Mexicans furious that Donald Trump came to their country to meet with President Enrique Peña Nieto mercilessly mocked both their leader and the Republican presidential nominee on Wednesday.
Both the #NoEresBienviendoTrump (You are not welcome Trump) and the #SrTrumpConTodoRespeto (Mr Trump, with all due respect) hashtags trended on Twitter during Trump’s visit.
Rain of Gold is a true-life saga of love, family and destiny that pulses with bold vitality, sweeping from the war-ravaged Mexican mountains of Pancho Villa’s revolution to the days of Prohibition in California.
It all began when Villaseñor’s maternal grandmother sat him down in their little home in the barrio of Carlsbad, California, gave him sweet bread and told him the story of their past. Of his mother Lupe, the most beautiful girl in the whole village who was only a child when Villa’s men came shooting into their canyon. And of his father Juan and his family, reduced to rags and starvation as they sought refuge across the border, where they believed that endless opportunity awaited.
Lupe and Juan met and fell in love in California, but they found that the doors to the Promised Land were often closed to those from south of the border. His father was forced to take the law into his own hands, in spite of his wife’s objections. With love and humor, Villaseñor shares this passionate love story that celebrates the triumph of the human spirit.
By Amber Jamieson, The Guardian (4 minute read)
