To the editor: Columnist Gustavo Arellano writes, “It was a narrative we Mexicans know too nicely — we’re gifted, simply not but on the stage of the elites of the world” (“Mexico lost in the World Cup — but Mexican Americans won,” July 6). I do know he meant soccer, however Mexicans have reached elite standing in many various areas.
Examples embrace 5 finest director Academy Award wins for Mexican filmmakers within the 2010s and three Nobel Prize winners. Conventional Mexican delicacies stays internationally common, along with different Mexican contributions equivalent to mariachi music and the Day of the Useless. Mexico has 36 properties on the World Heritage listing. Julio César Chávez Sr. was a world-class boxer. Final yr, Frida Kahlo’s portray “The Dream (The Mattress)” set a new auction record for a feminine artist and for Latin American artwork. Carlos Santana has gained main Grammy recognitions and obtained a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in January.
Mexico is actually elite in terms of inventive manufacturing. The World Mental Property Group’s World Innovation Index ranks Mexico 6th on this planet by way of inventive items exports as a share of whole commerce. Nevertheless, it’s ranked 96th in cultural and inventive providers exports. It clearly can produce internationally aggressive inventive items, however not throughout all sectors. Some issues are the necessity for stronger establishments, infrastructure, analysis and improvement, enterprise sophistication and long-term funding.
Sound acquainted? Mexico has tons of elite capability, however for Mexican soccer, the bottleneck is conversion. It additionally wants elite programs for growing, exporting and hardening that capability towards one of the best competitors.
Elena Serrano, Los Angeles
