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Born in Cuenca, Ecuador, Aguilar Monsalve studied extensively in the United States, where received a BA from Loyola Marymount University, an MA from Claremont Graduate University, and MA and PhD degrees in Political Science and Latin American Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a lecturer in language, culture and ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Los Angeles. Many foreign governments have established diplomatic and trade representation in the city of Los Angeles, California . Most of them are at the Consulate-General level; many of these are located along Wilshire Boulevard or on the Westside of Los Angeles.
Luisa Moreno (August 30, 1907 – November 4, 1992) was a Guatemalan social activist and participant in the United States labor movement.She unionized workers, led strikes, wrote pamphlets in both English and Spanish, and convened the 1939 Congreso de Pueblos de Habla Española, the "first national Latino civil rights assembly", [1] before returning to Guatemala in 1950.
Luis Javier Rodriguez (born 1954) is an American poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist.He was the 2014 Los Angeles Poet Laureate. [1] Rodriguez is recognized as a major figure in contemporary Chicano literature, [2] identifying himself as a native Xicanx writer. [3]
Luis Quintero and his wife María Petra Rubio, represent one of the eleven original couples to settle with their families at El Pueblo de Los Angeles in 1781. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Quintero family traveled from Sonora to Alta California to be one of the founding families of the new Spanish pueblo in 1781 being escorted along with other settlers and ...
Lui’s twice-monthly gathering is one of several death cafes that have sprung up over the past two years in Los Angeles. Heavy Manners Library, an art space and lending library specializing in ...
Luis Alfaro's Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles is a contemporary retelling of Medea. Mojada was first held at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco in 2012 with the title Bruja. Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles and then shown at the Getty Villa in 2015. [15] The premiere was produced by artistic director, Chay Yew, and managing director, Chris ...
José Luis Huizar (born September 10, 1968) is a Mexican-American former politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 2005 to 2020. Huizar was elected on November 8, 2005, in a special election to fill the seat vacated by the then- mayor of Los Angeles , Antonio Villaraigosa .