LatinaLista — Ox Bel Ha is the longest explored underwater cave system in the world. Located in Quintana Roo, Mexico, it measures a little over 150 miles in its underwater passages but also has within its system dry caves,…
LatinaLista — The credit for pushing Congress and President Obama’s administration to address immigration reform goes to the DREAMers. A group of young people who were brought to the United States by their parents as children and who grew…
By Luis Barrio Borderzine The U.S. view of Mexico is at its worst level since 1994 and although Americans consider Mexico an important neighbor few Americans are aware of how strong the economic ties are between the two nations….
By Mayela Sanchez Global Press Institute A group of mostly women remember victims of gender-based killings by embroidering their stories on handkerchiefs and displaying them at local demonstrations and events. There were more than 34,000 feminicides in Mexico from…
By Miguel Pérez Hidden Hispanic Heritage If you missed CBS’s “Sunday Morning” program last week, you missed a report that should be required viewing for all Americans. And if you are one of those Americans who still question why…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian RIO GRANDE CITY – Opinion is divided among elected officials and business leaders in Starr County over plans to build border walls in Roma and Rio Grande City. Starr County Judge Eloy Vera…
At the invitation of President Enrique Peña Nieto, President Barack Obama travelled to Mexico City on May 2-3 to discuss the broad range of bilateral, regional, and global issues that bind the United States and Mexico and touch the…
By Frank X. Moraga AmigosNAZ A cultural battle is being waged on the streets of America and those fighting it must at times feel like the Mexican patriots on May 5, 1862 — shivering during a cold morning in…
LatinaLista — Cinco de Mayo (the Fifth of May) is a day celebrated in two distinct styles — depending on which side of the U.S.-Mexico border is doing the celebrating. For U.S. Latinos, especially Mexican Americans, Cinco de Mayo…
By Kathleen B. Lowenstein The MexPatriate Between 2007 and 2012, poppies surpassed marijuana as the most widely grown illegal plant in Mexico. In fact, by the end of last year the authorities estimated that poppies occupied 40% more land…
By Antonio Garza, U.S. Ambassador (Ret.) LatinaLista This week’s meeting between Presidents Obama and Peña Nieto brings U.S.-Mexico relations to center stage. This second face-to-face between the two leaders occurs at a critical time in each presidency. Domestic reform…
LatinaLista — While the number of how many Mexican journalists who have been assassinated by drug cartels isn’t exactly known — the number ranges from 70 upwards — one thing is certain — Mexican journalists have become prime targets…
Extra Newspaper On Sunday, April 7, in the Civic Opera House of Chicago, the Lyric Opera of Chicago presented the premier of “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna” , the first ever mariachi opera in the…
By Shannon O’Neil Latintelligence Since entering Los Pinos last year, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has wasted no time in pushing some of Mexico’s most-needed economic reforms through Congress, but the same has not been true for the government’s…
LatinaLista — Mariachi music is synonymous with Mexico. The music and its singers are iconic figures of Mexican culture, and in turn, to all people of Mexican descent wherever they live. That is true especially for the Mexican American…
LatinaLista — What do 9-year-olds care about immigration reform? Most, unless their loved ones are under threat of deportation, don’t care about this adult issue or even know about it. They are more concerned with sports, hanging out with…
LatinaLista — Human smuggling has long been a way for people from south of the border to enter the United States without the proper paperwork. Most of those who are smuggled into the U.S. usually pay a coyote, an…
LatinaLista — A lot has been written about the Mexican drug war but documentary photographer Louie Palu decided to let his photographs and multimedia pieces convey the true horror and angst that the drug-related violence is having on both…
By Mayela Sanchez Global Press Institute Young women accounted for the majority of participants in the sixth lesbian march in Mexico City last weekend. As many as 7,000 people attended this year’s gathering. Distinct from the festive annual gay…
By Eduardo Stanley LatinaLista FRESNO, California — Congressional representatives in charge of putting together an immigration reform bill are considering a so-called “path to citizenship,” the process by which undocumented immigrants living in the country may become legal residents…
LatinaLista — Though they may come from different generations, all women share in the same range of emotions triggered by experiences in love that are unique to them but all too familiar for those who have loved and lost….
By Robert Cyr CTLatinoNews.com A new ruling has been issued in an intriguing international human rights case involving a former Mexican president and unfolding in Hartford federal court that has jurisdiction because he is now a professor at Yale…
Sara Inés Calderón Más Wired Austin, Texas — Twitter, but increasingly Facebook and YouTube, are becoming essential elements to the way ordinary people in Mexico protect themselves from the war on drugs, according to experts sitting on a panel…
LatinaLista — A new play making its world premiere next month at New York City’s legendary La MaMa theater brings the courageous story of a young Mexican police chief to the Big Apple stage. “so go the ghosts of…
By Mayela Sanchez Global Press Institute This week, a play debuted in Mexico City that enables victims of gender-based violence to face their fears and insecurities while informing the audience about the diverse forms that violence can take in…
