EL TESTIMONIO

An oral history of four generations of Hispanic women in New Mexico. Twenty-one Hispanas recall life experiences spanning a period from the time when New Mexico was a Spanish-speaking territory until today. Themes include: the shift from a rural to an urban environment ; the struggle to preserve culture and traditions ; efforts to cope with discrimination ; changes in family relations ; the striving for education, job, and careers ; service to family and community ; dedication to social change.

«He tardado cuarenta años en saber, o por lo menos intuir, por qué quiero hacer las cosas. He conocido el fracaso, el miedo y la preocupación. En el teatro y en la vida. Y ahora es cuando empiezo a saber hacia dónde quiero ir. Por eso es un buen momento para detenerse y mirar hacia atrás. Porque si miro hacia atrás no es para hacer balance ni para recrearme en el pasado, sino porque es la manera que he encontrado para decir en voz alta que ahora es cuando empieza todo.» Lluís Homar, uno de los actores más reconocidos de nuestro país, hace, en este libro, un ejercicio muy valiente...

Tells the story of Cayetano, the patron saint of gamblers and good fortune, who is a special favorite in the working class district of Liniers, northwest of Buenos Aires, where a church in his name is visited by thousands of pilgrims on his Feast Day of August 7 to pray for peace, food, and work.

“Mi Vida...en uniforme” in English means “My Life ...in uniform” and is a sequel to my first book titled “Mi Calle, Mi Barrio ,Mi Pueblo” which again translated to English means “My Street, My Neighborhood, My Town”. Each one of those books narrates a distinct phase of my life with all the anecdotes , persons , and situations that formed me as a person. Mi Vida starts where Mi Calle ends and walks the reader while having a conversation, as good friends do, through my life as a college student and then as a United States Army Officer for twenty one years which included a war ,...