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NewsTaco May 18, 2012

Friday May 18, 2012 Could Immigration Decide The Election? (The New Yorker): Hispanic voters were key to Barack Obama’s win in 2008. But that was when he was telling them that […]

A Bronze Tale. The Reel Truth Behind Latina Icons

Mary Mata May 17, 2012

By Natalia Criollo, Our Tiempo I’ve realized that the 80s were not kind to Latina women. Growing up I did not have many icons to look up to.  However, just […]

Fuentes On Immigration: Where Are Your Workers Coming From?

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I’m interested in Carlos Fuentes’ political side. There is a fine line, somewhere, that signals the place where you’ve gone too far. I don’t want to […]

Minority Children Reach Tipping Point: U.S. Identity In The Balance

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco At church this Sunday my wife remarked at the number of children that there were at the service. I guess it’s one of those things that you don’t […]

When Labels Don’t Fit: Are Latinos Really More Conservative?

Mary Mata May 16, 2012

By Adriana Villavicencio, Being Latino Latinos tend to be seen as more conservative than others, but a new survey shows that they are no more or less likely than the […]

3 Cheese Flautas

Mary Mata

“Every now and again we get emails from people asking us to post their recipes- which I love. I love recipe sharing and comparing how people make certain dishes, or […]

Carlos Fuentes – Old Soldiers Never Die

Mary Mata

By D. C. Basset, Voxxi General Douglas MacArthur said in his farewell speech in 1951 that old soldiers never die; they just fade away. It is the same with writers and […]

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Wednesday May 16, 2012 Education Trumps Immigration among Top-Tier Issues for Latino Voters, New Poll Finds (PR Newswire/The Wall Street Journal): Education ranks behind only the economy and jobs as the […]

Vote To Get Celia Cruz’s Portrait In the Smithsonian

Mary Mata May 15, 2012

By Renée Saldaña, NewsTaco The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has teamed up with photographic artist Robert Weingarten to have one noteworthy historical figure’s portrait uniquely immortalized in the museum. […]

The Gluttony Project: Semper Fry

Mary Mata

By El Guapo On the fifth trip up to the buffet, you fight gnawing fatigue like a champ. Your jaw aches. You’ve unbuttoned your pants with the same single-minded determination […]