Immigrant Youth in Arizona Clear Obstacle to Go to College – Anti-immigrant policies put in place by the Arizona government received another hit, when a state court helped open the doors to higher education for immigrant youth who had been denied the opportunity. Valeria Fernandez has more from Phoenix.
Maestro of Latin American Song Remembered – More than a dozen prominent musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area met in Berkeley this month to interpret never-published songs by the late troubador Rafael Manríquez. At La Peña, traditional meeting place for exiles from the Southern Cone, musicians and family members played songs and highlighted the work of the Chilean singer-songwriter who made California his second home. It seemed like Rafa, as his friends knew him, was there. “You can feel him here with us!” said the master of ceremonies, Chilean Carlos Baron. Rafael’s friend Fernando Andrés Torres was at the tribute and gives us the following testimony in the first person. This feature is part of the series Raices: Los Maestros. Artists passing on their art to the next generation.
