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The Texas Link To The Battle Of Cinco De Mayo

Mary Mata May 4, 2012

 By Dan Arellano On May 5th 1862 in the city of Puebla the 8000 invading forces of Maximilliano the Archduke of Austria, would encounter a force of4000 determined Mexican troops […]

Afternoon NewsTaco

NewsTaco May 3, 2012

Latin American journalists are dying to tell you…

Mary Mata

The Spanish Black Legend Vs. The U.S. Black Legend

Mary Mata

By D. C. Basset, Voxxi The Spanish Black Legend, Leyenda negra, and the American Black Legend are very similar, too similar for comfort. What do they have in common? The Spanish Leyenda Negra was a […]

NAFTA Kills Jobs, And Helps Immigrants?

NewsTaco May 2, 2012

By Victor Landa I’m at a loss. I’m not sure whether to file this under “paradox” or “ironic twist.” Here’s the bulk of the dilemma: A labor union in the […]

Forced Gasoline Baths At The Border For Mexican Immigrants

Mary Mata

Forced Gasoline Baths at the Border for Mexican Immigrants: From Rudy Acuña’s Facebook Archive From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio read it and weep.         […]

Central America’s Lost Boys

Mary Mata

By Melissa Del Bosque, Texas Observer Since October, U.S. Border Patrol agents have detained more than 6,000 unaccompanied migrant children from Central America on the U.S.-Mexico border—an 86 percent increase […]