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Monday, January 11, 2016
Actor Sean Penn interviews Chapo Guzman while on the lam MEXICO CITY — Recently captured drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was unapologetic for running one of the world’s biggest drug trafficking organizations in a Rolling Stone interview with American actor Sean Penn published late Saturday.
Guzman said he entered the drug trade at age 15 because there was no other way to survive. “The only way to have money to buy food, to survive, is to grow poppy, marijuana, and at that age, I began to grow it, to cultivate it and to sell it. That is what I can tell you.”
Penn had the first-ever interview with Guzman in October while the world’s most wanted drug lord was on the lam, having escaped in an elaborate tunnel from Mexico’s maximum security prison in July. Guzman was recaptured Friday in the city of Los Mochis in his home
state of Sinaloa in a shootout that killed five of his associates and wounded one marine. A Mexican law enforcement official said Saturday that the October interview in the remote community of Tamazula in the northern state of Durango helped authorities track the whereabouts of the drug lord, who earns millions shipping tons of cocaine and manufacturing and transporting methamphetamine and heroin to world markets, the largest in the U.S. market. Three days after the interview, members of the Mexican Navy launched an operation to capture him, but Attorney General Arely Gomez said Friday that it was aborted because he was accompanied by two women and a young girl, whom they did not want to harm. But he was later tracked to a home in Los Mochis that was under surveillance for a month before marines moved in Friday. Penn’s meeting with Guzman was arranged through Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, known for her portrayal of a female drug lord. She was first contacted in 2012 by the drug kingpin after tweeting that he should start “trafficking with love.” He contacted her again after his arrest in February 2014, when “gringos were scrambling to tell his story,” Penn wrote. “He was interested in seeing the story of his life told on film, but would entrust its telling only to Kate,” he wrote. (ap)
Abrams skirts Oscars talk for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ PASADENA, California — J.J. Abrams, director of the blockbuster “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” is deflecting Oscars talk for himself but is hoping other people involved in the film will see their work recognized. Academy Awards nominations will be announced Thursday. Abrams said that the gift of working on the franchise was enough, and that he didn’t need further validation. But there are co-workers he would be disappointed for if they didn’t get nominated. He declined to name any of them. “If I name eight people, the ninth person will be like, ‘thanks,’” he said at a news conference on Saturday. He said he’s grateful to anyone who’s seen the movie, which has become the top-grossing American film of all time as it nears $800 million in earnings. It was released last month. “I hear anecdotally that some people have gone to see the movie seven or eight times,” he said. “I just want to apologize to their parents.” (ap)
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Village tourism could attract French tourist to Bali
DENPASAR - Tourism sites, which are widely spread across Balinese villages could attract foreign tourists, mainly from France, as long as hygiene and safety are ensured. “Village tourism could create a special impression for the tourists who spend their holiday here in Bali,” local tourism and cultural observer, Dewa Rai Budiasa said. Dewa is quite experienced in helping French and American tourists, who visit his lodgings in Banjar Pengaji, Melinggih Kelod, which is located 35 kilometers northeast of Denpasar city. In that area, tourists visit elementary schools, traditional markets, and observe villagers’ activities. “One of the sites, which attract a lot of people, is Payangan market in Gianyar district,” Budiasa stated. He also operates a tourism foundation called “Komunitas Yasa Putra Sedana,” which promotes various cultural programs, such as the “sarana banten” making. It is an offering for the Yadnya God’s ceremony. Young people from France also learn how to string “janur” (young coconut leaves) when they gather at Jero Pangaji Payangan before watching the traditional “barong” dance and enjoying their dinner. There are a lot of French people, including the director of Institut Français d’Indonésie Marc Piton, visiting the “Yasa Putra Sedana” foundation at Payangan village. According to the Bali Tourism Office, 115,288 tourists from France visited Bali during the January to November period in 2015, which made up 3.43 percent of the 3.6 million foreign tourists, who visited that Land of God. (ant)
Justin Bieber asked to leave Mexico’s Tulum ruin site MEXICO CITY — A Mexican official said Friday that Canadian pop star Justin Bieber and his entourage were asked to leave the Mayan archaeological site of Tulum after he apparently tried to climb onto or among the ruins. The official of the National Institute of Anthropology and History spoke on condition of anonymity because he or she was not authorized to be quoted by name. Bieber was visiting the seaside ruins on Thursday when the incident occurred. The official could not specify which of the site’s structures Bieber allegedly had climbed, but said he was “asked to
leave.” Visitors can climb some pre-Hispanic pyramids in Mexico, but officials rope off or place ‘no entry’ signs on some ruins that are considered vulnerable or unstable. Bieber has apparently been on vacation in the Tulum area, on Mexico’s Caribbean coast south of Cancun, for several days. Despite the singer’s reputation for getting out of line, the representative of a native Maya ecotourism camp that Bieber visited near Tulum several days before described him as “completely respectful.” Nathalie Leño, the spokeswoman for AllTournative, a cooperative effort with
Maya communities at a camp called the Jungla Maya Park, said Bieber visited Jan. 5 and “expressed a lot of interest in the work we do to preserve the environment.” “He was completely respectful, and he participated in the welcoming ceremony performed by a local shaman,” said Leno. “He even ate some of the traditional food prepared by local communities,” she noted. Bieber has been involved in several incidents in Latin America in recent years. (ap)
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Tourists visited Ubud, Gianyar Regency during their holiday in Bali. Tourism sites, which are widely spread across Balinese villages could attract foreign tourists, mainly from France, as long as hygiene and safety are ensured. AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File
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Changes must move Balinese culture forward
K E Y W O R D S ‘dignified’ and ‘cultured’, are essential to the development of Balinese human resources, that needs to happen through awareness and capacity building. The capacities of those working in every profession, need to be based on the concept of manyama braya (mutual respect). Balinese people themselves need
to be responsible for identifying with such development. These were some of the main points that were conveyed by former commander of the IX/Udayana Military Region, Wisnu Bawa Tenaya, during a discussion entitled “The Way Towards Quality and Cultured Balinese Human Resources (HR)” that took place following the conferment of the K. Nadha Press Awards on Tuesday (Jan. 5).
The discussion, moderated by Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Raka Suardana, included several speakers, including Rector of the PGRI Bali Teachers’ Training College, Dr. I Made Suartha, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali, A.A. Ngurah Alit Wiraputra and Rector of Undiknas University, Prof. Gede Sri Darma, DBA Wisnu said that the younger generation of Bali must be prepared
to move forward and strive for the highest ideals possible. The most important thing, he said, is character building, which starts with the strengthening of spirituality or our relationship with God, followed by correct, honest and fair behaviour. We must also remember to make sacrifices, he added. In the future Bali must be better than it is today. “Sustain Bali and make it sturdy and robust with intelligence. It is
important for us to develop Balinese human resources on an ongoing basis. Come on, let’s gather together in the shade of the gazebo, but let us never daydream there. Use the gazebo as a place for sharing. No greatness can come without willingness to learn, without diligently practicing,” said Wisnu. Continuer to page 2 Learning ...