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The Art of Fine Dining at 1309

Yesterday night, we had a great fine dining experience at the THIRTEEN 09 restaurant of the El Paso Community College. Emi is a student of the culinary art department at EPCC. This restaurant is scheduled to be open to the public next year. Last night, the culinary students of EPCC prepared f… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on November 11, 2009 at 6:00am — 7 Comments

The Military Coup in Honduras - Part III

THE BANANA REPUBLIC

Banana workers strike against United Fruit. Photo LIFE, 1954. NOT TOO long ago Honduras was known as “The Banana Republic.” This was before foreign capitalists invaded the country to covert it into a maquiladora heaven. Banana was t… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on October 18, 2009 at 1:00am — 2 Comments

The Military Coup in Honduras - Part II

A US TRAINED GENERAL WITH A CRIMINAL PAST

The coup plotters. At the extreme right (middle) is general Romeo Vásquez. THE LEADING executor of the coup, general Romeo Orlando Vásquez Velásquez, is a two-time graduate of the U.S. Army School of the Americas. In f… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on October 17, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

The Military Coup in Honduras - Part I

The limits of Nicaragua and Honduras, at a border town called Las Manos. July 3, 2009. THE MORNING of Sunday June 28, I was at home when I received a call of a friend from Central America. My friend told me with an anxious voice that the military had violently kidn… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on October 16, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

¡Feliz 10 de Mayo!

Primero que nada ¡Feliz Día de las Madres! Happy Mother's Day! For many of us, this is a day of both, a celebration of our dearest relatives alive and a remembrance of loved relatives who are no longer with us... Today we celebrate and remember our family...

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Added by Carlos Marentes on May 10, 2009 at 1:00am — 6 Comments

Héctor Manuel Martínez Donoso

¡Descanse en Paz!

Héctor Manuel Martínez Donoso falleció este día a las 7 de la mañana a la edad de 65 años. Héctor, hijo de Pedro Martínez y Librada Donoso, había nacido el 29 de abril de 1944 en Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Su esposa Carmen… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on May 2, 2009 at 9:30pm — 10 Comments

¡Feliz Cumpleaños a Emiliano!

¡Feliz cumpleaños! De parte de toda la familia aquí en El Chuco, te deseamos un feliz cumpleaños en compañía de Samy, Kael, Krystal y toda tu familia y tus amigos y amigas... Happy birthday! From us wishing you a happy birthday in the company of Sa… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on April 15, 2009 at 1:00am — 9 Comments

ACTIVITIES AT FARM WORKERS CENTER

Here are the last activities for the month of April 2009. Everybody is invited to be part of history!

US neoliberal policies and US greedy corporations continue to destroy rural communities. Learn what… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on April 10, 2009 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

Happy César Chávez Day!

Today, we celebrate another anniversary of the life of César Chávez. March 31 is a State Holiday in Texas. César Chávez was born on March 31, 1927 near Yuma, Arizona. I was lucky to talk with César Chávez on March of 1993, a month before he died. We spoke at the… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on March 31, 2009 at 1:00am — 2 Comments

¡Felicitaciones a Alicia!

Quiero felicitar con todo el amor y cariño a Alicia en este día que tanto ella había esperado...

Tantos años de esperar la oportunidad, muchísimos meses de estudio y más noches de desvelos, pero Alicia es una mujer de fe y hoy, muy temprano,… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on February 24, 2009 at 5:56pm — 9 Comments

¡Feliz Cumpleaños a Beni!

Happy Birthday to Benito!

Le deseamos a Benito un feliz cumpleaños, que sea muy feliz en este y todos los días, en compañía de su hermanito Nachis y su mamá y su papá, Cynthia y Nacho... De parte de su familia que lo queremos mucho y le de… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on February 12, 2009 at 1:00am — 9 Comments

Happy Birthday to Mayis and Carlos!

¡Feliz Cumpleaños a la Mayis y a Carlos!

Les deseamos que tengan un alegre cumpleaños y que sean muy felices este y todos los días, en compañía de todos sus seres queridos, amigos, etc... De parte de su familia en El Paso que los queremo… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on February 9, 2009 at 1:00am — 10 Comments

Happy Birthday and Happy New Year!

¡Feliz Cumpleaños a Fridis y a Nachis en su día!

Today, Fridis is 5 years old and Nachis is 4 years old!... Happy Birthday from má, pá and all your family... Fridis and Nachi… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on January 26, 2009 at 1:00am — 4 Comments

¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Dante!

Happy Birthday Dante!

¡Feliz cumpleaños Dante! Te deseamos que tengas un feliz cumpleaños en compañía de tu mamá, Fridis, Mayis, Amira, Esai y Angel. Que siempre seas feliz y que todos tus… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on December 28, 2008 at 1:00am — 5 Comments

Happy Birthday, Xochitl!

¡Feliz cumpleaños a Xóchitl!

Que seas muy feliz este día tan especial y todos los días en compañía de Jaime, toda tu familia, amigas y amigos. Son los mejores deseos de tu mamá y tu papá. ¡Con mucho cariño y amor!… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on December 14, 2008 at 12:00am — 8 Comments

¡Feliz Cumpleaños a Cynthia!

CPM en Septiembre de 1977. Feliz cumpleaños a Cynthia Patricia de parte de su mamá, su papá y toda su familia que la queremos mucho. Le deseamos que se la pase feliz este y todos los días en compañía de Nachits y Beny y Nacho.… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on November 12, 2008 at 1:54pm — 7 Comments

Irgendwann fällt jede Mauer

"Sooner or later every wall falls"... On November 9, 1989, the German people knocked down the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall had been erected on August 13, 1961 diving the people of B… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on November 9, 2008 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

The Struggle Against the Wall Continue!

While the US economy sinks thanks to the thieves of Wall Street, the people of El Paso continue to fight against the Border Wall. While the Bush regime was rewarding 700 billion dollars to the thieves responsible for the financial pillage, we com… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on October 5, 2008 at 6:00am — 3 Comments

¡Feliz cumpleaños a Samy!

¡Feliz cumpleaños a Samuel en el Día de la Independencia! Hoy cumple seis años y le queremos desear que sea muy feliz este día y todos los días, en compañía de su hermanito Kael y de su papá Emi, de Crystal y de toda su familia...

Happy birthday to Samuel!… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on September 16, 2008 at 1:00am — 5 Comments

¡Alfredito, Feliz Cumpleaños!

Feliz cumpleaños para Alfredito, de todos acá en El Chuco que lo queremos y le deseamos lo mejor...

Martin y Alfredito, cuando viviamos en La Cuesta. 1968. Happy birthday to Alfredito from everybody here at El Chuco. We wish you a happy day and every d… Continue

Added by Carlos Marentes on September 14, 2008 at 1:00am — 5 Comments