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Medina receives
honorary doctorate
Medina recibe
doctorado honoris causa
Dr. Wayne Vaught, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (left),
shared the special moment with Dr. Cris Medina as he received an
honorary Doctorate Degree of Philosophy.
Dr. Wayne Vaught, decano de la Facultad de Artes y Ciencias (izquierda),
compartió el momento especial del Dr. Cris Medina cuando recibió un Doctorado
Honorario de la Filosofía
traduce Gemma Tornero
by Joe Arce and Jose Faus
W
C
hen
Cris
Medina
received an honorary
degree of philosophy
from the College of
Arts and Sciences at UMKC’s midyear commencement ceremony at
Swinney Gymnasium on December
19, he joined some serious company
including President Harry S. Truman,
baseball legend John “Buck” O’Neil,
journalist Edgar Snow, bandleader
William “Count” Baise, businessmen
Henry W. Bloch and Miller Nichols
and Bishop Desmond Tutu.
uando
Cris
Medina,
recibió un título honorario
de filosofía de parte de la
Facultad de Artes y Ciencias
de UMKC, en una ceremonia de
graduación de mediados de año
escolar en el Gimnasio Swinney, el
19 de diciembre, se unió a una gran
compañía, entre ellos el presidente
Harry S. Truman, la leyenda del
béisbol John “Buck” O’Neil, el
periodista Edgar Snow, el director
de orquesta William “Count” Baise,
los empresarios Henry W. Bloch y
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Two-year-old’s
death is first KCMO
homicide of 2015
by
Joe Arce and Debra Decoster
S
ylvia Orozco hopes that
the death of her twoyear-old
great-grandson,
Lorenzo Estrada, will help
others live. Lorenzo’s organs were
donated following his death, which
has been listed as a homicide.
“He was a very happy and very
active child. We never expected
this to happen,” she said tearfully.
Deciding to take Lorenzo off life
support was not an easy decision.
Easing the pain is the realization
that he will help others live on.
“He is in our hearts and our
minds and we know by donating
his organs he will live on in
someone else. His gift of life will
let someone else live and have a
full and happy life,” she said.
According to court records,
Kansas City, Missouri police
officers were dispatched on Friday,
January 9 to 1748 Washington in
Kansas City, Missouri regarding a
reported ambulance call.
Arriving at the residence, officers
found two-year-old Lorenzo lying
on the floor in the hall of the
apartment building.
Mirsad Hamidovic, 23 years
old was charged at that time with
two counts of abuse of a child,
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A memorial of teddy bears and candles were placed in the
courtyard outside of the apartment building for 2-year-old
Lorenzo Estrada.
Nueva política sobre Cuba da
lugar a reacciones mixtas
New policy on Cuba
ushers in mixed reactions
Coromac asume el liderazgo en el Centro
Westside CAN Coromac assumes
leadership at Westside CAN Center
Jorge Coromac, who succeeds
the late Lynda Callon as the
Westside Community Action
Network
(CAN)
Center’s
executive director, says he’lI
“follow up after a tremendous
legacy that Lynda Callon
created on the Westside.”
Jorge Coromac, quien sucede a
la fallecida Lynda Callon como
director ejecutivo del Centro Red de
Acción Comunitaria Westside (CAN
por sus siglas en inglés), dice que
él va a dar “seguimiento después
de un tremendo legado que Lynda
Callon creo en el Westside”.
Havana is the capital city, major port and leading commercial center of Cuba. The city has a population
of over 2 million people.
La Habana es la ciudad capital, el puerto principal y el principal centro comercial de Cuba. La ciudad tiene una población
de más de 2 millones de personas.
by Jerry LaMartina
by Jerry LaMartina
traduce Gemma Tornero
J
orge Coromac inherited what
he called “a tremendous
legacy” when he took the
job as executive director of
the Westside Community Action
Network (CAN) Center.
Coromac succeeded the late
Lynda Callon as the CAN Center’s
new leader on Dec. 1. Callon,
who’d become the center’s executive
director in 2000, died in October
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J
orge Coromac heredó lo que
él llamó “un tremendo legado”
cuando asumió el puesto de
director ejecutivo del Centro Red
de Acción Comunitaria Westside
(CAN).
Coromac sucedió a la fallecida
Lynda Callon como nuevo líder del
Centro CAN, el 1 de diciembre.
Callon, quien se había convertido
en directora ejecutiva del centro
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E
r. Felix N. Sabates, Sr. takes a cautious but
hopeful view of President Barack Obama’s
decision to normalize relations between the
United States and Cuba. Relations between
the two countries have been complicated by a U.S.,
embargo imposed in 1961.
Sabates left Cuba in 1956 to teach at the University
of Missouri-Columbia. He has practiced ophthalmology
in Kansas City for 53 years. He has no remaining family
members in Cuba and hasn’t returned since he left.
“My father told me not to come,” Sabates told Kansas
City Hispanic News. “Of all the countries that could be
communist, Cuba was the least likely one because it was
l Dr. Félix N. Sabates, Sr., tiene una visión
cautelosa pero esperanzadora de la decisión
del presidente Barack Obama para normalizar
las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y Cuba. Las
relaciones entre ambos países se han visto complicados
por el embargo estadounidense, impuesto en 1961.
Sabates, salió de Cuba en 1956, para enseñar en
la Universidad de Missouri-Columbia. Ha practicado
la oftalmología en Kansas City durante 53 años. Él no
tiene familiares que queden en Cuba y no ha regresado
desde que se fue.
“Mi padre me dijo que no viniera”, dijo Sabates
a Kansas City Hispanic News. “De todos los países
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‘Jorge is the right guy to sit in Lynda’s
chair and step into her shoes’
CONT./PAGE 1
after a roughly month-long
illness. Her absence had
created uncertainty about
the center’s future among
many of its volunteers and
beneficiaries.
Coromac left his native
Guatemala for Kansas City
16 years ago and has
volunteered at the CAN Center
for 10 years. Most recently,
he was director of Kansas
City-based Woodland Public
Charity, which focused on
Central and South America.
Earlier, he was Latin-American
program director for Heart to
Heart International, based in
Kansas City, Kan., and before
that he worked in community
outreach for Kansas Citybased Camp Fire.
His prior jobs and his new
one at the CAN Center share
a common theme, he said.
“These are communitybased programs, and that’s
what I love to do,” Coromac
told Kansas City Hispanic
News.
“They
engage
local leaders, families and
organizations to identify their
strengths but as well to find
their solutions to the different
problems that they face.”
The family component is
fundamental, he said.
“For Lynda Callon and
for my vision … you have
to embrace your kids,
your family, in community
activities that create lifelong
memories,”
Coromac
explained. “I can tell you the
first time I went camping with
my father and my mom, the
first time I played soccer with
my brothers and my friends.
All of those are things that
establish strong principles
in your life. When you play
soccer, you know there are
rules. If you follow the rules,
you are in the game. But if you
don’t follow the rules, there is
a penalty or a violation, and
then your team is hurt by that.
Sports provide you that kind
of initial steps on how you
engage the community. …
You as a person have a role
to play in the community, and
your role comes from your
family.”
Callon had created a
kind of family at the CAN
Center. She was known as
a tireless advocate for the
Westside and especially for
its undocumented immigrants,
many of whom worked as
day laborers, some of whom
struggled with alcohol and
drug abuse and most of
whom were separated from
their families.
Coromac said he intended
to continue along the path
Callon had walked with the
center, including seeking out
partnerships with a range
of
community
members
–
including
individuals,
governments, police and other
organizations – and offering
the center’s beneficiaries
opportunities to serve the
community as well as to be
served by it.
“More than anything, I see
a tremendous partnership,
because
the
other
organizations continue going
on, and we continue going on
with partnerships with them.
The main thing is, there is a
need, and there are many,
many people who have a
desire to serve, locally and
internationally.”
The people the CAN
Center serves, he said,
“need to feel welcome in the
community. They are part of
the community.”
Coromac’s concern for the
community was clear to the
center’s board, president
“Jorge es el hombre adecuado
para sentarse en la silla de Lynda
y ponerse en sus zapatos”
CONT./PÁGINA 1
en 2000, murió en octubre
después de una enfermedad
más o menos de un mes de
duración. Su ausencia había
creado incertidumbre sobre
el futuro del centro entre
muchos de sus voluntarios y
beneficiarios.
Coromac, dejó su natal
Guatemala para venir a
Kansas City hace 16 años, y
ha trabajado como voluntario
en el Centro CAN durante
10 años. Más recientemente,
fue director de la sede en
Kansas City de Woodland
Beneficencia Pública, que se
centró en América Central
y del Sur. Anteriormente,
fue director del programa
latinoamericano de Heart to
Heart International, con sede
en Kansas City, Kan., y antes
de eso trabajó en alcance
a la comunidad para Camp
Fire, con base en Kansas City.
Sus trabajos anteriores y
el nuevo, en el Centro CAN,
comparten un tema común,
dijo.
“Estos son los programas
basados en la comunidad, y
eso es lo que me gusta hacer”,
dijo Coromac a Kansas City
Hispanic News. “Involucran
a los líderes locales, familias
y
organizaciones
para
identificar sus puntos fuertes,
pero también para encontrar
sus soluciones a los diferentes
problemas a los que se
enfrentan”.
El componente de la familia
es fundamental, dijo.
“Por Lynda Callon y por mi
visión, tienes que abrazar a
tus hijos, tu familia, en las
actividades
comunitarias
que crean recuerdos para
toda la vida”, explicó
Coromac. “Yo te puedo
decir la primera vez que fui
a acampar con mi padre y
mi madre, la primera vez
que jugué al fútbol con mis
hermanos y mis amigos.
Todas esas son cosas que
establecen principios fuertes
en tu vida. Cuando tú juegas
a fútbol, tú sabes que hay
reglas. Si tú sigue las reglas,
estás en el juego. Pero si no
sigue las reglas, hay una
multa o una violación, y
luego tu equipo está dolido
por eso. Los deportes le
proporcionan ese tipo de
pasos iniciales, de cómo
se involucra la comunidad.
Tú como persona, tienes un
papel que desempeñar en la
comunidad, y tu papel viene
de tu familia”.
Callon
había
creado
una especie de familia en
el Centro CAN. Ella era
conocida como una defensora
incansable del Westside y en
especial de sus inmigrantes
indocumentados, muchos de
los cuales trabajaban como
jornaleros, algunos lucharon
con el abuso de alcohol y
drogas y la mayoría fueron
separados de sus familias.
Coromac dijo que la
intención es continuar por
el camino que Callon había
llevado al centro, incluyendo
la búsqueda de alianzas con
una gama de integrantes de
la comunidad - incluyendo
individuos, gobiernos, policía y
otras organizaciones - y ofrecer
a los beneficiarios del centro
oportunidades para servir a la
comunidad, así como para ser
servido por el centro.
“Más que nada, veo una
gran alianza, porque las
otras organizaciones siguen
caminando,
y
seguimos
caminando en las alianzas
con ellos. Lo principal es, que
hay una necesidad, y hay
muchas, muchas personas
que tienen el deseo de servir,
a nivel local e internacional”.
La gente a la que el Centro
CAN sirve, dijo, “debe
sentirse bienvenida a la
comunidad. Ellos son parte
de la comunidad”.
La
preocupación
de
Coromac para la comunidad
fue clara para la junta del
Ezekiel Amador said. Asked to
describe Coromac’s character,
Amador said, “honorable,
trusting, integrity, humble.”
“One of the questions we
asked ourselves was, ‘Who
really cares about the men?’”
Amador told Hispanic News.
“Jorge’s name stood out.”
Barbara Bailey, the board’s
secretary/treasurer and a
volunteer with the center for
more than 20 years, agreed.
“Jorge is the right guy to
sit in Lynda’s chair and step
into her shoes,” Bailey said.
“If Jorge gets an idea about a
project, he’s like working with
the Energizer Bunny. (He)
truly believes in Lynda’s vision
for the CAN Center.”
The center, which grew from
a community policing concept
also implemented in other
cities to counteract rising
crime and disorder in the
1990s, is intended to serve
“disengaged, disenfranchised
neighborhoods in distress,”
according to its website
(http://www.westsidecan.
org). Its services include
job and other skills training,
English-language education,
transportation, food and
other basic needs, Coromac
said. Two Kansas City police
officers have their offices in
the center.
“I believe the model
that (Callon) created here,
intentional or not, is something
that many other communities
can adopt,” he said. “I talk
with the police officers here
and with the board members.
… What she did was an
outstanding program, an
outstanding model that can be
replicated anywhere you go.”
centro, dijo su presidente
Ezequiel Amador. Al ser
cuestionado
sobre
la
descripción
del
carácter
de Coromac, Amador dijo,
“honorable,
confiable,
integro, humilde”.
“Una de las preguntas que
nos hicimos fue: ¿Realmente,
quién se preocupa por los
hombres?’” Amador dijo a
Hispanic News. “El nombre
de Jorge destacó”.
Barbara Bailey, secretaria/
tesorera de la junta directiva
y una voluntaria con el centro
desde hace más de 20 años,
estuvo de acuerdo.
“Jorge es el hombre
adecuado para sentarse en
la silla de Lynda y ponerse en
sus zapatos”, dijo Bailey. “Si
Jorge tiene una idea sobre un
proyecto, es como trabajar
con el conejito de Energizer.
El
cree
verdaderamente
en la visión de Lynda
para el Centro CAN”.
El centro, que creció de
un concepto de policía
comunitaria
también
implementado
en
otras
ciudades, para contrarrestar
la creciente delincuencia y
el desorden en la década
de 1990, está destinado a
servir a, “barrios marginados
desvinculados y en peligro”,
según su sitio electrónico
(http:
//www.westsidecan
.org). Sus servicios incluyen
la
capacitación
laboral
y otras habilidades, la
educación en idioma inglés,
el transporte, la comida y
otras necesidades básicas,
dijo Coromac. Dos agentes
de la policía de Kansas
City tienen sus oficinas en el
centro.
“Creo que el modelo que
(Callon) creo aquí, intencional
o no, es algo que muchas
otras comunidades pueden
adoptar”, dijo. “Yo hablo
con los agentes de la policía
aquí y con los miembros de
la junta. Lo que ella hizo fue
un programa excepcional,
un
modelo
excepcional
que puede ser replicado en
cualquier lugar que vayas”.
Barbara Bailey, the Westside CAN Center board’s
secretary/treasurer and a volunteer for more than
20 years, says Jorge Coromac, who succeeds the late
Lynda Callon as executive director, “is the right guy to
sit in Lynda’s chair and step into her shoes.”
Barbara Bailey, secretaria/tesorera de la junta del Centro Westside
CAN y una voluntaria durante más de 20 años, dice que Jorge
Coromac, quien sucede a la fallecida Lynda Callon como director
ejecutivo, “es la persona correcta para sentarse en la silla de Lynda
y ponerse en sus zapatos”.
Westside CAN Center board president Ezekiel Amador (center, right) speaks with
Olathe Council member Wesley McCoy at the center’s Dec. 19 event to welcome new
executive director Jorge Coromac. Amador describes Coromac as “honorable, trusting,
(having) integrity, humble.”
El presidente de la junta del Centro CAN al oeste de la ciudad, Ezequiel Amador (centro, derecha)
habla con el integrante del Consejo de Olathe, Wesley McCoy, durante el evento del 19 de diciembre
para dar la bienvenida al nuevo director ejecutivo, Jorge Coromac. Amador describe a Coromac
como, “honorable, creible, confiable, humilde.”
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CONT./PÁGINA 1
que podrían ser comunistas,
Cuba era el menos probable,
porque era rico y no había
una gran cantidad de
cubanos en los EU. Había
6 millones de cubanos en
Cuba cuando me fui. Yo no
soy un individuo radical.
Es importante transmitir la
idea de que Cuba era en
realidad una comunidad muy
próspera. Había oportunidad
para la gente pobre de salir
adelante. Nos encantaron los
Estados Unidos”.
La diferencia entre el
comunismo y los EU, dijo
Sabates, “es que usted tiene
opción (en los EU) y una
cierta cantidad de libertad”.
“Espero que la apertura
que está pasando en este
momento será el principio del
fin de la tragedia, allí”, dijo.
“Creo que es importante abrir
las comunicaciones. El diablo
está en los detalles. Espero
y rezo para que las cosas
mejoren”.
El
presidente
también
dijo, que Cuba había
puesto en libertad a un
espía estadounidense no
identificado
de
origen
cubano que había estado en
una prisión cubana por 20
años, y a un contratista del
gobierno estadounidense que
había sido encarcelado por
cinco años, a cambio de la
liberación por parte de los
EU, de tres cubanos espías
encarcelados por más de 15
años.
El plan de Obama, según
una hoja informativa de
la Casa Blanca (www.
whitehouse.gov/the-pressoffice/2014/12/17/
fact-sheet-charting-newcourse-cuba), incluye tomar
medidas para restablecer
una
embajada
en
La
Habana; fomentar la mejora
de los derechos humanos y
las condiciones de vida de
los cubanos; proporcionar
licencias generales para
12 categorías de viajeros
autorizados; estimular el
espíritu empresarial y el sector
privado en Cuba; aumentar
los límites de remesas desde
$ 500 a $ 2 mil dólares por
trimestre para los ciudadanos
cubanos; autorizar a los
viajeros de los Estados
Unidos a Cuba importar 400
dólares en bienes cubanos;
desbloquear
cuentas
en
bancos de Estados Unidos
de los ciudadanos cubanos
que han abandonado Cuba;
ampliar las transacciones
financieras
autorizadas
entre
los
dos
países;
ampliar los servicios de
telecomunicaciones en Cuba;
y revisar el estatus de Cuba
como un estado patrocinador
del terrorismo.
“Está
claro,
que
las
décadas de aislamiento de
parte de los Estados Unidos
en Cuba han fracasado
para lograr nuestro objetivo
permanente, el de promover
el surgimiento de una Cuba
democrática, próspera y
estable”, dijo Obama en un
discurso a la nación el 17
de diciembre. “A veces, la
política estadounidense de
larga tiempo hacia Cuba,
ha aislado a Estados Unidos
de los socios regionales e
internacionales, ha limitado
nuestra capacidad de influir
en los resultados en todo el
hemisferio occidental y, ha
discapacitado el uso de toda
la gama de herramientas
disponibles para los Estados
Unidos para promover un
cambio positivo en Cuba. No
podemos seguir haciendo lo
mismo y esperar un resultado
diferente. No sirve a los
intereses de Estados Unidos,
o al pueblo cubano, el tratar
de empujar a Cuba hacia el
colapso”.
El presidente cubano, Raúl
Castro, dijo en un discurso
el 17 de diciembre, que la
nueva postura de Obama
sobre Cuba “merece el
respeto y reconocimiento de
nuestro pueblo”.
“Esto de ninguna manera
significa que el meollo del
asunto se ha resuelto”,
dijo Castro. “El bloqueo
económico,
comercial
y financiero, que causa
enormes daños humanos y
económicos para nuestro
país, debe cesar. Aunque el
bloqueo ha sido codificado
en la ley, el Presidente de
los Estados Unidos tiene
la autoridad ejecutiva de
modificar
su
aplicación.
Aún reconociendo nuestras
profundas diferencias, sobre
todo en temas relacionados
con la soberanía nacional,
la democracia, los derechos
humanos y la política exterior,
reafirmo nuestra disposición
a dialogar sobre todos estos
temas”.
Las reacciones en todo el
país a la decisión de Obama
han sido mixtas. Algunos
funcionarios electos y otros,
han criticado a Obama por
premiar la dictadura opresiva
de décadas de antigüedad,
con su nueva postura sobre
Cuba. Otros han dicho, que
las acciones de Obama,
fueron la mejor manera de
ayudar a mejorar la vida del
pueblo cubano.
“Estas
personas
están
sufriendo”, dijo Sabates. “No
se puede ser ingenuo acerca
de cómo los dictadores en el
poder se comportarán”.
Cuando se le preguntó por
qué algunos de los cubanoamericanos estaban enojados
con el plan de Obama, dijo
Sabates, “Si ponen a tu padre
o tu hermano en la cárcel, te
ibas a enojar también. Yo
no los culpo. La pregunta
es ¿cómo resolvemos la
situación? Después de 50
años, la gente (en Cuba) está
peor”.
La Dra. Mona Lyne,
profesora
asociada
y
directora del departamento
de ciencias políticas en la
Universidad de MissouriKansas City, apoya la postura
de Obama sobre Cuba.
“Cuba, aunque no es
democracia, es muy diferente
de lo que era hace 10 años,
el grado de represión y el
grado en que su economía
está cerrada”, Lyne dijo a
Hispanic News. “Ellos ya
están en ese camino. No
creo que lo que hagamos,
de una manera u otra, vaya
realmente a tener un efecto
determinante”.
Cuba
probablemente
se ha liberalizado más
económicamente
que
socialmente, indicó.
“Definitivamente es menos
opresiva que hace 20 años
e incluso hace 10 años”,
dijo Lyne”. Hay un proceso
orgánico que tiene lugar en
Cuba con el cambio en el
liderazgo de Raúl Castro. Es
una liberalización gradual,
tanto políticamente como
económicamente. Sólo hay
cosas que ganar de nuestra
apertura a Cuba, lo que de
hecho acelerará el proceso”.
Lyne dijo que, si los EU
continúan
su
embargo
económico a Cuba, el cual
comenzó en 1960, entonces
“se necesitará más tiempo
para una mayor apertura
política y económica”.
“Si el objetivo es un sistema
político y económico más
abierto, ya está pasando”,
dijo. “Estados Unidos puede o
bien retardar o acelerarlo (el
proceso). Estoy muy contenta
con esto, debido al hecho
de que no creo que nadie
tenía nada que ganar con el
embargo. Durante los últimos
20 años, no veo justificación
alguna”.
El senador Marco Rubio, un
republicano de Florida cuyos
padres eran inmigrantes
cubanos, opina lo contrario.
Rubio, el presidente entrante
del Subcomité del Hemisferio
Occidental del Comité de
Relaciones Exteriores del
Senado, dijo que iba a usar
su presidencia en “hacer
todo lo posible para bloquear
este intento peligroso y
desesperado del Presidente
en pulir su legado a expensas
del pueblo cubano”.
“El historial de Cuba es
claro”, dijo Rubio en el
comunicado.
“Así
como
cuando
el
presidente
Eisenhower rompió relaciones
diplomáticas
con
Cuba,
la familia Castro todavía
controla el país, la economía y
todas las palancas del poder.
Mientras que los intereses
empresariales buscan llenar
sus bolsillos, ayudados por la
página editorial de The New
York Times, han iniciado una
importante campaña para
tapar los hechos sobre el
régimen de La Habana, la
realidad es clara. Cuba,
como Siria, Irán y Sudán,
sigue siendo un estado
patrocinador del terrorismo.
Sigue trabajando activamente
con regímenes como Corea
del Norte para traficar armas
de manera ilegal en nuestro
hemisferio,
en
violación
de varias resoluciones del
Consejo de Seguridad de
las Naciones Unidas. Se
confabula con enemigos de
los Estados Unidos, cerca y
lejos, para amenazarnos y
a todo lo que apreciamos.
Pero lo más importante,
el tratamiento brutal del
régimen al pueblo cubano ha
continuado sin cesar”.
Cuban President Raul Castro said in a speech in midDecember 2014 that Obama’s new stance on Cuba
“deserves the respect and acknowledgement of our
people.”
El presidente cubano, Raúl Castro dijo en un discurso a mediados
de diciembre 2014 que la nueva postura de Obama sobre Cuba
“merece el respeto y reconocimiento de nuestro pueblo.”
En otro comunicado emitido
el 17 de diciembre, el senador
Roy Blunt, republicano de
Missouri, dijo que también
se opone el movimiento de
Obama.
“Es difícil - si no imposible
– el normalizar las relaciones
con una Cuba liderada por
Castro”, dijo Blunt. “Y yo no
veo nada en el anuncio del
presidente que me convenza
de lo contrario. Bajo la
agenda de política exterior
de
ésta
administración,
nuestros
amigos
están
preocupados y se anima a
nuestros adversarios”.
Ángelo
Falcón,
sin
embargo, el presidente de la
junta del Instituto Nacional
para la Política Latina, con
sede en la ciudad de Nueva
York, emitió una declaración
llamando a las acciones de
Obama como “históricas y
esperadas desde hace mucho
tiempo”.
“La oposición inmediata
exabrupto por los senadores
Bob Menéndez y Marcí
Rubio, se basa en una
caracterización errónea de
las expectativas del presidente
y será interesante ver cómo
se desarrollará el próximo
debate del Congreso, sobre el
levantamiento del bloqueo”,
dijo Falcón.
Juan
Carlos
Hidalgo,
analista de políticas de
América
Latina,
en
el
Centro para la Libertad y
la Prosperidad Global del
Instituto
CATO, escribió,
“el anuncio del presidente
Obama para reformar la
política
estadounidense
hacia Cuba es histórica.
Dado el estado endurecido
de la relación entre ambas
naciones, -congeladas en
el tiempo durante décadas,
a pesar de la caída del
Muro de Berlín y el fin de la
participación de la Guerra
Fría – el compromiso de
Washington es significativo y
bienvenido”.
‘Important to open communications; the devil is in the details’
CONT./PAGE 1
wealthy and there weren’t
a lot of Cubans in the U.S.
There were 6 million Cubans
in Cuba when I left. … I’m
not a radical individual. It’s
important to convey the idea
that Cuba was actually a very
thriving community. There was
opportunity for poor people
to move forward. We loved
the United States.”
The difference between
communism and the U.S.,
Sabates said, “is you have
choice (in the U.S.) and a
certain amount of freedom.”
“I hope that the opening
that’s going on right now will
be the beginning of the end
of the tragedy there,” he said.
“I think it’s important to open
communications. The devil
is in the details. I do hope
and pray that things will get
better.”
The president also said
that Cuba had released an
unnamed U.S. spy of Cuban
origin who’d been in a Cuban
prison for 20 years, and a
U.S. government contractor
who’d been imprisoned for
five years, in exchange for
the U.S. release of three
Cuban spies imprisoned for
more than 15 years.
Obama’s plan, according
to a White House fact sheet
(www.whitehouse.gov/the-
press-office/2014/12/17/
fact-sheet-charting-new-coursecuba), includes taking steps
to reestablish an embassy in
Havana; foster improved human
rights and living conditions
for Cubans; provide general
licenses for 12 categories of
authorized travelers; stimulate
entrepreneurship
and
the
private sector in Cuba;
increase remittance limits from
$500 to $2,000 per quarter
to Cuban nationals; authorize
U.S. travelers to Cuba to import
$400 worth of Cuban goods;
unblock accounts at U.S. banks
of Cuban nationals who have
left Cuba; expand authorized
financial transactions between
the two countries; expand
telecommunications
services
in Cuba; and review Cuba’s
status as a state sponsor of
terrorism.
“It is clear that decades
of U.S. isolation of Cuba
have failed to accomplish
our enduring objective of
promoting the emergence of
a democratic, prosperous and
stable Cuba,” Obama said in
a national address on Dec.
17. “At times, longstanding
U.S. policy towards Cuba has
isolated the United States from
regional and international
partners, constrained our
ability to influence outcomes
throughout
the
Western
Hemisphere and impaired the
use of the full range of tools
available to the United States
to promote positive change
in Cuba. … We cannot keep
doing the same thing and
expect a different result. It
does not serve America’s
interests, or the Cuban
people, to try to push Cuba
toward collapse.” Cuban President Raul Castro
said in a speech on Dec. 17
that Obama’s new stance on
Cuba “deserves the respect
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and acknowledgement of our
people.”
“This in no way means that
the heart of the matter has
been solved,” Castro said.
“The economic, commercial
and financial blockade, which
causes enormous human
and economic damages to
our country, must cease.
Though the blockade has
been codified into law, the
President of the United States
has the executive authority
to modify its implementation.
… While acknowledging
our profound differences,
particularly on issues related
to
national
sovereignty,
democracy, human rights and
foreign policy, I reaffirm our
willingness to dialogue on all
these issues.”
Reactions
across
the
nation to Obama’s decision
have been mixed. Some
elected officials and others
have criticized Obama for
rewarding a decades-old,
oppressive
dictatorship
with his new stance on
Cuba. Others have said that
Obama’s actions were the
best way to help improve the
lives of the Cuban people.
“These
people
are
suffering,” Sabates said.
“You cannot be naïve about
how dictators in power will
behave.”
Asked why some CubanAmericans were angry at
Obama’s plan, Sabates said,
“If your father or brother was
put in jail, you’d be mad,
too. I don’t blame them. The
question is how do we solve
the situation? After 50 years,
the people (in Cuba) are
worse off.”
Dr. Mona Lyne, associate
professor and chair of the
political science department
at the University of Missouri-
Kansas
City,
supports
Obama’s stance on Cuba.
“Cuba, while it’s no
democracy, is much different
than it was 10 years ago, the
degree of repression and the
degree to which its economy
is closed,” Lyne told Hispanic
News. “They’re already on
that path. I don’t think what
we do one way or another
is really going to have a
determinative effect.”
Cuba
probably
has
liberalized more economically
than socially, she said.
“It’s
definitely
less
oppressive than it was 20
years ago and even 10
years ago,” Lyne said. “…
There is an organic process
taking place in Cuba (with)
the change in leadership to
Raul Castro. It’s a gradual
liberalization, both politically
and economically. We have
nothing but to gain from our
opening to Cuba, which
will in fact accelerate the
process.”
Lyne said that, if the U.S.
continues
its
economic
embargo of Cuba, which
began in 1960, then “it
will take longer for greater
political
and
economic
opening.”
“If the goal is a more
open political and economic
system,
that’s
already
happening,” she said. “The
U.S. can either retard or
accelerate (that process). I
am very happy with this, due
to the fact that I don’t think
that anybody had anything to
gain from the embargo. For
the past 20 years, I don’t see
any justification whatsoever.”
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio,
a
Florida
Republican
whose parents were Cuban
immigrants,
takes
the
opposite view. Rubio, the
incoming chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee’s
Western
Hemisphere Subcommittee,
said that he would use his
chairmanship “to make every
effort to block this dangerous
and desperate attempt by
the President to burnish his
legacy at the Cuban people’s
expense.”
“Cuba’s record is clear,”
Rubio said in the statement.
“Just as when President
Eisenhower
severed
diplomatic relations with
Cuba, the Castro family
still controls the country, the
economy and all levers of
power. … While business
interests seeking to line
their pockets, aided by the
editorial page of The New
York Times, have begun
a significant campaign to
paper over the facts about the
regime in Havana, the reality
is clear. Cuba, like Syria,
Iran, and Sudan, remains a
state sponsor of terrorism.
It continues to actively work
with regimes like North Korea
to illegally traffic weapons in
our hemisphere in violation
of several United Nations
Security Council Resolutions.
It colludes with America’s
enemies, near and far, to
threaten us and everything
we hold dear. But most
importantly, the regime’s
brutal treatment of the
Cuban people has continued
unabated.”
In a separate statement
issued Dec. 17, U.S. Sen. Roy
Blunt, a Missouri Republican,
said
he
also
opposed
Obama’s move.
“It’s hard – if not impossible
– to normalize relations with a
Castro-led Cuba,” Blunt said.
“And I don’t see anything in
the president’s announcement
to persuade me otherwise.
Under this administration’s
foreign policy agenda, our
friends are concerned and our
adversaries are encouraged.”
Angelo Falcon, however,
board president of the
National Institute for Latino
Policy, based in New York
City, issued a statement
calling
Obama’s
actions
“historic and long overdue.”
“The immediate kneejerk
opposition
by
Senators
Bob Menendez and Marci
Rubio appears based on a
mischaracterization of the
President’s
expectations
and it will be interesting to
see how the forthcoming
Congressional debate on the
lifting of the blockade will
develop,” Falcon said.
Juan Carlos Hidalgo, policy
analyst on Latin America at
the Center for Global Liberty
and Prosperity of the CATO
Institute wrote, “President
Obama’s announcement to
overhaul U.S. policy toward
Cuba is historic. Given
the ossified status of the
relationship between both
nations—frozen in time for
decades despite the fall of
the Berlin Wall and the end of
the Cold War—Washington’s
engagement is significant
and welcome.”
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“We never expected
this to happen”
CONT./PAGE 1
a class B felony and two
counts of domestic assault
1st Degree, a class A felony.
The charges will be updated
since the child has died from
his injuries.
When
questioned
by
police, Hamidovic said he
was home with the child
while Lorenzo’s mother was
at work. He described how
the child was injured. He
said he jumped up in the air
and came down on Lorenzo’s
chest and his head may have
hit the windowsill.
On the probable cause
statement form, Hamidovic
said, “the victim was on his
back on the ground when
he jumped off the bed, up
in the air and came down
on the victim’s chest with his
forearms in front of him; he
did this twice.”
He also told police that
when the child became
unresponsive he shook him
with both hands and yelled
his name. He demonstrated
how he shook the child and
told them that the child’s
head went back and forth
with his arms flailing.
The hospital staff confirmed
that the victim suffered head
FYI
T
and brain injuries consistent
with shaking and blunt
trauma to the head based on
bruising to the head. Estrada
suffered a lacerated liver due
to Hamidovic jumping on top
of him.
A hearing was held on
Monday and Hamidovic is
being held on a $500,000
cash bond. His next hearing
is set for January 28 at 1:30
p.m.
Mary Margaret Orzoco
was not able to go to the
hospital immediately upon
hearing the news as she was
sick with the flu. She was
devastated to learn that her
great-great grandson wasn’t
expected to live. By the time
she arrived Saturday, the
hospital was full of family
supporting one another.
“I saw that poor angel.
When I walked into the
room, there were so many
tubes. … They told me there
was no hope,” she said.
Both
grandmothers
remember Lorenzo as a fun
loving, active child who was
full of life and loved to watch
Toy Story, Finding Nemo and
Wreck It Ralph.
“He was very active and
loved to give you hugs and
kisses,” said Sylvia.
Mirsad Hamidovic
Remembering her great
grandson, Orzoco said he
was always running and
jumping. “We use to tell
him ‘stop running or jumping
because you are going to
fall and get hurt.’ He had so
much energy. I told his mom
if I babysat him I would need
three people to help me. He
was just a loving active twoyear-old.”
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SALT IS GOOD FOR YOU, CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS ARE BAD,
AND THE LAB TEST EVERYONE SHOULD GET
4 TIPS FOR GETTING SERIOUSLY HEALTHY FROM ONE OF THE ‘BEST DOCTORS IN AMERICA’*
here’s a reason –
well, several – why
so many diseases are
increasing in frequency
in the United States, making
some that were almost
unheard of 100 years ago
commonplace today, says
Robert Thompson, M.D., an
OB/GYN and integrative
medicine specialist deemed
by his peers to be in the top
5 percent of U.S. physicians.
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46th in men’s mortality and
the absolute worst country
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for first-day infant mortality,”
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Your Doctor Still Doesn’t
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play in overall health and
how to identify and correct
deficiencies and imbalances.
“Based on the current rate
of autism diagnoses, there
will be no ‘normal’ male
babies born in the U.S. by
2030,” he says. “The current
rate of diabetes suggests
95 percent of our adult
population will be diabetic
by 2030. The number of
children with life-threatening
allergies has increased more
than 1,000 percent since
1995.”
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perfect
storm
of
corporate power, profits and
public misinformation has
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health, says Thompson, who
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Calcium Lie: What Your
Doctor Doesn’t Know Could
Kill You,” in 2008.
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responsible for a host of
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the medical community that
we should be ingesting
certain amounts of vitamin
and mineral supplements
to prevent disease, like
osteoporosis, when in reality,
the recommendations lead
to other very serious health
problems.”
Thompson offers these
suggestions for Americans to
take charge of their health:
• Get a hair tissue
mineral
analysis
(HTMA) to determine
your mineral status.
This may be the most
important health test that
exists, Thompson says.
Only when you and your
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your mineral status and
important ratios can you
adapt your diet, minerals
and supplements to work
toward proper balance.
Thompson recommends
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The lab accepts only
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find a provider can call
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one; HTMA is prohibited in
New York state.)
• Do not take calcium
supplements unless tests
indicate a deficiency.
We’ve all been told that we
must ingest lots of calcium to
ensure strong bones. In fact,
calcium is just one of at least
12 minerals in our bones, all
of which must be present in
the right balance for good
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been added to so much of
our food, it’s unlikely most
of us are deficient. And
yet, people are told to take
calcium supplements. Excess
calcium can cause kidney
and
gallstones,
arterial
plaque, bone spurs, calcium
deposits in tissues other
than bone, and brain cell
dysfunction, brain shrinkage
and dementia. Instead of
calcium, Thompson instructs
all his patients and readers to
take a minimum of 3 grams
of trace minerals derived
from sea salt every day.
• Salt – sodium – is
necessary for digestion,
nutrient
absorption,
cell
function
and
metabolism.
Limiting salt intake is not
only the wrong advice for 90
percent of the people at risk
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also contributes to the lack of
minerals in our bodies. Many
of us are actually deficient in
sodium.
Salt is a mineral, and
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If you are sodium deficient,
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table salt, as processing has
stripped common table salt
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• Use only vitamin
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Almost all of us need
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because
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complex molecular elements
contained in the naturally
occurring vitamin source.
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benefits.
The best natural sources
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blanks may be obtained at the same address and locations. The charges for a complete
set of purchasing documents will be:
Complete set of Plans and Specifications
Deposit $ 50.00
Refund
$ 50.00
Proposals must be on forms provided.
Each Proposal must be accompanied by a bid bond, in an amount of no less than five
percent (5%) of the total bid amount.
The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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Cyber-security expert offers tips
to safeguard your information
by Gary S. Miliefsky
We’ve all lost our identity
at least three times, with more
than 930 million records
breached, lost or stolen to
hackers and cyber criminals,
says consumer advocacy
non-profit
Privacy
Rights
Clearinghouse.
Why don’t we do all we
can to stay safer online?
According
to
StaySafeOnline.org,
more
than a quarter of Americans
say they lack the information
necessary.
So, here it is – everything
you need to know to enjoy
the shopping experience
without losing your privacy
and identity or putting your
children’s safety at risk:
• Assume you’ve already
been compromised. Whether
it’s your baby monitor, your
SmartTV, the Webcam on
your laptop or apps you
installed on your smartphone
or tablet, your antivirus is not
enough protection. It’s time to
take those devices’ and apps’
privacy policies, and the
permissions you grant them,
much more seriously.
• Change your passwords
– all of them. Now. And do
it as frequently as you can
tolerate. Also, if you don’t
want to change it often, then
use any unique characters you
can think of, such as a dollar
sign ($) or exclamation mark
(!), or replace an “oh” with a
“zero” (0). This goes a long
way in preventing attacks
against your password.
• Turn off wireless and
geolocation services. Protect
your smartphones and tablets
by turning off WiFi, Bluetooth,
NFC and GPS, except when
you need them. That way, if
you are at a local coffee shop
or in a shopping mall, no one
can spy on you using nearby
(proximity) hacking attacks
and they can’t track where
you were and where you are
going on your GPS.
• Assume most of your
apps are creepware. Do you
really need them? Delete all of
the apps you aren’t using too
often. Replace apps that ask
for too many permissions and
take advantage of too many
of your privacy settings -- like
GPS, phone and sms logs,
personal identity information
– with similar apps that don’t.
• Opt out of sharing your
information. Opt out of every
advertising network that you
can. Visit the National Do
Not Call Registry and register
your smartphone and home
phone numbers at www.
donotcall.gov. If you use a
Google email account and
have an Android phone,
even with your GPS off, it’s
tracking your every move.
(Log in to maps.google.com/
locationhistory/b/0 and see
for yourself.) Go into your
smartphone or tablet settings
and turn this feature off. In
your Android phone, go to
Settings, then Location, select
Google Location Reporting
and set Location History to
off. The same holds true for
the Apple iPhone, iPad and
iTunes. You need to find the
location and privacy settings
and turn off access under
Settings, then Privacy then
Location.
• Your browser is a double
agent – keep it clean. It is
spying on you for advertisers
unless you block and remove
cookies and delete the
cache frequently. In your
web browser settings, delete
your history, all cookies and
passwords and the cache.
You should do this frequently
so you don’t leave personal
information sitting around on
your computer, smartphone or
tablet.
• Remove third-party
Facebook plugins. Thirdparty plugins are mini
applications designed to
eavesdrop on your behavior
in Facebook and possibly
grab information about your
habits within that social
network. Some websites you
visit will require you to log in
using Facebook, and then you
have to trust them to connect
to your Facebook account.
This is very risky. Read their
privacy policy and make sure
they are a legitimate business
before you risk doing this.
• Only shop on the
websites of companies you
already trust. If you don’t
know where the merchant is
located, don’t shop online
there. If they don’t have a
corporate address or are
located in another country, it
is risky for you and you may
never see the goods you think
you purchased. Also, if their
shopping cart experience
is not an HTTPS browser
session, then everything you
type in, your name, address
and credit card information,
is going over the internet
unencrypted -- in plain view.
• Turn off geotagging
– your photos are full of
information.
Twitter
and
Instagram as well as your
iPhone will give away your
location. Most people
don’t
realize Twitter and Instagram
both use geotagging for
everything you send out.
Geotagging stores the latitude
and longitude of your tweet
or image. Pictures you take
on an iPhone usually store
geotagging information, as
well. The less information you
give out about where you are
located, the safer you are.
• Don’t use cash or debit
cards – use credit cards,
wisely. Credit cards allow you
to travel with less cash, and
if you’re purchasing online,
it’s safer to give your credit
card than your debit card
information. The same holds
true when you visit your local
retail outlet. The reason? If
you experience identity theft,
credit card laws allow you to
keep all of your credit, with
no responsibility during an
investigation. With a debit
card, your bank can tie up
your money in the amount
equivalent to the fraudulent
transactions for up to 30
days.
About Gary S. Miliefsky
Gary S. Miliefsky is CEO of
SnoopWall (www.snoopwall.
com) and the inventor of
SnoopWall spyware-blocking
technology.
FYI GETTING A FLU SHOT NOW MAY PREVENT
ILLNESS DURING THE HOLIDAYS
KANSAS CITY, MO (Dec. 8, 2014) –
Holiday gatherings are commonplace this
time of year and so are flu germs. Local
health officials encourage everyone over
the age of 6 months to get a flu shot now so
they are better protected from the influenza
virus during the busy holiday season.
“It’s quite common to see a spike in
influenza cases right after the holidays,”
says Tiffany Klassen, health director, Cass
County Health Department. “Once you get
a flu shot it takes about two weeks for your
immune system to build the antibodies your
body needs to protect you from the flu. Take
the time now to get a flu shot so you’re
ready to fight off any germs you encounter
while out shopping, traveling on airplanes
or at holiday gatherings where you’ll be in
close contact with many people.”
Every year the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) declares
the second week in December as National
Influenza Vaccination Week. The CDC
says flu vaccination can reduce flu illness,
doctors’ visits, missed work due to flu, as
well as prevent flu-related hospitalizations
and deaths. Getting vaccinated against
the flu also helps protect your family and
friends. If you don’t get the flu, you can’t
give it to them.
“The flu vaccine is safe and is still
the best way to protect yourself against
this potentially serious disease,” says
Klassen.
If you do become ill with flu-like
symptoms (fever, cough, muscle/body
aches, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose,
fatigue), Klassen recommends contacting
your health care provider within 48 hours
to see if antiviral medications would be
appropriate. This is especially true for
people who are at high risk for serious flu
complications, including older people, very
young children, and persons with certain
chronic medical conditions. It can mean the
difference between having a milder illness
instead of very serious illness that could
result in a hospital stay, says Klassen.
Washing your hands often with soap and
water, covering your coughs and sneezes
and staying away from people who are
sick are other good ways to reduce your
chances of getting all sorts of illness,
including the flu, she adds.
Most health departments in the Kansas
City metro area have flu vaccine available.
Please contact the health department in
your city or county for vaccine availability
and hours of operation or go to www.flu.
gov to find a vaccine provider near you.
More information about influenza,
symptoms and prevention tips can be found
at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm
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“Medina lo toma en serio y la comunidad está mejor por eso”
CONT./PÁGINA 1
Miller Nichols, y el obispo
Desmond Tutu.
El
galardón
fue
en
reconocimiento al liderazgo
de Medina, de Guadalupe
Centers Inc., (GCI por sus
siglas en inglés), que ha
dirigido
como
director
general
desde
1980.
Cuando se hizo cargo de la
agencia, estuvo ubicado en
dos edificios con un pequeño
equipo, con un presupuesto
de $335,000 mil dólares, y
un reenfoque reciente de la
misión de la organización.
Hoy, GCI cuenta con 17
lugares diferentes, con una
plantilla de más de 300, con
un presupuesto de más de $18
millones de dólares y, ofrece
una variedad de servicios que
van desde la operación de
una exitosa escuela chárter
K-12 a los programas de
nutrición y de salud mental,
incluyendo servicios de alto
nivel y la programación
deportiva de gran alcance. El
centro también cuenta con un
programa de entrenamiento
de artes culinarias.
Un comunicado de UMKC
señaló: “La concesión de un
doctorado honoris causa
por una universidad es una
distinción que no se toma
a la ligera. La devoción de
Medina a la preparación de
una educación superior y la
creación de oportunidades
para los jóvenes condujo
a su nombramiento por el
profesorado y a la selección
del Sistema de la Universidad
de Missouri”.
La familia de Medina
estaba
emocionada
por
la noticia del premio. La
hermana de Medina, María
Chaurand,
directora
del
grupo de baile folclórico
Los Atotonilco, habló con
Hispanic News sobre lo que
el premio significaba para la
familia.
“Fue
increíblemente
impresionante. Creo que
fue más un shock para él.
Sé que mi padre estaba
mirando hacia abajo, a
él, con mucho orgullo. Eso
fue tan grande para toda
la familia”, dijo. “Eso es
bastante impresionante, por
todas las cosas que él ha
hecho por la comunidad y
todas las personas que lo han
apoyado, porque mi hermano
siempre decía ‘yo no podría
hacerlo sin todos los que me
han apoyado, ayudado, y
ver la visión que yo veo’”.
Chaurand
acredita
el
compromiso de su hermano
para la comunidad hispana
a las lecciones aprendidas de
su padre.
“Sabe usted, mi padre
era muy orientado a la
Cris Medina’s family was thrilled by the news of the award. Medina’s sister, Maria Chaurand, said it was a proud day for their family. “It
was incredibly awesome. … I think it was more of a shock for him. … I know my father was looking down on him very proudly. That was
so great for the whole family … my brother always said ‘I couldn’t do it without everybody that’s backing me up and helping and seeing the
vision that I see.’”
La familia de Cris Medina estaba emocionada por la noticia del premio. La hermana de Medina, María Chaurand, dijo que era un día de orgullo para su familia. “Fue
increíblemente impresionante. ... Creo que fue más que un shock para él. ... Sé que mi padre estaba mirando, hacia abajo, con mucho orgullo. Eso fue tan grande para toda
la familia ... mi hermano siempre dice ‘yo no podía hacerlo sin todo mundo que me respalda, ayuda y cree en la visión que yo tengo.’ “
comunidad. Él inculcó en
todos nosotros, los niños,
acerca de retribuir a la
comunidad. Creo que Cris
realmente lo lleva en el
corazón”.
Chaurand tenía una idea
desde un principio, que
Medina tenía algo especial
delante de él. “Cuando
Tony Salazar era director
ejecutivo, fue cuando Cris
fue puesto a cargo de los
programas deportivos. Tony
me decía ‘sabes María, yo lo
veo tomando mi puesto. ¿Qué
te parece?”, y yo dije, ‘Creo
que sería genial porque Cris
esta muy involucrado en su
comunidad y con ganas de
que sea un lugar mejor. Creo
que es lo mejor que pudo
haber pasado”.
Tony Salazar, presidente
de operaciones de la costa
oeste de McCormack Baron
Salazar, fue director ejecutivo
de GCI de 1978 a 1980.
Recordó que se trataba de
un período malo para la
organización.
“GCI no estaba en buena
forma.
Hubo
preguntas
sobre
la
organización,
de si podía cumplir con
algunas de las subvenciones
que había recibido. Hubo
problemas con algunas de
las instalaciones. Algunas
personas me pidieron si podía
ir allí y ayudar a estabilizar a
la institución”, explicó.
Salazar
no
estaba
buscando una carrera - él
ya tenía su propia carrera
y no estaba buscando un
compromiso a largo plazo
con GCI. Él trajo estabilidad
y nuevas contrataciones.
Uno de esos jóvenes que
vinieron a la organización
era Medina.
“Cris fue una de las
personas que contraté para
trabajar en algunos de esos
programas en el momento”,
recordó
Salazar.
“Tenía
una muy buena experiencia
financiera, tenía un buen
manejo con los números y
era parte de la comunidad.
Estaba claro que quería hacer
una carrera en ella. Él y yo a
menudo hablábamos de que
él se hiciera cargo después
de que yo me fuera, y eso es
lo que pasó”.
Salazar
elogia
el
compromiso de Medina,
jugando un papel importante
en el éxito de la organización.
“Al mirar hacia atrás, en
su carrera, él aguanto e
hizo que funcionara, y sigue
demostrando su compromiso
con la organización cada
día.
Su amor por su
comunidad es muy superior
a la mayoría de la gente
y el cómo ven a su propio
vecindario. Este hombre ama
y trabaja y lucha por ella
todos los días. Él lo toma en
serio y la comunidad está
mejor por él. Su recompensa
(por el compromiso) es mucho
mayor de lo que el dinero le
podría dar. Se merece más
reconocimiento”.
El
reconocimiento
es
algo por lo que Chaurand
reprendió a su hermano.
Cuando la familia fue a la
ceremonia, se sorprendieron
al ver a pocos de los amigos
de Medina. Después de la
ceremonia
Chaurand
se
acercó a su hermano.
“¿Dónde están tus amigos?’,
le pregunté. Él dijo: “No le
dije a nadie”, y le dije ‘¿por
qué no?’ recordó Chaurand.
“Quiero decir, que apenas
nos dijo a nosotros. Nos
llego la invitación y no había
manera de que no íbamos a
ir. Así que cuando él llegó
la noche siguiente, todos
sus amigos estaban aquí y
estaban enojados. Creo que
no quería decirle a nadie
porque no quería hacer algo
grande de esto, y sólo quería
compartirlo con su familia, y
él lo hizo y fue super”.
El grado honorario de
Medina ha dado lugar a
cierta broma en la familia.
“Nosotros bromeábamos con
él. Estábamos llamándolo
Doctor Medina. No le gustaba
eso, pero empezamos a
llamarlo Doctor Westside.
Creo que le gusta eso”, se rió
Chaurand.
Salazar
admira
la
diligencia y visión de Medina,
y cree que el reconocimiento
que le está llegando es bien
merecido.
“Cris es un hombre que
mira hacia adelante. No
conduce su coche mirando
por el espejo retrovisor. Él
va hacia delante, porque eso
es lo que él es”, en la misma
frase Salazar añade. “Él debe
tomarse el tiempo y disfrutar
de algunas cosas que son
realmente significativas en su
carrera y ésta es una de ellas.
¿Cuántas personas obtienen
un grado honorario de la
universidad? No muchos. Se
trata de una reflexión para la
totalidad de la comunidad,
que se está reconociendo a
uno de los suyos. Estoy muy
orgulloso de él”.
“Medina takes it seriously and the community
is better off for it”
CONT./PAGE 1
The
award
was
in
recognition
of
Medina’s
leadership of Guadalupe
Centers Inc., (GCI) which he
has led as CEO since 1980.
When he took over the agency
was housed in two buildings
with a small staff, a budget
of $335,000 and a recent
refocus of the organization’s
mission.
Today GCI boasts 17
different locations, a staff
over 300, a budget over $18
million and offers a variety
of services from a successful
K-12 charter school operation
to nutrition and mental health
programs including senior
services and wide-reaching
sports programming. The
center also boasts a culinary
arts training program.
A statement from UMKC
noted, “The awarding of an
honorary doctorate degree
by a university is a distinction
not taken lightly. … Medina’s
devotion to higher education
preparation and creating
opportunity for youth led to
his nomination by faculty and
selection by the University of
Missouri System.”
Medina’s
family
was
thrilled by the news of the
award.
Medina’s
sister
Maria Chaurand, director of
the folkloric dancer Groupo
Atotonilco,
spoke
with
Hispanic News about what
the award meant to the family.
“It was incredibly awesome.
… I think it was more of a
shock for him. … I know my
father was looking down
on him very proudly. That
was so great for the whole
family,” she said. “That is
pretty awesome for all the
things that he has done for
the community and all of the
people that have supported
him, because my brother
always said ‘I couldn’t do
it without everybody that’s
backing me up and helping
and seeing the vision that I
see.’”
Chaurand
credits
her
brother’s commitment to the
Hispanic community to lessons
learned from their father.
“You know my father …
was very community oriented.
He instilled that in all of us
kids about giving back to the
community. I think Cris really
took that to heart.”
Chaurand had an inkling
early on that Medina had
something special ahead of
him.
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“When Tony Salazar was
executive director that’s when
Cris was put in charge of
the sports programs. … Tony
would tell me ‘you know
Maria, I can see him taking
my position. What do you
think?’ and I said, ‘I think it
would be great because Cris
is so much into his community
and wanting to make it a
better place. ... I think it is
the best thing that could have
happened.”
Tony Salazar, president
west coast operations at
McCormack Baron Salazar,
was executive director of
GCI from 1978 to 1980. He
recalled that it was a down
period for the organization.
“GCI was not in good
shape. There were questions
about the organization being
able to deliver on some of the
grants it had received. There
were problems with some of
the facilities. I was asked by
some folks to see if I could go
in there and help to stabalize
it,” he explained.
Salazar was not looking for
a career path – he already
had his own career and was
not looking a for a long-term
commitment to GCI. He did
bring in stability and new
hires. One of those young
people that came to the
organization was Medina.
“Cris was one of the people
that I hired to work in some
of those programs at the
time,” recalled Salazar. “He
had a real good financial
background, He had a good
handle with numbers and he
was from the community. … It
was clear that he wanted to
make a career out of it. He
and I often talked about him
taking over after I left and that
is what happened.”
Salazar praises Medina’s
commitment as playing a big
part in the organization’s
success.
“In looking back at his
career, he stuck it out and
made it work and continues
to show his commitment to
the organization every day.
… His love for his community
far exceeds most people
and how they view their
own neighborhood. ... This
guy loves and works it and
struggles for it every single
day. … He takes it seriously
and the community is better
off for it. His reward for [the
commitment] is far greater
than what money could ever
give him. … He deserves
more recognition.”
Recognition is something
that Chaurand chided her
brother about. When the
family went to the ceremony
they were surprised to see
few of Medina’s friends.
After the ceremony Chaurand
approached her brother.
“‘Where are your friends?’
I asked him. He said, ‘I didn’t
tell anybody,” and I said ‘why
not?’ recalled Chaurand. “I
mean he barely told us. We
got the invitation and there
was no way we were not
going to go. So when he
came in the next night all
his friends were here and
they were mad. ... I think he
did not want to tell anybody
because he didn’t want to
make a big deal out of it and
just wanted to share it with his
family, and he did and it was
super.”
Medina’s honorary degree
has led to some kidding
from the family. “We were
teasing him. We were calling
him Doctor Medina. He did
not like that but we started
calling him Doctor Westside.
I think he likes that,” laughed
Chaurand.
Salazar admires Medina’s
diligence and vision and
believes the recognition that
is coming his way is well
deserved.
“Cris is a guy that looks
ahead. He does not drive his
car looking in the rearview
mirror. He is motoring ahead
because that is what he is
about,” in the same breath
Salazar adds. “He should take
time and enjoy some things
that are really meaningful in
your career and this is one of
them. How many people get
an honorary degree from the
university? Not that many. …
It is a reflection on the entire
community that one of their
own is being recognized. …
I’m very proud of him.”
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