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PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 8.18.19

Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper. As you can see and feel, this issue of La Voz topped out at 24 pages. We had a lot more news to share but will have hold up on until the next issue. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Mis Pensamientos Tagged With: Alfredo Santos, La Voz

August 18, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SPECIAL HOPE IN DARK TIMES

Hope In Dark Times from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. What can we do to combat the onslaught of the Trump presidency? Fight back! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, LATINOPIA EVENT

August 11, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BURUNDANGA BORICUA del ZOCOTROCO 8.11.18 “LOS JUEGOS CENTROAMERICANOS Y DEL CARIBE”

Los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Una columna que atiende la cultura tiene por obligación que incluir el deporte, que constituye un aspecto esencial en su quehacer y sirve una función vital … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Borciua del Zocotroco, José M. Umpierre, Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Monica Puig

August 11, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 8.05.18 “DEMOGRAPHY AND DESTINY: AMERICAN HISPANICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY”

  DEMOGRAPHY AND DESTINY: AMERICAN HISPANICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY--IMPLICATIONS OF MINORITY TO MAJORITY SHIFTS IN SELECT GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS As part of the process of keeping my college … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Bravo Road with Don Felípe Tagged With: Bravo Road with Don Felipe, Dr. Philip De Ortego y Gasca, Hispanic populations, Texas Population growth

August 11, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BURUNDANGA BORICUA del ZOCOTROCO 7.29.18 “ESTRENO DE UNO A UNO”

Uno a Uno es la realización más reciente de Noel Quiñones. Ello presenta la ineludible realidad que abordar en primer término; Noel es mi amigo. Lo es desde el momento en que llegó a los antiguos … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, José M. Umpierre, Noel Quiñones, Puerto Rican filmmakers

July 29, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA BIOGRAPHY NOEL QUIÑONES

Noel Quiñones (born July 20, 1959, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican screenwriter, film director and film producer. He left Puerto Rico at age 18 to study cinematography and filmmaking at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BIOGRAPHY, FEATURES Tagged With: Noel Quiñones, Puerto Rican filmmakers

July 29, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BURUNDANGA BORICUA del ZOCOTROCO 7.22.18 “EFEMERIDES Y PLEITOS”

Efemérides y Pleitos El 25 de julio es un día importante en Puerto Rico, es la fecha en que se conmemora la firma de la Constitución del 1952. Visto que es uso y costumbre llamarlo día de las … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, Constitución de Puerto Rico del 1952, José M. Umpierre

July 22, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART CARLOS CALLEJO WALK-OUT MURAL

Latinopia Art Carlos Callejo Walk-Out Mural from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. n March, 1968 more than 5,000 students walked out of the predominantly Mexican American high schools in East Los Angeles to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: 1968 East Los Angeles High School Walkouts, Carlos Callejo, El Sereno Walkout Mural

July 22, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA CINEMA THIEVES AND LIARS

Latinopia Cinema Thieves and Liars from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Ricardo Méndez Matta and Poli Marichal are a husband and wife producing team that has created the independent film, Ladrones y … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA CINEMA Tagged With: crime in Puerto Rico, Ladrones y Mentirosos, Poli Marichal, Puerto Rico's drug trade, Ricardo mendez Matta, Thieves and Liars

September 7, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA DOCUMENT – TEACHER GUIDE #1 “THE LATINO VOICE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY”

THE LATINO VOICE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Preface: This is an outline for a suggested classroom course that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: TEACHERS GUIDES

January 30, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART “LETTER TO MAGU”

Renowned artist and social activist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan passed away in July of 2011. His family and friends convened an outdoor memorial service to honor his life and legacy on September 11, 2011. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART

September 20, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 7.15.18 “IF YOU SWIM IN THE SEWER”

If you swim in the sewer… “He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Political Salsa y Más Tagged With: David Schweikert, Donald Trump, encarceration of immigrant children, Martha McSally, Political Salsa y Mas, Sal Baldenegro

July 15, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD DIANA GARCÍA “BITTERSWEET HARVEST”

Diana García is a poet who grew up in the agricultural community of Merced, California. Her poetry often deals with the lives of farmworkers as well as feminist and family themes.  In September of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Bittersweet Harvest, bracero poems, bracero program, Diana Garcia

March 24, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

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

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 7.08.18 “A DREAM DEFERRED”

  My dream has not withered like a raisin in the sun, though at my age I wonder what my “future” would have been had I realized my dream of being a college or university president. It never … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Bravo Road with Don Felípe Tagged With: Bravo Road with Don Felipe, Dr. Philip De Ortego y Gasca

July 8, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 7.08.18. “BORICUAS ‘PA QUE TU LO SEPAS”

Boricuas pa que tu lo sepas Mucho me lamenta repetir lo bien sabido; los tiempos están dificiles. Quizá por ello se colma mejor el orgullo ante las  dos Boricuas  que han acaparado ésta semana … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, José M. Umpierre, Sonia Sotomayor

July 8, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 6.24.18 “INFORME SOBRE DESARROLLO HUMANO – PARTE TRES”

Parte III Comparaciones, Impresiones y Recomendaciones Cuando abordamos el desarrollo humano en el pasado siglo, los factores que inciden para que se pueda llevar una vida  digna, con … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: 2016 Informe, 2016 Informe Sobre el Desarrollo Humano, Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, Jose Umpierre

July 1, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD SOÑIA RIVERA-VALDES

Soñia Rivera-Valdés was born in Cuba. Her book, "The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda," was awarded the prestigious Casa de las Américas Award in Havana in 1997. She has published short stories in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

August 12, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 6.24.18 “TRUMP’S MIGRANT CRISIS PERSISTS WITHOUT RESOLUTION”

Just when you think El Mero Pendejo Trump can’t do anything more insidious and evil than he’s already done, he proves you wrong. We are in the midst of his latest pernicious pendejada: the separating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: child separations, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres, zero tolereance fiasco

June 24, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 6.24.18 “INFORME SOBRE DESARROLLO HUMANO – PARTE DOS”

Parte II Informe sobre el Desarrollo Humano: Puerto Rico   2016 Población De acuerdo con el Censo de 2010, Puerto Rico tenía una población de 3,725,789 habitantes a esa fecha, lo que … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua, Informe sobre el Desarrollo Humano, José M. Umpierre

June 24, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 6.15.18 “INFORME SOBRE EL DESARROLLO HUMANO – PARTE UNO”

Informe sobre el Desarrollo Humano Parte I El lunes  14 de mayo ese presentó a la comunidad el Informe sobre el Desarrollo Humano: Puerto Rico 2016, el producto de una iniciativa de un grupo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Burunganda Boricua Tagged With: Burundanga Boricua del Zocotroco, Informe sobre el Desarrollo Humano, José M. Umpierre

June 15, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.17.25 ART “QUINCEANERA” AT THE BORDERLANDS

July 17, 2025 By wpengine

An Art “Quinceanera” in the Borderlands. An exhibition featuring large prints by a talented cohort of borderland artists opened last week  [July 12, 2025] at the Centro Cultural Aztlan in San Antonio, Texas.  The Centro press release described the exhibit as a prime example of community artists engaging “in the deeply rooted democratic art form of […]

TALES OF TORRES 7.17.25 DONALD TRUMP- TERROR AND INTIMIDATION

July 17, 2025 By wpengine

Terror and Intimidation Are the Order of the Day The Pendejo-in-Chief got to sign his Big Beautiful Baloney Bill into law. The consequences will be felt for a long time. None of them good, unless you are among the wealthiest folks in the country. They will get permanent tax breaks and other nest-feathering favors. For […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 07.10.25 LUIS LOPEZ BORDERLANDS ARTIST

July 10, 2025 By wpengine

Luis Lopez: Borderlands Artist Looks Forward to His Exhibit in Mexico Borderland artist Luis Lopez moved from Laredo, Texas to San Antonio nearly 50 years ago to pursue his passion for creating art. Over the past five decades, Lopez has received recognition on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border for his diverse and transformative body […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA (ENGLISH) 07.10.25 WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSPIRE

July 10, 2025 By wpengine

We’ve been able to…or not. The signature is on paper and the Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) that dictates the domestic policy for President Trump’s second administration is the current mandate for the United States. The Institute of Taxes and Economic Policy anticipates three options to meet the law: cut investment in health and food assistance, […]

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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

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 […]

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