THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: FERNANDO SE NOS FUÉ! LUIS TORRES REMEMBERS EL TORO AND LUIS TORRES ON FERNANDOMANIA, RICARDO ROMO VISITS NEW MEXICO AND ARTIST FREDERICO VIGIL AND
This week Latinos throughout the United States and Mexico are mourning the loss of baseball great Fernando Valenzuela who passed away on October 22nd. Fernando came onto the scene in 1981 and quickly became a Dodger superstar. After his retirement from playing the game, he went on to report the Dodger games on Spanish language television. Our regular blogger Luis Torres had the opportunity to spend a whole day with Fernando in 2021. We post two columns from Torres here. One is his 2021 article about his experiences one-on-one with El Toro. The other is an update blog on Fernando’s recent passing and how he is being remember by the Dodger organization. Check it all out!
Also this week, Ricardo Romo returns from New Mexico where he visited with acclaimed muralist Frederico Vigil. The muralist has just completed a stairwell mural at the Albuquerque Convention Center that is nothing short of breathtaking. Romo visited with Vigil and got the full story of the mural and of Vigil’s other works. Not to be missed.
And also this week, we feature Texas documentary filmmaker Hector Galan speaking about his approach to capturing interviews. Galan is being featured this coming week with a new documentary Our Texas, Our Vote which premieres on October 28, 2024. The documentary looks inside the largest Latino voter registration mobilization effort in Texas history, led by a new generation on the front lines of a growing state that neither political party can afford to
ignore. Be sure to mark your calendar for watching this important documentary on the eve of the Presidential election.
Enjoy your week on Latinopia AND DON’T FORGET TO VOTE!