Samuel Bernal is a journalist born in Mexico City who has lived in Colorado for 20 years. He manages La Tricolor 107.1, a Spanish-language radio station, and amplifies Latino voices through radio and digital media by sharing human stories that connect cultures and celebrate humanity. I have a curse with long-distance relationships. Maybe it all […]
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VOICES Radio Hour: Carried by butterflies
This month on VOICES Radio Hour — airing Friday, July 11 at 6pm on KDNK — Roaring Fork Valley locals share about their journeys to find home, whether here or returning to places they had never been before. Mateo Sandate shared his story of discovering one such place, and the family he found along the […]
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Ps&Qs: My disappearance to the desert
With all the talk about gangs of criminals at the southern U.S. border, I wanted to see for myself what was going on. Trumpublicans claim to be securing the border, but what they’ve actually done is beef-up border patrol and cancel all appointments for legal asylum seekers. As a middle-aged woman, I already know we […]
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The history behind Posada’s “Catrina”
José Guadalupe Posada was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico, in 1852. He was a skilled, creative and hard-working printmaker whose work is calculated in more than 20,000 lithographs. The images he created were satirical cartoons which criticized the society and events of his time, and were published in newspapers, posters and booklets.He lived in Mexico through […]
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Jalisco Grill comes to C’dale
Last Wednesday afternoon, the colorful balloon arches and a customary ribbon-cutting ceremony provided a joyous backdrop for the long-awaited grand opening of Carbondale’s newest restaurant, the Jalisco Grill.Owned by Armando and Maria Vidrio, natives of Jalisco, Mexico, this marks their third restaurant venture in the Roaring Fork Valley, alongside establishments in Basalt and Rifle.The restaurant, […]
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La esperanza recorre un largo camino
Desde que tengo memoria, yo siempre supe que era mexicana americana y que yo era hija de dos padres inmigrantes que dieron todo lo que ellos conocían — la cultura, el idioma y las personas — para darnos a mis hermanos y a mí un mejor futuro en los Estados Unidos. Desde temprana edad, yo […]
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AXKAWA closes on a high note
Editor’s note: This story was adjusted on Dec. 7, 2023 to delete a detail about the opening date for Bodegón by Domingo Sausage, yet to be determined. AXKAWA (formerly Señor Taco Show) has closed its doors after 10 years of operation. The beloved taqueria underwent an evolution when they changed the name of Señor Taco […]