Voces Consulare: With Education, We All Advance!
The Consulate of Mexico will participate from Monday, August 23 to Saturday, August 28 in the Binational Education Week
Voces Consulares: Agosto vamos con todo
By Alfonso Navarro-Bernachi En agosto el consulado de México ofrece actividades especiales para seguir atendiendo la gran demanda de servicios consulares, proteger los derechos de nuestra población y promover oportunidades educativas para quienes viven en Kansas, Missouri y el oeste de Oklahoma.Así, el día 14 el director general de Servicios Consulares de la Secretaría de […]
Montalvo comparte su historia de divorcio para ayudar a las mujeres a sanar
Ana Montalvo, residente de Overland Park, Kansas, espera poder ayudar a otras mujeres a recuperarse del dolor que acompaña al divorcio.Su método de curación es compartir su propia historia.Montalvo pensó que su matrimonio duraría para siempre. Luego, se dio cuenta de que estaba casada con un marido emocionalmente distante, dijo.“Estuvimos casados por 21 años y […]
Viviana Medellín muere a los 74
By Roberta Pardo Viviana Medellín, de 74 años y residente del área de Kansas City, falleció pacíficamente el 10 de agosto, con su esposo Richard y su familia a su lado.Oriunda de Roeland Park, Kansas, Medellín nació de Ofelia y Antonio Rodríguez el 30 de noviembre de 1946, pero siempre celebraba su cumpleaños el 1 […]
Human trafficking: modern day slavery
By Alfonso Navarro-Bernachi Human trafficking is a crime that severely affects the dignity of the victims, depriving them of their freedom and forcing them to perform domestic service, forced labor or sex exploitation. It is a form of modern slavery.International efforts to counter this crime took shape in 2003, when the United Nations (UN) began […]
Voces Consulares: Two years after the El Paso massacre: Say No to hate crimes!
By Alfonso Navarro-Bernachi Two years have passed since the attack that killed 22 people, among them nine Mexican nationals, and injured 20 more in a shopping center in El Paso, Texas. The prosecution of the defendant, who faces – among others – federal hate crime charges has been delayed by the pandemic, according to authorities’ […]
Christiansen Caballero explora la lucha de la clase trabajadora
By Angie Baldelomar Christiansen Caballero explores working-class struggles in new exhibition Artist Jonathan Christiansen Caballero is presenting his latest work at Belger Arts in Kansas City, Missouri.His exhibition, called “La Gente/The People” and comprised of life-sized sculptures, depicts moments of labor and struggle, alongside feelings of love and joy.“I want to really try to humanize […]
Voces Consulares: Let us discuss our concerns.
By Alfonso Navarro-Bernachi Maria went on a Saturday to the Consulate of Mexico to apply for a passport and I asked her whether she was already vaccinated against COVID-19. “I am not, since I had an accident” she told me when I brought up the issue and she decided not to take advantage of the […]
Voces Consulares: Delta
By Alfonso Navarro-Bernachi COVID, vaccines and Delta are three words that could very well encompass the uncertainty, hope and challenges that we have lived through and continue to face since the beginning of the pandemic, although in July 2021 there is a radical difference compared to the days of March 2020. Because of its potential […]
Silva Sevilla recounts daughter’s journey through depression
By Angie Baldelomar Patricia Silva Sevilla remembers the day she found out her daughter, Samantha, was being bullied.It was during Samantha’s seventh-grade year. Silva Sevilla had noticed the changes in Samantha’s behavior. Samantha was quieter and stayed in her room, and started wearing long sleeves, even during the summer heat.Silva Sevilla asked her daughter one […]