ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 3.16.14 “SPECTACULAR”

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The beauty of living in SoCal is the amazing skies we get when we aren’t expecting it.

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 9.26.16 “WILDA RODRIGUEZ Y PROMESA”

September 26, 2016 By Tia Tenopia

La periodista Wilda Rodriguez, con la indiscutible fascinación que puede provocar el fenómeno político económico de Puerto Rico, lleva documentando una crónica sobre los sucesos en torno al descalabro financiero que encaramos. Ante la urgencia del asunto, ha recogido los artículos publicados en el periódico el Nuevo Día en un libro inaplazable por su pertinacia, […]

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG JESÚS TREVIÑO “TRUMP ADMITS EARTH REVOLVES AROUND SUN”

September 19, 2016 By Tia Tenopia

Following the surprising concession by Donald Trump that President Barack Obama was indeed born in the United States of America (a fact embraced by most Americans during his two-term presidency) Trump went on to admit to other empirical facts he has long contested The most welcome of these was his reluctant acknowledgment that the earth […]

THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 9.18.16 “SUCCESS IS ABOUT “WE” NOT “ME.”

September 18, 2016 By Tia Tenopia

I always think that,together, we can do bigger things than we can as separate individuals. I believe this is the core of my being. All ofmy professional choices have been made in this vein, with the idea that, if I can work hard to work with others, together we can make a lot more change […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 9.11.16 “HYPOCRISY ALIVE AND WELL”

September 12, 2016 By Tia Tenopia

During the political season, politicos and others wail and whine about low voter turnout among Mexican Americans. The same laments are made about Native Americans. The implication is that we, and the Native Americans, are lazy, etc. Truth be told, the hypocrisy manifested in the following examples has much to do with people being turned […]

LATINOPIA MUSIC RUBÉN MARTÍNEZ “IN THE SHADOWS OF BLACK MESA”

By Tia Tenopia on July 28, 2013

Rubén Martínez is a journalist, author and musician whose recent book “Desert America” chronicles, among other things, the high rate of heroin addiction among Hispanos in New Mexico’s rural communities. While living in Velarde, New Mexico Rubén was able to witness the destructive force of addiction in the lives of his two neighbors, José and […]

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

LATINOPIA WORD XOCHITL JULISA BERMEJO “OUR LADY OF THE WATER GALLONS”

By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is a poet and teacher from Asuza, California. She volunteered with No More Deaths, a humanitarian organization providing water bottles in the Arizona desert where immigrants crossing from Mexico often die of exposure. She read her poem, “Our Lady of the Water Gallons” at a Mental Cocido (Mental Stew) gathering of Latino authors […]

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

LATINOPIA MUSIC LOS FABULOCOS “UNA PURA Y DOS CON SAL”

By Tia Tenopia on January 4, 2015

Delta Groove Music recording artist Los FabuLocos is a Southern California band whose unique sound, “Cali-Mex,”is a fusion of blues, Americana and Chicano soul music. Band members include Jesús Cuevas, accordion and vocals; Rubén Guaderama, guitar,bajo sexto, tres and vocals; James Barrios, bass and vocals; Mike Molina, drums and Kid Ramos, guitar( not in this […]

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

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ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 3.16.14 “SPECTACULAR”