By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – INDEX Reynosa, the trade association for maquila plants in Reynosa, has launched a new website aimed at disseminating positive news to the general public and the media, in addition to…
LatinaLista — Julian Leyzaola Perez takes the law in Mexico seriously. This former police chief of two of the most law-breaking Mexican border towns — Tijuana and Juarez, felt it was his public and moral duty to confront the…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian MCALLEN, RGV – In an effort to improve the perception of Reynosa among Rio Grande Valley residents, McAllen Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is reigniting its bus tours of macula plants in the Mexican…
By David Cook Martín The Conversation During the most recent Republican debate, Donald Trump declared “people are pouring across the southern border.” Trump is right that the United States has been a major immigrant destination since the 1960s, but if…
By Sophia Dembling Saving Places Adina De Zavala’s indignation over a 1912 San Antonio Express editorial explodes from every typewritten word: “The painful ignorance of the history of Texas, and of the Alamo, exhibited by the writers of…
By María Leal EL NUEVO SOL As a little girl, growing up in Los Angeles, everything seemed perfect for the most part. I remember that when I was about 6 or 7 years old I would always go on…
By Estephania Baez La Prensa San Diego Balboa Park is one of the most important and emblematic cultural spaces in the United States. With a length of one thousand and two hundred acres, it is also the largest…
LatinaLista — The Mexican drug war and its fallout has inspired dozens of movies, documentaries and TV shows over the years and it would be easy to think they are all the same. Yet, the latest entry into this…
LatinaLista — Pew Research released an analysis of some new government data that shows, contrary to what politicians say, the U.S. is actually losing Mexican immigrants rather than gaining them. From 2009 to 2014, 1 million Mexicans and their…
By María González Amarillo La Prensa San Diego On Thursday, November 12, Congresswoman and candidate to Senate Loretta Sanchez met local officials at Border Field State Park. Her goal was to learn about the environmental challenges that this area…
Obed Manuel Latina Lista Managing editor gives a brief rundown of the week’s news. Recording and editing by Obed Manuel
By Michael Lohmuller InSight Crime In its 2015 annual drug assessment, the DEA emphasizes Mexico cartel dominance of the US drug market, highlighting the growing strength of the Jalisco Cartel. Chuck Rosenberg, the Acting Administrator of the Drug…
Obed Manuel Latina Lista Managing editor Obed Manuel gives a brief rundown of the week’s news. Recording and editing by Obed Manuel
By Alexa D'Angelo Cronkite News TEMPE – Walking through Arizona Mills in Tempe announcements of sales can be heard echoing out of the outlet stores first in English, then in Spanish. “I’m buying clothes for myself, my husband and…
By Alberto Garcia La Prensa San Diego A gala event at the new Cross Border Xpress bi-national terminal in Otay Mesa gave visitors a first peak around the world’s only airport skybridge to cross an international border. Among…
LatinaLista — Though Mexicans know that their democracy extends only to the limits of criticizing their public officials, it isn't enough to deter some people. The latest assassination victim for criticizing public officials is 31-year-old college student José Luis Rodríguez…
By Stephanie Livingston Futurity The picture most people have of ancient Maya civilizations—royalty and elaborate temples—isn’t broad enough, researchers say. But now, ancient bones are hinting at the lives of the other 99 percent—the Maya middle class. “When…
Obed Manuel Latina Lista Here’s your brief rundown of the week’s news. Recording and editing by Obed Manuel
Obed Manuel Latina Lista Managing editor hosts Joshua Briemberg, a representative and engineer from WaterAid, an organization that works to bring clean water to the poorest regions in the world. Briemberg worked in Nicaragua when Hurricane Felix struck in…
By Belen Chacon LatinaLista When he was working late one day, Jaime asked his ex-wife if she could pick up his kids from school. Jaime’s wife never showed up, and when school employees got a hold of Jaime…
LatinaLista — Mexico is a country under siege by rampant impunity and corruption. From small time gangs and organized cartels to local police forces, the military and politicians, powerless Mexicans are subjected to levels of personal violence that easily…
By Magdalena Loredo LatinaLista During my sophomore year of high school, I was determined to drive, to work and to go to college immediately after high school. But during the two years until I graduated, I realized I was…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Loco Gringo Community Fund for Coco’s Many dogs and cats experience homelessness, poor health, abuse and more. Coco’s Animal Welfare has been helping local cats and dogs in the Riviera Maya since 2009. Their current clinic…
By Marcela Figueroa LatinaLista When I was a kid, as all kids in Mexico that went to public schools, I used to sing a song for Cristopher Colombus on October the 12th every year. The song used to say…
By Anai Ramirez Borderzine A few months before Nadiezdha Dominguez was diagnosed with esophagitis, a medical condition that causes irritation or inflammation of the esophagus, she experienced first hand the stark difference in emergency room care provided in…
