How to Find a fight-back trench

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...]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 3.28.25

March 28, 2025 By wpengine

Latina/o Artists Draw Inspiration from Central American and Mexican Mayan Communities A Spring 2025 Artpace Opening Reception & Artist Talk for the International Artists-in-Residence exhibition introduced San Antonio art lovers to Laura Veles Drey, Anita Fields, and Lorena Molina. Having followed the news last week of the US government’s role in deporting 200 Venezuelans to […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 3.22.25

March 22, 2025 By wpengine

No shame … no honor Where there is no shame, there is no honor. Martin Opitz, German poet Rather, we (followers of Christ) have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. 2 Corinthians 4:15 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 3.22.25

March 22, 2025 By wpengine

Latina Lina González-Granados: A Music Prodigy Performs in San Antonio A front page Arts story in The New York Times [January 2025] featured the Philharmonic of San Antonio, perhaps a first for an orchestra from Texas. The story “After an Orchestra’s Rebirth, The Focus Turns to Thriving,” concluded with an optimistic observation from music director […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 3.13.25 INDEPENDENCE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER?

March 13, 2025 By wpengine

Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre The latest commotion in Puerto Rico has been brought about by an interested group of concerned citizen that sent the White House a proposal that it grant independence to Puerto Rico by executive order. The Group of 16 citizens propose a 20 year transition period with the federal government […]

LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 2

By Tia Tenopia on October 20, 2013

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist,muralist and print maker. In this second profile on Sonia and her work, Latinopia explores Sonia’s public murals, in particular the “Urban Oasis” mural at the MacArthur Park Metro Station in Los Angeles, California.

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART

LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “PACHUCO PORTFOLIO”

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.

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

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 […]

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature