LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 4.04.16 DR. THELMA REYNA “WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH”
As Women’s History Month comes to a close, it is easy for many of us to return to other issues that consume our attention daily. Women have been extolled throughout this special month of honoring, … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 3.27.16 “LA DEUDA Y EL IMPAGO”
La Deuda y el Impago: Crónica de un Desastre La deuda acumulada por el gobierno de Puerto Rico ($72 billones) con los bonistas se ha declarado impagable. El impago de Puerto Rico es un asunto … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG JESÚS SALVADOR TREVIÑO “GRIFFITH MIDDLE SCHOOL – WHEN A NAME MATTERS”
In the United States we name buildings, roads and geographic landmarks after individuals whose accomplishments we, as a society, deem meritorious, beneficial to our society and worthy of recognition. … [Read more...]
TALES OF TORRES 3.27.16 “EYDIE GORME – THE GOOD STORY NEVER TOLD””
As a writer of non-fiction, you’re always looking for “a good story.” I made a career of searching for good stories, and often catching ‘em and reeling ‘em in. It starts with a good idea and then … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA REY VILLALOBOS CÉSAR CHÁVEZ FUNERAL
Rey Villalobos is the acclaimed Director of Photography of such motion pictures as "Urban Cowboy," "Nine to Five," "A Bronx Tale," and "American Me." He has also directed numerous episodic television … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE PIER with HERMAN SILLAS 3.20.16 “MONEY AND POLITICAL PARTIES”
Political parties go back as far as President George Washington. He was a Federalist Party member and advocated a strong central government. The Democratic Republican Party preferred strong local … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SHOWCASE CIRCO FEST
Latinopia Showcase Circo Fest from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Latinopia blogger Jose M. Umpierre takes a visual tour of Circo Fest, a festival of circus acts in the streets of San Juan, Puerto … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 3.13.16 “MCCARTHY AND BERNIE SANDERS”
Déjà vu: Bernie Sanders reincarnates Eugene McCarthy… As Yogi Berra noted, it’s déjà vu all over again. As it did forty-eight (48) years ago, the Democratic Party elite-establishment has declared war … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 8.07.16 “DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO”
Desarrollo Económico En medio de las inmensas tribulaciones que enfrenta Puerto Rico ante la actual crisis fiscal, las medidas adoptadas por el Gobierno Federal y las serias repercusiones que … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA BOOK REVIEW CAMPANITA CHILDREN’S BOOKS
El Buro Del Censo Poblacional Norteamericano reporta que en 2014 había 55 millones de "Latinos" residiendo en los Estados Unidos, un 15% de la población total y, como conjunto de nacionalidades, la … [Read more...]
MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ “JOSÉ MONTOYA’S ABUNDANT HARVEST”
The artist's sacred trinity of life, struggle, and death is not a moralistic tale; it is a representation of the Chicano experience. —Curator Selene Preciado, from the catalogue José Montoya's … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG LUPE BOTELLO 3.13.16 “A HARROWING EXPERIENCE”
To UCLA and Back A Good Idea at the Time It all started when my husband, David, got an e-mail announcing Jesús Treviño is to be at UCLA for a book talk on his new book Return to Arroyo … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART LILIANA VÁSQUEZ
Latinopia Art Liliana Vasquez from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Liliana Vásquez is the creator of rosary and crucifix art based on ancient traditions. Using an ancient wax mold process she makes her art … [Read more...]
BRAVO ROAD with DON FELÍPE 3.06.16 “THE FRYING PAN AND THE FIRE: IRAN & THE ISIS THREAT”
THE FRYING PAN AND THE FIRE: IRAN AND THE ISIS THREAT “Decisions about national security are ours to make . . . that’s not simply our inheritance, it’s our responsibility” -Rachael Maddow, … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SHOWCASE VOCES – ERASMO LÓPEZ
Soñia Escot is a journalism major completing her senior year at the University of Texas at Austin. She participated in the 2012 VOCES Oral History Editing Contest sponsored by the Journalism … [Read more...]