The community event celebrating Mexican heritage as well as the first day of National Hispanic Heritage Month will be held on Friday, Sept. 15 at Smith Park.
The community event celebrating Mexican heritage as well as the first day of National Hispanic Heritage Month will be held on Friday, Sept. 15 at Smith Park.
Defying the pandemic, Latinos missing loved ones travel to their homelands for the holiday
Javier Salmerón shares a hammock with his dad, Juan Manuel, in Santa Rosa de Lima, El Salvador, just before Thanksgiving.
(Javier Salmerón)
On a recent cold morning, Amarilys Ortiz felt a surge of nervous happiness. En route to her mother’s house, her heart pounded like a drum.
She was paying a surprise visit that she’d planned with her daughter, a reunion with the woman in her 80s who’d given Ortiz life but now lived 2,810 miles away, in Guatemala City.
“I thought that it wasn’t ever going to happen again,” said the 57-year-old Santa Monica resident.
Latinos rompen el confinamiento viajando a sus países de origen a pasar la Navidad y el fin de año [Los Angeles Times] dailyrepublic.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailyrepublic.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.