The case of two bans. The difference between what FL and NY just banned couldn’t be more polar opposite and underscores how the fight for the moral soul of the country is Right vs. Left; Why watch Sunday morning…
Did we really need a study to say that some Latinos pay this much of their salaries to rent?; Biden is looking otra vez to Latinos to help push him to win the nomination. Will he succeed?; and Los…
From the now infamous Ukranian call, we get affirmation that the modus operandi of this President is to strong-arm foreign leaders to get his way. So, Honduras is the latest country to sign an asylum agreement. It should make…
Is the Congressional Hispanic Caucus finally recognizing Latina voters with its newest initiative?; We knew there would be consequences when Trump froze aid to Guatemala, and now it begins.; Are UFO sightings on the increase? Well, it’s enough for…
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Sacrificial young wolf adorned with Aztec gold discovered in Mexico City
Jul 10, 2017, 1:27 PM 0
By Theodoros Karasavvas Ancient Origins Archaeologists have discovered a sacrificial wolf carefully adorned with some of the best quality Aztec gold ever found. It is believed that the wolf was buried more than five centuries ago in the heart…
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The Maya Codices: The Precious Remaining History of an Eradicated Civilization
Jun 22, 2017, 10:03 AM 0
By Veronica Parkes Ancient Origins The Maya were a powerful pre-Columbian civilization who thrived between AD 600 – AD 800. They were literate, had a complex language including pictograms, glyphs, and phonetic representations. They even produced books called…
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Balankanché Cavern: Underground World Tree Reveals Secrets of Sacred Maya Beliefs
Jun 12, 2017, 9:38 AM 0
By Wu Mingren Ancient Origins Balankanché (which means the ‘Throne of the Sacred Jaguar’) Cavern is a network of caves located in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. This cave network is situated near the famous site of Chichén Itzá, and was…
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Northern Triangle Migrants: From the Frying Pan into the Fire
May 16, 2017, 11:48 AM 0
By David Gagne Insight Crime A new report by an international humanitarian organization provides fresh statistics on the dangers that migrants from Central America’s Northern Triangle face both in their home country and during their perilous trek to the…
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Having ‘Mexican’ as default label for all Latinos harms plight of Central American refugees
Apr 28, 2017, 2:05 PM 0
By Marisa Treviño LatinaLista The news today out of Pew Research Center should put a grinding halt to Trump’s campaign promise to build a border wall, if it’s Mexico he’s blaming for a southern invasion. According to a Pew…
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Largest deportation campaign in US history is no match for Trump’s plan
Mar 9, 2017, 12:49 PM 0
By Kelly Lytle Hernandez The Conversation On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed that if he was elected president, he would resurrect Operation Wetback of 1954. Operation Wetback, the story goes, was the single largest deportation campaign in U.S. history, resulting…
Ancient Origins Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,700-year-old intact tomb in Mexico where they found the skulls and other bones of twelve male adults, as well as pre-Columbian figurines and statues. Each of the figures was sculpted from fine…
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Women in Juarez battle cancer “in the company of others”
Dec 21, 2016, 10:55 AM 0
By Dr. Christine Eber & Dr. Mary Alice Scott LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The third of four installments examining a preventable death sentence facing women in Juarez, Mexico. Read first installment, second installment.) In Cuidad Juárez alone several groups have formed…
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The cancer-stricken poor of Juarez condemned to a “slow form of violence”
Dec 20, 2016, 8:46 AM 0
By Dr. Christine Eber & Dr. Mary Alice Scott LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The second of four installments examining a preventable death sentence facing women in Juarez, Mexico. Read first installment.) The month following Cynthia’s death, the five founding…
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Mexicans are migrating, just not across the US border
Nov 28, 2016, 10:36 AM 0
By Jeffrey H. Cohen & Bernardo Ramirez Rios The Conversation Mexican migration to the U.S. is in decline. The Pew Hispanic Research Center has found that since 2009, more than one million native-born Mexicans living in the U.S. returned to Mexico. But…
By Gillian Kiley Futurity The Grolier Codex, an ancient document that is among the rarest books in the world, has been regarded with skepticism since it was reportedly unearthed by looters from a cave in Chiapas, Mexico, in…
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Mexico and Canada Sign Memorandum of Understanding about Indigenous Peoples Without Consulting First Nations
Jul 14, 2016, 8:11 AM 0
Cultural Survival On June 28th, 2016, the President of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, issued a joint statement declaring that they have reached an accord regarding Indigenous Peoples. The statement affirmed “the importance of a…
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Gay/Transgender refugees find Mexico inclusive on paper but not in practice
Jul 12, 2016, 10:19 AM 0
By Nancy Landa LatinaLista Beatriz is a transgender woman originally from El Salvador, who has made Mexico her new country of residence, not voluntarily as she is unable to return to her country because her life there is in…
By Zachary Cohen Council on Hemispheric Affairs In the 1960s, Mexican migrant farm workers within the United States endured countless challenges including low wages, inhumane conditions, and a lack of political rights. However, the actions of multiple labor unions…
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Mexico champions gay marriage as homophobia persists
May 20, 2016, 10:08 AM 0
By Nancy Landa LatinaLista This week, Mexico became one of the few nations in Latin America and the Caribbean to give a significant boost to LBGTQ rights with a proposed constitutional reform to legalize same-sex marriage across the…
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Why won’t 30,000 mothers be celebrating Mother’s Day in Mexico tomorrow?
May 9, 2016, 2:14 PM 0
LatinaLista — Mexico celebrates Mother’s Day on May 10 but for more than 30,000 mothers in Mexico and Central America, the day will not be spent being honored by their children. Rather, these mothers will be part of the…
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Las Patronas’ Kitchen: A documentary about the women who give food – and hope- to migrants travelling northbound on “La Bestia”
May 6, 2016, 10:44 AM 0
By Nancy Landa LatinaLista Day after day, for more than 20 years, a generous group of women in Veracruz, Mexico give food to Central American migrants who travel atop the freight train, known as “La Bestia”, bound to…
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Zapotec Hip-Hop artist uses feminist rap to fight for women in Mexico
May 2, 2016, 10:35 AM 0
By Nancy Landa LatinaLista Mare Avertencia Lirika is a Zapotec hip-hop artist from the state of Oaxaca, Mexico who is redefining Rap, a genre that for some is associated with aggression, violence and misogyny. However, for Mare, rap has…
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How bad is violence against women in Mexico? Bad enough to have this.
Apr 22, 2016, 9:19 AM 0
By Nancy Landa LatinaLista The epidemic of gender-based violence in Mexico did not end with Juarez. It continues to threaten the safety and livelihoods of women in most major cities in the country. Six women are murdered…
By James Urton Futurity Each fall, monarch butterflies across Canada and the United States turn their colorful wings toward the Rio Grande and migrate more than 2,000 miles to the relative warmth of central Mexico. The journey, repeated instinctively by generations…
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Mexico’s indigenous paying the price for U.S. call to stop Central American migrants
Apr 8, 2016, 9:39 AM 0
By Nancy Landa LatinaLista It was on September 3, 2015 that Alberto and his two sisters, Amy and Esther, decided to leave Chiapas, Mexico. For the sisters, it was the first time they had left the town where they…
