Pecina shares son’s story to raise awareness about suicide
By Angie Baldelomar Uziel Melgoza Pecina Jr. was a smart kid.And he was always busy, whether as an Eagle Scout or as a specialized soldier in combat engineering for the Army Reserve.“He was so confident,” his mother, Adriana Pecina, said. “He was very talented and he was good-looking and he was a great dancer and […]
Day at the Service of our Community
By Alfonso Navarro-Bernachi If you have heard the expression “let’s do it together”, this coming Saturday you, people representing many organizations in Kansas City and we from your Consulate of Mexico can contribute to protect ourselves as a community against the pandemic.By a happy coincidence, at the Consulate of Mexico we will hold our eighth […]
Garza chosen for 2021 Women Who Mean Business
By Angie Baldelomar Kansas City area native Theresa Garza, who serves as manager of regional economic development at the natural gas utility Spire Inc., was recently recognized as one of the Women Who Mean Business honorees by the Kansas City Business Journal.“I mean it’s humbling because of the quality women that are in (that group),” […]
Voces Consulares: ‘The Emperor’ in the defense against COVID-19
By Alfonso Navarro-Bernachi Claudio Suarez, a legend in Soccer that accumulated the most appearances with the Mexican national team, made his first travel since the pandemic to line-up with a team facing a strong opponent in Kansas.‘The Emperor’ Suarez made appearances between June 28 and July 1st in Liberal, Dodge City and Wichita, in Southwestern […]
Carmona’s Creations offers personalized home decor
By Angie Baldelomar In 2020, before the pandemic hit, sisters Elizabeth and Linda Carmona decided to try a new endeavor: making personalized shirts for their families.“We never really thought of making it as a business; we kind of started showing off our work, and so by word of mouth, people would reach out to us […]
My dream, 40 years later
Commentary by Clara Reyes, CharaThe dream started 40 years ago and I never thought it was going to last this long.I was working as a realtor. Then, I saw a need in our community. I remember thinking there was a lot of information our community did not have access to. The idea of starting a […]
Voces Consulares – DACA: Nine years
By Alfonso Navarro-Bernachi This week nine years ago, on June 15, DACA was announced as a measure of the United States Government that in 2012 created a provisional deportation protection for those who arrived in the country in an undocumented manner while under 16 years of age.For the Consular Network of Mexico in the United […]
Dos Mundos celebrates 40th anniversary
By Angie BaldelomarDos Mundos is in celebration mode.This June, the largest Hispanic newspaper in the Kansas City area is celebrating 40 years of serving the area’s Hispanic community.In 1981, Dos Mundos began as a four-page, biweekly newspaper in the basement of founder Clara Reyes and husband Manuel Reyes out of a desire to bring news […]
Jaramillo celebrates 40 years of priesthood
By Angie Baldelomar The Rev. Peter Jaramillo recently celebrated 40 years of being ordained.On May 23, Jaramillo — pastor of All Saints Parish and St. Mary-St. Anthony Parish in Kansas City, Kansas — celebrated the milestone with a Mass at St. Mary-St. Anthony with several priests from the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.“Afterwards, we […]
Rosales and Yaquian recount experiences of fatherhood
By Angie BaldelomarMore than three years ago, Luis Daniel Rosales and Alfred Yaquian decided they were ready to be parents.After six years together, fatherhood seemed like the logical next step.“I always wanted to have kids,” Yaquian, whose family is from Guatemala, said.Yaquian was an only child, so he knew he wanted to have a big […]