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LATINOPIA DOCUMENT – THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO

TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO, 1848 CONTEXT: On December , 1845, the Republic of Texas was admitted to the United States of America as the 28th state. But there was a dispute as to the boundary lines … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: James Polk, Mexican Amercian War, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Zachary Taylor

August 17, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT CONSTITUTION OF PUERTO RICO

CONTEXT: When Spanish explorers encountered Puerto Rico in 1493 they claimed it for the Spanish crown. Puerto Rico remained under Spanish rule for four hundred years until 1898 when the United … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: Constituion of Puerto Rico, Latinopia Documents.

June 21, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

THE HISTORY OF MEXICAN AMERICANS IN AUSTIN

THE HISTORY OF MEXICAN AMERICANS IN AUSTIN by Dr. Cynthia e. Orozco The history of Mexican Americans in Austin is largely an unexplored and unwritten history. No book or scholarly article about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: Dr. Cynthia E. Orozco, History of Mexcian Americans in Austin

January 20, 2023 by wpengine

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT A PARTIAL HISTORY OF VIOLENCE AGAINST LA RAZA

 A Look at Police and Prosecutorial Culture and the Killing of Mexican Origin People in Texas                                                                   José Angel Gutiérrez, Emeritus, PhD, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: El Paso Massacre, José Angel Gutíerrez, Uvalde massacre

June 11, 2022 by wpengine

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS

President Joe Biden and V.P. Kamala Harris The White House                                                                 January 20, 2022 Today marks the first anniversary of your historic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: Armando Vásquez Ramos, dreamers, Latino immigration

January 29, 2022 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT PREAMBLE TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CHICANA AND CHICANO STUDIES

The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) was founded in 1972 to encourage research to further the political actualization of the Chicana and Chicano community. NACCS calls for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS)

December 24, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

VITAL LATINOPIA INTERNET LINKS

Thanks to the efforts of David Contreras Latinopia is offering the following links to internet sources for Chicano Latino art, literature, music, history and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History, Literature, Podcasts Tagged With: Latinopia Internet Links

May 15, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT BETANCE’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF FREE MEN

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF FREE MEN CONTEXT: The island of Puerto Rico was claimed by Spanish explorers in 1493. It remained under Spanish rule until 1898, when the United States defeated Spain in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: Puerto Rican Struggle for Independence, Ramón Emeterio Betances, Ten Commandments of Freee Men

July 5, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT NATIVE AMERICANS THE MOST OPPRESSED BY FRANK GARCIA BERUMEN

The Most Marginalized and Impoverished People in the United States and in the Americas has always been and continues to be Native Americans By Dr. Frank Garcia Berumen The recent protests … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: Frank Ramon Berumen, Latinopia Document, Native Americans are th emost marginalized

July 11, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT SUMMARY OF 2020 DACA SUPREME COURT DECISION

Summary of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision on DACA By Valentina de Fex, Immigrants’ Rights Legal Fellow, ACLU of Utah Overview: In a 5-4 decision on June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court halted the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: DACA, June 18 2020 Supreme Court decision on DACA

June 28, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT CHICANO BLUEPRINT FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS

Introduction to the Draft Blueprint for the Next 50 Years The attached document derives from the panel on Chicanismo in the Americas held November 17, 2018, during the conference commemorating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History

February 9, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT LETTER FROM CONGRESS TO FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD

CONGRESSIONAL LETTER TO PUERTO RICAN OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD. CONTEXT: In 2016 Congress created PROMESA (Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act) and appointed a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: Congressional Letter to the Oversight Board, Puerto Rican Debt

September 29, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT APPU PROFESSORS LETTER TO HON. RAUL GRIJALVA

CONTEXT: In 2016 Congress created PROMESA (Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act) and appointed a seven-member commission (known in Puerto Rico as La Junta) to administer a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: APPU, Hon. Raul Grijalva, NATURAL RESOURCES AND TERRITORIAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEEHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESUNITED STATES CONGRESS

May 18, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT EL PLAN DE SANTA BÁRBARA

CONTEXT: By the mid-1960s unrest was building in the Mexican American communities throughout the United States in response to decades of discrimination and  abuse. The high school walk-outs in East … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: Chicano/a Studies, MECha, Plan de Aztlan, The Plan de Santa Barbara

February 17, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT – 1969 EL PLAN DE AZTLÁN

March 27-31, 1969 PREAMBLE TO PLAN DE AZTLÁN PROGRAM OF EL PLAN DE AZTLÁN CONTEXT: In March of 1969, Chicano activist leader Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales convened a National Youth Liberation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History, LATINOPIA EVENT

March 6, 2010 by Breht Burri

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT: SOÑIA SOTOMAYOR AT U.S. SENATE CONFIRMATION FOR U.S. SUPREME COURT

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Washington, D.C. July 13-14, 2009 OPENING STATEMENT July 13, 2009 SOTOMAYOR: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I also want to thank Senators Schumer and Gillibrand for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: Conifrmation Hearing for Sonia Sotomayor, July 13-14. 2009, Latinopia Document, Sonia Sotomayor

July 8, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT LULAC CONSTITUTION

CONTEXT: In 1929, three Mexican Americans organizations in Texas, the Sons of America, the Knights of America and United Latin American Citizens merged to create the oldest national Latino civil … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: AIms and Principles of LULAC, Latinopia Document, League of United Latin American Citizens, LULAC, LULAC Consitution

January 10, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

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

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT PRESIDENT OBAMA ON CUBA U.S. RELATIONS DEC. 18, 2914

CHARTING A NEW COURSE ON CUBA. CONTEXT: On Thursday, December 18, 2014, President Barack Obama announced a sea change in the  United States  fifty-year policy on Cuban/U.S. relations. Since the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: Game changer in Cuba, President Obama announces shift in Cuban policy, U.S. Cuban relations

December 22, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT – A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHICANOS IN THE U.S.

CONTEXT: The history of Mexican Americans in the United States has been a long and troubled one. Dr. Felipe De Ortego y Gasca puts this history in perspective in this brief history of Chicanos in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: Chicano History in the United States, Latinopia Document

August 3, 2014 by

LATINOPIA DOCUMENTS: PRESIDENT OBAMA’S IMMIGRATION SPEECH 1.29.13

CONTEXT: The on-going efforts in Congress to pass a definitive immigration bill may continue for some time. Latinopia thought it would be important to remind ourselves of the vision for such … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DOCUMENTS, History Tagged With: dreamers, Immigration Reform 2013, path to citizenship, President Obama's Immigration Speech

August 25, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

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BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.23.25 – EMINENT DANGER

May 23, 2025 By wpengine

In 2012, in Puerto Rico there were 13,000 farms; in the recent agricultural census, between 8 and 10,000 farms are recorded; a substantial decrease in the figure reported for 2012. At present, the agricultural sector of the Puerto Rican economy reports approximately 0.62% of the gross domestic product, which produces 15% of the food consumed […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.23.25 MORE ON THE NEED TO GROW

May 23, 2025 By wpengine

The title of the documentary, The Need to Grow by Rob Herring and Ryan Wirick,  is suggestive. Its abstract character is enough to apply in a general and also in a particular way. The Need to Grow applies to both the personal and to so many individuals. At the moment, the need for growth in […]

BURUNDANGA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.16.25 PELIGRO INMINENTE

May 15, 2025 By wpengine

Peligro Inminente En 2012, en Puerto Rico habían 13 mil granjas; en el censo agrícola reciénte se registran entre 8 y 10 mil granjas; una disminución sustantiva de la cifra reportada para 2012. Al presente, el sector agrícola de la economía puertorriqueña reporta aproximadamente 0.62% del producto bruto interno, que produce el 15% de la […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 5.23.25 MAYA BLUE EXHIBIT

May 23, 2025 By wpengine

Maya Blue Exhibit Incorporates the Artwork of Latino/a Artists A new exhibit, Maya Blue: Ancient Color, New Visions, at the San Antonio Museum of Art [SAMA], brings together for the first time pre-Columbian crafted clay figures, the art of Mexican modernist Carlos Mérida, and works by contemporary Latino/a artists Rolando Briseño, Clarissa Tossin, and Sandy […]

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LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “PACHUCO PORTFOLIO”

By Tia Tenopia on June 12, 2011

José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and activist who has been in the forefront of the Chicano art movement. One of his most celebrated poems is titled “Pachuco Portfolio” which pays homage to the iconic and enduring character of El Pachuco, the 1940s  Mexican American youth who dressed in the stylish Zoot Suit.

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

By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

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