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For TPS Holders, The Fight To Remain Is Not Over

Mr. Pacheco recalls his first days as an immigrant living in Brighton Beach and later in Bensonhurst. Photo by Carmen Molina Tamacas/BklynerBENSONHURST – A couple of weeks ago, Melvin Pacheco, who is from El Salvador and lives in Bensonhurst, took his car for an emergency repair to a shop on

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UPDATED – Guatemalans across the NY Metro area unite to send relief to Volcano’s victims/Guatemaltecos del áre metropolitana de Nueva York se unen para enviar alivio para las víctimas del Volcán

Donated goods from Brooklyn were sent to Chef Yolanda Yax, for classification, boxing, and shipping. /Courtesy by Yolanda YaxPara la versión en Español, por favor vaya al final de la nota. Bensonhurst/Sunset Park – First aid kits, diapers for children and adults, clothes, sanitary pads, baby wipes, non-perishable food and

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Pastor Erick Salgado’s Ministry Radio Expands, Sets New Headquarters In Bensonhurst

Photo by Carmen Molina TamacasIt’s 7:30pm. A radio transmitter blares the nightly news in Spanish: There’s an election revolt in Perú, a sexual abuse scandal in Uruguay, the massacre of 17 miners in Venezuela, an earthquake in Ecuador, and a petition for El Salvador’s government to

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A Local Food Pantry Goes Digital

Sometimes life hits hard. Suddenly, you may find you are unemployed, without benefits, with a spouse, three children, and a dog to feed. Our neighborhood has a couple of programs — aside from WIC and SNAP — where families can get help in an emergency. One of them is the food pantry

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The Search For The Best Tamales In Bensonhurst

Photo by Carmen Molina TamacasBack in November, before Thanksgiving, I took a long walk looking for ingredients my husband needed for a traditional-style dinner. Since Waldbaums closed, I had to go to NetCost and Key Food. Along the way, I stopped at the Guatemalan restaurant Jireh (8715 18th Avenue); it

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Latino Catholics Celebrate Feast Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe At Saint Finbar’s [Photos]

Photo by Carmen Molina Tamacas/Bensonhurst BeanOn Saturday, December 12, for the first time, I joined the mass and procession at Saint Finbar Roman Catholic Church for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the largest celebrations for Catholic Latinos. Most years, it is too cold for my

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Mixed Feelings About Celebrating Columbus For Indigenous Guatemalans In Southern Brooklyn

Photo by Carmen Molina Tamacas/Bensonhurst Bean“The dialect; that’s the most important. Do not forget, ” Jeremías Alvarado said of his Guatemalan Mayan-Quiché heritage. That is the main aspiration of the Guatemalan community in Bath Beach and Bensonhurst — to preserve the culture they left behind. Alvarado does not celebrate

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Your Official Guide To Guatemalan & Mexican Baked Goods

Rafael García, owner of Panadería Guatemalteca La Bendición, serves some of his delicious breads.Taquitos (little tacos), nidos (nests), piedras (stones), colorados (red ones), orejas (ears), brocas (drills), coronas (crowns). Have you ever heard of those names related to food? If not, you’re not alone, but you are missing

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Lost In Google Translation: A Walk Through Bensonhurst With Google’s New App

Editor’s note: Neighbor and Salvadorian journalist Carmen Molina Tamacas sometimes contributes articles about Bensonhurst’s growing Central American community. She recently took a walk through Bensonhurst with the new Google Translate Word Lens App and wrote about it for Cromo, the tech magazine of the Uruguayan newspaper El Observador.