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Preserving the Latino veteran experience

By Kaylah Jackson – ConnectingVets.com – Photo courtesy of VOCES Oral History Project. When Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez was looking for books about the Mexican-American experience during World War II, she couldn’t find anything. But it’s not because there...

New Latin American music from Bululú and very old (new) Sephardic music from Kat Parra

By Andrew Gilbert – BerkeleySide.com – Photo: Eric Thompson. Photo: The nine-piece East Bay band Bululú brings its trópico-Venezuelan sound to BrasArte on Saturday. The creative frisson sometimes kindled by cultural diversity isn’t a one-size-fits-all...

Medic who documented Nazi camp horror dies at 93

By Wayne Drash/CNN – CNN.com – Image Not Credited. Riverside, California (CNN) – Anthony C. Acevedo’s four children and two grandchildren escorted his flag-draped coffin as he came to rest at Riverside National Cemetery before the Prisoner of...

Mexican Immigrant Earns Medal of Honor During World War II

By Katie Lange – DODLive.mil – National Archives photo. Photo: President Harry Truman awards the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sgt. Macario Garcia in 1945. Medal of Honor recipient, Army Staff Sgt. Macario Garcia, became the first Mexican immigrant to earn...

He Received His Draft Orders While Living In Mexico And Left To Serve His Country

By Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez – KUOW.org – Photo: Courtesy of the Alvarado family. Photo: Francisco Chapa Alvarado was a World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Eleven of his children also served in the military. Francisco Chapa Alvarado was living in...