Tag: chihuahua
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Chihuahua races take center stage at 36th annual Cinco de Mayo Festival
Hours before the Kentucky Derby would capture the attention of people across the country for two minutes late Saturday afternoon, a different set of races grabbed the focus of people at Denver’s Civic Center Park. One of the events headlining the 36th annual Cinco de Mayo Festival and Parade, the chihuahua race drew hundreds of…
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36th annual Cinco de Mayo Festival to take over Civic Center Park this weekend
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One of Denver’s longest running cultural events, the Cinco de Mayo Festival and Parade, is returning this weekend. The annual event is back for its 36th year, and will be taking place at Civic Center Park from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, according to a news release from the NEWSED Community Development…
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Aurora mayor signs sister city agreement with Chihuahua, Mexico
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman signed a sister-city agreement Thursday with the city of Chihuahua, Mexico’s Mayor Marco Bonilla Mendoza. Aurora chose to sister with Chihuahua due to the significant number of immigrants from Mexico who call Aurora home, Coffman told The Denver Gazette while in Mexico Friday. “There’s a strong cultural tie between the city…
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Racism concerns mark Aurora City Council sister city discussion
Councilmember Juan Marcano praised Aurora Sister Cities International and its Mexico Committee for building relationships with Chihuahua, Mexico
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Aurora City Council sees tensions flare in ‘Sister Cities’ discussion
While members of the Aurora City Council discussed a potential ‘Sister Cities’ partnership between Chihuahua, Mexico and Aurora, tensions began to flare as members voiced opposition to the measure based on crime levels in Chihuahua and Mexico as a whole. Two members appeared to laugh and turn off their cameras while a representative of Sister…
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Why immigrants from South America choose Denver
In early November — long before the crisis at the border in El Paso, Texas spilled over into Denver — a bus of immigrants rolled into the Mile High City. Andrea Loya, executive director of Casa de Paz, had been communicating with a volunteer organization in El Paso since August to see if the Denver…