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Emilia Darquea

Charlotte

Bilingual Reporter at WSOC-TV (Charlotte, NC)

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  • 3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Emilia Darquea |Hunter Sáenz

    Video shows an Uber passenger attack Uber driver Osvaldo Rivera on May 3 in Charlotte and he believes it was racially motivated. Rivera said he picked up the passenger from a home on Providence Road in south Charlotte. ALSO READ: Man charged, accused of firing into Uber car, killing passenger, hurting another“When he got in the car, he was drunk,” Rivera told Channel 9. “I saw he was drunk.”Rivera told the passenger his name, which he tried to pronounce.

  • 2 months ago | wsoctv.com | Emilia Darquea

    ExpandFIFA Club World Cup Tournament in Charlotte CHARLOTTE — FIFA President Gianni Infantino was in Charlotte on Tuesday to present the Club World Cup trophy ahead of the 2025 tournament. Mayor Vi Lyles and David Tepper, of Tepper Sports and Entertainment, were excited to announce the Club World Cup matches, which will be at the Bank of America Stadium in June.

  • Feb 15, 2025 | wsoctv.com | Emilia Darquea |Telemundo Charlotte

    CHARLOTTE — There are about six million Afro-Latino adults in the United States. And this Charlotte woman has set out to educate and celebrate her Afro-Latina culture through her non-profit La Casa de la Cultura. Milagros Ugueto de Sanchez arrived in the United States about a decade ago. And she said she did not originally feel accepted as a black woman. “At the beginning, I didn’t understand why my brothers and sisters, who are African American did not think I was black,” she said.

  • Feb 15, 2025 | yahoo.com | Emilia Darquea

    There are about six million Afro-Latino adults in the United States. And this Charlotte woman has set out to educate and celebrate her Afro-Latina culture through her non-profit La Casa de la Cultura. Milagros Ugueto de Sanchez arrived in the United States about a decade ago. And she said she did not originally feel accepted as a black woman. “At the beginning, I didn’t understand why my brothers and sisters, who are African American did not think I was black,” she said.