Fiesta Latina is a bilingual Latin American music program designed to entertain and inform the audience. The talk segments of the program are bilingual, so that I can inform the non-Spanish speakers about the music and Latin American culture.

In order to give the audience a perspective on Latin America and the Latinos here in the U.S., that is absent from the main stream media, I have integrated political commentaries and informational audio mixes into the program.

Due to the current anti-immigrant climate of the country I have found it necessary to provide music and audio mixes that empower the Latino community, while at the same time providing information that will help non-Latinos understand that the situation that we face is a civil rights battle, similar to the one that was fought by the African American community in the 60-70s.

The images on this page are from the pro-immigrant marches held in the last 3 years here in the U.S. I also integrated pictures from the civil rights marches in the 60s and a picture from a demonstration held in Chile, to mark the anniversary of the bloody coup of Sept. 11, 1973, in which the elected president was murdered.

The immigration issue is intimately tied to U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America. The current policy is the same as that established early on in the history of the U.S. and is one in which the interests of U.S. corporations take precedence over the working conditions of the labor force in Latin America. This has led to unfair labor practices and the promotion of governments that serve U.S. interests, and not those of their people. These conditions make it impossible for people to have a decent life in their home countries and promote migration to the U.S.

The only way that migration to the U.S. can be reduced, is by changing the foreign policy to one that support governments that are serving the interests of their people, over that of multi-national corporations.