{"id":19843,"date":"2023-09-18T12:12:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=19843"},"modified":"2023-09-18T12:14:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:14:06","slug":"independence-of-latin-american-countries-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/independence-of-latin-american-countries-2\/","title":{"rendered":"East Palo Alto celebrates independence of Latin American countries with a big party"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Handicrafts for sale at East Palo Alto's celebration of the independence of Latin American countries. Photo: Marvin B\u00e1maca P360P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Neighbors of the city of East Palo Alto<\/a>, California, celebrated the cry for independence of Latin American countries, thus celebrating the Latino community in the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The event was attended by more than 6,000 people, who enjoyed a music festival with different types of bands, accompanied by a variety of cuisine, crafts and clothing with colors that reflected the flag of Central American countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lisa Gauthier, mayor of the city of East Palo Alto, attended and addressed the attendees with a Mexican flag in her hand. Photo Marvin B\u00e1maca P360P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

East Palo Alto Councilman Ruben Abrica and committee members addressed the audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI thank the attendees and guests for socializing and enjoying these activities that have been prepared for you. Today is a day to remember the independence of the Hispanic countries, 'Long live Mexico, Long live Mexico, Long live Central America,'\u201d he chanted along with the attendees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a festival to have fun and spend time with the family. We have visitors from neighboring communities in the Bay Area; Redwood City, San Jose, Menlo Park, and San Carlos, among other visitors. The city of East Palo Alto has changed, it is not how we used to see ourselves before, we have a folk music festival and cultural events,\u201d said Abrica.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Edwin Cuellar, president of the Latino Committee (CL) of East Palo Alto, he said that the objective of this event is to celebrate the independence of the peoples of Central America, although today the cry of Mexican independence is celebrated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mexican clothing for sale. Photo: Marvin B\u00e1maca P360P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This event, which the Comit\u00e9 Latino (CL) and its sponsors are organizing, is part of a series of activities that have been planned throughout the year, such as the Latino Festival on May 5 and the 40th anniversary of East Palo Alto.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur message is to tell them that East Palo Alto has changed, it is not a criminal community, since years ago it was a community seen with a higher rate of violence, not only at the state level of California, but at the national level,\u201d said Cuellar.<\/span><\/p>\n

For Edwin Cuellar, this was an event that had the support of local authorities: the city of East Palo Alto, La Bah\u00eda TV, Menlo Park Fire District, Tacos y Hamburguesas \u201cToluco\u201d, and the East Palo Alto Police.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The devils of Oaxaca California. Photo: Marvin B\u00e1maca P360P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe just have to make the community visible. We are a peaceful community, these events help us to make known the cultural wealth and family coexistence that exists,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lisa Gauthier, mayor of the city of East Palo Alto, attended and addressed the attendees with a Mexican flag in her hand. With a few words, she thanked and encouraged the attendees to participate \u201cand enjoy the party,\u201d she concluded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWorking Race\u201d Group. Photo: Marvin B\u00e1maca P360P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The event was held at the <\/span>1990 Bay Rd in East Palo Alto. Started at 12:30 and ended at 7:00 pm. Admission was free.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Members of the \u201cRaza Obrera\u201d group. Photo: Marvin B\u00e1maca P360P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Attendees were able to enjoy the performance of the musical bands: La Raza Obrera, Wilver, and the Internacional Sonora Dinamita, as well as the dance of Los Diablos de Oaxacaliforinia. They were also able to taste various foods, and received information on topics of interest to the local community, among other activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Presentation of the \u201cInternational Sonora Dynamite\u201d. Photo: Marvin B\u00e1maca P360P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> All Eyes on You! An artistic collaboration of Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural and Berkay Bugdan<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vecinos de la ciudad de East Palo Alto, California, celebraron el grito de independencia de pa\u00edses latinoamericanos, festejando as\u00ed a la comunidad latina en Estados Unidos.\u00a0 Al evento asistieron m\u00e1s de 6 mil personas, quienes disfrutaron de un festival de m\u00fasica con diferentes tipos de bandas, acompa\u00f1ado de una variada gastronom\u00eda, artesan\u00eda e indumentarias con […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":19850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14,44],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover","9":"category-fotogaleria"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19843"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19857,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19843\/revisions\/19857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}