¡Feliz Aniversario! The Smithsonian Latino Center Enters its Third Decade

¡Feliz Aniversario! The Smithsonian Latino Center Enters its Third Decade

NewsTaco May 18, 2017

*Twenty years ago the Smithsonian Latino Center was an act of courage. Today it’s a necessity. It’s a pillar of national Latino storytelling. There are plans for a permanent home […]

Smithsonian Collecting Items to Show Baseball’s Impact on Latino History

NewsTaco September 29, 2016

*They’re looking for everything – photos, newspaper clippings, old gloves, uniforms, balls – from little league memorabilia to business sponsored leagues, to minor and major league baseball. Latinos have had […]

The work toward a National Latino museum has started, again

NewsTaco September 3, 2015

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Estuardo Rodriguez leans into a conversation to make two points: his sights are set on a National Latino Museum on the Mall in Washington D.C., but […]

Smithsonian exploring great engineering feat that was the Inka Road

NewsTaco June 25, 2015

*Anyone traveling to Washington D.C. over the summer? This should be on your list of to do’s. VL By EFE/Fox News Latino The great engineering feat that was the Inka […]

What Might Have Been; Treaties and Nation-Building

NewsTaco February 5, 2015

By Eduardo Diaz, Director/Smithsonian Latino Center “Great nations, like great men, should keep their word.” – Hugo Black, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Nation to Nation; Treaties Between the United States […]

A New Shade of Green; The Anthropocene, Climate Change and Latinos

NewsTaco October 2, 2014

*An irony that needs to be noted: ” … while poor and minority communities are more likely to be impacted by the consequences of climate change, they are also less likely […]

Smithsonian exhibit to feature Pico Rivera photographer’s historic shots

Mary Mata February 4, 2014

By Peter Fullam, Whittier Daily News PICO RIVERA >> When Oscar Castillo was in high school, his mother gave him a Kodak Instamatic. “I played around with it,” he said. He […]

First Voice, Our Voice…

Mary Mata January 30, 2014

By Eduardo Diaz, Director / Smithsonian Latino Center I recently attended the opening of Galería Sin Fronteras (Gallery Without Borders), an exhibition at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. The show features 92 […]

Ingenuity, Invention and Innovation — from a Latino optic

Mary Mata June 10, 2013

By Eduardo Diaz, Smithsonian Latino Center The Arts and Industries Building is that grand one located just east of the iconic Smithsonian Castle, on the National Mall. It’s been shuttered […]

Celebrating What’s in the Middle

Mary Mata April 15, 2013

By Eduardo Diaz, Director, Smithsonian Latino Center The majority of Latinos in the United States share an indigenous root and legacy, many more than one. As a Chicano, I was taught about […]