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<div>Listen Antonio Laguna's Music: <a href="https://antoniolaguna.bandcamp.com/album/el-canta-autor-macehualli-antonio-laguna" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://antoniolaguna.bandcamp.com/album/el-canta-autor-macehualli-antonio-laguna" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://antoniolaguna.bandcamp.com/album/el-canta-autor-macehualli-antonio-laguna</a></a>
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<div>If you want to know more details about Antonio Laguna, Watch this extended video here:<a href="https://youtu.be/IKrn9KKvo4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://youtu.be/IKrn9KKvo4Q" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/IKrn9KKvo4Q</a></a>
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<div>Meet Antonio Laguna, a talented poet and singer who currently lives in Phoenix, AZ. His dedication and hard work as a laborer and artist have earned him the name Macehuali, which in Nahuatl means "the one who deserves through his work."
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<div>Antonio reconciles our ancestral history with our present of precariousness and oppression through his Macehuali song. But with his singing, he also rescues what we have always been: descendants of the indigenous peoples. Antonio proudly shows us that we are indigenous people who belong to this land since time immemorial.
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<div>Throughout his life, Antonio has shared his wisdom, his work, his songs, and his love with the Macehuali people. Now, he needs us. Antonio is currently in stage 4 cancer, and despite having worked hard in construction for most of his life, he is struggling to cover the expenses of his medicines and medical treatment.
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<div>For this reason, we kindly request a donation to help Antonio during this time of affliction. 
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<div>If you would like to learn more about Antonio's life and his touching story, please watch this video. If you want to listen to and download his music, visit this link. And if you feel compelled to make a donation, please do so through this GoFundMe page. Any contribution, no matter how small, will make a difference in Antonio's life.
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<div>A million thanks for your music, your work, your ancestral wisdom, your joy, and your love, Antonio. We stand with you.
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<div>In February 2003, after two years of struggle, the Macehualli Center was formed. When the Macehualli Center opened, it attracted around 200 day laborers looking for “Jale.” Among them came a musician as well as a dozen other musicians who strummed the lyre and sang popular songs for amusement while patiently waiting for work under the shadow of four tents put up there by the City of Phoenix. Songs like “Sonora y sus ojos negros” were heard there. They also hummed “When the general cries.” And although the singer-songwriter I'm talking about strummed all those songs with the taste that only day laborers know how to give him, over time he began to introduce songs that couldn't be heard on the radio. Those songs reached the heart of Macehualli, because they did not speak of ancient struggles that were remembered in the collective memory of a people fucked up and lashed by the capitalist system that sucked up every last drop of sweat and in some cases every last breath. These songs stuck a thorn in the hearts of all those who ventured into the desert risking their lives to come and earn their bread to eat. These songs didn't just talk about their grandparents' struggle, but their own struggles in the most racist state in the United States. The state of the most racist Sheriff in the west named Joe Arpaio, the state where the minute men hunted humans in the desert.
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<div>I knew this Macehualli day laborer as “Antonio Laguna,” a name like so many names and nicknames that the day laborer adopts to go under the radar when the police raid and the migra descends like a pack of mad dogs. That Name stood out as an artistic name when Antonio Laguna (Tony Lake) began to reveal his compositions in private concerts, exclusively for Macehualli waiting for work.
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<div>Among his compositions one could hear playing the harmonica tied to a guitar worn out by use, "over my land Aztlán my soul will fly a wire fence far below this, a fence its wings will not be able to cut."
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<div>The depth of their songs captured not only the exploitation but also the dignity of the day laborer people, the Macehualli. Macehualli is a Nahuatl word that means the worker who deserves honor for his work. Today, "Antonio Laguna" has been diagnosed with fourth degree liver cancer at the age of 72 and even if his Eagle spirit flies high and he is willing to take the leap to the next dimension in the same way that he jumped the fence border wire, she needs help buying the medicines she needs to ease the pain that comes with cancer.
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<div>Antonio Laguna will remain in the history of the Macehualli Fight as the Macehualli troubadour who captured in his songs the natural feeling of all day laborers and the feeling of a people of noble castes. It doesn't matter if they come from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, or Panama, we come from aboriginal peoples that predate the states that divide us today. It wasn't until I went to visit him at the hospital where he was admitted as an emergency due to so much pain that I found out that Antonio Laguna did not exist for the hospital. For the hospital his name is Efraín Fernández, his first name. However, Antonio Laguna lives in the heart of Macehualli. I asked him why he had chosen the name Laguna and he told me that he wanted a natural name, and lagoon is a body of water where the brothers of the wild fauna drink and live. If the Europeans can impose their names on us over our original names, why can't we name ourselves with our own Nahual?
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<div>If you like to donate after listening to Antonio Laguna's story and songs to help him buy his medicines, and other expenses, any amount is appreciated. <a href="https://youtu.be/jK19UkdH6O4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Watch the video</a>
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<div>You can <a href="https://antoniolaguna.bandcamp.com/album/el-canta-autor-macehualli-antonio-laguna" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">listen his song here</a>
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<div>Listen Antonio Laguna's Music: <a href="https://antoniolaguna.bandcamp.com/album/el-canta-autor-macehualli-antonio-laguna" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://antoniolaguna.bandcamp.com/album/el-canta-autor-macehualli-antonio-laguna" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://antoniolaguna.bandcamp.com/album/el-canta-autor-macehualli-antonio-laguna</a></a>
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<div>If you want to know more details about Antonio Laguna, Watch this extended video here:<a href="https://youtu.be/IKrn9KKvo4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://youtu.be/IKrn9KKvo4Q" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/IKrn9KKvo4Q</a></a>
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<div>Conoce a Antonio Laguna, un talentoso poeta y cantante jornalero que actualmente vive en Phoenix, AZ. Su dedicación y arduo trabajo como jornalero y artista le han valido el nombre de Macehuali, que en náhuatl significa "el que merece por su trabajo".
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<div>Antonio reconcilia con su canto macehuali nuestra historia ancestral con nuestro presente de precariedad y opresión. Pero con su canto también rescata lo que siempre hemos sido: descendientes de los pueblos originarios. Antonio nos hace ver, a mucha honra, somos indígenas que pertenecemos a estas tierras desde tiempos inmemorables.
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<div>Durante toda su vida, Antonio ha dado su sabiduría, su trabajo, sus canciones y su amor al pueblo macehuali. Ahora necesita de nosotros. Antonio se encuentra en la etapa 4 de cáncer y a pesar de haber trabajado duramente en la construcción durante gran parte de su vida, está teniendo dificultades para cubrir los gastos de sus medicinas y tratamiento médico.
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<div>Por tal razón solicitamos una donación para ayudar a Antonio en este momento de aflicción. 
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<div>Si desea conocer más sobre la vida y conmovedora historia de Antonio vea este video. Si quiere escuchar y descargar su música visite este enlace. Y si le nace hacer una donación hágalo a través de este gofundme. Cualquier contribución, por pequeña que sea, hará la diferencia en la vida de Antonio.
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<div>Un millón de gracias por su música, su trabajo, su sabiduría ancestral, por su alegría y por su amor, Antonio. Estamos con usted.
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<div>En febrero del 2003, después de dos años de luchas se formó el Centro Macehualli. El Centro Macehualli al abrirse atrajo alrededor de 200 jornaleros buscando “Jale.” Entre ellos llego un musico al igual que una decena de músicos que rascaban la lira y cantaban canciones populares para divertirse mientras esperaban trabajo pacientemente debajo de una sombra de cuatro carpas puestas allí por la Ciudad de Phoenix. Allí se escuchaban canciones como “Sonora y sus ojos negros.” También tarareaban “Cuando lloro el general.” Y aunque el musico cantante del que hablo rasgaba todas esas canciones con el gusto que solo los jornaleros saben darle, al paso del tiempo empezó a introducir canciones que no se oían en el radio. Esas canciones llegaban hasta el corazón del Macehualli, porque no hablaban de luchas antiguas que se recordaban en la memoria colectiva de un pueblo jodido y azotado por el sistema capitalista que les chupaba hasta la última gota de sudor y en algunos casos hasta el último suspiro. Estas canciones clavaban una espinita en el corazón de todos aquellos que se aventaron por el desierto arriesgando sus vidas para venir a ganarse el pan para comer. Estas canciones no hablaban solo de la lucha de sus abuelos, sino las luchas propias en el estado más racista de estados unidos. El estado del Sheriff más racista del oeste llamado Joe Arpaio, el estado donde los minute men cazaban seres humanos en el desierto.
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<div>A este jornalero Macehualli yo lo conocí como “Antonio Laguna,” un nombre como tantos nombres y apodos que adopta el jornalero para pasar por abajo del radar cuando las redadas de la policía y la migra desciende como jauría, perros rabiosos. Ese Nombre resalto como nombre artístico cuando Antonio Laguna (Tony Lake) empezó a revelar sus composiciones en conciertos privados, exclusivamente para el Macehualli esperando trabajo.
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<div>Entre sus composiciones se oía entre tocar la haromonica amarrada a una guitarra desgastada por el uso, “sobre mi tierra Aztlán mi alma volara un cerco de alambre muy abajo esta, un cerco sus alas no podrá cortar.”
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<div>La profundidad de sus canciones captaba no solo la explotación sino la dignidad del pueblo jornalero, el Macehualli. Macehualli es una palabra Náhuatl que significa el trabajador que merece honor por su trabajo. Hoy en día, “Antonio Laguna” ha sido diagnosticado con cáncer del hígado del cuarto grado a sus 72 años y aun si su espíritu de Águila vuela alto y está dispuesto a dar el salto a la siguiente dimensión de la misma manera que salto el cerco de alambre fronterizo, necesita ayuda para comprar las medicinas que necesita para mitigar el dolor que viene con el cáncer.
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<div>Antonio Laguna quedara en la historia de la Lucha Macehualli como el trovador Macehualli que capto en sus canciones el sentimiento nato de todos los jornaleros y el sentimiento de un pueblo de castas nobles. No importa que vengan de Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, o Panamá venimos de pueblos aborígenes que anteceden los estados que hoy nos dividen. No fue hasta que fui a visitarlo al hospital donde fue ingresado de emergencia por tanto dolor que me enteré de que Antonio Laguna no existía para el hospital. Para el hospital su nombre es Efraín Fernández, su nombre de pila. Sin embargo, Antonio Laguna vive en el corazón del Macehualli. Le pregunte porque había escogido el nombre Laguna y me dijo que él quería un nombre natural, y laguna es un cuerpo de agua de donde beben y viven los hermanos de la fauna silvestre. Si los europeos pueden imponernos sus nombres sobre nuestros nombres originales porque no podemos nosotros auto nombrarnos con nuestro propio Nahual.
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<div>Si usted quiere hacer algun donativo despues de escuchar la musica de Antonio Laguna le agradeceriamos mucho.
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<div>Esuchen su musica aqui: <a href="https://antoniolaguna.bandcamp.com/album/el-canta-autor-macehualli-antonio-laguna" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://antoniolaguna.bandcamp.com/album/el-canta-autor-macehualli-antonio-laguna" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://antoniolaguna.bandcamp.com/album/el-canta-autor-macehualli-antonio-laguna</a></a>
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<div>Si quiere concoer mas detalles Antonio Laguna mire la version extendida de su video aqui: <a href="https://youtu.be/IKrn9KKvo4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://youtu.be/IKrn9KKvo4Q" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/IKrn9KKvo4Q</a></a>
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