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...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 2.28.16 “PAULINA PAGÁN PICÓ”
El sábado 16 de enero, me sacaron de mi cueva una pareja de seres queridos a quien no puedo negar convites; registro la fecha pues asistimos a un lugar y un evento memorable. La Casa Ruth Hernández es … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA 2.14.16 “PASION POETICA”
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Pasión Poética/ las coincidencias marcan el camino El tema erótico, que nunca pasa desapercibido, se allega a mis manos en dos lecturas de feliz … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA ESPARZA ON GREGORIO CORTEZ
Latinopia Cinema Esparza on Gregorio Cortez from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Moctesuma Esparza is an award-winning producer of films such as Milagro Beanfield War, Gettysburg and Selena. Here he … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC “BALLAD OF GREGORIO CÓRTEZ”
In 1900, a Texas deputy tried to arrest a Tejano rancher named Gregorio Córtez for horse stealing. Córtez professed his innocence but the deputy fired on Córtez who replied with his own pistol and … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN “TEXAS RANGERS KILLED MEXICANS NOT HISPANICS.”
Recent coverage of a new exhibit at a Texas museum — with headlines like “The Texas Rangers Killed Hundreds of Hispanic Americans During the Mexican Revolution” (screen capture to left) and “Texas … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE PIER with HERMAN SILLAS 2.21.16 “CAMPAIGN”
The presidential primaries are here and we are reminded daily. As a political junkie I love it. My father was active in the union and had meetings in our house to change the union’s leadership. … [Read more...]
ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 2.21.16 “LOOKING TO THE EAST”
If this photo is "Looking Toward the East," the question is where are we? … [Read more...]