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How Mexico Got Back in the Game

Mary Mata February 26, 2013

By Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times MONTERREY, Mexico IN India, people ask you about China, and, in China, people ask you about India: Which country will become the more dominant […]

How Hamburger Hamlet Created a Oaxacan Kitchen Dynasty

Mary Mata February 25, 2013

New Report Breaks Down Poverty Levels Among Latinos

Mary Mata February 22, 2013

Half of Texas Construction Workers Are Un documented

Mary Mata

By Ralph Barrera, Austin American-Statesman Half of the construction workers in Texas are undocumented, according to a new report by an Austin immigrant rights group and University of Texas researchers that […]

A More Ambitious Vision for Mexico

Mary Mata February 21, 2013

By Antonio Garza, U.S. Ambassador (Ret.) Mexico’s economic resurgence is gaining widespread attention. Optimism about the country’s prospects is on the upswing, as evidenced by the term “Aztec Tiger,” a clever coinage […]

Texas Bank must pay Latino Customers $700,000 to Settle Discrimination

Mary Mata February 20, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco You can file this under “Que Sinvergüenzas!” The Texas Champion Bank of Alice, Texas (in South Texas, roughly 50 miles West of Corpus Christi) was caught […]

Latinos Power Box Office, With 25% of U.S. Admissions

Mary Mata

By Andrew Stweart, Variety Hispanics continue to be America’s driving force at the multiplex, as the demographic accounted for 25% of Stateside admissions last year, according to a 2012 market […]