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De visita a la Cumbre Tajín, vocalista de Café Tacvba documenta daños del fracking en ...
Por Rubén Albarrán ~ Periodistasliberales ~ 26 de Marzo 2018 Ciudad de México. (SinEmbargo).- Con motivo de la presentación de Café Tacvba en el Festival Cumbre Tajín 2018, viajé al norte de Veracruz, área geográfica llamada el Totonacapan. Estando allí, me encontré con una defensora de derechos humanos y del territorio, quien me llevó a ... -
New Exhibition Explores Lost And Censured Murals Of Los Angeles That Exposed Unequal Treatment ...
March 26, 2018 ~ PR Newswire Murals became an essential form of artist response and public voice during the Chicana/o Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. They were a means of challenging the status quo and expressing both pride and frustration at a time when other channels of communication were ... -
It wasn't just Greece: Archaeologists find early democratic societies in the Americas
By Liz Wade ~ Science Magazine ~ March 15, 2017 It wasn't just Greece: Archaeologists find early democratic societies in the Americas. The candidate for political office stood in a plaza, naked, bracing himself against the punches and kicks. The crowd roared, pulsing around him like a beating heart. People ... -
On St. Patrick’s Day, Mexico remembers the Irishmen who fought for Mexico against the US
By Christopher Wolfe ~ PRI ~ March 17, 2015 St Patrick’s Day is celebrated around the world — even in Mexico. “Every St Patrick’s Day, the first toast that I make is in honor of the San Patricios,” says Martin Paredes, a Mexican blogger based in the US. “A group of Irishmen came ... -
MARIANA YAMPOLSKY: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART (LACMA)
MARIANA YAMPOLSKY, [DETAIL OF] CINCO DANZANTES DE LA SIERRA DE PUEBLA, 1996, GELATIN SILVER PRINT, LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, GIFT OF DANIEL GREENBERG AND SUSAN STEINHAUSER, D.R. © MARIANA YAMPOLSKY CULTURAL FOUNDATION, A.C. MEXICO, DIGITAL IMAGE © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES/LACMA. MARCH 20 - DECEMBER 8 Reception: Saturday, March 17, ... -
How One Sport Is Keeping a Language, and a Culture, Alive
By Walter Thompson-Hernandez ~ NY Times ~ March 13, 2018 Pelota Mixteca has been played for hundreds of years by indigenous people throughout the Americas. But it’s more than a competitive event. The men gather at an open field in a recreation area of the San Fernando Valley every Sunday, ... -
Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, gunned down in 1980, will become a saint
By Scott Neuman ~ National Public Radio ~ March 7, 2018 Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero, who was gunned down by a right-wing death squad in 1980 at the start of the country's civil war, will be canonized as a Roman Catholic saint, the Vatican said in a statement Wednesday. ... -
The Illegal Land Grab of Mexico: US Annexation of 1848
Today marks the anniversary of when U.S. grabbed massive Mexican territory through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, forcing Mexico to surrender its land. To see video, click here. -
North From Mexico (Documentary recovered Circa 1971)
By Roberto Calderón ~ Texas Archive of the Moving Image ~ February 28, 2018 Found on the Texas Archive of the Moving Image Documentary: North from Mexico (1971) This film traces the history of Mexican Americans in the Southwest from the time before the arrival of the conquistadores to the modern ... -
The Duel of the Smileys
By Alvaro Huerta ~ Latin Rebels ~ February 26, 2018 My mother Carmen often sent me to La Paloma Market, while my brother Salomon watched I Love Lucy reruns. We lived in East Los Angeles’ Ramona Gardens housing project, where I had to be selective about the routes I took. Since I feared ...
