Born Sept 30 1765: rebel cleric José María Morelos, independence leader during Mexico's fight (1810-1821) vs. Spain. Often whitewashed in history, he was of #AfroMexican ancestry bit.ly/3BH45k8. See stanford.io/3s6w4Xk & more from 2010 @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social exhibit bit.ly/33FIbkG.

So many resources (#ebooks, #videostreaming, #ejournals) for you research projects on #LatinAmerica, all from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Check it out tinyurl.com/5b52vvc8. 📚 🌎@adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social #Libraries

Celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth: Check out some of the limited edition books from Biblioteca Americana (18 titles) tinyurl.com/ycj3jubw. All housed in @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social Special Collections. #LatinxHeritageMonth

#MiguelHidalgo & #JoseMariaMorelos, the 2 rebel clerics who led the fight for #MexicanIndependence from Spain. Images from 2010 @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social exhibit. More here tinyurl.com/2kt4mxmu & here tinyurl.com/4jypvut5. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

De los archivos de @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social: algunas imágenes sobre el #11deSeptiembre a #52AñosdelGolpe contra #SalvadorAllende en Chile./ Images from the Fernando Alegria archives: #Chile #1973coup against #SalvadorAllende. See details for each photo.

Buenos Aires province holds elections Sun Sept 7 tinyurl.com/yc854yy6. As Argentina's capital & 40% of country's population, electoral results could foreshadow Oct 26 ntl legislative midterms. Check some ebooks tinyurl.com/5zue6c5e from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

Camino al despacho ester soleado y prometedor 1er martes de Sept. / All quiet on the @Stanford front at 8am on this warm September morning.

Jaime Lozano, compositor de Broadway: “Escribir canciones sobre migración es un acto político, de resistencia y de protesta.” El músico mexicano lanza un nuevo álbum llamado ‘Songs by an Immigrant Vol. 3′ y lo presenta este lunes en el Sony Hall de Nueva York. elpais.com/us/entreteni...

Shameful campaign to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, over 70 percent of whom are Hispanic or Latino, is rippling across college campuses — from an increased ICE presence to new limits on educational access.

#Bolivia held #presidentialelections this weekend. For more on the country's sociopolitical conditions of the last 20 years check out some ebooks tinyurl.com/2p9une7w from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social

I arrived in Santa Barbara around midnight July 28/1989. Room I had arranged to rent 3 weeks earlier wasn't ready. Conejo, landlord's dog, was sleeping where I should be! It was a cool evening & I ended up digging through my suitcase for something to keep me warm. But it was the beach & a real job.

#OTD in 1911 American explorer Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas, in Peru 🇵🇪. Check out some📚ebooks tinyurl.com/23jp44bu from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for more. See also BBC text tinyurl.com/wnseac8r. @spantoja.bsky.social @dawngarcia.bsky.social

From the last 10 years @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social: 4800+ ebooks in Spanish for you research tinyurl.com/ynfz7sz6. Check it Out! @dawngarcia.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

Stanford’s #GreenLibrary📚opened its doors July 14, 1919. More on the place where I’ve worked since 1996 tinyurl.com/3zfw7yk6. @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, group identifying children born in captivity to parents illegally detained & forcibly #disappeared during 1976-1983 #Argentinadictatorship, have identified 140th grandchild tinyurl.com/5et33m26. See @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social ebooks 4 more tinyurl.com/4tjmtjhw.

#CarlaHayden, ex-directora de la #LibraryOfCongress ovacionada por colegas en el congreso de #ALAAC25 en Philadelphia. 📚😍

June is #LGBTQHistoryMonth. See ebooks from Spain now tinyurl.com/4sk9bj43 available from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. See sample titles, access via tinyurl.com/2mrfrfhh & check by publisher #EditorialEgales. Check it Out!🌈📚

¿Se puede decir 'Feliz Juneteenth'? Sí,siempre que se haga con respeto y entendimiento del significado del día. Según PBS la expresión se ha convertido en una manera positiva de honrar la libertad, la cultura afroamericana y la resistencia histórica. #HappyJuneteenth. See also tinyurl.com/bde8tkwm

Librarian’ work after a #NoKings demonstration by Dolores Park in #SanFrancisco: collect political ephemera. #NokingsinAmerica, #NoKingsDay. / Hay que documentar la historia nuestra de cada día después de una manifestación antinaranja frente al parque de casa.

Yesterday I encountered this large (3-4 blocks) peaceful demonstration in the #MissionDistrict of #SanFrancisco. Reminded me that our country has a long history community resistance, check ebooks from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for more tinyurl.com/2jm2fzkk.

Spain's noted poet & dramatist #FedericoGarciaLorca was born #OTD in 1898 tinyurl.com/2p8y5yhp. Check some ebooks tinyurl.com/5c3p7tcy from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social to learn more about him. 2nd image: #RainbowHonorWalk 🌈in San Francisco🌉 tinyurl.com/hskmcykj in the #CastroDistrict.

Pleasant surprise this morning: several #handmade #CubanBooks from #EdicionesVigía just arrived. / Vaya chulada de #LibrosArtesanales cubanos que nos han llegado hoy para "la Green" de @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for a larger collection of 400+ pieces tinyurl.com/5458rpxn of #Libroshechoamano.

June is #GLBTQHistoryMonth. See ebooks from Spain's #EditorialEgales now tinyurl.com/4sk9bj43 available from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Here are few sample titles. Check it out. #LibrosLGBTQ @larrylafountain.bsky.social

Thousands of young Latin Americans with a spot at a US university for the next academic year are feeling fear and uncertainty about the consequences of Trump’s policies against foreign students. english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-...

How AI is leaving non-English speakers behind. New research explores the communities and cultures being excluded from AI tools, leading to missed opportunities and increased risks from bias and misinformation news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

Databases tinyurl.com/3sney563 w/ lots of full text for your research on #LatinAmerica: migration, human rights, indigenous groups, climate change, gender issues...all @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social Check it out!

Un placer recibir gente de Otros Saberes-Latin American Studies Association en "la Green" de #Stanford para ver libros de artista, fotos, y grabados sobre #Migración, #ViolenciaDeGénero, #DesplazamientoForzado y #PersonasDesaparecidas. @dawngarcia.bsky.social @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social ‬

Getting ready for the 70th annual conference of the Seminar on Acquisitions of Latin American Library Material (#SALALM). Check salalm.org/salalm70prov... for more details. #Libraries #LatinAmericanStudies #AreaStudiesLibrarianship

Exhibit showcasing special items related to #humanrights in #LatinAmerica: artist's books addressing Chile's disappeared during military dictatorship & the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students in Mexico. Will also include works exploring the experience of migration.

Stanford physics faculty members April 22 letter supports national statement by American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) criticizing “unprecedented government overreach.” It opposed University president Jonathan Levin decision to not sign the AAC&U’s statement.

#OTD in 1977: 14 courageous women gathered at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires confronting a dictatorship that had stolen their children. It was the start of a long struggle that continues to this day shorturl.at/EsW4D. See resources stanford.io/41RNp5R from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social

Some recent ebooks from Latin America shorturl.at/dswtf waiting for you, all from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Check it Out! @dawngarcia.bsky.social, @spantoja.bsky.social, @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @casbsstanford.bsky.social @termanlibrary.bsky.social

Today is #WorldArtDay 🎨 tinyurl.com/5e4z5869. Check some e-books tinyurl.com/zkxjppsw on #LatinAmericanArt @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social & enjoy these colorful #MissionDistrictMurals in #SanFrancisco. @spantoja.bsky.social @dawngarcia.bsky.social @termanlibrary.bsky.social @kristinaliv.bsky.social

#SegundaRepublica. April 14, 1931: Spain's #SecondRepublic was proclaimed tinyurl.com/yx7jg8bw, only to end in 1939. For more, check out @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social online resources on this short-lived democratic endeavor stanford.io/3shjlhn & subsequent tragic civil war stanford.io/3thySiA.

An AI-driven analysis of widely used textbooks found that only 1% of sentences contained any mention of Asians or Asian Americans – and most of the references were related to war and foreign affairs rather than contributions to society. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

#OTD in 1939 Spain's Civil War ended, followed by dictatorial rule lasting until 1975. For more, check out 400+ ebooks stanford.io/3wcl1Ma from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social & @hooverinstitution.bsky.social digital collections hvr.co/2PNWj42. See also bit.ly/3rHskrY. @spantoja.bsky.social

Empieza tu Spring Quarter con ebooks tinyurl.com/mphcv65b de @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Te esperamos! @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social @dawngarcia.bsky.social @casbsstanford.bsky.social

March 24, 1976, military coup in Argentina that lasted until 1983. Check these📚📚 & more from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social on the "dirty war" tinyurl.com/2y7xmx4u & the tragedy of 30,000+ missing persons tinyurl.com/4vhtsz8f. See also picture essay from The Guardian tinyurl.com/yc6khrwn.

"...silence...at least in public- suggests the assault has already produced the intended chilling effect. We call upon Stanford's administration to join with other universities in publicly denouncing and defying the unconstitutional government attack on higher education." tinyurl.com/9unzf2n9

#SanPatricioBattalion, "a military unit that was composed mainly of Irish soldiers that were serving in the US Army when the US was invading Mexico…that left US lines and joined Mexican lines and fought for Mexico against the United States.” tinyurl.com/3edma9yb

I'M STILL HERE playing in BayArea theaters. Learn more abt Brazil🇧🇷during 21 yrs of military rule w/ @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social ebooks tinyurl.com/mryxrrp3 & much larger selection of print titles tinyurl.com/y4wyabfa. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social, @dawngarcia.bsky.social, @spantoja.bsky.social

A researcher on #LatinAmericanLiterature was looking for a text published by #JulioCortazar in the magazine Life en español back in 1969! / Entre los tesoros de @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social encontramos este texto que buscaba uno de nuestros profes searchworks.stanford.edu/view/367418.

For #WomensHistoryMonth check out some of the recent 160+ Ebooks tinyurl.com/mpnk9mv9 from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social on #WomeninLatinAmerica. See also additional 700♀️print resources tinyurl.com/mvk2n3f7

1875 #OTD Bizet’s #operaCarmen💃🏾tinyurl.com/mr33ana7 1st performed in Paris. Check these📚📚 tinyurl.com/btpbmdmt from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social on the famous gypsy: from a young adult book to profusely illustrated special editions tinyurl.com/48ssf37e. #Habanera #Toreador Happy 150 Anniversary💐

Map bit.ly/3bwC7uD shows African roots in music of the Americas. See these📚 @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Check it out other📚 tinyurl.com/yexv7af3 on people of African descent in Latin America. #BlackHistoryMonth. @spantoja.bsky.social, @dawngarcia.bsky.social, @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

#OTD: 23 Feb 1981, paramilitary rebels stormed Spain's lower house attempting to overthrow a civilian gov't tinyurl.com/3hu3zprz. See some @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social ebooks tinyurl.com/2p8ew2k & more on country's 1975-1982 democratic process tinyurl.com/bdhbrp42. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

A farm worker shared this photo with us from an Arizona watermelon field . It's physically demanding work. The loader crew is responsible for picking pick up hundreds of watermelons and loading them into the trailer. #WeFeedYou

#InternationalMotherLanguageDay: See Stanford📚 tinyurl.com/yp22vrbd in various indigenous languages of the Americas: Guarani tinyurl.com/47666m3x, Mayan tinyurl.com/yc7fbfth, Nahuatl tinyurl.com/345crudp & Quechua tinyurl.com/26tkfaar. Images: Shapono (Yonamami) & Palabras de Chan' Kan.

U.S. Dept of Education issued sweeping letter warning federally funded educational institutions, including Stanford, vs race-conscious admissions, financial aid, hiring & campus life practices, threatening the “potential loss of federal funding” to institutions that don't comply within 2 weeks

The freeze on US development funds, which accounted for nearly 40% of global aid, will have a direct effect on sexual and reproductive health and gender equality programs