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TALES OF TORRES THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS 11.27.21

Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, leaving lots of leftovers – both actual and metaphorical. Above the din of football game crowds emanating from the nonstop television in the next room, there were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres, Thanksgiving leftovers

November 26, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 10.15.22 RACIST COMMENTS A SETBACK FOR LATINOS

Secretly Recorded Racist Comments by Public Officials Are a Setback for Latinos !Chingao!              Latino political “leaders” have created a tsunami of controversy and social chingasos … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

October 14, 2022 by wpengine

TALES OF TORRES 03.26.22 “LET’S GET STUPID ON CRIME”

“Let’s Get Stupid on Crime” For Latinos and African Americans, it seems like we’re living in the surreal world of the Racism Mambo: one step forward, two steps back. Politicians and pundits … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

March 26, 2022 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 4.18.21 “FERNANDOMANIA”

HOW I ENDED UP BEING FERNANDO VALENZUELA’S HOMIE 40 YEARS AGO Wow! How time flies. It’s been 40 years since Los Angeles (and the Chicanada throughout the country) was mesmerized by Fernandomania. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Fernando Valenzuela, Fernandomania, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

April 17, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES “ADIOS TO TRUMP”

Adios to Trump, the Pendejo-in-Chief Our long national nightmare is over – well, ya mero. And ya era tiempo. And Latinos played a positive role in putting an end to a presidency that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Election aftermath, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

November 14, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 6.20.20 “NOT JUST A FEW BAD APPLES”

This is not just a matter of “a few bad apples” in the police department The televised killing of George Floyd has slapped this country awake. It has forced this country, among other things, to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Discrimination against Latinos, George Floyd, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

June 20, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA HERO REMEMBERING BOBBY LEE VERDUGO

Remembering Bobby Lee Verdugo I was excruciatingly sad to learn that Robert (Bobby Lee) Verdugo died this week. I got a call from his wife, Yoli. He had a heart attack, following other serious … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, LATINOPIA HERO Tagged With: Bobby Lee Verdugo, Latinopia Hero, Luis R, Tales of Torres, Torres

May 9, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 12.01.19 “THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS”

Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, leaving lots of leftovers – both actual and metaphorical. Above the din of football game crowds emanating from the nonstop television in the next room, there were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres, Thanksgiving leftovers

December 1, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 9.07.19 REVIEW OF PLAY “ALWAYS RUNNING”

World Premiere of Play Based on Esteemed Memoir “Always Running” It got a standing ovation on opening night recently and it was well deserved. It just may keep pulling in satisfied audience by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Always Running, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

September 8, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 8.11.19 “EL PASO MASSACRE – CONNECTING THE DOTS”

Trump’s Racist Words and Actions Fan Flames of Mass Shootings It sounds like a bad Quentin Tarantino movie: “Massacre in El Paso.” That’s what newspaper headlines screamed and cable news network … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: El Paso Massacre, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

August 11, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 7.28.19 “STRAIGHT OUT OF BARRIO HOLLYWOOD”

I recently attended an event to honor peripatetic educator, journalist and broadcast executive Frank Cruz. The evening at downtown L.A.’s LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes (they insist on the upper case “A” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Frank Cruz, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

July 28, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 06.16.19 WOMEN HELPING WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD: HOW ABOUT LATINOS HELPING LATINOS?

Women Helping Women in Hollywood: How about Latinos helping Latinos? Very recently there was a thought-provoking article in the Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times. Basically, it was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Emma Thompson, Latinos in Hollywood, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

June 16, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 4.07.19 “I WAS A TEENAGE ESSAY WHORE”

A bit like Claude Rains in “Casablanca,” I’m shocked. Shocked at news of the scandalous college admissions scandal. Wow! Stop the presses: it’s news that wealth, position and prestige confer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: I was Teenage Essay Whore, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

April 7, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 11.03.18 “THE ROAD TO FASCISM IS PAVED WITH PERNICIOUS INTENTIONS”

“I am a nationalist.” That’s what Trump shouted at one of his bullshit rallies recently. All he needed was the brown-shirted “heil” salute. How much clearer could this be? We should understand his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

November 3, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 6.24.18 “TRUMP’S MIGRANT CRISIS PERSISTS WITHOUT RESOLUTION”

Just when you think El Mero Pendejo Trump can’t do anything more insidious and evil than he’s already done, he proves you wrong. We are in the midst of his latest pernicious pendejada: the separating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: child separations, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres, zero tolereance fiasco

June 24, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 8.20.17 “LOSS OF MORAL AUTHORITY”

Trump Has Lost Any Semblance of Moral Authority By Luís Torres It’s time to call for Donald Trump to resign the presidency. Given the maniacally egotistic nihilistic that he is, it is of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Charlottesvile controversy, Donald Trump presidency, Heather Heyer, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

August 20, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: Blogs, LATINOPIA BOOK REVIEW, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Latinopia Book Review, Luis R.. Torres, Naomi Klein, Tales of Torres

July 2, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES – 4.29.2017 AFTER THE RIOTS

It’s difficult to believe that it’s been twenty-five years since the L.A. Riots. Or Rebellion. Or Revolt. Or Uprising. Whatever you choose to call those events of late April and early May, 1992, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Los Angeles 1992 Riots, Luis R.. Torres, Rodney King, Tales of Torres

April 28, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 03.12.17 OBAMA MARRIES A GIRAFFE

Donald Trump on Twitter: “I have just learned that Barack Obama married a giraffe! What a bad (sick) guy. Sad.” Washington Daily Chronicle: (Dateline Washington, March 11, 2017) The White … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Donald Trump Tweets, Latino Satire, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

March 12, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 12.11.16 “FAKE NEWS – REAL SCARINESS”

“Fake News” Causes Real Scariness in the Trump Election            More than a month after the shocking and horrifying election of snake oil salesman Donald Trump, lots of folks are shaking their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Fake News on the Intenet, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

December 11, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 8.18.16 “IS HISTORY MORE THAN AN AGREED UPON MYTH?”

IS HISTORY MORE THAN JUST A MYTH AGREED UPON? Recent political chingazos about the teaching of history in our public schools got me to recalling a crazy comment a woman in Texas made a few years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Latino book banning, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

September 18, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 01.28.23 CRYSTAL CITY 1969

January 27, 2023 By wpengine

An Inspiring Latino Play: Crystal City 1969 David Lozano and Raul Trevino wrote Crystal City 1969 in 2009, a production which The Dallas Morning News called the “Best New Play” of 2009. Residents from Crystal City learned of its success by word of mouth, but individuals who contributed to the school walkouts that permanently transformed […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 01.20.23 OSCAR ALVARADO MASTER MOSAIC ARTIST

January 20, 2023 By wpengine

Oscar Alvarado: Latino Master Artist of Tile Mosaic On most days of the year, Oscar Alvarado steps out of the warehouse at his San Antonio Southtown studio, spaces that he shares with his twin brother Robert, to look over sections of nearly two acres filled with sand, tile, rock, glass, and steel. He treasures the […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT AL RENDON AN ACCLAIMED LATINO PHOTOGRAPHER

January 14, 2023 By wpengine

Al Rendon: A Highly Acclaimed Latino Photographer Every American City has its favorite photographer who is able to produce revealing imagery that captures the mind and soul of its people, that documents the cultural attributes of its society, and that reveals the historical aspects of the region’s landscape. Large cities with diverse populations count on […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT JOSÉ ESQUIVAL A CHICANO TRAILBLAZER

January 7, 2023 By wpengine

José Esquivel: A Chicano Art Trailblazer José Esquivel, one of the founding members of the Chicano art movement in America, passed away on December 16, 2022. He was 87 years old. A memorial to Esquivel is planned for Tuesday evening, January 3rd at the Centro Cultural Aztlan. Through his paintings Esquivel documented life in his […]

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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 […]

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LATINOPIA MUSIC ANGELA ROA “TOCO DESAFINADO”

By Tia Tenopia on June 22, 2014

Angela Roa is a Chilean singer and lyricist residing in Los Angeles, California. Her songs are about the Latino experience in the United States and in Latin America. Here she performs an original song, “Toco Desafinado” (Out of Tune). She is accompanied by Fernando Losada, Rich Silva and Thiago Winterstein..

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