In June of 2006, I recorded a radio commentary for National Public Radio’s Latino USA program titled From Chocolate City to an Enchilada Village Called New Orleans. It aired nationally on 200 plus public radio stations, and locally on WWNO in New Orleans. The piece commented on the Latino immigrant labor force engaged in the reconstruction of New Orleans while being subjected to wage theft at the hands of ruthless contractors who exploited their labor and undocumented status.
You can hear the original piece at www.torrestama.com and click on NPR’S LATINO USA Radio Commentaries icon. The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities published the essay form in their Cultural Vistas magazine in the fall of 2007.
As part of my performance project called
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