A Mexican mayor who dreams of becoming a gardener in the US is confident that the grass really is greener on the other side of the fence. Carlos Guzman Camarena worked as a gardener in the US for 25 years and is once again getting ready to cross the border in search of a better paycheck, the Reforma newspaper reported.
Camarena has served two terms representing two different parties (2000-03 and from 2006) as mayor of Uriangato, a town of more than 50,000 people in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato.
His current mandate ends on October 10, and Guzman has no doubts as to his future.
“I am going back (to the US) and I am looking for work in a firm. They know I speak English, I have a driver’s licence and a lot of experience,” he was quoted as saying.
As a mayor, he earns US$3,730 a month. Across the border, where he had risen to become a gardening supervisor, he says he earned an average of US$6,300 a month.
“There is no possible comparison. You earn more in the US,” he said. “I want to earn a little more, because the salary you get as mayor cannot be compared with that of a gardening supervisor.”
Some 11 million Mexicans live and work in the United States, with an estimated 7 million doing so illegally. The newspaper did not specify what Guzman Camarena’s immigration status would be.(STAFF WRITER WITH DPA)
一位夢想到美國當園丁的墨西哥市長相信外國的月亮一定比較圓。墨西哥《改革報》報導,曾在美國當了二十五年園丁的卡洛斯•蓋滋曼•卡馬瑞納,已經準備好為了更豐厚的薪餉再次赴美工作。
卡馬瑞納曾經代表兩個不同政黨出任兩屆尤里安加托市市長(二OOO至二OO三年,及二OO六年起迄今),該市是墨西哥中部瓜納華托州的一個市鎮,人口超過五萬人。
卡馬瑞納現任任期至十月十日屆滿,而他對未來一點也不徬徨。
報導中提到他說:「我要回去(美國),找一個農場的工作。我會說英文,我有駕照,又經驗豐富。」
他擔任市長的月薪是三千七百三十美元。但他過去在美國曾被拔擢擔任園藝督導,他說當時一個月平均薪資是六千三百美元。
他說:「這完全沒得比。美國收入就是比較高。我想賺多一點錢,因為在墨西哥當市長的薪水完全比不上在美國當一個園藝督導。」
約有一千一百萬墨西哥人在美國生活及工作,其中約有七百萬人沒有身份。報導中並未詳述蓋滋曼•馬瑞納會以何身份移居。(德通社╱翻譯:袁星塵)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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