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Cinco de Mayo event moving to Plaza Verde Park

By VICENTE MARTINEZ ORTEGA Pueblo’s Cinco de Mayo committee is moving the annual Cinco de Mayo event from Ray Aguilera/Bessemer Park to Plaza Verde Park. For most of the event’s 56-year history, Bessemer Park has been the venue. This year, the 56th

April 9, 2026

Civics·History

Foreigners seek to steal more land from local heirs

Cielo Vista Ranch wants to limit historic access to La Sierra SAN LUIS, CO — Local landowners are again being forced to defend their rights to protect their community land grant as a local ranch owner seeks to take away 233.6 acres

April 8, 2026

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Thousands observe No Kings Day in Colorado

In some cities, the Right to Assemble costs $10,000 By DEBORAH MARTINEZ MARTINEZ The No Kings Day on March 28, which has been reported to have been the largest national protest in U.S. history, was observed in cities across Colorado. The

April 3, 2026

Culture·Education·Fallen Heroes·History

El Profesor has left the classroom

Compiled by La Cucaracha News staff Anyone who has ever taken a Chicano Studies class will remember the name of Rodolfo Acuña and saddened to learn of his death. Acuña’s “Occupied American” is the cornerstone of the academic focus of many of

March 26, 2026

Education·Fallen Heroes·History·Uncategorized

Cesar Chavez accused of sexual misconduct

Dolores Huerta comments on sexual molestation allegations against Cesar Chavez Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the

March 18, 2026

Civics·Culture·Education·History·Movement Art·Transforming Justice

St. Pat’s Day Raid

Chicano History 101: On March 17, 1973, the Denver Police raided Denver’s Crusade For Justice. By JUAN ESPINOSA DENVER — Luis “Junior” Martinez was fatally wounded by a Denver police officer 53 years ago this week, in what has become know as

March 13, 2026

Civics·Culture·Education·History·Movement Art

‘Singing Our Way to Freedom’

Paul Espinosa has produced over 30 documentary films aired on PBS. Compiled By LA CUCARACHA STAFF Chicano filmmaker Paul Espinosa, toured Southern Colorado the last week of February showing his award-winning film “Singing Our Way to Freedom” — first released in 2020.

March 6, 2026

Culture·Education·History·Opinión

Navigating higher-ed

Alone…Afraid…Anxious…Nervous…Confused…Lost… By CELESTE MOLINA Those are all the feelings one might experience when navigating the unfamiliar journey of higher education. For first-generation and migrant students, college can feel like stepping into a world designed for someone else, a world of unspoken rules,

March 5, 2026

Culture·Education·History

AIM Liberation of Wounded Knee — 1973

PINE RIDGE, S.D. — This year marks 53 years since members of AIM (American Indian Movement) occupied Wounded Knee, AND 136 years since the U.S. Army massacred 146 Lakota men, women and children at the site. Feb. 27, 2026, the anniversary of

February 27, 2026

Civics·Culture·Education·History·Opinión·Transforming Justice·Uncategorized

When They Come…

Guest Editorial By AARO KARJALA This isn’t new. I’ll grant you that federal agents shooting middle-class white people in the face is a bit novel, but on the whole, this isn’t new. I would argue that this is about as American as

February 13, 2026

Civics·Culture·History

Angela Giron enters commissioner’s race

By JUAN ESPINOSA When she announced her candidacy for Pueblo County Commissioner, former State Senator Angela Giron says she knew she was in for a fight. “I’m a fighter! I fight for what’s right and I don’t back down and that’s what

February 13, 2026

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Cinco de Mayo event moving to Plaza Verde Park

Foreigners seek to steal more land from local heirs

Thousands observe No Kings Day in Colorado

El Profesor has left the classroom

Cesar Chavez accused of sexual misconduct

St. Pat’s Day Raid

‘Singing Our Way to Freedom’

Navigating higher-ed

AIM Liberation of Wounded Knee — 1973

When They Come…

Angela Giron enters commissioner’s race

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