AL DÍA News

Philatinos Radio founder, and host Edgar Ramirez, stopped by the AL DIA newsroom to talk about the first-ever Feria del Libro in Philadelphia.

When Fernando Armstrong joined the US Census Bureau in 1978, he prepared for the 1980 census by laying maps of the country all over the floor of his house in Puerto Rico to make sure everyone was counted. Today, with the census taking a digital-first approach, it makes participation easier than ever before. On Aug. 7, Armstrong visited AL DÍA to discuss this aspect of the 2020 census, and why this decennial count could be the most accurate as a result.

The new director of well known  Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Jesus “Chuy” Guzman spoke with AL DÍA about his new music launch and the future of mariachi.

In the 11th episode of Literatura Oral, Assistant Professor Raul Diego Rivera Hernandez sits down in conversation with Content Producer, Nigel Thompson, to speak about the works of Paco Ignacio Taibo II, specifically the fourth book in his Detective Hector Belascoarán series, “No Habra Final Feliz”.

Taibo is the founder of the neo-policial genre in Latin American literature and Detective Belascoarán is his character to show life in Mexico City. This episode, Rivera Hernandez highlights how "There's No Happy Ending" emphasizes the relationship between the people, crime and police in the city. He speaks of the loneliness surrounding Detective Belascoarán and his struggle to bring justice to city enveloped by a corrupt government.

On July 18, Reid visited the AL DÍA newsroom to discuss all things census, from engagement strategies to what Philadelphians need to know about participating in 2020.

The CEO of the National Constitution Center visited AL DÍA on July 10 to discuss America’s founding document in the modern, polarized context.

This week, author Maribel Garcia, a Mexican-born, naturalized American citizen join Lily Ayllón, producer of Literatura Oral, for the tenth episode of the series, to talk about her recently published novel–Profound and Perfect things.

García shares about her childhood and upbringing in the colonias of Rio Grande, Texas. She speaks about Mexican American traditions that are still kept as well as the difficult issues that are hardly spoken about in these traditional communities. Her novel encapsulates all of this in a touching story that revolves around two sisters trying to find their way through life. Listen as Maribel Garcia sheds light on important topics that the new generations are not afraid to speak about. 

In this weeks episode, Cristina Guardiola-Griffiths Professor of Spanish at the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Delaware, delves into the witchcraft and cosmetic reconstruction encompassed in the classic, tragic love story of La Celestina by Fernando de Rojas

In a story where the societal rules of the time period have been broken, Fernando de Rojas writes about young love that still resonates with the new generations. Two of his characters, Calixto and Melibea are brought together by the spells and potions of La Celestina, but aren't conscious of their consequences. In a tragic turn of events, their infatuation with each other causes many characters to perish. Listen as Dr. Guadiola-Griffiths shares de Rojas' revolutionary vision and ideas about equality.

In this week’s episode of Literatura Oral, Americo Mendoza Mori, professor of Quechua and Spanish at the University of Pennsylvania, talks with Deputy Editor Emily Neil about a poem titled Katatay, by Peruvian writer José María Arguedas.

A native of Peru, Mendoza Mori always believed that it was important to learn about his roots, especially the language of his ancestors. He also talks about how Quechua is the most spoken indigenous language, with more than 10 million people speaking the language today. And even though it isn't as widely acknowledged for its oral storytelling tradition and literature, many of the words we know come from the language, for example, the name Tupac, which means "the gatherer". Listen as Mendoza Mori teaches us a new perspective of Latin American literature.

El Hondureño y residente de Filadelfia, Allan Fajardo, nos habló de su novela, en la cual revela la historia de Honduras y la experiencia de ser inmigrante.