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If You Speak Spanish In The U.S., Thank A Pocho

NewsTaco July 12, 2011

Que desgracia que haya Latinos en este país que no hablen español. It’s a shame that there are Latinos in this country that don’t speak Spanish. I think it was […]

Cuban Movie, “Juan Of The Dead,” Looks Awesome

Mary Mata July 11, 2011

Can A Grieving Poet’s Movement For Peace Save Mexico?

Mary Mata

Latinos Increasingly Identifying As Indians

Mary Mata July 8, 2011

¿Eres indio? That seems to be the question on the minds of many Latinos these days, if a recent New York Times article is to be believed. The gist of […]

Book Review: “Down & Delirious In Mexico City”

Mary Mata July 7, 2011

And today, an interesting discussion about Daniel Hernández’s “Down & Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty First Century,” which in Adolfo Guzmán-Lopez’s estimation is a “pull-you-by-the-hand-otherwise-you’ll-get-swallowed-by-the-mosh-pit account […]

Copa America: Argentina Vs. Colombia

Mary Mata

All the stress was on the Argentines as they came out to meet the Colombian Copa América squad in Santa Fe, Argentina at the Estinaslao Lopez stadium. As the host […]

Young Love, Catholic Confirmation, And God In México

Mary Mata July 6, 2011

During the sweaty summer of 1990, my parents decided that I would be doing my confirmation in Mexico – which made economic sense at the time.  In the United States, […]