LatinaLista — What happens when a Mexican American smalltime hustler finds himself back in the mother country abruptly trapped in the middle of a dangerous savage criminal enterprise? He ends up on “a journey to the heart of a past he had struggled to forget, only to learn that it will be the key to [...]
Artist Diane Kahlo commemorates the missing women of Cd. Juárez
By Deysy Cuevas Extra News On Saturday, January 5, the Calles y Sueños Gallery at 1900 S. Carpenter Rd. held an opening reception for Diane Kahlo’s exhibit, “Wall of Memories: the Disappeared Women of Juárez.” Kahlo’s exhibit consists of over 100 painted portraits of girls and young women, as young as 7 years old, who [...]
El Paso’s nightlife rocks with the electronic-dance music that left Juarez
By Iris Lopez Borderzine EL PASO – This city on the U.S.- Mexico border known for the strong Mexican-American culture experienced a dramatic growth spurt in music and entertainment in the past two years as nightlife fizzled in violence-plagued Cd. Juarez. “Many people expected the Juarez violence to spill over the border, but the only [...]
Latino muralist contributes to Savannah art project
By John Newton La Voz Latina SAVANNAH, GA — If you have attended any of Savannah’s Latino festivals on River Street or Port Wentworth’s annual feast of Our Lady Of Guadalupe, you have seen the artistic talents of Adolfo Hernandez on display. Adolfo was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México and raised in El Paso [...]
Video: Is Juarez, Mexico finally turning a new corner?
LatinaLista — Juarez, Mexico has become synonymous with the country’s out-of-control drug war. For too long, Juarez has been considered the frontline of the cartel violence. In October 2010, the city of Juarez, Mexico averaged over 10 murders per day. By August 2012, the city’s murder rate was down to 1 per day. Is the [...]
New website keeps world informed on the death and violence in Juarez, Mexico
LatinaLista — There is no other geographic location in North America that is as synonymous with violence and death as Juarez, Mexico. The weekly killing sprees, daily random shootings and continuous gruesome discoveries of mutilated bodies or shallow buried bones, at the hands of warring drug cartels, give credence as to why the city is [...]
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