Community Celebrates El Comercio de Colorado’s Accomplishments

“Congratulations to El Comercio de Colorado for its multiple awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP)! We love working with your team and with all of our talented Hispanic journalists in Colorado”.

– Jared Polis,
Governor of Colorado

“I’d like to congratulate El Comercio de Colorado for its recent success, winning four awards from the Hispanic Newspaper Association. Local news is foundational to our democracy, including Spanish-language print, radio, and broadcast journalism that serves Colorado’s growing Hispanic community. In recent years, local news has taken one body blow after another, and if we don’t act, I worry we could be headed for an America without local news. I worry about a democracy without local reporters on the beat to hold officials accountable and engage citizens in the events shaping their communities. I introduced the Future of Local News Commission Act to help reinvigorate local journalism while preserving its vital freedom and independence.”

– Michael Bennet,
US Senator for Colorado

“Congratulations to El Comercio newspaper, and the publisher Jesus Sanchez, for being recognized with another José Martí award for outstanding journalism.”

– Mike Coffman,
Mayor of Aurora

“On behalf of the Consulate General of Mexico in Denver and my own, I acknowledge and congratulate El Comercio de Colorado for having received four awards during the 31st edition of the José Martí Awards, presented by the National Association of Hispanic Publications. The awards ceremony is a recognition of the importance of local journalism carried out by El Comercio de Colorado, because in this way we can learn about the issues that most affect our community and, based on this, implement actions and public policies that allow us to address their needs and improve their quality of life ”.

– Berenice Rendón Talavera,
Consul General of Mexico in Denver

“At 9Health, we would love to pop some bubbly in recognition of our dear friends from El Comercio! Let’s celebrate together the so-deserved recognition granted by the National Association of Hispanic Publications to this Outstanding Newspaper that has done so much to serve our local communities As the great Jose Marti would say: “Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive” Jesus Sanchez has always known how to make others shine, ourselves included. Our congratulations to the whole team for these achievements! Let’s go for more.”

– Marla Rodriguez,
9Health VP of Communications and Marketing

On behalf of our organization we would like to extend our warmest congratulations to the entire El Comercio Colorado team for its recent José Martí Awards.  Congratulations on your success. You have made us all proud. Keep up the good work with our community in Colorado.

– Xiomara Sánchez,
Colombian Foundation in Colorado