February 2012
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Feb 15th
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Chocolate: Mexico's Gift to the World
Ask friends who received chocolate as a Valentine’s Day gift today where it’s originally from and you’re likely to hear Germany or Switzerland. It may take a friend who is especially learned to give you the correct answer: Mexico. Chocolate, derived from the Nahuatl xocolatl, meaning “bitter water,” has existed in Mexico for thousands of years. Made into a...
Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 12th
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Feb 11th
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Feb 11th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 4th
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Cd. Juárez Activist Norma Andrade Attacked in...
Norma Andrade, activist and founding member of Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa, a non-profit organization serving the mothers of femicide victims in Cd. Juárez, was attacked this morning in Mexico City. According to police reports, an unknown assailant approached Ms. Andrade as she walked her granddaughter to school and stabbed her in the face. Ms. Andrade is in stable condition and is...
Feb 4th
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Feb 4th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
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“Let’s get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron. Mexicans...”
– Sherman Alexie is a poet, short story writer, novelist, and filmmaker. His book “The Lone Ranger and Tonto’s Fist Fight in Heaven,” was on the banned curriculum of the Mexican American Studies Program.
Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 27th
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Gustavo Ayón: Del Rancho a la NBA
“Allá voy NBA”, garabateó Gustavo Ayón en la hoja de un cuaderno un día cualquiera en el que su anhelo de ser estrella del basquetbol acaparaba su atención. María Aguirre, su madre, aún conserva esa libreta que encontró cuando no alcanzaba a descifrar los sueños de su hijo. Nada sabía ella de la liga de baloncesto más importante del mundo, tan sólo que su muchacho no se miraba al espejo sin...
Jan 26th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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Mexico's Artists Respond to Drug War With Poetry &...
Javier Sicilia is a novelist and a poet. In 2009, he was awarded Mexico’s prestigious Aguascalientes National Poetry Prize. This September, he read a poem dedicated to his son, Juan Francisco, at a rally: There is nothing else to say The world is not worthy of the word They drowned it, deep inside of us As they asphyxiated you As they ripped your lungs apart And the pain does not...
Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 18th
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Sterilizing Words: Media Responsible for Collapse...
Media bound by fear and complacency, responsible for the collapse of rights and justice in Arizona The media is responsible for the collapse of human rights and banning of books in Arizona, along with the racist Arizona legislators, state school head and corrupt politicians. The media has become frozen in fear, too timid to bang on the doors and find out why the Tucson schools banned the award...
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 14th
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