From the zoot suit to Lalo Guerrero, nowehere has Chicano influence been as pronounced as in Los Angeles. Anthony Macías takes a cultural journey through music
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Tag: Social history
The Quality of Home Runs
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Categories: Caribbean, Cuba, North America, United States
Gripping tales from the ring
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Heather Levi emerges triumphant with this crowd-pleasing bout in the arena of lucha libre
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
A ghost to challenge a myth
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The tragic tale of Rubén Jaramillo lays bare Mexico’s ‘miracle’ years of orderly growth under the PRI
Categories: Mexico, North America
Just so you know
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A documentary by Rosie Pérez that delves into Puerto Rican history belies her image as a Brooklyn broad
Categories: Caribbean, North America, Puerto Rico, United States
The Mafia in Havana
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Categories: Caribbean, Cuba, North America, United States
Muchacha in the maquila
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US car giants employed women in Mexico as a stick with which to beat male workers
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Noche Buena. Hispanic American Christmas Stories
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Categories: Caribbean, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, North America, Puerto Rico, South America, United States
Man burgers for lunch
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Vegetarians will be horrified to discover that cannibals have feelings too, in this remarkable translation of Hans Staden’s classic colonial narrative
Categories: Brazil, South America
A war without battles
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Roddy Brett’s harrowing examination of State violence during Guatemala’s civil war makes a significant contribution to debates about democratic consolidation
Categories: Central America, Guatemala