).

Silencio en la mañanera por el asesinato del periodista Alejandro Leyva

Tampoco hubo una palabra por el homicidio del alcalde Valentín Lavín en el palacio municipal de Temoac

En Palacio Nacional el tema fue otro: El Bogueto y el concurso México Canta pic.twitter.com/d19g0nL4Rp

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Sheinbaum holds mañanera up of gathering with Greer 

After the update connected the 2nd variation of the México canta competition, Sheinbaum told reporters that her mañanera would beryllium ending aboriginal astatine 9 a.m. arsenic U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was scheduled to get astatine the National Palace astatine 10 a.m.

“We’re going to invited him and we’re going to person a wide-ranging gathering with Economy Ministry colleagues and guests from the United States,” she said.

Sheinbaum’s gathering with Greer and different officials connected Thursday volition instrumentality spot 3 weeks aft the U.S. commercialized typical announced that the U.S. authorities had declined to renew the USMCA successful its existent form. Mexico-U.S. commercialized talks person been taking spot successful Mexico City this week, and Greer is present acceptable to articulation those discussions.

Sheinbaum: México canta creates a ‘virtuous circle’

Asked what interaction México canta has had connected young radical successful presumption of steering them distant from violence, Sheinbaum responded that “it’s precise hard to measurement the interaction successful numbers.”

She noted that it’s conscionable the 2nd variation of México canta that is underway and highlighted that immoderate 16,500 young radical participated successful the auditions for the competition.

Culture Minister Claudia Curiel de Icaza. (Presidencia)

Those 16,500 radical — who are presumably opposed to the glorification of unit successful euphony and different forms of taste look — “influence their friends and power their family,” Sheinbaum said.

“In different words, it’s a virtuous ellipse and that keeps growing,” she said.

“If we lone influenced 1 person, it would beryllium worthy it,” Sheinbaum said. “But of people we privation the power to beryllium massive.”

Sheinbaum besides reiterated her presumption that “music mustn’t glorify violence.”

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])