THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 02.19.26
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: THE ERNESTO GALARZA STORY EPISODE THREE, SPIDERS IN THE HOUSE AND EPISODE FOUR: A UNION AT LAST! BURUNDANGA BORICUA ON BAD BUNNY WITH LOVE (IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH) AND RICARDO … [Read more...]
THE ERNESTO GALARZA STORY EPISODE THREE SPIDERS IN THE HOUSE
In this third episode of the Ernesto Galarza Story we learn about his efforts to form the first National Farm Labor Union in the United States and how that effort was undermined by the Bracero … [Read more...]
THE ERNESTO GALARZA STORY EPISODE FOUR A UNION AT LAST!
In this fourth episode of The Ernesto Galarza Story we learn of how Galarza efforts to end the bracero program created conditions for the successful launching of the United Farm Workers Union by Cesar … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 2.19.26 (ENGLISH) FROM PUERTO RICO WITH LOVE, BENITO
Since the news broke months ago that Benito Antonio (Bad Bunny) Martinez Ocasio would be in charge of the mid-game entertainment and that the show would take place in Spanish, a controversy arose that … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.19.26 CHICANO/A ARTISTS EXPAND FRIDA’S LEGACY
The art exhibit, Frida: The Making of an Icon, currently showing at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, has been a spectacular success. Gary Tinterow, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA 2.19.26 BENITO: DE PUERTO RICO CON AMOR
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre De Puerto Rico con amor: Benito Desde que apareció la noticia meses atrás que Benito Antonio (Bad Bunny) Martinez Ocasio estaría a cargo del … [Read more...]
GUEST BLOG ALFONSO AYALA III ELIMINATION OF MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AND LATINA/O STUDIES
UT Austin's Elimination of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies is a Betrayal of Texas By Alfonso Ayala III, Doctoral Student, Mexican American & Latina/o Studies, The University of Texas at … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 02.14.26 HISTORICAL ROLE REVERSAL
“Children do learn what they live. Then they grow up to live what they've learned.” Dorothy Nolte (1924 – 2005), American poet, writer, and family counselor. Historic role reversal… In … [Read more...]
GUEST BLOG ROGELIO SÁENZ 02.14.26 FASCISM, THE NEW U.S. REALITY
Fascism, the New U.S. Reality by Rogelio Sáenz Many Americans use the term fascism to describe nations headed by rogue dictators. Never here! But, one year into Donald Trump’s second term as … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.14.26 FRIDA: THE MAKING OF AN ICON
The impressive exhibit Frida: The Making of an Icon at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston traces Frida Kahlo’s posthumous evolution from a relatively unknown Mexican painter to a multifaceted global … [Read more...]
THE ERNESTO GALARZA STORY – EPISODE ONE: BARRIO BOY
In this first episode of the Ernesto Galarza Story we learn of Galarza's early childhood, his education at Occidental College and Stanford University and his vital role as an international ombudsman … [Read more...]
THE ERNESTO GALARZA STORY EPISODE TWO: A HIDDEN ENEMY
In this second episode of the Ernesto Galarza Story we learn of Galarza's work as a diplomat and ombudsman to Latin American countries during World War Two and how this led to his being investigated … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.06.26 LATINOS OVERCAME A WAR AND A BROKEN TREATY
February 2, 1848 marks the date of the end of the war between Mexico and the United States and the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which resulted in the U.S. annexation of fifty percent of … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC JUAN TEJEDA ON CONJUNTO MUSIC
Juan Tejeda is music director of the San Antonio Conjunto Music Festival held each year and sponsored by the Guadalupe Cultural Center. Now in its 30th year, the festival brings together Conjunto … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC CONJUNTO AZTLÁN “ROSARIO”
Conjunto Aztlán is a San Antonio-based music group with roots in the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1970s. The group is comprised of Juan Tejeda, J.J. Barrera, Clemencia Zapata, José Flores … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 1.30.26 ALEJANDRO DÍAZ AT RUIZ-HEALY ART GALLERY
Alejandro Díaz, A Latino Texan-New Yorker Exhibits at Ruiz-Healy Art Gallery. Texas native Alejandro Díaz developed an artistic practice over thirty-five years grounded in the bicultural and visual … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG JORGE “COQUI” RODRIGUEZ “THE KIND ACT OF SOLIDARITY”
The Kind Act of Solidarity By Jorge “Coqui”H Rodriguez Renee Nicole Good was the act of kindness all Americans need to follow Renee Nicole Good was a brave soul who’s … [Read more...]
EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 1.30.26 NO PORK ON FRIDAYS – A DUAL CULTURAL LEGACY
The Rio Grande has long been more than a river dividing nations; it has been a meeting place of cultures, faiths, and hidden legacies. Along its banks, towns in northern Mexico and South Texas became … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “PACHUCO PORTFOLIO”
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 … [Read more...]
EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 1.24.26 TWO MEXICAN FILM GREATS
During the 1940s and 1950s, two of the well-known Mexican actors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema that I would see on the big screen at the Cine Azteca in the Barrio El Azteca were Arturo de … [Read more...]