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POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS 12.18.25 MY HEART SOARS LIKE A HAWK

December 18, 2025 By wpengine

My heart soars like a hawk… You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. César Chávez, Chicano labor and civil rights leader Those who would oppress us have grossly misjudged us. We are not afraid of them. Salomón R. Baldenegro, 1968 Recent events involving mostly young people confronting the ICE raids are inspiring. […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO (ENGLISH) 12.19.25 PUERTO RICO ON THE LINE

December 18, 2025 By wpengine

And then there is the urgent geopolitical issue “After years of abandonment, the United States will reaffirm and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere and protect our homeland and our access to key geographies throughout the region.” Donald J. Trump June 2024 The doctrine of the then President of […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 12.18. 25 THE VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE AND MATACHINES

December 18, 2025 By wpengine

The Virgin Guadalupe, Matachines, and Chicano Art Tradition On Friday, December 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on San Antonio’s Westside hosted three distinct Matachines dance groups in honor of the feast day of the Virgen de Guadalupe. The dance is a blend of medieval and early modern Spanish and pre-conquest Aztec dance traditions. Matachines […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 12.19.25 EL INAPLAZABLE ASUNTO GEOPOLITICO

December 18, 2025 By wpengine

Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Y entonces está el inaplazable asunto Geopolítico “Tras años de abandono, Estados Unidos reafirmará y hará cumplir la Doctrina Monroe para restaurar la preeminencia estadounidense en el hemisferio occidental y proteger nuestra patria y nuestro acceso a geografías clave en toda la región”. Donald J. Trump Junio de […]

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