Tag Archives: Mexico
When Singing Barney Songs is Mightier than Cartel Gunshots
June 1, 2011
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This video will make you tremble with fear, outrage, and sadness. Kindergarten teacher Martha Rivera Alanis captures on her cell phone how she calmed her students by singing Barney songs, as a gunfight raged near the school in Monterrey, Mexico’s Read More...
The High Heeled Kitchen Video: Grilled Duroc Pork Chop in Mole Sauce
May 17, 2011
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The High Heeled Kitchen: Grilled Duroc Pork Chop in Mole Sauce: The Video Watch closely for the perils to avoid when cooking in high heels! The High Heeled Kitchen: Grilled Duroc Pork Chop in Mole Sauce: The Story “Ode To Read More...
SEAL an Anchor Baby? How an Assumption Became Truth (and I’m Not Talking about la Virgen María)
May 4, 2011
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As details of Osama bin Laden’s assassination spread virally throughout the internet, so are rumors that one of the Navy SEALs involved in arguably one of history’s most anticipated deaths is an “anchor baby” or a child born to illegal immigrants in Read More...
Open Letter to Time Managing Editor Richard Stengel
April 29, 2011
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Dear Mr. Stengel, When I noticed the lack of Latinos and Latin Americans in the 2011 Time 100, I thought: Again? My criticism does not probe whether Gossip Girl Blake Lively should be on the same “list” as Afghan prosecutor Read More...
Mr. President: Try Substantive Instead of “Equal” Partnership with Latin America
March 24, 2011
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“¡Pobre México! ¡Tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos!” “Poor Mexico! So far from God and so close to the United States!” -Porfirio Díaz Mexican strong man Porfirio Díaz is credited with these words that describe Read More...
The Wise Latina Club: The Manifesto
January 17, 2011
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Manifesto: A public declaration of principles and intentions. Could have political or religious connotations. A life stance. From the Latin “manifestare”: to make public. Related to the verb “manifest”: to display or show; appear; become apparent; prove. The Wise Latina Read More...
