Life story | Hola America News https://holaamericanews.com The Midwest's Latino News Source Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:44:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://holaamericanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Life story | Hola America News https://holaamericanews.com 32 32 Artist says his Black Lives Matter mural in Des Moines was painted over without notice https://holaamericanews.com/artist-says-his-black-lives-matter-mural-in-des-moines-was-painted-over-without-notice/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:44:35 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=30003  By Josie Fischels, Iowa Public Radio  Des Moines, IA-Residents in a Des Moines neighborhood were quick to notice that a mural of the late civil rights leader U.S. Rep. John […]

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]]> Holocaust Survivor Marion Blumenthal https://holaamericanews.com/holocaust-survivor-marion-blumenthal/ Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:23:25 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=29624 A survivor of the notorious Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Marion Blumenthal will speak at the 44th annual Quad Cities Holocaust Remembrance on April 27  Quad Cities-The 44th Annual Quad Cities Holocaust […]

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]]> Iowa Poet Laureate Vince Gotera reads to IVH residents and staff https://holaamericanews.com/iowa-poet-laureate-vince-gotera-reads-to-ivh-residents-and-staff/ Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:41:04 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=29573 By Mike Donahey, Times-Republican  Iowa-A U.S Army veteran who had his first poem published at age six was on hand Tuesday afternoon to read from his published works before residents […]

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]]> Buena Vista University welcomes 2025 Artist in Residence, Ruth Shively https://holaamericanews.com/buena-vista-university-welcomes-2025-artist-in-residence-ruth-shively/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:55:17 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=29305 By Storm Lake Times Pilot Gallery opening and reception at BVU on March 18 at 6:30 p.m. Storm Lake, IA-Buena Vista University is proud to announce Ruth Shively as the […]

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]]> Sonia De Los Santos Returns to Iowa with a Fusion of Latin American and US Folk Music https://holaamericanews.com/sonia-de-los-santos-returns-to-iowa-with-a-fusion-of-latin-american-and-us-folk-music/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 02:30:54 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=28906 By Christina Fernández-Morrow, Hola Iowa Des Moines, IA-Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Sonia De Los Santos takes the stage at the Des Moines Civic Center on February 22. She has performed […]

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]]> Paola Acuña is Transforming Birth Outcomes for Black and Spanish-speaking Communities https://holaamericanews.com/paola-acuna-is-transforming-birth-outcomes-for-black-and-spanish-speaking-communities/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 01:10:01 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=28888 By Christina Fernández-Morrow, Hola Iowa Des Moines, IA-Black Iowans are six times more likely to die during childbirth than white Iowans, and Black infants have the highest infant mortality rate […]

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]]> A second generation Holocaust survivor keeps his parents’ stories alive https://holaamericanews.com/a-second-generation-holocaust-survivor-keeps-his-parents-stories-alive/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 22:13:29 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=28566 By Lucia Cheng, Iowa Public Radio Des Moines, IA-The 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp is known as International Holocaust Remembrance Day — a day which […]

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