Michael Puente

El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. En una cálida y húmeda noche del lunes, Dani Salazar bajaba cajas y bolsas de autos y SUVs para llevarlas al sótano del Coppin Community Center, en el vecindario de Washington Park. Los vehículos llegaban por docenas para dejar los suministros necesarios en la tienda gratuita llamada La Tiendita.

On a warm, muggy Monday night Dani Salazar lifted boxes and bags from cars and SUVs and carried them into the basement of the Coppin Community Center in the Washington Park neighborhood. Vehicles pulled up by the dozens to drop off needed supplies to the free store La Tiendita. Their ultimate destination: Venezuela, where hundreds died and many more are still missing from two earthquakes that hit less than a week ago.

Nearly a week after a tornado tore through parts of Merrillville, Indiana, Earline Walker is still dealing with the fall out as more storms were predicted for later Wednesday. “Our roof had big, large holes due to trees or limbs flying onto the property,” the 63-year-old Walker said Wednesday morning of the storm that hit last Thursday evening in this community about an hour south of downtown Chicago.