Hector Tobar

Jan 16, 2025 | courrierinternational.com | Hector Tobar

Moins d’un mois avant les incendies qui allaient ravager ma ville, State Farm, ma compagnie d’assurances, m’a envoyé un nouvel appel de cotisations. Ces oracles du risque voyaient une apocalypse dans l’avenir de Los Angeles – du coup, ils augmentaient de 18 % ma prime d’assurance habitation, moi qui n’ai pas eu un seul sinistre depuis vingt-cinq ans que je vis dans ce quartier de Mount Washington [dans le nord-est de Los Angeles].

Jan 14, 2025 | nytimes.com | Hector Tobar

Less than a month before fires began to ravage my hometown, State Farm sent me a bill. The oracles of risk foresaw an apocalypse in Los Angeles's future. So they raised my home insurance premium by nearly 18 percent, even though I haven't made a single claim in the quarter century I've lived in my neighborhood, Mount Washington. Last Tuesday night, the apocalypse arrived, but not on our doorstep.

Sep 15, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Isabelle McConville |Hector Tobar |Vanessa Angélica Villarreal |Ann Dávila Cardinal

What to Read Next: Hispanic Heritage Month EditionEach year from September 15th to October 15th we recognize and celebrate the incredible influences and contributions from Hispanic and Latine people, from music to food, books to fashion, and so much more. We’ve rounded up a few of our favorite books from Hispanic and Latine authors that will fill up our TBRs this month and all year round. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart.

Aug 16, 2024 | theparisreview.org | Hector Tobar

By Héctor Tobar August 16, 2024 For millions of people in the Americas, our Indigenous heritage is something tinged with mystery. We look into a mirror and believe we see the Mayan, the Aztec, or the Apache in our faces. The hint of a high cheekbone; the very loud and obvious statement of our cinnamon or copper skin.

Mar 28, 2024 | nybooks.com | Hector Tobar

The seed of a United States world order was first planted in the middle of the western hemisphere. Long before the advent of nuclear weapons and spaceflight, the tropical lands of Latin America beckoned to ambitious Yankee adventurers, entrepreneurs, and politicians, who set out on military and commercial expeditions in search of glory and profit.