Latino Kids More Likely To Die In Car Crashes
Latino Kids More Likely To Die In Car Crashes
A new campaign aims to help save Latino children, who tend to die more often during car crashes. The Buckle Up For Life, or Abróchate a la Vida campaign is funded […]
How Latino Diabetics Can Eat Healthier
You don’t have to be obese and have a terrible diet to become a diabetic. Lea Contreras is a 55 year-old woman who moved to the here from Mexico a […]
Diabetic Amputations Are Totally Avoidable
Diabetic foot ulcers are the most common cause of hospitalizations and lower extremity amputations in the United States. If left untreated, foot ulcers can lead to infection, gangrene and amputation. […]
The Glories And Disappointments Of Cockfighting
My father grew up in a small municipality by the name of La Rivera, Jalisco. At the time, there was nothing to do there, and there is nothing to do […]
Too Young To Die, Too Old Not To Think About Death
I was on my way to the post office to drop off some letters when I decided to take the local 25-cent bargain shuttle instead. Sure, I could walk the […]
The Pain Of Losing A Son In Iraq, One Latino’s Story
[Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in The Texas Observer and was written by Eugene Richards.] Carlos Arredondo: I remember the war in Nicaragua in the 1980s, the Contra scandal, […]
50,000 Dead Since 2006 In Mexico’s Drug War?
According to some Mexican reports, the death tally in Mexico that has followed President Felipe Calderón’s “drug war” begun in 2006 may surpass 50,000. This article says the total from 2008 […]
LIVESTREAM Carlos Guerra Memorial Service
Missing Carlos Guerra
We at NewsTaco have been struck hard by the loss of our friend and colleague Carlos Guerra this week, but so have many people. I wrote about my memories of […]
Remembering Carlos Guerra
By Stace Medellín Most of my memories of Carlos Guerra come from reading articles he had written as a freelancer for various publications. One read and I was hooked. When […]
