African migrants look down on white-clad golfers in viral photo,  theguardian.com, 23/10/2014

 “Realities clash as campaigner captures image of asylum seekers stuck on razorwire fence above elite club on Morocco-Melilla border.

 Behind them lay the makeshift campgrounds where they had spent months living rough, waiting for the right moment to climb the six-metre, razorwire fence lying between them and their dream of making it to Europe. In front of them lay an immaculately groomed golf course complete with white-clad golfers teeing off.

 The two radically different realities, just metres apart, was what greeted a dozen or so migrants caught on the triple fence that marks the border between Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla and Morocco on Wednesday. After 200 had tried to scale the fence, Spain’s interior ministry said 20 people had made it to the enclave and another 70 remained perched on top of the fence for several hours.

 The photo was taken by José Palazón, of the migrant rights group Pro.De.In Melilla, after he noticed that some of the migrants had got caught on the fence in the area overlooking the golf course.

 “It seemed like a good moment to take a photo that was a bit more symbolic. The photo reflects the situation really well – the differences that exist here and all the ugliness that is happening here,” he told El País newspaper.”   (…)

 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/23/

Credit : Reuters, ibidem

 “A group of heavily armed militiamen confronted a team of scientists who had been studying bats in a cave near Sonoita last week, apparently mistaking them for illegal border-crossers or drug-smugglers.

 No one was hurt during the late-night encounter in the GardnerCanyon area, but the incident highlights the potential for trouble when citizens take up arms in hopes of defending the U.S.-Mexico border.

 U.S. Customs and Border Protection “does not endorse or support any private group or organization to take border security matters into their own hands as it could have disastrous personal and public safety consequences” the agency said in a statement.

 The confrontation near Sonoita began at approximately 11 p.m. on Aug. 23, according to a report given by one of the scientists to a Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputy. The team of three researchers had been counting bats in OnyxCave, and as they began walking back to their campsite near Gardner Canyon Road, they were flashed with a spotlight by a group of men.

 The men reportedly began shouting at the scientists in Spanish, and identified themselves as a militia group protecting the U.S.-Mexico border. The scientists identified themselves and continued to walk to their campsite “while seeking cover,” according to the deputy’s report.” (…)

 http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/border-militia-confronts-bat-researchers/article_13f91b94-32ad-11e4-ba68-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=story

Crédit photo :  http://www.webinapage.com/2013/02/chauve-souris-

« Tambien de este lado hay sueños » (De ce côté-là aussi, il y a des rêves), écrit à Tijuana, la plus grande ville de l’Etat mexicain de Basse-Caroline, du côté mexicain de la frontière avec les Etats Unis. @ Accion poetica .

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Des murs peints en blanc et quelques mots en noir, dont la poésie surprend au milieu du paysage urbain d’une vingtaine de pays latino-américains. Une seule signature : Accion poetica.

“Lorsqu’il a lancé Accion poetica, à Monterrey (nord-est du Mexique), l’écrivain Armando Alanis Pulido ne se doutait pas que ce mouvement essaimerait, en dix-sept ans, dans toute l’Amérique latine et en Europe. A l’origine de son initiative, un constat – « le déclin de la littérature et de la poésie » – et une statistique  : en  1996, les Mexicains ne lisaient plus qu’un livre par année en moyenne.

Mais comment réhabiliter l’écrit et la poésie locale ? Mario Murgia Elizalde, professeur à l’Université nationale autonome de Mexico (UNAM), avance que le principal obstacle entre le peuple et la poésie est l’idée préconçue que cette dernière est opaque, difficile à lire et à comprendre. En réaction, l’idée d’Armando Alanis avec Accion poetica était de “fondre la poésie dans le paysage urbain de manière à ce qu’elle interpelle les passants et provoque la réflexion”. “Nous cherchons à peindre des phrases courtes- si possible pas plus de dix mots- qui puissent parler à tous en transmettant des messages positifs. Pas de politique. Pas de religion », précise-t-il.” (…)

Lire la suite :

http://mondeaccult.blog.lemonde.fr/2013/10/31/en-amerique-du-sud-les-murs-parlent-damour/