Manny Perez Heads PRSRT STD to Germany for World U.S POSTAGE Championship. PAID See page 8 KCMO PERMIT NO. 990 for complete story. Manny Perez se dirige a Alemania para el campeonato Mundial. Vea la historia completa Periódico Bilingüe Kansas City VOL 16 No. 13 en la página 8. YOUR LATINO CONNECTION SINCE 1996 | TÚ CONEXIÓN LATINA DESDE 1996 6 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2012 Searching for Answers in Belcher's Murder Suicide La Familia Zamora Sigue La Tradición Honrando A Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe This photo belies the tragedy that occurred this past Saturday when Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins and then drove to Arrowhead Stadium where he committed suicide. Esta foto contradice la tragedia que ocurrió éste sábado pasado, cuando el apoyador de los Chiefs, Jovan Belcher le disparo y mató a su novia Kassandra Perkins, y después manejo en coche al Estadio Arrowhead dónde él se suicidó. Buscando Respuestas en la Muerte/Suicidio de Belcher By Traduce DEBRA DECOSTER & JOE ARCE GEMMA TORNERO unday afternoon, while the l domingo por la tarde, Kansas City Chiefs faced the mientras los Chiefs de Kansas Carolina Panthers at Arrowhead City enfrentaron a las Panteras Stadium, several family members de Carolina, en el Estadio Ssat quietly inside the home of former EArrowhead, varios integrantes de la Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher familia se sentaron silenciosamente and Kasandra Perkins. There was no dentro de la casa del ex-jugador de los watching or cheering the team onto a Chiefs de Kansas City, Jovan Belcher victory, there was only the stillness of y Kassandra Perkins. No había juego death and families ripped apart by the que ver, u ovaciones para el equipo en demise of two young people who should una victoria, sólo había la calma de la have been full of life and looking forward muerte y las familias destrozadas por el VIOLENT ACT... / PAGE 3 ACTO VIOLENTO... / PÁGINA 3 Blue Ribbon Panel Listens To KC Voices On Immigration RAFAEL ZAMORA Just west of Our Lady Of Guadalupe Shrine is a Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Hispanic families will gather on her feast day to celebrate with Rafael Zamora family in a tradition that spans decades. Justo al Oeste del Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe hay un lugar sagrado pata Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Panel de las familias hispanas se juntarán en su fiesta para celebrar con la familia de Rafael Zamora en una tradición que abarca décadas. Alto Nivel Zamora Family Escucha Continues Tradition Honoring Las Voces Our Lady of Guadalupe Por By de KC JOE ARCE & DEBRA DECOSTER JOE ARCE & DEBRA DECOSTER aminando por la iglesia de Nuestra Señora de alking by Our Lady of Guadalupe Sobre Guadalupe, Rafael Zamora estaba enfermo Church, Rafael Zamora was ill and tired of struggling with an alcohol demon y cansado de la lucha con el demonio del that was controlling his life. One night alcohol que controlaba su vida. Una noche él Whe went into the church and prayed to la Virgen de Inmigración Centró en la iglesia y rezó a la Virgen de Guadalupe para Guadalupe to help him. His first prayer was sixty years Axel Fuentes, "Anti-immigrant laws are hurting communities. Where is justice que le ayudara. Su primer rezo fue hace sesenta años. Él ago. He also made a promise that night to honor her for all? Are we really being fair with everybody or are we excluding people from también hizo una promesa esa noche para honrarla cada each year on her feast day for answering his prayer. our community? What do we call freedom and what do we call equality?" año en su fiesta por contestar su rezo. Axel Fuentes, "Leyes anti-inmigrantes está sufriendo las comunidades. ¿Dónde Rafael passed away in May at the age of 91 having kept está la justicia para todos? ¿Realmente estamos siendo justos con todo el Rafael falleció en mayo a la edad de 91 años habiendo his promise to the Virgin. His prayers were answered in mundo o estamos excluyendo a la gente de nuestra comunidad? ¿Qué es lo que cumplido su promesa a la Virgen. Sus rezos fueron 1975 when he was finally able to stop drinking. llamamos libertad y qué es lo que nosotros llamamos la igualdad?" contestados en 1975 cuando él finalmente fue capaz de “He prayed hard because he got sick then and he dejar de beber. By Traduce prayed that he wouldn’t go back (drinking) and he was JOE ARCE & DEBRA DECOSTER GEMMA TORNERO “Él rezó con fuerza porque entonces se enfermo y rezó able to stop,” said Patricia Zamora. para que él no volviera a beber y fue capaz de parar”, xel Fuentes, a northeast xel Fuentes, un residente del Thousands of people gather around the world to mencionó Patricia Zamora. Missouri resident, spoke from noroeste de Missouri, habló honor the Virgin’s feast day. Under the winter darkness, the heart as he addressed a de corazón cuando él se dirigió Miles de personas se reúnen alrededor del mundo families across Kansas and Missouri rise early to attend A A the 5:30 a.m. worship at Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine Missouri Senate special committee a un panel del comité especial en para cumplir con la fiesta de la Virgen. Bajo la oscuridad panel on immigration at the Bruce R. inmigración del Senado de Missouri del invierno, las familias a lo lardo y ancho de Kansas y on the Westside. Hundreds gather outside to honor her Watkins Cultural Center on Friday, en el Centro Cultural Bruce R. Missouri se levantan temprano para asistir a la adoración with songs, prayers, and flowers no matter how cold or November 30. Watkins el viernes, 30 de noviembre. de las 5:30 a.m. en el Santuario de Nuestra Señora snowy the weather is that day. “We live in small communities that “Vivimos en pequeñas comunidades Guadalupe en el Westside. Cientos se juntan afuera para The story is that Juan Diego, a peasant, saw on the have economic problems already. It que ya tienen problemas económicos. honrarla con canciones, rezos, y flores no importa que slopes of the Hill of Tepeyac, a vision of a girl surrounded is not easy to improve education or No es fácil mejorar la educación o frío o nevoso el tiempo es ese día. by light. Speaking to him in Nahuatl, the local language, FOCUS YOUR... / PAGE 2 ENFOQUE SU... / PÁGINA 2 EL 12/12/12 MARCA... / PÁGINA 7 12/12/12 MARKS... / PAGE 7 If You Want To Continue The Conversation On A Story You Read, Facebook Us Now! Contactenos en Facebook! Si desea continuar la conversación en una historia que ha leído NEWSROOM: (816)472.5246 | FAX: (816) 931.6397 | KCHISPANICNEWS.com | E-MAIL: [email protected] | 2918 Southwest Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64108 2 6 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2012 | KCHISPANICNEWS.com "Focus Your Attention On The Diversity" CONT./PÁGINA 1 FRANCES SEMLER inequalities among the states. Currently 30 states have rejected make those communities healthy a copycat bill and six have passed when we are denied an education or it, but we are seeing more against denied access to health care,” he said. it,” said Ramirez. Fuentes' comments came in Ramirez also focused his response to an appeal for public remarks on the economic impact comments regarding Missouri’s of Arizona’s bill. “Immediately immigration policy. Many of after the passage, the Governor those attending the meeting were transferred $250,000 into the concerned that the state will be tourism budget for marketing to looking to initiate laws similar help improve the state’s image. to Arizona’s SB 1070. Three of the law’s main provisions were Losses from conferences and struck down by the Supreme conference attendees were $434 Court. The remaining provision million. They lost $28.8 million “requires an officer to make a in lost taxes. One key stat is that as a result of SB1070, 8,472 jobs reasonable attempt to determine Missouri Senators Shalonn “KiKi” Curls, Will Kraus and John Lamping listened for nearly three the immigration status of a reform who attracted national were lost,” he said. attention for her views when she hours as residents shared their concerns regarding immigration and the social and economic person stopped, detained or Ramirez added that impact on the state. arrested if there's reasonable was named a parks and recreation Los Senadores de Missouri Shalonn "Kiki" Rizos, Will Kraus y John Lamping escucharón durante casi tres commissioner, addressed the immigration reform is not a suspicion that person is in the black, white or brown issue. horas como los residentes compartieron sus preocupaciones con respecto a la inmigración y su impacto panel as a private citizen. socio-económico en el estado. country illegally.” “Make no mistake, there is color Fuentes, representing Center “I am an ordinary citizen who involved when we talk about became involved in immigration Cuando todo esta dicho y hecho, for a New Community, is upset immigration reform. When it because I was concerned about el color es verde dinero”. that people claim that immigrants is all said and done that color is our rule of law which I cherish “Enfoque Su Atención Christina Jasso, de Guadalupe are taking jobs away from workers green….money.” in the fields picking crops. “This and jobs. I do not feel it is fair Centers, Inc., quiere que el is not true because employers are to allow businesses to go around Christina Jasso, Guadalupe panel sea consciente de como los cambios de la legislación pueden struggling to find a work force.