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A Latin Alternative Holiday Party

Mary Mata December 24, 2012

By Jasmine Garsd, NPR Click on the picture to read and hear the story. [Photo by c_chan808]

Tourists Flock to Tortuguero Monument To Celebrate Mayan Era

NewsTaco December 21, 2012

The End of the World, For Sure

Mary Mata

The New Border: Illegal Immigration’s Shifting Frontier

Mary Mata December 7, 2012

By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Mexico — Oscar and Jennifer Cruz knew that crossing the border would be the easy part.  The Salvadoran brother and sister made their way over […]

Latin America Green News

Mary Mata December 6, 2012

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile The Supreme Court ruled this week that the environmental approval for the Pirquenes coal plant in the Biobío Region was illegal, and that […]

Abrir Pemex Será Misión de Canciller de Peña Nieto

Mary Mata

Por Maria Lourdes Pallais, Reporte Indigo No hubo muchas sorpresas en el gabinetazo de Enrique Peña Nieto. La mayoría de los nombres ya se habían filtrado. Pero hubo uno que […]

The Price of Immigrant Burials

Mary Mata December 3, 2012

By Lauren Silverman, Latino USA Many families of immigrants who die in the US shoulder the burden and cost of shipping the remains of their loved ones back to the […]