Myth of Doomsday and Mayan Calendar Explained
Myth of Doomsday and Mayan Calendar Explained
By Luis Carlos Lopez, Voxxi If you are prone to superstition, 2012 provides a wealth of apocalyptic fears and calamitous end-of-day scenarios, starting with the ever-popular end-of-the-world Mayan doomsday. Some […]
Legal Marijuana and the Mexican Drug Cartels
By Phillippe Diederich, Voxxi Now that Marijuana is supposed to turn legal in both Washington State and Colorado, it will be interesting to see how supply and demand, violence, arrests and […]
An Ofrenda for Our Lady of Guadalupe from a Cancer Survivor’s Son
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco Tradition inspires faith but hope perpetuates devotion. On December 12, Mexican Catholics mark the appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531 on a hilltop. Today, […]
Dying Inside the Border Should Be Enough
By Jesse Treviño, HispanicLatino The recent fire in a factory in Bangladesh that claimed the lives of114 garment workers generated international headlines and calls for reform of working conditions in […]
The New Border: Illegal Immigration’s Shifting Frontier
By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Mexico — Oscar and Jennifer Cruz knew that crossing the border would be the easy part. The Salvadoran brother and sister made their way over […]
Latin America Green News
By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile The Supreme Court ruled this week that the environmental approval for the Pirquenes coal plant in the Biobío Region was illegal, and that […]
Abrir Pemex Será Misión de Canciller de Peña Nieto
Por Maria Lourdes Pallais, Reporte Indigo No hubo muchas sorpresas en el gabinetazo de Enrique Peña Nieto. La mayoría de los nombres ya se habían filtrado. Pero hubo uno que […]
Mexico’s Street Battles Reflected in Embroidered Handkerchiefs
By Jose de la Isla, Voxxi MEXICO CITY — Elia Andrade Olea and I sit down on a bench on Avenida Juárez. She was telling me about her collective’s mission to […]
La Virgen de Guadalupe, Synonymous with Mexican Identity
By Phillippe Diederich, Voxxi On the days leading up to December 12, hundreds of thousands of Mexicans will decorate their homes, light candles and begin the pilgrimage to the Basilica de […]
Alternative Media: 18-Minute Video of Mexico Protests
By Latino Rebels Today, the YouTube channel of EmergenciaMx.org released an 18-minute video of the #1DMx protests, which occurred this Saturday. According to its site and Facebook page, EmergenciaMx is an alternative non-profit media collective of […]
