Victory for Little Colombia: New Yorkers Rejoice After Copa América Semi Finals Win

Victory for Little Colombia: New Yorkers Rejoice After Copa América Semi Finals Win

By Rommel H. Ojeda Colombia’s colors swept through Jackson Heights last night as fans, clad in yellow, red and blue, packed the streets to watch the national team play against Uruguay in a high-stakes game to advance to the Copa América finals.  With 10,468 residents born in Colombia, Little Colombia in Jackson Heights, spanning from […]

Colombian Voters Elect Country’s First Black Vice President

Colombian Voters Elect Country’s First Black Vice President

Bogota, Colombia; November 22, 2021: Francia Marquez Mina, Afro-descendant woman, Colombian presidential candidate, environmental activist and feminist from “Soy porque somos” social movement. (Shutterstock) By Manuel Rueda and Astrid Suarez, LA Times As Colombia’s voters put aside a longtime antipathy to leftists and chose one as their new president, they also carved out another milestone […]

ProColombia Celebrates 30 Years

ProColombia Celebrates 30 Years

Photo: ProColombia’s Vice President of Tourism, Gilberto Salcedo Rivero & Vice President of the Hispanic American International Chamber of Commerce, Mariana Henriquez IQ Inc, publishers of Caribbean American Weekly, The Immigrant’s Journal, and Workers’ World Today, was honored to have been invited by ProColombia, the government entity responsible for promoting exports, tourism, and foreign investment, […]