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THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 07.03.25

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: BOBBI MURRAY ON ICE CANCELS SOUTHLAND FOURTH OF JULY, BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO ON THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES AN AGRICULTURAL PARADISE, RICARDO ROMO'S TEJANO REPORT ON THE … [Read more...]

Filed Under: THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA, Tia Tenopia

July 3, 2025 by wpengine

BOBBI MURRAY’S REPORT FROM THE TRENCHES 07.03.25 TRUMP’S ICE CANCELS SOUTHLAND FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS

It’s hard to keep up—but it’s been another busy week for terrorizing tactics against immigrants and anybody that vaguely resembles one. Around California masked operatives—it’s still not clear if … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature

July 3, 2025 by wpengine

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 07.03.25 BRILLIANCE OF ÁNGEL RODRÍGUEZ-DÍAZ

The Brilliance of Latino Artist Ángel Rodríguez-Díaz Among the major acquisitions by the prestigious Smithsonian American Art Museum in the 1990s was an Ángel Rodríguez-Diaz painting of famed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Ángel Rodríguez-Díaz, Dr. Ricardo Romo, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

July 3, 2025 by wpengine

MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 07.03.25 NO KINGS DAY PROTESTS

THE NO KINGS PROTEST RALLY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS On a pleasant Saturday afternoon on June 14, 2025, Austin participated in a nationwide ‘NO KINGS” protest rally along with 2,100 other cities and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Mis Pensamientos Tagged With: Mis Pensamientos with Alfredo Santos

July 3, 2025 by wpengine

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 07.03.25 VIEQUES PARAÍSO AGRÍCOLA

Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Vieques Vieques es la Isla Nena del Archipiélago Borinkano que descansa a diez leguas al este de la Isla Grande;  cuenta con 132 kilómetros … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burundanga Boricua Tagged With: Agriculture in Puerto Rico, Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, Vieques island

July 3, 2025 by wpengine

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 07. 03.25 VIEQUES AN AGRO PARADISE (ENGLISH)

Umpierre Agro Vieques Vieques is the Nena Island of the Borinkano Archipelago that rests ten leagues east of the Isla Grande; it has 132 square kilometers, 33 long by 7.2 wide, with a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burundanga Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, Vieques island

July 3, 2025 by JT

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG BOBBI MURRAY 06.27.25 – THE ABCs OF ICE

The ABCs of ICE Pasadena is a city just a few miles from Los Angeles and around the corner from Altadena. That’s where a massive fire pretty much leveled the town of 45,000 in an unincorporated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, ICE raids, Latinopia Guest Blog

June 27, 2025 by JT

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 06.27.25 SANTA BARRRAZA AND KATHY VARGAS AWARDED FELLOWSHIPS

Latina Artists Santa Barraza and Kathy Vargas Honored with Prestigious Latinx Artist Fellowships. The Latinx Artist Fellowship announced this week an award of $50,000 each to a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Dr. Ricardo Romo, Kathy Vargas, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report, Santa Barraza

June 26, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA WORD ANAYA ON LIFE’S JOURNEY

Latinopia Word Anaya on Life's Journey from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. After the passing of his beloved wife, Patricia, in 2010, acclaimed Chicano author Rudy Anaya has produced an enormous output of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Anaya on Life's Journey, Bless Me Ultima, Randy Lopez Goes Home, Rudy Anaya

August 7, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

SANTA BARRAZA – IN HER OWN WORDS

SANTA BARRAZA - TEXAS ARTIST IN HER OWN WORDS: I think that my encounter with the civil rights movement and the struggles of Mexican Americans, I first became aware of it when I was at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, INTERVIEWS

March 6, 2010 by

KATHY VARGAS – IN HER OWN WORDS

KATHY VARGAS - TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHER IN HER OWN WORDS: In 1970 I went to work for Bill and Jerry Hayes who ran a small production company here in San Antonio. They made TV … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, INTERVIEWS

March 6, 2010 by

LATINOPIA EVENT 2025 NO KINGS DAY PROTEST

On June 14, 2025, more than five million American rallied together to protest President Trump's draconian and often illegal attempts to ignore the Constitution and garner more power for himself. But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, LATINOPIA EVENT Tagged With: 2024 No Kings Day Protest, No Kings Day protest

June 20, 2025 by wpengine

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 6.20.25 REMEMBERING JESUS MOROLES

Latino Sculptor Jesús Moroles Remembered Born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1950, Jesús Bautista Moroles, the renowned Mexican American artist and sculptor, created a name for himself through his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Jesús Moroles, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

June 20, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG JORGE RODRIGUEZ ABDICATING MORAL RESPONSIBILITY 6.20.25

The following letter was written by Jorge H. Rodríguez to the Los Angeles Times and is reposted on Latinopia with the permission of Mr. Rodríguez. Dear Editors. I have been a long time LA Times … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Jorge H. Rodriguez, Latinopia Guest Blog

June 20, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT PRESIDENT OBAMA’S 2014 EXECUTIVE ACTION ON IMMIGRATION

CONTEXT: ON NOVEMBER 20, 2014 PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DELIVERED A SPEECH ON NATIONAL TELEVISION OUTLINING EXECUTIVE ACTION THAT HE WAS TAKING TO FIX WHAT IS CONSIDERED A  BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: Nov. 20th Presidential television address on Immigration, President Obama's Executive Action on Immigration

November 24, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

BOBBI MURRAY TRENCH REPORT – NO RIOTS JUST ICE REPRESSION

You’ve certainly heard this--on June 12 California Senator Alex Padilla was, as AP puts it, “forcefully removed” from a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary (and dog shooter Kristi … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Alex Padillaa, Bobbi Murray, Trench Report

June 14, 2025 by JT

ADDRESS BY DR. ALBERTO M. CARVALHO ON ICE IN LA SCHOOLS 06.10.25

There are clouds over Los Angeles this morning. Those great clouds could mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I interpret them as clouds of injustice, clouds of fear, of intimidation, clouds that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Address by ALberto M. Carvalho

June 13, 2025 by wpengine

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 06.13.24

Latina Artists Take Texas Culture to New York City The Ruiz-Healy Art Gallery in New York City presents Vast and Varied: Texan Women Painters, a group exhibition that includes works by Marta … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Eva Marengo Sánchez, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

June 13, 2025 by wpengine

MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 06.13.25

Bienvenidos a La Voz Newspaper. As you know, there are so many things going on all around us today. The Trump administration is moving quickly to remake America into a vision that he believes will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Mis Pensamientos Tagged With: Alfredo Santos, Mis Pensamientos

June 13, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG BOBBI MURRAY 06.07.25 DUE PROCESS TAKES A HOLIDAY

Here’s one for you—a 4th grader from Torrance Elementary School, 9 years old, in Southern California is on track to be deported along with his father. Martir Garcia Lara accompanied his dad, Martir … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, ICE attacks immigrants, Latinopia Guest Blog

June 7, 2025 by wpengine

CYNTHIA OROZCO 06.07.25 CESAR CHAVEZ IS NOT THE ONLY LATINO WE SHOULD KNOW

César Chávez is not the only Latino that Americans should know about  Many have heard of the famous Latinx activist César Chávez —but which other Latinos do we know? Most of us in the US cannot … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: César Chávez, Dr. Cynthia Orozco, Dr. Natlia Molina

June 7, 2025 by wpengine

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 07.03.25 BRILLIANCE OF ÁNGEL RODRÍGUEZ-DÍAZ

July 3, 2025 By wpengine

The Brilliance of Latino Artist Ángel Rodríguez-Díaz Among the major acquisitions by the prestigious Smithsonian American Art Museum in the 1990s was an Ángel Rodríguez-Diaz painting of famed Latina novelist Sandra Cisneros. Rodríguez-Díaz painted Cisneros in a black Mexican dress decorated with sequins and embroidery, and she “holds a patterned rebozo that snakes around her […]

MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 07.03.25 NO KINGS DAY PROTESTS

July 3, 2025 By wpengine

THE NO KINGS PROTEST RALLY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS On a pleasant Saturday afternoon on June 14, 2025, Austin participated in a nationwide ‘NO KINGS” protest rally along with 2,100 other cities and towns and 5,000,000 others citizens across the U.S.A.. It’s estimated that the Austin rally, held on the Texas Capital grounds, drew over 20,000 […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 07.03.25 VIEQUES PARAÍSO AGRÍCOLA

July 3, 2025 By wpengine

Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Vieques Vieques es la Isla Nena del Archipiélago Borinkano que descansa a diez leguas al este de la Isla Grande;  cuenta con 132 kilómetros cuadrados, 33de largo por 7,2 de ancho, con una topografía de montes, colinas, pequeños valles y planicies costeras; abundan playas espectaculares, lagunas con algunos manantiales […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 07. 03.25 VIEQUES AN AGRO PARADISE (ENGLISH)

July 3, 2025 By JT

Umpierre Agro Vieques Vieques is the Nena Island of the Borinkano Archipelago that rests ten leagues east of the Isla Grande; it has 132 square kilometers, 33 long by 7.2 wide, with a topography of mountains, hills, small valleys and coastal plains; spectacular beaches abound, lagoons with some springs and ravines but insufficient to supply […]

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