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BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 9.20.15 “LA PATRIA PARTE IV”

Parte IV Los Argumentos El cuarto y último ensayo de esta serie se propone identificar cómo y por qué Porto Rico se convierte en lugar de interés para el capital financiero norteamericano, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, Charles Herbert Allen, José M. Umpierre, La historia de Puerto Rico, la oinvasion de Puerto Rico

September 20, 2015 by

BURUNDANGE BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 9.20.15 “HOMELAND (LA PATRIA) PART IV”

Part IV The Sales Pitch The fourth and last essay of this series is ambitious; it intends to provide some reasoning on how and why Porto Rico turned into a location for financial capital … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, Gov. Charles Herbert Allen, José M. Umpierre, Puerto Rican bloggers, Puerto Ricon history, United States occupation of Puerto Rico

September 20, 2015 by

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 9.07.15 “LA PATRIA PARTE TRES”

Parte III Gobierno y Finanzas La reorganización del aparato gubernamental fue uno de los asuntos cruciales que encaró el primer gobierno civil en Porto Rico. Para ellos se abolieron las … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, gobernador Charles Allen, José M. Umpierre, La historia de Puerto Rico, la invasion de Puerto Rico

September 7, 2015 by

BURUNDANGA BORICUA 8.15.15 “HOMELAND – PART ONE”

Cuba ñañigo y bachata, Haití vodú y calabaza, Puerto Rico, burundanga. -- Luis Palés Matos. The following essay on Puerto Rico continues a historical journey attempting to make some sense … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, Puerto Rico's history, the legacy of the Commonwealth state, U.S. invasion of Puerto Rico

August 15, 2015 by

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 7.20.15 “MAS CRISIS”

Más Crisis Puerto Rico se encuentra en la palestra global, asociado nada menos que a la pesarosa situación de Grecia que lleva tiempo como noticia. El detonante de la atención fue la … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, economic disarray in Puerto Rico, José M. Umpierre, Puerto Rican debt crisis, Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis

July 20, 2015 by

BURUNDANGA BORICUA 7.20.15 “MORE CRISIS” (ENGLISH)

Puerto Rico has recently drawn international attention, in association with the economic tribulations of Greece, which has been in the spotlight for some time. We stepped into prominence when our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, Disarray in Puerto Rico, José M. Umpierre, Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis

July 20, 2015 by

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 3.08.15 “LA PATRIA -SEGUNDA PARTE”

Parte II La segunda mitad del Siglo XX y lo que va del XXI, la política en Puerto Rico ha estado dominada por el asunto del status y la controversia en torno a la Constitución del Estado Libre … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Carlos Romero Barcelo, History of Puerto Rico, los macheteros, Luis FerreOscar Lopez, Luis Muñoz Marin, Pedro Rossello, the independence movement in Puerto Rico

March 8, 2015 by Breht Burri

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 7.05.15 “PUERTO RICO’S CRISIS” (ENGLISH)

The Burundanga is burning hot. The governor of Puerto Rico, after statements to the New York Times, appeared on local television to declare that the state will not be able to pay the $72 billion … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, José M. Umpierre, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico today, Puerto Rico's Debt

July 5, 2015 by

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 2.22.15 “LA PATRIA – PRIMERA PARTE”

El siguiente ensayo consiste de cuatro partes que exploran: el sentimiento patrio, la relación colonial de Puerto Rico y los Estados Unidos de Norte América, el Estado Libre Asociado, y el caso de … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, Jose Umpierre, la colonización de Puerto Rico, La historia de Puerto Rico, Luis Muñoz Marin, Pedro Albizu Campos, que es el nacionalismo?

February 22, 2015 by

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 01.25.15 “EL LIBERADOR”

EL LIBERADOR. Simón Bolívar es la figura cimera en la gesta libertaria Sur Americana; por mas de diez ańos lucho mas de cien batallas contra el Imperio Espańol, que conducen a la liberación de … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Alberto Arvelo, Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, The Liberator

January 25, 2015 by Breht Burri

BURUNDANGA BORICUA del ZOCOTROCO 12.15.14 “DECLARACIÓN DE PRINCIPIOS”

Declaración de Principios y Exposición de Motivos ___________________________________________ Estoy aquí porque los amigos y el camino me llevaron a la casa de Jesús Salvador Treviño y la … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Gugo Umpierre, José M. Umpierre, Puerto Rican film

December 15, 2014 by

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 4.12.15 “GENÉTICA,MENTIRAS E IDENTIDAD”

Genética, Mentiras e Identidad Este zocotroco en su vejez se empecina en conservar un lado ingenuo, crédulo y romántico, en conflicto con la suspicacia, la desconfianza y el cinismo que también … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, Gugo Umpierre, Martínez Cruzado, Puertorican ancestry, Taino Indians, Victor Sánchez Cardona

April 12, 2015 by Breht Burri

BURUNDANGA BORICUA del ZOCOTROCO 1.04.15 “ASI SOMOS”

ASI SOMOS - WHO WE ARE El cariño y la amistad mediaron para que asistiese a la presentación del libro Así Somos: Who We Are. Para una columna sobre Burundanga, un título que afirma identidad con … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Asi Somos, photos of famous Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican photography, Who We Are

January 4, 2015 by Breht Burri

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.23.26. LATINA ARTISTS EXPLORE THEMES OF MIGRATION, BORDERS AND CULTURAL PERSISTENCE

October 24, 2026 By wpengine

Latina artists are becoming especially active in painting and sculpture in Southwestern communities with large Latino populations, including Los Angeles, Houston, and San Antonio. In this essay, I highlight two Latina artists who held successful art shows in San Antonio, Texas, over the past year. I begin with the renowned textile weaver Consuelo Jimenez Underwood. […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE – THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RETURNING THE CODEX AZCATITLAN TO MEXICO

October 24, 2026 By wpengine

There are moments when history seems to awaken—when something long kept distant finds its way home, carrying with it the breath of ancestors and the weight of memory.  In Mexico City, such a moment has arrived with the return of the Codex Azcatitlan, a treasured Aztec manuscript that has spent nearly two centuries in France.  […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 10.15.26

October 15, 2026 By wpengine

Where’s the shame? Esos no tienen vergüenza (Those people have no shame). My saintly Nana Petra (she of blessed memory) My Nana would say that of people who were hypocrites, that is, whose actions contradicted their words. Or of people whose behavior was blatantly, knowingly wrong – e.g., starting or spreading hurtful rumors about someone, […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.15.26

October 15, 2026 By wpengine

Vincent Valdez, a Mexican-American visual artist living and working in San Antonio, recently received the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in the 2-D Visual Art category. The John D. and Catherine C. MacArthur Foundation recognized Valdez along with nineteen others as recipients of the annual “genius grants” across the arts, sciences, and humanities. The award provides $800,000 […]

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