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Araceli Martinez Ortega
Araceli Martínez Ortega is a Mexican journalist who has lived in California in the last nine years. This collaboration is about her personal journey through Las Americas and wherever she goes.
By Araceli Martinez Ortega on 07/04/2011
Flowers are supposed to smell delicious, but not The Corpse Flower. When it decomposes, the odour keeps flies and beetles away. But it didn’t keep me away.
Archivado en California, Columnistas, English, Portada | Etiquetas: amorphophallus titanum, botanical conservatory, Ernesto Sandoval, flower, HispanicLA.com, Journalism, Mexican, path with heart, rainforest, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Francisco State University, sumatra island |
By Araceli Martinez Ortega on 06/29/2011
I do not know if lawyer Foong will be able to save the three Mexican brothers, but I am sure he and his team of lawyers will do all that is humanly possible to save these men from death by hanging.
Archivado en California, Columnistas, English, Portada | Etiquetas: british accent, hanging judge, HispanicLA.com, Journalism, Kitson Foong, Kuala Lumpur, malaysians, Maria Ginsbourg, mexican cartels, Mohamed Zawawi, path with heart, police officers, San Francisco State University, starbucks, zawawi |
By Araceli Martinez Ortega on 06/19/2011
Over and over again, the woman pressed her veil to the bridge of her nose as if she was afraid that it would slip and reveal her face. She was covered from head to toe in a black fabric. Her brown eyes were the only visible thing about her, and they were extremely beautiful: brown, big and with curly eyelashes.
Archivado en Columnistas, English, Portada | Etiquetas: burka, clothing store, eyelashes, hindu, Kuala Lumpur, kuala lumpur malaysia, muslim, muslim man, muslim women, path with heart |
By Araceli Martinez Ortega on 06/13/2011
I recently traveled to Singapore. Here are 17 things that amazed me about it.
Archivado en Columnistas, English, Portada, Sociedad | Etiquetas: Disneyland, Fantasy Island, hindu, HispanicLA.com, Indonesia, little india, mandarin, National Orchid Garden, path with heart, public transportation, San Francisco State University, Sentosa Inland, Singapore, subway stations, transit system |
By Araceli Martinez Ortega on 04/29/2011
How many Perlas are out there? How many innocents have slept in jail because ICE’s database is backlogged? How many years back does the backlog go? How many people have been deported in error? Who audits ICE?
Archivado en California, Columnistas, English, Los Angeles, Politica, Portada | Etiquetas: Comunidades seguras, Customs Enforcement, fingerprints, HispanicLA.com, immigration and customs enforcement, path with heart, Perla Rodriguez, Sacramento, SCOMM, Secure Communities, Tom Ammiano, traffic violation, us passports |
By Araceli Martinez Ortega on 03/18/2011
The powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan made me remember the tsunami alert that mobilized Mazatlán when I was a child.
Archivado en Columnistas, Economía y negocios, Especiales, Murales, Opinión, Politica, Portada | Etiquetas: brothers and sisters, family of strangers, ghost town, Japan, La Sierra, Maria Ginsbourg, mazatlan, pacific coast, powerful earthquake, psychological impact, San Francisco State University, thieves, Tokyo, tsunami, tsunami alert |
By Araceli Martinez Ortega on 03/07/2011
For children and students, libraries complement their education. For adults, libraries are an opportunity for life-long learning. I know that California is in financial trouble, but for many people public libraries are the only path to self improvement.
Archivado en California, Columnistas, Los Angeles, Portada | Etiquetas: budget proposal, California, Jerry Brown, Journalism, library closures, Maria Ginsbourg, path with heart, san carlos library, San Francisco, San Francisco State University |
By Araceli Martinez Ortega on 02/14/2011
The front of my house was spray-painted with insults. At the radio station where I worked, for weeks I received stuffed animals or flowers along with cards full of insults. For months, people called the radio station on a daily basis and left me insulting messages.
Archivado en California, Columnistas, English, Portada | Etiquetas: alcoholic drive, California, Carmen Aristegui, health tests, partido del trabajo, president felipe calderon, press freedom, radio talk show |
By Araceli Martinez Ortega on 02/02/2011
The men stopped the car about five kilometers from the highway. They told my friend that they would forgive him for trying to run away. They stole his new truck, his cell phone, his documents and they took 2,000 pesos (160-165 dollars) that my friend had in his wallet. Then, believe or not, the robbers gave the doctor 500 pesos (40 dollars) so he could catch a bus home.
Archivado en California, Columnistas, English, Portada | Etiquetas: cellular telephone, farming business, Human Interest, los mochis, machine guns, orthodontists, San Francisco State University, shrimp disease, shrimp farmers, Sonora, sonora mexico |
By Araceli Martinez Ortega on 01/27/2011
I consider calling the flight attendant to complain. Hey, why do you let this man pay for only one seat? He is taking up half of my own seat.
Archivado en California, Columnistas, English, Politica, Portada | Etiquetas: airlines companies, aisle seat, american standard, huge man, Maria Ginsbourg, Mexico, overweight individuals, phoenix, planes, seat belts, tiny space, turbulence, window seat |
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