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POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 7.15.18 “IF YOU SWIM IN THE SEWER”

If you swim in the sewer… “He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with … [Read more...]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO (ENGLISH) 11.07.25 PANORAMA OF THE REPREHENSIBLE

November 7, 2025 By wpengine

The present panorama in a nutshell It is not difficult to adopt a vision of life in which we move from crisis to crisis, one of constant problems and challenges that require adjustment and adaptation. The sirring of the federal government by virtue of partisan lock down in the US Congress is in line […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 11.07.25 MARMOLEJO AND RAQUEL AT CENTRO DE ARTES

November 7, 2025 By wpengine

Aztec Myths, Mexican Legends, and Chicano Folktales Thrive in Borderland Urban Communities The exhibition “Madre_Land: South Texas Memory & the Art of Making Home” at the Centro de Artes in San Antonio’s Market Square features art, artifacts, and altar installations by 27 South Texas emerging and established borderland artists and scholars. The first floor of […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 11.07.25 PANORAMA DE LO REPRENSIBLE

November 7, 2025 By wpengine

Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre El panorama presente en pocas palabras No es difícil adoptar una visión de vida en que nos movemos de crisis en crisis, de problemas y desafíos contantes que requieren ajuste y adaptación. El cierrre del gobierno federal en virtud de tranque partidista en el Congreso Norteamericano se ajusta a […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 11.07.25 A HISTORY OF TATUAJES

November 7, 2025 By wpengine

One morning when Jo Emma and I went on our regular walking around the walking track that is right across the street from our house, we started comparing notes when we first heard the term, “tatuaje,” which is the Spanish translation of tattoo. For me, it was many years ago, when Jo Emma’s uncle and […]

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