Immigrants send hope to towns, families
Tagged: Mexico, OaxacaPosted on: January 23rd, 2007“SAN PABLO HUIXTEPEC, Mexico – In the center of this pueblo 22 miles south of the city of Oaxaca sits a magnificent terra cotta-colored city hall, with grand arches framing the breezeway and a second-story balcony, a symbol of the intricate ties between the tiny village and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Immigrants from that village who now live in California’s Santa Clara and Monterey counties raised and sent back $19,000 in seed money to build the city hall, along with $11,000 to restore a 400-year-old statue of St. Paul that sits in the pulpit of the 17th-century church across the plaza.”
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