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A14 PEOPLE & ARTS
Friday 22 January 2021
Natiruts, Marley, Aparicio sing for unity of the Americas

NEW YORK (AP) — With a United States to give more hunger, we are live. We
trilingual song that calls for "legitimacy to the song" — don't want guns, we are
the people of the Americas the son of legendary Bob peace. We don't want ha-
to unite in a more fair and Marley, like his father a mu- tred, we are love."
loving world, Brazilian reg- sician and an activist. In a press release, Marley
gae band Natiruts, Jamai- For the Spanish part of said that collaborating with
can musician Ziggy Mar- the song, they wanted a Natiruts and Aparicio was
ley and Mexican actress woman, and Aparicio, an "a great pleasure."
Yalitza Aparicio hope to actress and activist of Mix- "My lyrics is talking about
make the whole continent tec origin, provided even realizing what's going on
vibrate. greater representation. with the environment and
"América Vibra" was re- "The identity with the Na- wanting to see some justice
leased Wednesday — the tive Indians, the identity in the world," he said. "We
day of President Joe Biden's with her country, with the have to take care of the
inauguration — as a nod to struggles, with the people," planet, take care of each
a new beginning. Carlo said. "Yalitza made other and just build a better
"We don't want walls. We this song grow with her per- world together."
are bridges," recites the Os- sonality, with her represen- The decision to release
car-nominated actress in tation of Latin America." "América vibra" the same
Spanish before Marley and For the "Roma" star, her day as Biden's inauguration
Natiruts vocalist Alexan- spoken music debut — she had to do with the hope for
dre Carlo sing about social says she cannot sing — was change.
justice and environmental about "experimenting an- "It's the victory of dialogue,
protection in English and This image released by Sony Music Brazil shows cover art for other phase and discover- the victory of calmness, the
the single for “America Vibra,” a trilingual song featuring Ziggy
Portuguese, respectively. Marley and the Academy-Award nominated actress Yalitza ing what would happen." victory of unity over other
"América Vibra" includes a Aparicio. "What drew me to this proj- leaders that emerged in
musical video directed by Associated Press ect was the message that the world that have a way
Rick Brombal which com- it carries... the intention of communication that is
bines images of the Brazilian better known as Kobra. after playing in Mexico, of sharing with the world more violent, more aggres-
Senate, the White House "The idea (for the song) Paraguay, Chile and Puer- something as important as sive, more denying of sci-
and other iconic places arose in 2019, before the to Rico, but the coronavirus unity, and what better way ence, for example; intransi-
covered or surrounded by pandemic," said Carlo in pandemic disrupted the than doing it through a tri- gent," Carlo said.
vegetation in an allusion to a recent interview with The plan, he explained. lingual song, through mu- "I know that we can expect
the power of nature over Associated Press from his Months later they decided sic," Aparicio said in a Zoom a lot from the incoming ad-
that of men. The single's home-studio in Brazil's capi- to continue on. interview from Mexico City. ministration, but we can do
cover image, which shows tal, Brasilia. Natiruts, a reg- "The purpose was the same, "Besides, it's a collaboration more than sit and wait, we
the faces of the three artists gae band with a career the unity of the Americas," with two big reggae stars. need to act," added Apari-
painted in colorful geomet- of over 25 years, planned Carlo said. No one could have said cio. "Everyone can do a
ric figures, was developed to include it in a DVD re- And with this in mind they no!" she added with laugh. bit from where they stand
by Brazilian muralist Carlos corded at the Luna Park invited an English-speaking Her part includes the Span- if we want to see a real
Eduardo Fernandes Léo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, colleague based in the ish verses: "We don't want change."q

Sales of U.S. Constitution topped 1 million during Trump years

around 160,000.” has been a best-seller dur- increased sales of the Con-
From his extraordinary po- ing the Trump years. stitution: when he formally
litical rise in 2015-16 through According to NPD Book- accepted the Republican
the four years of his presi- Scan, which tracks around nomination, in July 2016;
dency, including his un- 85 percent of the print his inauguration in Janu-
precedented challenges market, more than 1 mil- ary 2017; the hearings for
to his re-election loss to lion copies of the Consti- Supreme Court nominee
Joe Biden, Trump’s tenure tution in various editions Brett Kavanaugh in Sep-
became a kind of ongo- have sold since Trump tember 2018; and the for-
ing seminar about how took office, compared to mal launch by the House
the government works and around 600,000 during the of Representatives, in Sept.
how a democracy might second term of President 2019, of an impeachment
fail. Questions once limited Barack Obama. The spike inquiry into Trump’s alleged
to Constitutional scholars — began in 2016 when Trump efforts to pressure Ukraine’s
how many Cabinet mem- became the Republican president into investigating
This photo made available by the U.S. National Archives shows bers are needed to invoke candidate for president: Biden.q
a portion of the first page of the United States Constitution. the 25th Amendment and Sales more than doubled
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ter, in Philadelphia, they like 400,000 visitors to our site in presidential balloting — year in office, 2009. 3 2 1 4 7 9 5 6 8
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