La Prensa San Diego

Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz

Grupos de baile Ballet Tierra Caliente; Wa-kushma (Wa: familia y Kushma: danzante); Grupo Folklórico Yoneme de la Preparatoria Federal Lázaro Cárdenas y Danzarts participarán en este gran evento.

La danza mexicana es uno de los tesoros más preciados del País Azteca. En gran parte se debe a que cada región tiene su propia expresión musical y dancística.

Es por ello que el 19 de mayo a partir de las 3 p.m., se llevará a cabo México a través de sus danzas, el primer encuentro de danzas mexicanas en el Organ Pavilion ubicado en el Parque Balboa.

By Valeria Fernández New America Media PHOENIX – Latino activists in Arizona lauded the news that the Department of Justice was filing a federal lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for alleged civil rights violations. The suit, filed Thursday in federal court, is the latest chapter in a four-year-long investigation that began after Sheriff [...]

PERSPECTIVE: By Jim Estrada It is becoming clear that too many in our society have reached a level of comfort with overt expressions of bias and racial discrimination towards non-whites, especially among those who feel those “unlike” them are taking over “their” country. This fear of invading hordes of those who are different or unknown [...]

By Gaby Pacheco LatinaLista Next month, the country’s educational community celebrates the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Plyler vs. Doe. In Plyer vs. Doe, the high court ruled in June 1982 that it was against the law to prohibit primary and secondary education to an undocumented student. Although the decision [...]

By Lynn Rosenthal and Felicia Escobar Since 1994, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has been an essential tool in helping to protect victims of domestic and sexual violence. While seeking to improve criminal justice and community-based responses to victims of abuse, VAWA ultimately changed the landscape for those previously left to suffer in silence. Since [...]

The personalized automobiles known as “Lowriders,” are part of a subculture whose aesthetic tendencies cross over into the world of fine art. Lowrider describes a car that is typically customized with a hydraulic setup to be low to the ground, with an elaborate paint job, striking chrome features and uniquely designed upholstery. But this term [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz Two years after the death of San Diego resident Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, his family and supporters continue demanding justice and answers from the Obama administration. Hernandez Rojas died in May 2010, a few days after being beaten and tased by Border Patrol agents near the San Ysidro pedestrian exit. The case [...]

Frontera NorteSur Mothers of women and men missing in Mexico embarked May 8 on a national march/caravan that will culminate in protests and meetings in the nation’s capital this week. Like last year’s caravans organized by poet Javier Sicilia and other relatives of violence victims, the mobilizations will remind Mexicans of the deep emotional wounds [...]

By Geneva Gámez-Vallejo Back in 1992, Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” became the number one single on the Billboard charts for five weeks. It was definitely the “it” song that summer and remains a popular song to this day. One of the most resonate lyrics to the song was the phrase stating “So Cosmo says [...]

By José Luis Sierra New America Media LOS ANGELES — Javier Sicilia looks tired. The 56 year-old Mexican poet, essayist, journalist and novelist has been going non-stop since March 28th of last year, which is the day he acquired a distinction that is every Mexican’s nightmare: to be a member of one of the roughly [...]

By Arturo Conde Univision News Latino immigrants and their descendants have long struggled to define their identity. Like any community, economic and cultural hardships sometimes make them feel isolated and different. That is why when a survey from the Pew Hispanic recently pointed out how little Latinos have in common with each other – Puerto [...]

By Kent Paterson Frontera NorteSur Revived in the United States on a mass scale by the immigrant rights movement six years ago, the annual commemoration of International Workers’ Day is fast becoming an established tradition across the country. And if anything captured the essence of the 2012 celebrations, it was the convergence of issues popularized [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz This Cinco de Mayo, Mexico will be celebrating the 150th anniversary since the famous battle of Puebla, where the Mexican army defeated the French. Although many people in San Diego spend this day drinking and partying, muralist Victor Ochoa prefers to commemorate the tenacity, hard-work of the Mexican people. “Cinco de [...]

Por Carmen G. Kcomt Hace unas noches estuve viendo el documental “Monique… Behind the bars” que fue filmado en una prisión de alta seguridad solo para mujeres acá en Estados Unidos, la mayoría de las mujeres que se encuentran presas en esa prisión han sido condenadas a cadena perpetua es decir a vivir allí el [...]

Chula Vista’s Castle Park area receives grant to plan for revitalization By Pablo Jaime Sáinz Cyndi Gonzales has lived in the Castle Park area of Chula Vista for more than 30 years. This is the community where she grew up. She said she loves her community, that is why it hurts her to know that, [...]

By Daniel Muñoz The race for Chula Vista city council seat 3 is not your usually city council race! Not only does the incumbent have to face her challengers, but for the first time in memory a political action committee was created calling themselves “Anybody But Pamela Bensoussan.” Bensoussan ran afoul of her initial support [...]

By Laura Carlsen The starting bell rang for the Mexican presidential campaigns on March 30, and the candidates are out of the gates. As the nation faces an unprecedented crisis in levels of violence and lawlessness, one of the big issues is who will have to take the blame for the disastrous war on drugs. [...]