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Mary Mata September 11, 2012

Tuesday September 11, 2012 Unemployment Rates Highest Amongst Black And Latinos (Huffington Post): The latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, shows that black and Latino unemployment remain critically elevated and may present […]

Mexican Agency To Offer Life Insurance For Migrants’ Journey North

Mary Mata September 10, 2012

By Priscila Mosqueda, Texas Observer Guerrero is a small state on the southwestern coast of Mexico where tourists travel each year to stay at popular beach resorts in Acapulco and […]

Latin America Climate, Energy And Environment News

Mary Mata September 4, 2012

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile The Supreme Court made a landmark decision rejecting the controversial 2100 MW Castilla coal-fired power plant, proposed by Brazilian businessman Eike […]

Mexico Will Be Listening To Obama At Democratic National Convention

Mary Mata

By W. Alejandro Sanchez, Voxxi When President Barack Obama delivers his speech accepting his party’s re-nomination at the Democratic National Convention, attendees and television viewers will be listening with a […]

Jazz de México

NewsTaco August 31, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Gas prices are up, summer’s boggin’ down…but it’s Friday! And it’s a Friday before a long weekend with a Blue Moon to boot! What better reasons to end […]

Mexicans Pay in Blood for America’s War on Drugs, Part 5

Mary Mata

Editors note: This article was published by the Phoenix New Times in July. With their permission, News Taco is reprinting it in five installments throughout the week to inspire debate […]

If You’re Looking For A War To Oppose It Should Be The Drug War In Mexico

Mary Mata August 29, 2012

By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer At this moment, one of the most significant peace movements in Mexico’s history is winding its way through the American South in a caravan of buses […]

Latin America Climate, Energy And Environment News

Mary Mata August 28, 2012

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile Four new photovoltaic solar energy projects received environemental approval from Chile’s authorities. When built, the four –Encuentro Solar, Laberinto Solar Estes, […]

Mexicans Pay in Blood for America’s War on Drugs, Part I

Mary Mata August 27, 2012

Editors note: This article was published by the Phoenix New Times in July. With their permission, News Taco is reprinting it in five installments throughout the week to inspire debate […]

Latin America Climate, Energy And Environment News

Mary Mata August 21, 2012

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile With 70 votes in favor, Chile’s Chamber of Deputies approved the creation a Commission for Hydro Resources, Desertification and Drought this week to […]