Cinco De Mayo: Whose Holiday Is It, Anyway?

*Two things come to mind: Cinco de Mayo is celebrated more in the U.S. than in Mexico, and the celebration here is more about beer and marketing. It can be […]

*Fascinating. The battle of Puebla was decisive not only for Mexican history, but in the history of the U.S. Civil war as well. The Confederacy had tactical interest in aiding […]

By Patrick J. Kelly, San Antonio Express News The 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a watershed defeat for the Confederate States of America, occurred earlier this month. One […]

By Carlos Harrison That’s the hope, anyway, for a growing group of Latino activists trying to separate the distinctly Hispanic holiday from the grip of its ubiquitous image as a […]

By Dan Boyd, Albuqueurque Journal New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden appear to have struck up an unlikely friendship. After receiving an invitation from Biden, the […]

“Cinco de Mayo, La Batalla” to Premiere May 3 By Latino Rebels It’s a start. While most of the America will be donning silly sombreros, drinking cheap tequila and thinking […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco There’s a part of me that’s glad Cinco de Mayo is over and done with for this year. I tried to avoid the sombrero and cerveza hoopla […]

By El Guapo, NewsTaco URGENT: Please share this with your non-Latino friends before they have a disastrous Cinco de Mayo. Mexicans and Mexican Americans (and, in desperate times anyone from […]

By Melissa Pitts Celebrating Cinco de mayo this weekend? We’ve got a killer list of our favorite food and drinks to keep the celebration going all weekend! From appetizers, to […]

It’s that time of the year again – tomorrow people all over America will be raising their margarita glasses, donning giant sombreros and celebrating to what many believe is Mexican […]