San Patricio Batallion

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 3.18.18

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: ST PATRICK DAY AND THE SAN PATRICIO BATTALION, BURUNDANGA BORICUA ON RAMÓN EMETERIO BETANCES, RANDY JURADO ERTLL ON TRUMP CRIMINALIZING SALVADORANS, LATINOPIA BIOGRAPHY ON … [Read more...]

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 3.19.17

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: SALOMÓN BALDENEGRO ON THE SAN PATRICIOS, SERG HERNÁNDEZ WITH ORIGINAL ART ON THE SAN PATRICIOS, MARK DAY'S SAN PATRICIO BATTALION FILM, ERNIE HOGAN ON AZTEC LEPRECHAUNS AND … [Read more...]

LATINOPIA HERO FELIPE DE ORTEGO Y GASCA 1926-2018

January 9, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

Scholar and long time Latinopia blogger Felipe de Ortego y Gasca passed away on December 29, 2018. Jesus Trevino posted this remembrance of his friend and collaborator.

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 1.12.19 “CARNALISMO IS ALIVE AND WELL”

January 12, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

Carnalismo is alive and well… “Si sangra mi hermano, yo también sangro … la herida es igual…” (If my brother or sister bleeds, I too bleed … I also am wounded) Chicano Movement song “Yo soy tu hermano, yo soy Chicano” (I am your brother, I am Chicano) Carnalismo… Those lyrics capture well the spirit […]

MARK GUERRERO’S CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES “SUNNY OSUNA”

January 5, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

This month Mark Guerrero interviews Tejano music legend Sunny Ozuna about his life and career and plays selected recordings from his catalog. Sunny’s signature national hit record was “Talk To Me” (1963) with Sunny and the Sunglows (later Sunny and the Sunliners). Check out this and other Mark Gerrero interviews at his podcast site: https://markguerrero.podbean.com/

MIS PENSAMIENTOS by ALFREDO SANTOS 01.12.19

January 12, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

On the passing of Gustavo “Tavo” Garcia. Uno por uno se nos estan hiendo. Entendemos que la muerte viene siendo parte de la vida, pero como quiera, duele cuando recibimos la noticia que otro soldado en la lucha ya no va estar con nosotros. El Tavo fue parte de esa generación que rompio barreras. El […]

LATINOPIA MUSIC RUBÉN MARTÍNEZ “IN THE SHADOWS OF BLACK MESA”

By Tia Tenopia on July 28, 2013

Rubén Martínez is a journalist, author and musician whose recent book “Desert America” chronicles, among other things, the high rate of heroin addiction among Hispanos in New Mexico’s rural communities. While living in Velarde, New Mexico Rubén was able to witness the destructive force of addiction in the lives of his two neighbors, José and […]

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

LATINOPIA TEATRO “ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY2”

By Tia Tenopia on December 8, 2014

“Enrique’s Journey” is a Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative by Sonia Nazario about the harrowing experiences of a seventeen-year-old Honduran boy who sets out alone to travel to the United States to find his mother whom he hasn’t seen in more than a dozen years. The riveting true story was adapted for the stage by Anthony J. […]

Category: LATINOPIA TEATRO, Theater

LATINOPIA WORD “DOÑA JULIA’S CHILDREN”

By Tia Tenopia on November 24, 2013

Latinopia’s blogger Luis R. Torres has recently published a biography of Mexican American education activist Vahac Mardirosian. It was Mardirosian who led the Educational Issues Coordinating Committee, the activist group made up of parents, teachers and students following the 1968 East Los Angeles high school Walk-outs. In later years Mardirosian founded the Parent Institute for […]

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature