Leader of Wisconsin Latino News
By Dante Viscarra “TEAM-work means Together Everyone Accomplish More” is a common phrase heard around UW-Madison campus these days, more so at the Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS) at UW-Madison Whether it’s bringing on a new project, completing a complicated analysis, or launching a new survey feature, CHESS’ success, like most companies, depends […]
“I am concerned that one of my children or husband will become infected and die with Coronavirus,” says Maria Oseguera. She is a housewife, mother and owner of a house cleaning business in the city of Madison, Wisconsin. Like her and other matriarchs in the community, they are very anxious about the uncertainty and the […]
Interview with Rodrigo Carapia, young Mexican artist in Madison that, despite all the difficulties, still believes in art as an inspiration for a better life and a resource to educate both other people and yourself. > Hello and welcome Rodrigo! Thanks for allowing me to interview you. Tell me about you and your story. Where […]
Hello and welcome Ángela! Tell me about yourself. Where were you born and how many years have you been in Madison? Why Madison? Well, I’m from Ibagué, a city in Colombia that’s pretty small but with high population density. It’s got about 500,000 inhabitants and is about a 4 hour drive from Bogotá. I grew […]
About seven years ago what arrived in Wisconsin was everything that the community was waiting for. A band that conserves the melodies from the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, with a very North American touch, the language. Music is life, it crosses borders, its capable of transporting any person to the most recondite place […]
By Dante Viscarra and Angy Barrero At the end of an academic or work day, many times, in addition to resting, what you want is to visit a good place, with a pleasant atmosphere to create ties with the community. A place to feel at home and reconnect with Latino culture. All this — the […]
Ricardo Morales is a self-taught painter from Guatemala who lives between there and Madison. Jan B. Juárez, in a very well-written article published in La Hora, affirms, with reason, that “Despite being attached thematically and, at times, anecdotally to Guatemala, Ricardo Morales’ images have, regardless, a universal dimension that allows them to be understood in […]
“Everybody has their own beliefs, but, to me, the only eternal entity is energy. It can’t be created or destroyed, only shaped and transformed. I want others to understand how it changes and transforms through my art” – Carlos Eduardo Gacharná Hello and Welcome Carlos! Thank you for doing this interview. Tell me a little […]
“In 1994, at the age of 16, I immigrated to Wisconsin to pursue educational opportunities. I confronted some great obstacles: come to terms with my sexuality, learn to speak English, and to integrate into a new culture. I soon found myself self-exiled for being gay and also avoided by the community with which I shared […]