#claudia alvarez

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We're in an election and I came up with a very stupid but fun AU.It will be my first time voting ÙwÚ

The presidential debate is very good.On one side is Olga Koroterna Sheinbaum whose proposal is to put aside the Archestian religion and continue with the transformation of a new nation.

On the other hand is Kenya Gaspar Gálvez, who seeks to make archestianism what guides the government and preserves good customs.

Olga is a straight and formal woman, she seeks to demonstrate formality and seriousness. Kenya tries every chance she can to tarnish Olga's reputation and expose her, He even mentioned what happened with his own son as a result of leaving aside the gods.

And then there's ??????? Maynez, he doesn't even know why he's there. He serves as a replacement for another candidate and has no political experience.He is the youngest of the candidates and young people like him for that, but nothing more.He just smiles nervously as he watches Kenya and Olga fight in the debates.

But hey! Its campaign full of animations and fun songs makes you really like it.

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Mexico will have its first woman president following a landmark vote on June 2, 2024.

After an election period marred by violence, ruling Morena party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, a former Mexico City mayor, emerged as the victor with about 60% of the vote – a larger share of the vote than her mentor and predecessor, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, won in 2018. Sheinbaum beat rival Xóchitl Gálvez, a senator for the center-right National Action Party, who trailed with less than 30% of the vote.

Acknowledging the significance of the occasion, Sheinbaum said: “For the first time in the 200 years of the republic I will become the first woman president of Mexico.”

But as scholars who study politics and gender in Mexico, we know that optics are one thing, actual power another. Seventy years after women won the right to vote in Mexico, is the country moving any closer to making changes that would give women real equality?

Uneven fight for gender equality

Women now represent half of Congress, after electoral reforms nearly a decade ago mandated gender parity in nominations to Mexico’s legislatures. And two women, Ana Lilia Rivera and Marcela Guerra Castillo, occupy the top posts in both chambers of Congress. Meanwhile, Norma Lucía Piña is the first woman to serve as chief justice of Mexico’s Supreme Court. Preliminary election night results also favor Sheinbaum’s Morena party, giving them a supermajority in Congress. As such, Sheinbaum will very likely have ample support for a feminist political agenda should she pursue one.

But electing women to high office doesn’t necessarily shift power in meaningful ways. It’s what experts on women in politics call “descriptive representation” – when political leaders resemble a group of voters but fail to set policies designed to protect them. In contrast, “substantive representation” occurs when officials enact laws that truly benefit the groups that they claim to represent.

Scholars who study the difference between the two, including Sonia Alvarez, Mala Htun and Jennifer Piscopo, have found that wins in public spheres, such as the right to vote or hold office, have rarely led to progress for women in private spaces – such as the right to reproductive freedom or protections against domestic violence.

In other words, Mexico may have surpassed many countries, including the U.S., in promoting women to political leadership positions, but it still hasn’t shed its stigma of machismo and its history of authoritarianism.

In the 1990s, a resurgent feminist movement throughout Latin America led to major breakthroughs in women’s rights. By the end of the decade, many countries had passed legislation against gender-based violence and reforms requiring gender quotas in party nomination lists. In the past 17 years, seven women have been elected president across Central and South America.

Yet the fight for gender equality has advanced unevenly. Mexico is a country still rattled by high rates of femicide. Government data shows that, on average, 10 women and girls are killed every day by partners or family members.

Government accused of harassment

A big question now is whether Sheinbaum will be able to address the issue of gender violence, which her predecessors failed to do.

Any skepticism surrounding the willingness of Sheinbaum’s government to implement a truly feminist agenda would be justified: Her campaign theme was one of continuity, and she has hesitated, to date, to deviate much, if at all, from López Obrador’s agenda.

Under López Obrador, Morena was accused of downplaying the extent of the femicide crisis, with at least one critic claiming that López Obrador was “the first president to outright deny” the violence.

Rather, López Obrador used his daily “mañanera” news conference to issue verbal assaults against women in office, including Sheinbaum’s defeated rival, Gálvez. In July 2023, the independent National Electoral Institute found López Obrador guilty of targeting Gálvez in derogatory statements related to her gender.

López Obrador also denounced Piña, the Supreme Court chief justice, in what Mexico’s National Association of Judges has described as hate speech and the federal judiciary condemned as “gender-based violence” and hatred against her. His statements at a rally in March incited his followers to burn Piña in effigy, prompting critics to suggest that such attacks don’t simply reflect López Obrador’s distaste for checks and balances but aim to undermine women in positions of power.

Mexico’s patronage politics

Observers see Sheinbaum as López Obrador’s handpicked successor: He publicly endorsed her, and she has vowed to continue his “fourth transformation,” a campaign promise to end government corruption and reduce poverty that’s had mixed results.

Sheinbaum’s record as mayor of Mexico City is equally mixed. She has publicly described herself as a feminist and has criticized state prosecutors for covering up the killing of Ariadna Lopez, a 27-year-old woman. At the same time, Sheinbaum attempted to criminalize participants of a mass protest over the thousands of women who’ve disappeared in recent years, claiming that these demonstrations were violent.

Political scientists have shown that even when the faces of politics change, the operatives behind the scenes can stay the same – especially in Mexico, where political parties are mired in patronage politics – when party leaders reward loyalty by deciding who gets to run for office and who gets to keep their jobs when the government is handed over to a new administration.

Sheinbaum will likely still be beholden to the Morena coalition and will rely to a large degree on López Obrador to help push through her policies.

A feminist future?

On the campaign trail, Sheinbaum, along with her rival, Gálvez, championed women and shared their experiences as women.

But in the closing stages of the campaign, neither Sheinbaum nor Gálvez offered much more than the “historic first” argument to potential voters. As a result, the extension of women’s rights under the new government remains uncertain.

Aside from front-line politics, women’s rights in Mexico have moved forward when leaders have committed to substantive change.

Notably, Mexico’s Supreme Court under Pinã has declared all federal and state laws prohibiting abortion unconstitutional. When Piña took office, she promised to take on women’s rights in her agenda. So far, she’s delivered.

If Sheinbaum hopes to have similar success, she’ll need to follow Pinã’s lead by centering her platforms on the issues that most affect women in their day-to-day lives, beginning with rising femicide rates. Women may be gaining political power in Mexico, but the question now is whether they’ll use it to fight for the women they represent.

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Em maio de 2023 nas livrarias.

Design de capa: Leticia Quintilhano. Imagem: Girl with Pink Gun, de Claudia Alvarez (óleo sobre tela, 2012).

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In your ideal world, what Baccano characters would you most want other people to write?

oh my goodness! what a question!

supposing we're talking about purely hypothetical characters unaffected by anyone's personal writing preferences... well, it's actually difficult to narrow my answer down. i'd love to see just about anyone.

under the cut, i've provided a list of all the baccano! characters that i'd most like to see, but it actually got very long and unwieldy so i decided to answer the question twice: once with muses i have a really burning desire for, and twice with every muse that would make me even a little bit happy to see.

here's my "burning desire" list:

aging.

claire stanfield.

czeslaw meyer.

fil.

hong chi-mei.

ladd russo.

mark wilmens.

miria harvent.

monica campanella.

nile.

rachel.

renee parmedes branvillier.

ricardo russo.

shaft/sham.

that said... the real answer is "please write whoever you want". i won't be unhappy to have ANY muses in the rpc, since the person writing the majority of them currently is naturally me. whoever you want to bring---which, well, i HOPE you want to bring someone if you're asking me this---i'll be really happy to see. even if it's our third jacuzzi or chane. please just write whoever makes you the happiest to write!

... anyway, the full list of "biggest asks" is still under the cut.

adele.

angelo.

begg garrott.

berga gandor.

carla alvarez santoña.

carzelio runorata.

chané laforet.

claudia walken.

denkuro togo.

edith.

elmer c. albatross.

ennis.

esperanza c. boroñal.

eve genoard.

firo prochainezo.

frank.

fred.

gretto avaro.

huey laforet.

illness.

keith gandor.

nader schasschule.

sickle.

sylvie lumiere.

zank rowan.

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Claudia De La Cruz (neé Alvarez) was a Telenovela superstar and estranged wife to beloved Ernesto de la Cruz. she was famous and well known throughout Santa Cecilia. Before her fame became a hit she was a singer at a restaurant in Santa Cecilia. Everyone thought she was talented so she became known throughout the small provincial town. Later on tv directors wanted her to be on a Telenovela show called " La Rosa De Noche" which she gladly accepted and starred on the television show. She then became a superstar singer and sang at concerts and shows. 

In the year of 1922 she met a newcomer musician named Ernesto De La Cruz at a party. She knew the name from somewhere. But just couldn't figure it out. She then remembered a boy named Ernesto who'd always play with this boy named Héctor during her childhood. That's when she knew exactly who he was. And yes, the two started to date a month later. Then they got married in 1923. In 1924 they had two children named Sebastian and Natalia. During Claudias childhood her mother died due to a deadly disease and her father started to hate her because he thought it was her fault for her mothers death. Her mother, Josefina was a florist while her father, Eduardo was in a worldwide traveling mariachi band. He plays the trumpet. Claudia dreamed of becoming a professional singer and actress. She'd also love to dance. She used to do ballet at the age of 14 and she was quite good at it. Claudia's personality is very sweet and gentle but she can kind of be an arrogant and bossy girl when something gets in her way. She passed away in 1950 from cardiac arrest , and resides in the lane of the dead with her alebrije swan/deer Guadalupe

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Characters you need to know to understand me [ Even more than my never ending Define Me lost]

Image One: Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) Penny (The Rescuers), Lilo Pelkai (Lilo & Stitch), Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Peter Pevensie (Chronicles of Narnia), Zuko (Avatar The Last Airbender), Septimus Heap (Septimus Heap), Jenna Heap (Septimus Heap), Syarh Syara (Septimus Heap), Heinz Doofenshmirtz ( Phineas and Ferb), Phoebe Litchen (Phoebe in Wonderland), Crona Gorgon (Soul Eater), Bruce Banner/The Hulk (MCU & Marvel Comics), The Doctor (Doctor Who), Charlie Kelmeckis (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Dawn Summers (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood), Rey (Star Wars) Daniel Pierce (Perception) & Harley Quinn (Batman The Animated Series)

Image Two: Will Graham (Hannibal NBC), Mai Su (Next Gen), Max Mayfield (Stranger Things), Jin Tan (Anohana), Alyssa (End of The F**cking World), Elana Alvarez (One Day at A Time), Constance Blackwood (We have Always Lived in The Castle), Camille Preaker (Sharp Objects), Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives), Agnes Montague (The Magnus Archives), Rebecca Jessel (The Haunting of Bly Manor), Dolores Haze (Lolita), Jane (Doom Patrol), Jinx (Arcane), Keyleth (Critical Role/The Legend of Vox Machina) Vax'ildan (Critical Role), Caleb Widogast (Critical Role), Claudia (Interview With The Vampire), Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb), Alicent Hightower (House of The Dragon)

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Fictional Characters I'll Write For:

Cyberpunk - Meredith Stout, Evelyn Parker, Rosalind Myers, Judy Alvarez, Alt Cunningham, Claire Russell, Kate, Kiwi, Gloria Martinez & Young Rouge

Marvel - Any either from the Movies, Series or Comic Books (Female Characters Only)[except for Kate Bishop]

DC - Any either from the Movies, Series or Comic Books (Female Characters Only)

The School For Good & Evil: Leonora Lesso & Clarissa Dovey

Fast & Furious: Cipher, Riley Hicks, Gisele Yashar, Ramsey, Letty Ortiz, Mia Toretto, Hattie Shaw, Tess, Margarita, Monica Fuentes & Elena Neves

Jujutsu Kaisen: Maki Zenin, Yuki Tsukumo, Kaori Itadori, Mei Mei, Shoko Ieiri, Mai Zenin, Manami Suda, Nagi Yoshino, Utahime Iori & Saori

Pokémon - Jessie, Aldith, Cassidy, Bea, Nessa, Nemona, Professor Sada, Rika, Cynthia, Diantha, Carmine, Raifort, Dendra, Eri, Mela, Briar, Miriam, Perrin, Tulip, Klara, Melony, Alexa, Bryony, Carrie, Cherie, Clair, Cogita, Officer Jenny, Jupiter, Lorelei, Lusamine, Malva, Onia, Palina, Professor Burnet, Shelly, Sima, Skyla, Soliera & Wicke

The Little Mermaid: Ariel, Queen Athena, Arista, Attina, Adella, Alana, Andrina & Aquata

Ghostbusters: Jillian Holtzmann

Wednesday/Addams family: Larissa Weems, Morticia Addams & Marilyn Thornhill

Winx Club - Icy, Darcy, Stormy, Bloom, Stella, Daphne, Diaspro, Selina, Venomya, Cyan, Kalshara, Kalima, Nebula, Vertigo, Virus, Banshee, Obscura, Stoney, Sinka, Veronique, Zulema, Roxy, Stella, Musa, Tecna, Flora & Aisha

Monster High: Nora Bloodgood, Clawdeen Wolf, Clawdia Wolf, Scary Stone, Cleo De Nile, Nefera De Nile, Toralei Stripes, Meowlody, Purrsephone, Abbey Bominable, Draculaura, Elissabat, Frankie Stein, Lagoona Blue, Amanita Nightshade, Ari Hauntington, Avea Trotter, Sirena Von Boo, Bonita Femur, Catrine DeMew, Catty Noir, Dayna Treasura Jones, Gigi Grant, Djinni (Whisp) Grant, Gooliope Jellington, Gory Fangtell, Jane Boolittle, Jinafire Long, Skelita Calaveras, Rochelle Goyle, Moanica D'Kay, Operetta, Robecca Steam, Silvi Timberwolf, Spectra Vondergeist, Venus McFlytrap, Wydowna Spider, Astranova, Batsy Claro, Clair, Luna Mothews, Honey Swamp, Kala Mer'ri, Peri and Pearl Serpentine, Posea Reef, Kiyomi Haunterly, River Styxx, Vandala Doubloons, Marisol Coxi, Viperine Gorgon, C.A. Cupid, Casta Fierce, Lorna McNessie, Mouscedes King, Scarah Scream, Iris Clops, Teresa Thornwilliow & Principal Revenant

Mortal Kombat: Kitana, Sonya Blade, Sindel, Cassie Cage, Jade, Khameleon, Frost, Skarlet, D'Vorah, Ferra & Jola

Once Upon A Time - Ruby, Emma Swan, Belle, Blind Witch, Regina Mills, Maleficent, Zelena, Anna, Elsa, Blue Fairy, Mulan, Jack (Jacqueline)

My Hero Academia - Nemuri Kayama, Nana Shimura, Rumi Usagiyama, Chitose Kizuki, Ryuko Tatsuma, Emi Fukukado, Ryuko Tsuchikawa, Shino Sosaki, Kaina Tsutsumi, Teka Todoroki, Uwabami, Yu Takeyama, Konako Haizono, Kaoruko Awata, Saiko Intelli, Fuyumi Todoroki, Rei Todoroki, Mitsuki Bakugo, Mei Hatsume, Kiruka Hasaki, Sirius, Chikuchi Togeike, Cathleen Bate, Camie Utsushimi & Beros

Tinkerbell - Vidia, Spike, Zarina, Chase, Glimmer, Queen Clarion & Nyx

Star Wars - Captain Phasma, Rey Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Hera Syndulla, Sabine Wren, The Armorer & Chewbacca(Platonic)

Voltron: Legendary Defenders- Kroila, Acxa, Hira, Honerva, Veronica, Zethrid, Narti & Ezor.

High Rise Invasion - Yayoi Kusakabe & Dealer Mask

She-ra and the Princess of Power - Catra, Adora & Shadow Weaver

The Dragon Prince - Amaya, Janai, Sarai, Annika, Neha, Kim’dael, Opeli, Fareeda, Khessa, Tiadrin, Aditi, Rayla, Bloodmoon Huntress, Lujanne, Sabah, Miyana, Claudia & Nyx

Power Rangers - Dayu, Posiandra, Roxy, Karone/Astroema, Psycho Pink, Kimberly Hart

Criminal Minds - Emily Prentiss & Jennifer Jareau(JJ)

MPHFPC & MP - Alma Peregrine & Mary Poppins

The Legend Of Korra & ATLAB - Korra, Asami, Izumi, Kuvira, Kyoshi, Lin, Prosecution Attorney (Don't know her name), Suyin, P'Li, Azula, June, Ursa & Toph

DOTA Dragons Blood - Drysi, Vanari, Rylai, Selemene, Mirana, Lina, Aurouth, Luna & Marci

Barbie: Queen Calissa, Delancy Devin, Alexander Privet, Anemone, Coral, Jacqueline, Lillian Roxelle, Melody & Marlo

Demon Slayer: Daki, Kanae Kocho, Nezuko Kamado, Ruka Rengoku, Shinobu Kocho, Spider Demon(Mother), Susamaru, Tamayo, Nakime, Koinatsu, Makio, Mukago, Ozaki, Satoko, Suma, Amane Ubuyashiki, Hinatsuru & Mitsuri Kanroji

Miraculous Ladybug: Marinette Dupain-Cheng (older), Nathalie Sancoeur, Alix Kubdel (older), Caline Bustier, Emilie Agreste, Fei Wu, Juleka Couffaine (Older) & Ondine

Arcane: Vi, Mel Medarda, Sevika, Grayson, Jinx

Castlevaznia: Morana, Carmilla, Lenore, Hermina, Raman & Striga

Blood Of Zeus: Alexia, Hera & Fates

Naruto: Yuuhi Kurenai, Kushina Uzumaki, Ino Yamanaka, Hanabi Hyuuga, Guren, Yugito Nii, Ameyuri Ringo, Yugao Uzuki, Natsuhi, Fuuka, Suiren, Pakura, Hinata Hyuuga, Temari, Ruka & Kakashi Hatake(Platonic)

Twilight: Esme, Alice, Bella, Rosalie, Victoria, Tanya Denali, Irina & Kate

Descendents: Mal, Evie, Audrey, Lonnie, Jordan, Uma & Harry Hook

Pitch Perfect: Kommissar, Chloe Beale, Beca, Aubrey, Cynthia Rose, Calamity & Emily Junk

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Yoshio | 'Entre cuatro amores'

* Indeciso el candidato de MC Acapulco por quién votar para presidente de México: #Claudia o #Maynez; entre AMLO o Dante, su nuevo jefe político supremo Sin daños a terceros Ángel | Blanco ) Acapulco Press Dice Yoshio Avila estar "entre la espada y la pared", pues se halla indeciso por quién votar para Presidente de México: "O por Jorge Álvarez Máynez (candidato oficial de su nuevo partido por el cual es aspirante a presidente municipal y por quién ahora está obligado a votar, o por Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, su excandidata por Morena, a quien antes de brincar a MC había jurado lealtad y unidad, la misma lealtad que le había jurado a Andrés Manuel López Obrador, de quien dijo estaría a su lado "hasta el último minuto

de su mandato" pero decidió traicionar cuando le ganó la avaricia de un cargo y se fue a Movimiento Ciudadano, donde le ofrecieron la candidatura de la presidencia municipal, a pesar de que Yoshio venía de un proceso interno que le impide ser candidato de otro partido. Lo anterior no es un invento. Lo dijo el 'chamaco' emecista (como lo bautizó Genaro Vázquez Flores, antes de renunciar a MC, inconforme por su imposición) en entrevista con el periodista Misael Habana de los Santos en su programa radiofónico "Al Tanto". Cómo candidato oficial de MC, Ávila González no debería ser rehén de las indecisiones. Su nuevo partido se llama Movimiento Ciudadano, por ende, su candidato es Jorge Alvarez

Maynez, no Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. Su lealtad ahora debe ser con Dante Delgado, no con Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Su lealtad a AMLO, Claudia y Morena caducó cuando traicionó su fe política y decidió vestirse de naranja. ¡Vaya candidato que les impusieron a los emecistas de Acapulco! Con este antecedente, que no quede duda que su lealtad a MC es similar a la que decía tener al PRI y Morena... o tantito peor. "Quién traiciona una, traiciona dos o tres veces más", parafrasea un refrán popular. ¿Cuál será la opinión de Mario Moreno Arcos, Héctor Astudillo Flores, Dante Delgado e Ivonne Aracelly Ortega Pacheco de la indefinición del candidato que con bombos y platillos impusieron en MC Acapulco, a pesar de la inconformidad de los militantes contra los advenedizos del PRI y Morena? ¡Caramba con esos esos hombres de palabra y de lealtad de hoy! Perdón si la verdad arde o laxa. Sin daños a terceros. ) acapulcopress.com Read the full article

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Matthew Cregg

Name: Matthew Joseph Cregg

Nickname: Flamingo Two(Secret Service), Male CJ(Toby Ziegler), Matt(All), Best boy(Donna Moss), Paranoid Penny(Josh Lyman), Brows(Mrs Landingham)

Gender: Male, He/Him/His

Occupation: Underling to White House Press Secretary (Seasons 1–6), White House Press Secretary (Seasons 6-7)

Family: Talmidge Cregg(Father), Unnamed mother, Unnamed older sister, Claudia Jean “CJ„ Cregg(Little Sister), Danny Concannon(Brother in law), Unnamed Niece/Nephew

Significant other: Tobias “Toby„ Ziegler(Fling), Donna Moss(As a Beard), Brendon Beck

First appearance: Pilot

Last appearance: Tomorrow

Mother and Sister's Death

When Matt was 22 and CJ was 19, they lost their mother and older sister, this gave Matt survivors guilt and PTSD, he had a hard time using cars again due to this experience. He has burns on upper chest and back. His father wanted an open casket for his mother and his sister was cremated...when he looked into his mother's casket he nearly passed out but CJ came to the rescue and helped him gain composure over himself.

Best Boy

During season one Donna Moss aids Matt to help him appear as straight, they are best friends so their chemistry comes easy, but at the beginning of season two when he and Josh Lyman are both shot Donna makes the decision to breakup with Matt as her feelings for Josh start to become apparent. Toby Ziegler visits Matt saying “You better not die on me or I will kill you myself„ but lucky for everyone Matt and Josh both survived.

Brows

During a stressful night Mrs Landingham finds Matt in his office looking over papers and photos to prepare for the next Press conference. She tells him to get some rest before she kicks his butt and he tells her that he doesn't have to rest but that he'll be okay...so she takes him out to breakfast. Calling him affectionately Brows because of his bushy eyebrows.

A Mistake

When Matt is arrested after his Identity was stolen, Sergio Alvarez though disliking Matt promises the West Wing that he'll help Matt in any way he can.

Bad Choices Suck

After Jackson Pax's death, Matt makes a line of bad choices and having a fling with Toby Ziegler, in his opinion was the wrong thing to do.

Coming Out

Matt never wanted to come out in the way he was forced to, that being outted by news outlets. It led to him being jumped quite a few times but he pulled himself together and took a note from Jackson Pax's book and was a pacifist and spoke his truth...and that's how he kept his job.

Brendon Beck aka Lawyer Man

In an emotional spiral Matt found himself in a gay bar, which probably wasn't the best idea for his mental situation but still we digress. Matt nearly slipped and fell but Brendon Beck a lawyer caught him and it was love at first sight. It's been love and magic ever since.