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El Salvador

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    U2's The Joshua Tree turns 25

    It's difficult to imagine, but U2 used to be cool. Not just cool, but one of the most innovative, inspiring and mysterious bands of their generation. The group challenged the sounds, look and emotional resonance of rock music, forever redirecting the cultural stream for good or ill. Today, while man ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Denver's five best Central/South American restaurants

    Lori MidsonGet a taste of Argentina at Buenos Aires Pizzeria.While Denver is filled Mexican food outlets, restaurants that delve into the vast gastronomic offerings of the rest of Central and South America are in short supply. Still, there are some worthy spots specializing in the cuisine of Argenti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Coda Coffee rolls out Farm2Cup program

    Six years ago, Seattle-born brothers Tommy and Tim Thwaites borrowed some money from their parents to launch Coda Coffee, a metro Denver roaster that drew on the their combined three decades of experience in the industry. A year or two into their venture, the brothers started focusing more on the pe ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 23, 2011

    Tacos Acapulco serves up Salvadoran and Mexican fare

    Six years ago, Seattle-born brothers Tommy and Tim Thwaites borrowed some money from their parents to launch Coda Coffee, a metro Denver roaster that drew on the their combined three decades of experience in the industry. A year or two into their venture, the brothers started focusing more on the pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Gerardo Noriega deportation decision delayed after protest (PHOTOS)

    Gerardo Noriega.​Gerardo Noriega, a twenty-year-old Smoky Hill High School graduate, will be able to stay with his family until at least December 5. He was granted a continuation at his second deportation hearing in Federal Immigration Court today. Noriega moved to Colorado when he was nine a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Gay immigrants: Washington Post says to halt deportations of immigrants in same-sex unions

    ​ A Washington Post editorial reprinted today in the Denver Post calls for a moratorium on the deportation of gay immigrants who are legally married or in civil unions until after federal courts decide the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Jeanette Vizguerra deportation decision delayed, but supporters promise fight will go on

    Vizguerra.​Jeanette Vizguerra, a small business owner, community leader and mother of three citizen children, will have to wait until 8:30 a.m. on July 13 to find out if she will be allowed to stay in this country. Vizguerra's final deportation hearing was scheduled to take place at 8:30 this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Protest planned for Jeanette Vizguerra, community leader and mom facing deportation

    Rights for All PeopleJeanette Vizguerra.​Jeanette Vizguerra, who has lived in Colorado for more than fourteen years, is the mother of three citizen children, owns a small business and is very involved in her community. She also lives in this country illegally and faces her final deportation co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Gay immigration: What is it like to be gay in El Salvador? Report to the U.N. details the horrors

    ​ "Coming Out To America," this week's cover story, follows two GLBT immigrants as they apply for asylum in the United States. One immigrant, a transgender woman named Kassandra, is afraid to return to her native El Salvador for fear of persecution. And for good reason. A 2010 report by severa ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2011

    Gay immigrants need asylum from persecution at home

    ​ "Coming Out To America," this week's cover story, follows two GLBT immigrants as they apply for asylum in the United States. One immigrant, a transgender woman named Kassandra, is afraid to return to her native El Salvador for fear of persecution. And for good reason. A 2010 report by severa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Second Helping: Tacos Acapulco

    ​I was out in Stapleton last night when I found myself with a late-night craving for pupusas, the El Salvadoran staple that looks like a fat corn tortilla stuffed with cheese, pork or vegetables. And since it wasn't practical to drive up to Boulder to Pupusas Sabor Hispano, our pick for Best P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Marco Ramirez, exec chef of The Palm, on life in a crazy-busy kitchen, the flood that almost drowned it, and how hard work and determination fulfilled his American dream

    Lori Midson​ Marco Ramirez The Palm 1672 Lawrence Street 303-825-7256 www.thepalm.com This is part one of my interview with Marco Ramirez, executive chef of The Palm. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. Marco Ramirez, a self-described "child of a poor farmer family" i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Terrence Lakin, birther Lt. Colonel, found guilty of failing to report, becomes movement martyr

    Terrence Lakin.​KHOW's Peter Boyles partly credits his number-one ratings to taking risks -- such as giving plenty of airtime to the birther controversy, which even Glenn Beck regards as loonbaggery. And he's got plenty of fresh fodder now that Greeley Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin has bee ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2010

    Giving Spirit

    Terrence Lakin.​KHOW's Peter Boyles partly credits his number-one ratings to taking risks -- such as giving plenty of airtime to the birther controversy, which even Glenn Beck regards as loonbaggery. And he's got plenty of fresh fodder now that Greeley Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin has bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement's latest roundup: 85 "criminal aliens" busted by ICE

    ​Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to emphasize that it's focusing on arresting so-called criminal aliens -- and it's lassoed plenty in these parts of late. In September, ICE busted 78 people -- and of the 6,617 folks grabbed in the Denver area during fiscal 2010, 4,447 were said t ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2010

    Road to nowhere: The men who are caught transporting illegal immigrants rarely pay the price

    ​Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to emphasize that it's focusing on arresting so-called criminal aliens -- and it's lassoed plenty in these parts of late. In September, ICE busted 78 people -- and of the 6,617 folks grabbed in the Denver area during fiscal 2010, 4,447 were said t ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 4, 2010

    Three Denver spots that serve authentic empanadas

    ​Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to emphasize that it's focusing on arresting so-called criminal aliens -- and it's lassoed plenty in these parts of late. In September, ICE busted 78 people -- and of the 6,617 folks grabbed in the Denver area during fiscal 2010, 4,447 were said t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    ICE arrests focus on criminal aliens: 78 busts include man convicted of making terrorist threat

    ​These days, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, emphasizes that it's targeting criminal aliens, not otherwise law-abiding citizens who lack documentation authorizing their U.S. residency. And that's the theme of ICE's latest Colorado busts. Of the 78 people rounded up fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Terrence Lakin, birther Lieutenant Colonel refusing to honor Obama's "illegal" orders to serve in Afghanistan, is a Colorado native -- naturally

    Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin, who's refusing to return to Afghanistan for a second tour until President Barack Obama produces proof that he was born in the U.S., is a Colorado native. Which makes perfect sense given the case of birther fever that continues to run through the state more than a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Tom Tancredo slaps Obama administration for offering temporary protected status to Haitians in U.S. illegally

    Photo by John JohnstonTom Tancredo accuses the Obama administration of exploiting the Haitian crisis.​Last Friday, Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano granted temporary protected status to undocumented Haitians living in the United States -- a move that deep-sixes deportations to the ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2009

    Note to Salvis: Can't we all just get along?

    Photo by John JohnstonTom Tancredo accuses the Obama administration of exploiting the Haitian crisis.​Last Friday, Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano granted temporary protected status to undocumented Haitians living in the United States -- a move that deep-sixes deportations to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Jane Norton for Senate: The next great GOP hope

    Jane Norton.​Last month, the National Republican Senatorial Committee registered a couple of domain names on behalf of former Colorado Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton -- and today, Norton's using one of them, JaneNortonForColorado.com. Up-front: A news item that declares, "Jane Norton official ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Today's Night & Day featured event: Jody Williams gives PeaceJam a chance

    Jody Williams. Sure, Denver hosted the Democratic National Convention in August 2008, filling the town with bold names and high hopes. Still, for sheer exuberance and truly Nobel intentions, it didn't top the tenth anniversary celebration of PeaceJam, which in September 2006 brought a dozen Nobel P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    Denver Film Festival vet and TV "dinosaur" Ed Asner part of Stop the Presses

    Ed Asner as Lou Grant. Ed Asner is back at the Denver International Film Festival -- at least on film. The irascible star of Lou Grant came to Denver 21 years ago, when the completely forgettable O'Hara's Wife opened the festival in 1987. But former festival director Ron Henderson won't forget ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2008

    Q&A With Tom Tancredo

    Ed Asner as Lou Grant. Ed Asner is back at the Denver International Film Festival -- at least on film. The irascible star of Lou Grant came to Denver 21 years ago, when the completely forgettable O'Hara's Wife opened the festival in 1987. But former festival director Ron Henderson won't forget ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2008

    Tip Sheet: Debajo Del Agua

    Ed Asner as Lou Grant. Ed Asner is back at the Denver International Film Festival -- at least on film. The irascible star of Lou Grant came to Denver 21 years ago, when the completely forgettable O'Hara's Wife opened the festival in 1987. But former festival director Ron Henderson won't forget ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 15, 2007

    Red Tango

    It takes two to tango -- and create a great Latin American restaurant.

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    The Magic Number

    Illegal immigrants are using stolen identities to work. But whose are they?

  • Culture

    October 5, 2006

    The Nanny Diaries

    Living Out is all talk, little action.

  • Dining

    September 29, 2005

    La Praviana

    Comfort, Salvadoran style

  • News

    February 17, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of February 17, 2005

  • Film

    December 30, 2004

    Cine Bon!

    Remembering the films that heated up cinemas this year.

  • News

    October 7, 2004

    The Chiva Game

    American hunger for black-tar heroin has made downtown Denver the land of opportunity for immigrant dealers.

  • Culture

    September 30, 2004

    Passionless Christianity

    The Chancellor's Tale pays lip service to the Church.

  • Calendar

    September 2, 2004

    Making History

    Pulitzer Prize-winning photos shine in Capture the Moment.

  • News

    August 21, 2003

    Poem on the Range

    Verse comes to worse at the National Poetry Slam.

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Verse comes to worse at the National Poetry Slam.

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    Crossing the Line

    Two Colorado activists face prison for protesting America's own "terrorist training camp."

  • Dining

    June 6, 2002

    A Taste of Freedom

    Salvadoran immigrants have a hunger for the good life.

  • Dining

    November 29, 2001

    Food Fetishes

    In our cups

  • Calendar

    June 1, 2000

    Simon Says

    Scott Simon's memoir proves he's no fair-weather fan.

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    ¿Qué Pasó, Denver?

    Despite a potentially huge audience, Denver's Spanish-language radio languishes.

  • Dining

    May 20, 1999

    Mouthing Off

    Despite a potentially huge audience, Denver's Spanish-language radio languishes.

  • Dining

    May 20, 1999

    Give Them a Hand

    Despite a potentially huge audience, Denver's Spanish-language radio languishes.

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    Soldiers of Mercy

    Veterans of too many wars, a group of gung-ho relief workers revisits the scenes of forgotten conflicts -- with healing in mind.

  • Dining

    December 24, 1998

    Mouthing Off

    Veterans of too many wars, a group of gung-ho relief workers revisits the scenes of forgotten conflicts -- with healing in mind.

  • Calendar

    November 12, 1998

    Peace Pipeline

    How a couple of "average, flawed people" are jammin' till the jam is through.

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Off Limits

    How a couple of "average, flawed people" are jammin' till the jam is through.

  • News

    August 6, 1998

    Letters

    How a couple of "average, flawed people" are jammin' till the jam is through.

  • Dining

    September 19, 1996

    Latin Lovers

    How a couple of "average, flawed people" are jammin' till the jam is through.

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