Carlos De Loera

3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Carlos De Loera |Andrea Flores

Periodically, the Latinx Files will feature guest writers. Filling in this week are De Los reporters Carlos De Loera and Andrea Flores. Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers tried to execute two raids in San Diego. San Diego fought back. It all started on May 30 when heavily armed ICE agents showed up at the Italian eateries Buona Forchetta and Enoteca Buona Forchetta in the South Park neighborhood of the SoCal border city, as The Times’ Ruben Vives reported.

2 months ago | latimes.com | Andrea Flores |Carlos De Loera

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is known for elevating some of the best up-and-coming Latin acts in the industry — and this year will be no different. Despite the downsize from last year’s historic 21 Latino performers, the diverse lineup, from música Mexicana stars to experimental pop singers, will pack a punch at the Empire Polo Club in Indio for the next two consecutive weekends. Most of the billed acts will be making their Coachella debut.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Andrea Flores |Carlos De Loera

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is known for elevating some of the best up-and-coming Latin acts in the industry — and this year will be no different. Despite the downsize from last year’s historic 21 Latino performers, the diverse lineup, from música Mexicana stars to experimental pop singers, will pack a punch at the Empire Polo Club in Indio for the next two consecutive weekends. Most of the billed acts will be making their Coachella debut.

Oct 15, 2023 | latimes.com | Carlos De Loera |Boris Kachka

An open letter released Monday morning and signed by more than 1,000 writers and publishers decried the decision of literary association Litprom to cancel a celebration for an award-winning Palestinian author at the Frankfurt Book Fair in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens. The letter also asked that the fair — one of the largest publishing conventions in the world, which runs Wednesday through Sunday — reinstate events surrounding Adania Shibli.