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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...]

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July 3, 2025 by wpengine

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

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...]

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June 20, 2025 by wpengine

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...]

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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

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG GILBERTO QUEZADA 06.07.25 SPANISH LEGACY OF TEXAS RIVERS

The Spanish Legacy in Naming the Texas Rivers If you have traveled throughout the state of Texas, and especially along the IH 35 corridor from Laredo to Dallas-Fort Worth, more than likely you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: J. Gilberto Quezada, Texas Rivers

June 7, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA HERO LALO ALCARAZ WINS BIG!

The indefatigable cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz just bagged himself yet another honor on May 22, a pretty big one. He’s already a two-time finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for his editorial cartoons, took home … [Read more...]

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May 31, 2025 by wpengine

BOBBI MURRAY BLOG A MEMORIAL DAY WITHOUT SUPPORT FOR VETERANS

The week entering Memorial Day started with a little ruckus between the current Commander in Chief and the musician Bruce Springsteen. Seems like the commander got a kind of annoyed with Springsteen … [Read more...]

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May 23, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG DR. MARIO D. LONGORIA REMEMBRANCE OF FALLEN SOLDIERS

Fifty Years After the End of the Vietnam War: A Remembrance of  the Fallen Warriors By Dr. Mario D. Longoria Upon returning home from the Vietnam War in 1970, I became aware of the high … [Read more...]

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May 23, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG ANGELA VALENZUELA 5.16.25

"Let Their Works Be Seen—At the City Gate and the Political Sphere" by Angela Valenzuela Please read my tribute for Mother's Day, based on a nuanced re-reading of Proverbs 31 and the writings of … [Read more...]

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May 15, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA BLOG DR. GILBERTO QUEZADA – CELEBRATINIG LAREDO’S 270TH ANNIVERSARY

Celebrating Laredo's 270th Anniversary By Dr. Gilberto Quezada I would like to offer a few comments and a very interesting coincidence about the 270th anniversary of the establishment of … [Read more...]

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May 15, 2025 by wpengine

BOBBI MURRAY REPORT FROM THE TRENCHES 05.09.25 ALCATRAZ, VENEZUELANS & LAW FIRMS

This week’s stunt of the week from the Trump Administration’s regular array was his vow to reopen Alcatraz, the 19th century military fortress on a 22-acre island San Francisco Bay which was … [Read more...]

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May 9, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 04.26.25 WINS IN THE TRENCHES!

Latinopia has promised to update how the resistance to the Trump Administration is going and who’s firing back at the policies the Administration has been rolling out. (Not literally firing back … [Read more...]

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

April 26, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA BLOG ANGELA VALENZUELA 04.17.25 “IN HONOR OF CHRISTINA MORALES”

Words shared by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. at the Texas State Capitol Rotunda on April 8, 2025 in Honor of Rep. Christina Morales (Houston) [Video] I am happy to share with you what I shared this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: Dr. Angela Valenzuela, Latinopia Blog, Rep Christina Morales

April 17, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG BOBBI MURRAY 04.19.25 ON KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA

It’s Holy Week leading up to Easter and Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife had a message. " I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me: Stay strong. God hasn't … [Read more...]

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

April 19, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA BLOG JULIAN VASQUEZ HEILIG ON CRIMSON COURAGE: HARVARD STANDS UP

CRIMSON COURAGE: HARVARD STANDS UP TO POLITICAL INTIMIDATION The storm clouds over American higher education have been gathering. What once seemed unthinkable is now common: politically motivated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Julian Vasquez Heilig, Latinopia Guest Blog

April 17, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG DR. FRANK BERUMEN THE DELUSIONAL POLICIES OF RACIAL SUPREMACY

                             The Delusional Policies of Racial Supremacy                                        by Dr. Frank Garcia Berumen    We are witnessing an authoritarian and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Frank Garcia Perumen, Latinopia Guest Blog, white supremacy

April 4, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA BLOG MICHEAL SEDANO: NEVER FORGOTTEN, GONE FOREVER

Uphill from where I’ve stopped to stare, a skip loader scrapes its yellow claw across the cement slab that, today, is what remains of where I used to live. A dream house built upon the legacy of an … [Read more...]

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April 4, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG FINDING YOUR FIGHT-BACK TRENCH 03.22.25

FINDING YOUR FIGHT-BACK TRENCH By Bobbi Murray Mere weeks since the inauguration of the 2nd Trump Administration, many of us remain gobsmacked and gasping and scrambling for a response. Taking a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, Finding Your Fight-Back Trench, Latinopia Guest Blog

March 22, 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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