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  • 1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Michael Puente

    El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. A lo largo de la Calle 26 en el vecindario de La Villita, el lunes se sintió como un día ordinario. Para algunos residentes, ese es el problema. No hay carros alegóricos, no hay fiestas, no hay festejos celebrando el Cinco de Mayo, la tradicional festividad mexicana del 5 de mayo.

  • 1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Michael Puente

    Along 26th Street in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, Monday felt like an ordinary day. For many residents, that’s the problem. No floats, no parties, no revelers celebrating Cinco de Mayo, the annual Mexican tradition on May 5th. “It’s sad, it’s just sad,” Adriana Varona said, who set up a little stand on the back of her truck to sell brown eggs and honey to passersby on what was supposed to have been a huge celebration.

  • 2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Anna Savchenko |Michael Puente

    El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. Cuando a Víctor Gómez le pidieron que acompañara a sus estudiantes al salón de música el miércoles, le pareció extraño. Supuestamente había un problema con las tuberías en su salón en la escuela secundaria East Leyden, localizada en el suburbio noroeste de Franklin Park.

  • 2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Anna Savchenko |Michael Puente

    Victor Gómez thought it was strange when he was asked to escort his students to the band room on Wednesday. There was supposedly an issue with the pipes in his classroom at East Leyden High School in the northwest suburb of Franklin Park. But Gómez, 31, didn’t expect the band room to be filled with his family, state education leaders and a mariachi band, who were there to congratulate him on being named Teacher of the Year by the Illinois State Board of Education.

  • 3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Michael Puente

    El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. | The place for coverage of Latino news and culture in Chicago. La familia de un adolescente con autismo que estudia secundaria Sullivan, ubicada en el vecindario Rogers Park de Chicago, alega que en enero el joven fue agredido sexualmente por otro estudiante. La familia presentó una demanda el lunes por la mañana en la corte del Condado de Cook, argumentando que la escuela no protegió al adolescente.

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