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America needs a better version of Halloween: An official Día de los Muertos
It took the brilliant Pixar film "Coco" for me to figure out what was missing: the dancing skeletons, the flower-adorned grave sites, the altars crowded with candles and framed photos of deceased loved ones. I'm talking about Dia de los Muertos, and though the celebration of this Mexican holiday is already established in Latin corners of the United States, I'm proposing we go full throttle and declare the Day of the Dead an official American holiday. Read More
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At last, they can celebrate his sainthood, Monseñor Oscar Romero
By Esmeralda Bermudez ~ LA Times
After he was killed, they burned his photographs and nearly every memento they had of their friend. The rest they buried in their garden, just beneath their guava tree.
Maria Hilda and Guillermo Gonzalez feared saying his name, even to their closest relatives. It was 1980, and a brutal war grabbed hold of El Salvador soon after Archbishop Oscar Romero was shot in the heart as he celebrated Mass in a hospital chapel. Read More.
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Inmigrantes: El camino hacia un sueño
We would like to take a moment to congratulate our very own, Lidieth Arevalo, for her inspirational story and high achievements as a woman of color, an immigrant, and a first generation college student. Learn about Lidieth's personal story in the following episode of "Inmigrantes: El Camino Hacia un Sueño," an original series produced by CentroAmérica TV. Read More.
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