Pemex and Chevron sign cooperation agreement
NewsTaco October 28, 2014
*And so it begins … VL By EFE State-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said it signed a cooperation agreement with U.S. supermajor Chevron Corp. to seek petroleum industry […]
Negro? Prieto? Moreno? A Question of Identity for Black Mexicans
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*From the article: “That Mexico is even considering asking about black identity represents a leap in a country where race is rarely discussed publicly, and where bigotry and discrimination, both […]
Death is a Party: El Día de Muertos
NewsTaco October 21, 2014
*This is excellent! Look for a Pan de Muerto recipe tomorrow. VL “The Mexican is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, and celebrates it. It […]
Another Citizen-Journalist Silenced in Tamaulipas
NewsTaco October 20, 2014
*Some perspective: the citizen journalist was captured and killed in a border city, for reporting on the criminal drug trade. VL By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer A well-known citizen […]