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El Salvador sin muerte

Es difícil precisar desde cuándo los salvadoreños vivimos en el mundo al revés, desde hace cuánto tiempo se nos hace tan lejos -tan irreal- un solo día sin que el país se bañe en sangre, sin que alguien mate y sin que alguien sea asesinado. Convivimos a diario con la muerte.

Los números dicen que somos uno de los países más peligrosos del mundo y el más violento de un continente que tiene a su Colombia en guerra, a su México narco, a su Guatemala fallida, a su Honduras paria… 60 homicidios por cada 100 mil habitantes. En el mundo al revés las autoridades de seguridad celebran haber conseguido bajar 2 homicidios al día, de tal manera que el asesinato de10.65 salvadoreños al día es un éxito que anunciar a la prensa.

Si nuestra tasa de homicidios fuera contagiosa y flotara por el mundo como una nube de rabia, en Japón morirían en un año casi la misma cantidad de víctimas que fueron arrasadas en Nagasaki por la bomba atómica. En México todos los años morirían asesinados más de la mitad de espectadores que caben en el Estadio Azteca, mientras que en China en cuestión de ocho años sería asesinada una cantidad de personas equivalente a la población de El Salvador.

¿Cómo serían las cosas si todo fuera distinto?¿Y si viviéramos en un país donde nadie recordara con exactitud la fecha del último homicidio? ¿Y si al salir a la calle nadie temiera que la muerte le marcara los pasos y la gente ocupara los parques y conversara en las esquinas y caminara sin miedo? ¿Y si en El Salvador nadie matara a nadie? Lo raro, en el mundo al revés, es que ese país sí existe: mínimo, pero existe, dividido en ocho diminutas islas de territorio, pero existe; aunque para ubicarlos haya que acudir al ejercicio -quizá macabro- de buscar con lupa en el mapa nacional los espacios libres de homicidios.

En 2004 hubo 28 municipios en los que durante tres años no se registraba ni una sola muerte violenta y era notoria la existencia de dos grandes corredores en Morazán y Chalatenango libres de asesinatos. Sólo cuatro años después, para finales del año pasado, 20 de estos municipios habían caído. Ahora mismo existen, en todo El Salvador, sólo ocho espacios excepcionales y misteriosos que no han sido contagiados con la epidemia de la violencia. Estos ocho municipios representan apenas el 0.7% del territorio nacional y sólo el 0.4% de la población del país.

Tal vez si hubiéramos prestado atención a aquellos 20 municipios que han muerto, hubiéramos aprendido algo y tal vez aún viviera alguno de ellos. De mantenerse el ritmo con que esta especie está extinguiéndose, los ocho que quedan desaparecerían para mediados de 2011. En ese momento todo El Salvador sería un terreno yermo, pasto frecuente de la muerte… un cementerio.

El Faro visitó estos ocho pequeños pedazos de El Salvador y a sus habitantes para intentar responder una pregunta que no tendría ningún sentido si no viviéramos en el mundo al revés: ¿Por qué ellos no se matan? Quizá esta extensión mínima del territorio nacional esté gritando soluciones que hasta el momento no han sido escuchadas.
Municipio/Departamento Extensión / Población (Partido que gobierna alcaldía)
Azacualpa/Chalatenango 10.01 kms2 / 1 785 habitantes (Arena)
San José Las Flores /Chalatenango 26.22 kms2 / 2,288 habitantes (FMLN)
San Isidro Labrador /Chalatenango 28.22 kms2 / 625 habitantes (FMLN)
San Isidro/Morazán 11.51 kms2 / 3, 563 habitantes (PDC)
Sensembra/Morazán 22.02 kms2 / 3 395 habitantes (Arena)
Yoloaiquín/Morazán 13.51 kms2 / 3 998 habitantes (Arena)
California/Usulután 24.41 kms2 / 2,639 habitantes (Arena)
San Juan Tepezontes
/La Paz 17.92 kms / 3,271 habitantes (Arena)

Total de extensión territorial: 153.82 kms2
Total de población: 21,564

Que raro ese dia que las cosas te salieron como vos las has planeado que raro esa vez que vos viste al mundo y este no parece estar al reves y vos perdido en vicios y malgastando el money… pero ubicate hermano did you realize el llamado de alerta.

Buscas la forma de entender donde, cuando y como tomaste esa mala decision que facil solucion te parecio culpar al destino a los amigos y a su propia amistad y vos fallaste y te desviaste y lo perdiste y no lo encontrastes dando un paso hacia adelante y otros dos para atras, guardas la esperanza de poder cambiar.

Vueltas y vueltas yo doy buscando el camino…

Camino a casa by Adhesivo Punk

There are no brand new days if you don’t create them if you don’t work for them. You can get lost even try to have a new life… even leave everything behind but is you that make the brand new day.

You can cuddle yourself into 90 year old good lines from France, but it will make you shine? It will add colors to your life rather than your pc?

France is a delightful country fill with charms and great food, most of it full of colors but will it make it your own?

Full of rage I sit and write waiting for a brand new day… might not come the way I desire, but it will definetely come to me as it might never go back to what I was, Today is not a day when something will start or something has finished this day has nothing special is a rainy day, boring, unknown day.

Tired of things that bothered me, tired of stupid lines, tired merely of this life.

I still expect a brand new day.

Sincerely,

NestorG.-

It is not about slides, it is about your story
It is not about charts, it is about your insights
It is not about canvas, it is about your drawing
It is not about time, it is about YOU.

Nestor Giron.-

Porque quizas la luna si sea de queso…

Title: Fabulosos Cadillacs, Los – Siguiendo A La Luna

Siguiendo la luna no llegare lejos,
tan lejos como se pueda llegar
las cosas que dije no tienen sentido
no puedo detenerme, ponerme a pensar, oh

siguiendo La Luna y su vuelta invisible l
a noche seguro que me alcanzara
no es que tu mirada me sea imposible
tan solo es la forma como caminas.

Vamos mi cariño que todo esta bien
esta noche cambiare, te juro que cambiare
vamos mi cariño ya no llores mas
por vos yo bajaría el sol o me hundiría en el mar.
Y esto parece verdad para mi.

Suena como un crimen lo que tu me has hecho
deberias ir a parar a la prisión
suena como un crimen que me hayas mentido
que hayas engañado a este corazón.

Siguiendo La Luna no llegare lejos,
tan lejos como se pueda llegar
son casi las cuatro de la madrugada
mi casa brillaba, cruzando ese mar.

Vamos mi cariño que todo esta bien
esta noche cambiare, te juro que cambiare
vamos mi cariño ya no llores mas
por vos yo bajaría el sol o me hundiría en el mar.
Esto parece verdad para mi…

Hoy este dia 15 de Diciembre comienzo un nuevo reto, una nueva empresa, algo nuevo para llenar mi vida de experiencias. Ya que no me gusta alardear del modelo capitalista en el que vive mi pais no dire mayor cosa mas que me hace feliz este nuevo reto.

Tendre que dejar algunos habitos, como andar siempre pitas en la mano, la barba si esta alli tiene que ser recortada :( , creo que los jeans con camisetas de insultos ya no tendran el mismo significado que antes.

Contare el dia de hoy como algo importante en mi vida! estara en mis recuerdos como otro de los tantos primer dias que he tenido y me gustaria un dia poder decir:  “Te acordas de aquel dia….”

Estoy orgulloso y lo comparti con alguien que esta orgullosa de verme feliz!

Solamente,

I wish I had this advice when I was 17… anyhow thanks for giving it to me when I am 26!

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99 (Fortunately this was my prom year)


If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering experience…I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….

You’re not as fat as you imagine. Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you Sing Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself. Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. Stretch Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own..

Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out. Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you’re 40, it will
look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth. But trust me on the sunscreen…

“Of course, it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward,” Jobs said. “You can only connect them looking backward, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”

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 Jewel – You Were Meant For Me.mp3

“You Were Meant For Me”  
I hear the clock, it’s six a.m.
I feel so far from where I’ve been
I got my eggs and my pancakes too
I got my maple syrup, everything but you.
I break the yolks, make a smiley face
I kinda like it in my brand new place
I wipe the spots off the mirror
Don’t leave the keys in the door
Never put wet towels on the floor anymore’ cause
Dreams last for so long
even after you’re gone
I know you love me
And soon you will see
You were meant for me
And I was meant for you.
I called my momma, she was out for a walk
Consoled a cup of coffee but it didn’t wanna talk
So I picked up a paper, it was more bad news
More hearts being broken or people being used
Put on my coat in the pouring rain
I saw a movie it just wasn’t the same
‘Cause it was happy and I was sad
It made me miss you oh so bad ’cause
Dreams last for so long
Even after you’re gone
I know you love me
And soon you will see
You were meant for me
And I was meant for you.
I go about my business, I’m doin fine
Besides what would I say if I had you on the line
Same old story, not much to say
Hearts are broken, everyday.
I brush my teeth and put the cap back on
I know you hate it when I leave the light on
I pick a book up. Turn the sheets down.
Take a deep breath and a good look around
Put on my pjs and hop into bed
I’m half alive but I feel mostly dead
I try and tell myself it’ll be all right
I just shouldn’t think anymore tonight ’cause
Dreams last for so long
Even after you’re gone
I know you love me
And soon I know you will see
You were meant for me
And I was meant for you

 

 
 

 

 

National Theatre of El Salvador

Originally uploaded by calero|photography

Porque en mi pais tambien hay Historia quiero ir un dia de estos!


Is the oldest theater in Central America. Its construction was started November 3, 1911, by the French architect Daniel Beylard; and inaugurated March 1, 1917. It is of French Renaissance style with modern touches. It was decorated by the Italian architect Lucio Capellaro, and its Great Hall is the most beautiful and elegant in Central America.

A competition was held to choose a design for the theater. The prizes for the first two places were 8,000 and 4,000 Francs each. The entries were reviewed by a commission composed of the engineers José E. Alcaine, Luis Fleury, and Aurelio Fuentes. The 12 plans submitted were from the following countries: 5 from France, 2 from the United States, 1 from the Principality of Monaco, 1 from Italy, and 3 from El Salvador. The winning project was “Melpemone” by the French Architect Daniel Beylard. The construction contract was awarded to the Salvadoran firm Ferracutti y Cía.

After 59 years of constant activity, in 1976, a process of remodeling was begun under the direction of the Salvadoran architect, Ricardo Jiménez Castillo. Funds were provided by the Salvadoran government. Castillo hired a select group of contributors: Roberto Salomón, to establish the requirements of the contemporary stage; Simón Magaña, for the decoration; Carlos Cañas, for the elaboration of murals; and Margarita Álvarez de Martínez, for the masterful copper artwork that would adorn the doors to the theater boxes. Afterwards artisans of Ilobasco joined the team and students of the then Bachillerato en Artes led by the master artisan Carlos Cañas.

Multiple architectural styles were enriched in the fusion of the construction of the National Theater including: Versailles Style, Rococo, Romanticism, and Art Nouveau, with regional touches. Some of the furniture was elaborated in the shop of the theater, the rest of the furniture, rugs, carpets, armchairs, and lecterns, were imported from the United States. The drop curtains of the stage and the lights of the boxes and halls, were brought from Austria.

In 1977, the master artisan Carlos Cañas painted the cupola of the great hall with the fresco entitled “El mestizaje cultural”, “The Cultural Convergence”, that occupies an area of 230 m2 approximately. Thanks to this work, the ambiance reminds you of the great hall of Palais Garnier , decorated with Chagall artwork. The re inauguration of the National Theater took place November 5, 1978 with the presentation of the National Award of Culture, which was given to the great Antonio Salazar, and Dr. Julio Fausto Hernández. The following year, on February 16, 1979 it was declared a National Monument by the Legislative Assembly. Since then, it has maintained in constant activity with theater, music, dance, recitals, conferences, and acts of great importance in the political and cultural life of El Salvador. In 1992, the government of Japan presented a modern sound and light system to the theater.

Me gusta tomar fotos porque me lleva a un lugar distinto del que vivo me gusta poder llevar mi mente hacia ese lugar donde la gente no tiene miedo y hace cuanto le place donde no hay tabus, donde no hay porque… o hubieras.

Me gusta el alcohol porque adormece y a la vez agudiza tus sentidos porque le quita pelos a la lengua, porque es verdadero y porque en esos momentos he sido muy feliz como tambien muy infeliz.

Me gustan los carros y soy egoista en como me gustan pues los quisiera manejar todos… pocos saben de mi sueño de los # de carros que me gustaria tener, me encanta el olor a carro nuevo y ver el tablero sentir como podes agarrar la curva saber a cual le podes dar con todo, verlos las curvas y las lineas, los colores en fin.

Me gustan las mujeres con curvas, no las filistricas de ZARA tampoco me parece bonita la mujer que vomita para verse bien me gustan inteligentes mas que yo! me gustan audaces, que digan lo que sienten pero sobre todo que vivan lo que sienten, que sea humana e imperfecta porque al final del dia eso tendra de mi.

Me gusta la calle ver gente nueva… ojo la connotacion porque dije ver no hablar con gente nueva; me gusta ver cosas nuevas sentir olores nuevos, ver nuevas formas. Saber con que la gente se divierte con que la gente se apasiona, sus miedos sus tabus.

Me gusta la noche porque en mi cuidad hay menos calor a esas horas hay menos gente, menos buya, menos buses al igual que menos problemas aunque a mi me guste buscarlos! Creo que en la noche es mas facil ver todo eso q no queres ver de dia y al igual es mas facil olvidar todo eso que de dia tenes presente.

Me gustan muchas cosas mas de las que me desagradan por eso Estresarse Jamas!