Maya Bring Baseball Passions to U.S.
Maya Bring Baseball Passions to U.S.
By John Harris and Josue Rojas, New America Media SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — In Mexico, the Mayas are a people apart. Half a millennium since Spanish conquistadors set foot in […]
Latin America Green News
By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile HidroAysén, the company intending to build a 2,750 megawatt dam project on two rivers in Patagonia, announced that it would not present […]
Intense Pre Surrealist gaze: La Pequeña Frida
From the textmex obsessed imagination of Daphne Strassmann Taken by her father Guillermo Kahlo (Carl Wilhelm Kahlo) on June 15, 1919. Daphne Strassmann: I am a Non-Fiction writer in Boston suffering from […]
Latin America Green News
By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile The Chilean Solar Energy Research Center—a newly formed organization comprising researchers from several of the country’s universities—will begin a multidisciplinary study of […]
Mexico Demands Sotheby’s Halt Pre-Hispanic Artifacts Auction
By Associated Press/Washington Post The Mexican government is demanding that Sotheby’s auction house halt the planned sale of 51 pre-Columbian Mexican artifacts, arguing they are protected national historical pieces. The […]
Ex-Mexican Pres. Zedillo Could Face Cover-Up Charges in U.S.
By Robert Cyr, ctlatinonews A new ruling has been issued in an intriguing international human rights case unfolding in Hartford federal court. It involves a former Mexican president and the court […]
Benito Juarez Stands Out Among Washington Generals
By John Rosales, Voxxi In my 20 years as a resident of Washington, D.C., I have visited a lot of dead white generals sitting on horses. Outdoor monuments dedicated to […]
Ry Cooder and the Chieftains and the San Patricio Brigade
From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio Xicanosmosis, 19nth Century-style This article was first published in textmex galleryblog. William Anthony Nericcio, aka “Memo,” is the Director of San Diego State […]
Why Mexicans Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
By Jim Estrada AUSTIN, TX — St. Patrick’s Day has special significance in Mexico and among generations of families who can trace their history to the old Southwest, particularly among […]
Latin America Green News
By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile Endesa and Colbún, the companies behind the controversial mega-dam project HidroAysén, have announced that the Committee of Ministers has until the end of […]