Latinopia Book Review

TALES OF TORRES 2.02.17 “HOW TO SAY NO TO DONALD TRUMP”

How to say “No” to Donald Trump Cornel West has described Naomi Klein as “One of the few revolutionary public intellectuals of great integrity and vision.” And he is correct. Klein is also a … [Read more...]

LATINOPIA BOOK REVIEW “LATINO AMERICANS”

LATINO AMERICANS -The Companion Book to the PBS documentary Series Written by Ray Suarez, Celebra Press, 2013. Reviewed by Denis Bixler-Marquez _____________________________________ Behind … [Read more...]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS With SAL BALDENEGRO 11.10.19 “HUELGA! HUELGA! HUELGA!”

November 9, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

Huelga! Huelga! Huelga! The United Steelworkers(USW) and several other unions—Teamsters, Boilermakers, Electricians, Machinists & Aerospace workers, Automobile workers, and Operating Engineers—representing nearly 2000 employees who work in ASARCO copper mines, smelters and refineries in five facilities in southern Arizona as well as in Texas are on strike against ASARCO, a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico. All […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA del ZOCOTROCO 11.10.19 “TOROS Y LOS CUERNOS”

November 9, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

El Toro y los Cuernos Si bien es cierto que el tema de Puerto Rico anda figurando con alguna prominencia en los círculos de poder federal, está por verse si el movimiento nos saca, o no, del atolladero indigno del territorio no incorporado y las repercusiones fiscales de una colonia en bancarrota. Está por verse […]

MARK GUERRERO’S CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES – LOUIE MENDEZ & LENCHO MARTINEZ

November 4, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

Mark Guerrero returns with another insightful podcast, this time he visits with interviews Louie Mendez and Lorenzo “Lencho” Martinez about their music careers–made over the years both together and separately. Louie and Lorenzo worked together on Los Rock Angels, Los Dados, and Louie & Lorenzo. Later, Louie played with the Texas Tornados and Flaco Jimenez […]

ROMO DE TEJAS – 10.27.19 MARTA SANCHEZ

October 26, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

Marta Sanchez: Art Formed by Culture, Tradition, and Memory Marta Sanchez is an important Latina artist who over the past three decades has contributed to creating Latina and Chicana art in America while remaining engaged in teaching and social activism. Born and raised in San Antonio, she attended Fox Tech High School and earned a […]

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

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “LOVE IN THE TIME OF ALBINO”

By Tia Tenopia on April 13, 2014

Gabriel Carmona and Branden Selman are the founders of Nac Film Theory, an independent film company based in Nagotchoches, Texas. Both of these talented filmmakers produce, direct, film, edit and act in their independently produced films. Latinopia is proud to showcase the poignant “Love in the Time of Albino,” another independent production by this talented […]

Category: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE

LATINOPIA EVENT 1966 UFW PEREGRINACIÓN (PILGRIMAGE) MARCH

By Tia Tenopia on March 19, 2013

The effort to organize farm workers under a union contract has been a long and difficult struggle. In 1965, César Chávez and Dolores Huerta created what would become the United Farm Workers Union. From the onset they faced many obstacles, not the least of which was how to get dozens of California grape growers to […]

Category: History, LATINOPIA EVENT