Category: Great Plains
José Antonio Pantoja: Cuban artist turning brushes into oars of freedom
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa A Cuban painter who dreamed about and planned his departure for 15 years now uses the Midwest as his new canvas. He could have chosen the home of Caribbean exile in the sunny city of Miami, Florida. But he did not like that little Havana of the first world, [...]
Tulsa, a xenophobic city?
Editorial Hispano de Tulsa Perhaps in the eyes of the world, xenophobic city is the appropriate term for Tulsa. Far, far behind is the title of “oil capital of the world,” and in danger is the absurd banner as the heart of the nation’s Bible belt.
Oklahoma has no ñ’s
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa It does not matter what the statistics say or what the census advises. The truth is that Oklahoma does not have any ñletters. Maybe it is because that letter does not exist in the English alphabet that we have been excluded from the map. I say this because Oklahoma [...]
Hispanic Artists – Wladimir Zabaleta: Splashing Caribbean colors on universal art
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA — To have extracted “Las Meninas” by Diego Velazquez from the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, is undoubtedly the most precious gifts that the Venezuelan artist Wladimir Zabaleta, 67, has given the world and especially Latin America. Velázquez’s eternally famous work, considered one of the symbols of Western [...]
Editorial: Once again: I-L-L-E-G-A-L!
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa Eleven. Yes, since 2007 I have written 11 editorials on this subject. However, there is always a single-neuron being that loses his bearings and is intent on labeling undocumented immigrants as “illegals.” Forget for a moment that the National Association of Hispanic Journalists has been calling for ending the [...]
Hispanics welcome the new year with rituals
By Juan Miret & Juan Carlos Nañez Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – Some eat 12 grapes. Others eat lunch with a serving of tasty lentils, and many clean the house top to bottom. Whatever their ritual, Hispanics hope 2012 brings prosperity, health and success. The rituals Extravagant acts include jumping on one’s right foot [...]
A Hispanic Matter Celebrating Christmas: Posadas, Aguinaldo Masses and Novenas
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – Hispanics observe the nine days between Dec. 16 and 24 with parties, singing, praying, piñatas, carols, scooters, punch, sparklers and many more symbols. That is how they celebrate and remember the pilgrimage of Mary and Joseph towards Bethlehem, where they sought shelter for the birth of [...]
Flavors of the season Churros and champurrado revive Hispanic traditions
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – The cold season is here and with it arrive two ever-present items on the winter menu of Hispanics: champurrado and churros. There’s nothing better to fight the freezing temperatures in December than a freshly-made churro to dip into a cup of hot chocolate. The champurrado A [...]
San Antonio looking for its own poet laureate
By Angela Covo La Prensa San Antonio SAN ANTONIO — Introducing another first for the city of San Antonio, Mayor Julian Castro announced the city is seeking nominations for the position of a poet laureate, which comes with an honorarium of $3000. The position is an honorary one, designed to promote the literary arts and [...]
As diabetes month is observed, Hispanics control the disease with diet and exercise
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – Sara López-Covarrubias, 75, and Adán Maya, 31, are part of the statistics that will be heard in November, which is American Diabetes Month and is focused on prevention. The two are among an estimated 25.8 million people in the United States with diabetes. Of that total, [...]
