What Is Going on in Mexico? Let Twitter and Facebook Tell You

What Is Going on in Mexico? Let Twitter and Facebook Tell You

Mary Mata July 10, 2012

By Rebeldes, Latino Rebels Yes, some outlets (like The Washington Post) covered this weekend’s protests in Mexico, where thousands of people all over the county marched peacefully to speak out against the alleged […]

Mexicans Protest Presidential Election In Austin

Mary Mata July 9, 2012

By Prescila Mosqueda, The Texas Observer Protesters, in traditional Aztec attire and wearing colorful headdresses, marched down 6th Street toward Congress Avenue in downtown Austin Saturday afternoon. Drivers honked their […]

MEXICO: Tijuana Opera

Mary Mata

By Sam Quiñonez, A Reporter’s Blog One of the great arts events in all Mexico takes place in Tijuana. It is the Tijuana Opera Street Festival (Festival Opera en la Calle), […]

Jazz De Mexico

Mary Mata July 6, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Editor It’s Friday! So it doesn’t all have to be about news and issues and such. This is something I’ve been wanting to bring to NewsTaco readers for […]

Morning NewsTaco

NewsTaco July 5, 2012

Thursday July 5, 2012 U.S. immigration agent injured in Mexico border shooting (Reuters):  A U.S. immigration agent was shot and wounded during a surveillance operation on a desolate stretch of […]

Family Of Slain ICE Agent Files Claim Against U.S. Government

Mary Mata July 4, 2012

By Cindy Casares, The Texas Observer On June 20th, the same day a House panel voted to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over failure to […]

The Troubling Death Of An Intern

Mary Mata

By Tony Castro, Voxxi Four days before Armando Montaño’s body was found in a Mexico City apartment elevator shaft, the 22-year-old Colorado Springs wire service intern reported on an airport confrontation in […]

Mexico’s First Female Presidential Candidate Still Inspires

Mary Mata July 3, 2012

By Kalyn Belsha, Voxxi Josefina Vázquez Mota, the woman who vowed to be Mexico’s “first presidenta,” conceded in the race for Mexico’s president last night as exit polls put the ruling party’s […]

Fierce Maria Felix Print On The Eyegiene Tumblr

Mary Mata

From the textmex obsessed imagination of William A. Nericcio  source This post first appeared in the textmex galleryblog. William Anthony Nericcio, aka “Memo,” is the Director of San Diego State University’s ever-evolving MALAS […]

Morning NewsTaco

Mary Mata

Tuesday July 3, 2012 Half of U.S. Hispanics Identify as Political Independents (Gallup):  A majority of U.S. Hispanics identify as political independents (51%) rather than as Democrats (32%) or Republicans […]