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LATINOPIA WORD DR. ALVARO HUERTA WHAT HAS BEEN RESPONSE TO TRUMP’S ACTION?

In the first few weeks of the Trump Presidency has been marked by Presidential decrees and draconian measures designed to dismantle key governmental institutions and American values all under the … [Read more...]

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March 28, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA WORD DR. ALVARO HUERTA HOW CAN YOU FIND YOUR FIGHT-BACK TRENCH?

In the wake of the Trump Presidential victory and the many cruel and arbitrary legal and illegal measures he has undertaken, many Americans are feeling disheartened. Latinopia asked Dr. Alvaro Huerta, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, How to Find a fight-back trench

March 28, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA EVENT 2019 EL PASO SHOOTING AFTERMATH

In the aftermath of the purposeful killings of Latinos in Gilroy, California  and El Paso, Texas by deranged gunmen what should the response be of the Latino community? Urban planner Dr. Alvaro Huerta … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, LATINOPIA EVENT Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, El Paso killings, Elpaso Massacre, Gilroy attack

September 8, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with ALVARO HUERTA “AN OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM ON ETHNIC STUDIES”

June 24, 2020 An Open Letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom on Ethnic Studies Dear Governor Gavin Newsom: As one of the few tenured Latina/o faculty members at the California State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Ethnic Studies in California, Fierce Politics

June 28, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA – 01.12.20 BARRIO WISDOM

Nietzsche warned me about gazing too long into the abyss, but I didn’t listen. It gazed back into me. After spending my early years with extended family in Tijuana (Baja California) and Hollywood … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Fierce Poltitics, Salomon Huerta

January 12, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD – “TRUMP: MAKING AMERICA UNGREAT”

Dr. Alvaro Huerta is a professor of Urban and Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. In his recent book, Defending Latina/o Migrant Communities in the Xenophobic Era … [Read more...]

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December 8, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD ALVARO HUERTA DEFENDING LATINA/O MIGRANT COMMUNITIES

Dr. Alvaro Huerta is a professor of Urban and Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. In his recent book, Defending Latina/o Migrant Communities in the Xenophobic Era … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Fierce Politics with Dr. Alvaro Huerta, Latinopia Word Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities

August 18, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA “THE WAY OF LEO: 5 LESSONS OF ACADEMIC MENTORSHIP”

I have been practicing academic mentorship since I was a 17-year-old freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles (many moons ago). Once accepted into UCLA, I started to mentor high school … [Read more...]

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June 29, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 4.07.19 “REFLECTIONS OF A MECHISTA BY A CHICANO SCHOLAR ACTIVIST”

I first learned about MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlán) during UCLA’s Freshman Summer Program (FSP) in 1985, as a 17-year-old freshman. Many moons later, when I became a member, I … [Read more...]

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April 7, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA “REMEMBERING LEO ESTRADA” 01.12.19

In November, the urban planning community in general and Latina/o community in particular experienced a devastating blow with the death of Leo Estrada. As one of the few Latina/o urban planning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Dr. Leo Estrada, Fierce Politics

December 24, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with ALVARO HUERTA 5.13.18 “LATINA/O POLITICS IN THE RACIST ERA OF TRUMP”

President Donald J. Trump represents an existential threat to immigrants in the United States. Trump’s immigration rhetoric and policies consist of racist, xenophobic, enforcement-only and … [Read more...]

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May 20, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 4.22.18 “I AM NOT YOUR WETBACK.”

I Am Not Your “Wetback” “Anti-Mexicanism is a form of nativism practiced by colonialists and their inheritors. —Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones (2017) To borrow—more like steal—from the great James … [Read more...]

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April 21, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD ALVARO HUERTA’S “CRUISING WITH NAYTO”

Part I I have always been nervous about visiting my old neighborhood. One day, my brother Salomon—an acclaimed artist—invited my younger brothers (Noel and Ismael) and I to meet him at our old … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Chicano Literature, Crusing with Nayto, Dr. ALvaro huerta, Homeboy literature

March 26, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 1.28.18 “NO DEAL ON “S—HOLE” BORDER WALL!

If Democratic leaders make a deal with President Donald J. Trump on his "s---hole" border wall, they will secure his re-election in 2020. (Here, I’m borrowing a word, "s---hole" or “shithole,” from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: DACA, Dr. ALvaro huerta, Firece Politics with Alvaro Huerta, Trump's "S--hole" comment

January 26, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS WITH DR. ALVARO HUERTA 8.06.17 “RACIST POLICIES IN THE TRUMP ERA”

The "War on Immigrants": Racist Policies in the Trump Era President Donald J. Trump and his administration’s immigration agenda centers on draconian, enforcement-based policies and executive orders, … [Read more...]

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August 6, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with ALVARO HUERTA 01.29.17 “I AIN’T NO ANCHOR BABY!”

I'm the son of Mexican immigrants, but I ain’t no anchor baby. My late father, Salomon, first migrated to the United States during the 1950s via the Bracero Program, in which more than 4.6 million … [Read more...]

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January 29, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS 11.20.16 2016 ELECTION RESULTS -MEXICANS WILL SURVIVE TRUMP PRESIDENCY”

After failing to predict the 2016 U.S. presidential election, I recently attended and returned from our monthly Mexican meeting in Los Angeles, California. At these monthly meetings, all individuals … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: 2016 Presidential Election, Dr. ALvaro huerta, Fierce Politics with Alvaro Huerta

November 20, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS BY ALVARO HUERTA 4.17.16 “GLOBAL MIGRATION A UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHT”

“Global Migration Represents a Universal Human Right”  In life, as the saying goes, nothing is certain except for death and taxes. I propose another: migration. Migration represents a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Fierce Politics, national immigration debate

April 17, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

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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