Por Emily Ellis El Independiente Traducido por Hiriana N. Gallegos Todos los domingos los residentes de Nahuala, Guatemala, caminan silenciosamente mediante la neblina pálida del amanecer a la iglesia blanca que está en medio de su pueblito. Las mujeres van a las bancas de la derecha. Sus cabezas están cubiertas con mantones coloridos tejidos a…
By HAILEY FREEMAN Arizona Sonora News (Hailey Freeman is a reporter with El Independiente) While crew members and volunteers haul speakers, cords and amplifiers off the makeshift stage at Tucson Meet Yourself, guitarist George Landa mingles with the handful of fans waiting in line to buy his band’s CD. Clad in a black newsboy hat and…
By ANGELO LAVO Arizona Sonora News (Angelo Lavo is a reporter with El Independiente) All it takes is a laptop, a form, maybe two, and someone with knowledge of the process and access to online records. A lawyer could certainly perform the job, but it could be as much as $2,400. Felons with multiple convictions cannot…
By JESSICA KONG Arizona Sonora News Experts say there’s been a noticeably improved environment for the fish community along the 23-mile stretch of the Santa Cruz River ever since Pima County’s wastewater treatment facilities, the Tres Rios Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) and the Agua Nueva, were upgraded in 2013. The Sonoran Institute, joined by Pima…
By HAILEY FREEMAN Arizona Sonora News Ruben Palma carries trays of still-damp papier-mâché masks across a makeshift crafts studio. Tin paint cans, hunks of cardboard and faded tangerine-colored Home Depot buckets litter the inside of Funeraria del Angel, one of the sites for the All Souls Procession workshops last month. Palma serves as All Souls…
