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The Top, Most Famous, Lotería Cards

Mary Mata May 31, 2011

So we’ve written about why everyone loves lotería, how people have adapted lotería for artistic purposes, and now comes the most important question: which is your favorite lotería card? Or […]

Bien Hecho: Latina Student Overcomes Mother’s Death

Mary Mata May 24, 2011

Texas Road Signs Delete Mention Of Mexico

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Indigenous Brazilians Celebrate 50 Years Of Xingu Park

Mary Mata May 19, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following is a press release written by Fernanda Bellei, who is working with the festival from Brazil] From June 10 through 12, in the Kamaiurá village of […]

Extradition Process Begins Against Alleged US Agent’s Killer

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The man accused of leading the gang that allegedly ambushed and killed US Federal agent Jaime Zapata in Mexico last February could soon be extradited to stand trial in the […]

Osama Bin Laden & The Burial Of Ché Guevara

Mary Mata May 11, 2011

The man who wrote a gigantic biography on the Argentinian icon and noted Communist Ernesto “Ché” Guevara wrote an essay recently in The New Yorker about the similarities between what […]

Mexican & Mexican American Are Not The Same Thing

Mary Mata

You know what really gets my goat? When I either hear or read or receive comments equating Latinos with Mexico. Or when something I write about my experience as a […]