THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 11.05. 26
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: DR. ANGELA VALENZUELA ON 'NO NOS MOVERAN," DR. CYNTHIA OROZCO ON DOLORES HUERTA AND GINA HINOJOSA, SAL BALDENEGRO ON WHERE IS THE LOVE? AND RICARDO ROMO ON HOW MEXICAN FOOD … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 11.05.26 CYNTHIA OROZCO LATINA POWER: DOLORES HUERTA AND GINA HINOJOSA
Dolores Huerta & Gina Hinojosa: Meet Latina Power Our Voices, Nuestras Voces, Dr. Cynthia E. Orozco ‘Si se puede’ (‘Yes, it can be done’), a saying by now-deceased national labor leader … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG ANGELA VALENZUELA DOLORES HUERTA “NO NOS MOVERAN”
As I continue to reflect on the passing of the extraordinary Dolores Huerta, I find myself returning to a beautiful memory from eight years ago on January 18, 2018, when Southwestern University in … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 11.05.26 WHERE IS THE LOVE?
Where is the love? And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. Saul of Tarsus, aka Paul the Apostle (Chapter 13, First Letter to the … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 11.05.26 LATINO ARTISTS INSPIRED BY MEXICAN FOOD TRADITIONS
The 17th Annual Mole Feast: A Taste of Cuisine, Culture and Art opened last week on October 15, 2026 at the Centro Cultural Aztlan. Curated by Edna Lugo, the exhibit included 35 artists. I am most … [Read more...]
DOLORES HUERTA – A PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE BY JESÚS TREVIÑO
DOLORES HUERTA - A PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE I first met Dolores Huerta in the Spring of 1970. I was filming what would become a classic documentary about the Chicano experience, Yo Soy Chicano, and … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA HERO DOLORES HUERTA
Dolores Huerta (April 10, 1930 – October 28, 2026) is one of the most famous and recognizable labor organizer and civil rights leaders of the century. She was born in Dawson, New Mexico; later she … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1966 UFW PEREGRINACION (MARCH) TO SACRAMENTO
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. … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1968 ROBERT F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
Robert Francis Kennedy was shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968. The brother of President John F. Kennedy, Robert had just been nominated by the … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.29.26 LATINO ART FOR THE FALL IN SAN ANTONIO AND TEXAS
Latino art has come of age in the Southwest and beyond, and October is a banner month for Chicano and Mexican art exhibitions in Texas. In mid-October, San Antonio galleries opened three exhibits … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 10.24.26
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: RICARDO ROMO'S TEJANO REPORT ON LATINA ARTISTS ON MIGRATION, BORDERS AND CULTURAL PERSISTENCE, EL PROFE QUEZADA WITH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RETURNING THE CODEX AZCATITLAN TO … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.23.26. LATINA ARTISTS EXPLORE THEMES OF MIGRATION, BORDERS AND CULTURAL PERSISTENCE
Latina artists are becoming especially active in painting and sculpture in Southwestern communities with large Latino populations, including Los Angeles, Houston, and San Antonio. In this essay, I … [Read more...]
EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE – THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RETURNING THE CODEX AZCATITLAN TO MEXICO
There are moments when history seems to awaken—when something long kept distant finds its way home, carrying with it the breath of ancestors and the weight of memory. In Mexico City, such a moment … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD IR’ENE LARA SILVA READS CUICACALLI PARTS I. AND IV.
Ire’ne Lara Silva is the author of three poetry collections, furia (Mouthfeel Press, 2010), Blood Sugar Canto (Saddle Road Press, 2016) and most recently Cuicacalli House of Song ( Saddle Road Press, … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ERNESTO HOGAN ON HIS NOVEL “HIGH AZTECH”
Ernest Hogan is a science fiction author of Irish and Mexican descent. His works include the novels "Cortez on Jupiter," "High Aztech," and "Smoking Mirror Blues." In "High Aztech" he envisions a … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 10.15.26
Where’s the shame? Esos no tienen vergüenza (Those people have no shame). My saintly Nana Petra (she of blessed memory) My Nana would say that of people who were hypocrites, that is, whose … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.15.26
Vincent Valdez, a Mexican-American visual artist living and working in San Antonio, recently received the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in the 2-D Visual Art category. The John D. and Catherine C. … [Read more...]
EL PROFE QUEZADA NO DICE REVIEW OF VIÁZTLÁN REDUX BY RAFAEL C. CASTILLO
Rafael C. Castillo’s Viáztlán Redux is a luminous and deeply personal chronicle of a literary dream brought to life through passion, struggle, and unwavering cultural commitment. As a professor of … [Read more...]
MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES WITH LARRY RENDON
Mark Guerrero interviews saxophonist Larry Rendon, who has played with Thee Midniters from their inception in the early 60s until the present. He is also on their classic recordings and all four … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART GILBERT “MAGU” LUJAN
Latinopia Art Gilbert Lujan from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Gilbert "Magu" Lujan is a pioneer Chicano artist who was a member of the 1970s legendary art collective Los Four, the first Chicanos to … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART THE WORLD OF MAGULANDIA
Chicano artist and social activist Gilbet "Magu" Lujan (1940-2011) created a mythical world of spirit animals inhabiting an evocative landscape he called Magulandia. In the 2017 exhibit at the … [Read more...]