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Local Bilingual-Spanish Alternative Rock Band Aims High

“The Cires” enthusiastically share the story of their dedication, drive and achievement since 1999 that has led them to where they are now.

Their uniqueness comes from their union; three brothers who are bilingual in Spanish and English, as well as their belief that through music, by playing together they will stay together.

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How a Family Rock Band Organized Mutual Aid from Hayward to Honduras

What now seems like eons ago, U.S. audiences were tuned into the pivotal presidential election on Nov. 3, 2020 when images of destroyed homes started appearing online from La Lima, Honduras.

While the U.S. was caught in our own metaphorical storm, the first of two Category 4 hurricanes—Eta and Iota—rampaged across Latin America to end an already brutal year. What became one of the worst natural calamities of 2020 went largely unnoticed by U.S. media amid the blitz of COVID-19 wreckage and political solipsism. The two massive storms hit Central America in consecutive weeks, leaving millions of people from southern Mexico to northern Colombia in need of emergency assistance.

In pre-quarantined times, mobilized aid would have come quicker, and international involvement would have been more easily achieved. But, with COVID rates rising, and nations struggling in a stalled global economy, the majority of this catastrophe’s victims—many of whom already live in extreme poverty—were left to organize themselves………

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