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Leaving Laredo: ten years ago, U.S. manufacturers flocked to the Mexican border. Now they're headed out—in search of even lower wages a continent
Martha Ojeda grew up less than a mile south of the Rio Grande, in a house with no water or electricity, but with a view of the bright lights of Nuevo ......(Continue Reading) And the salsa beat goes on: salsa is dead. Gone. Kaput. Forget about it. A comatose genre swallowed alive by other styles of Latin music: rock en espanol
(First printed in The Chicago Tribune on December 21, 2004) For the last few years, the alleged death of salsa has been morbidly discussed in publications ......(Continue Reading)Cafe Tacuba strikes gold with masterful 'covers' album - cantantes mexicanos de música rock - TT: Mexican rock music singers
Ritmo Mexican "Cafe Tacuba," one of the most masterful practitioners of "Rock en Español" who gained instant stardom with their second album Re, has a ......(Continue Reading)Porous border: How Mexican migrants change themselves—and the U.S. . - Culture & Reviews - Crossroads: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail - book
The annual week-long fiesta in the Mexican Indian village of Cheran dates back to pre-Conquest days. But for the past 330 years, its crowning event has been a traditional Spanish bullfight. Each ye...(Continue Reading)Pancho And Redbone - rock musicians evaluate other rock musicians
A GUIDE TO ASS--KICKIN' ROCK HOWDY DOO FOLKS, MR. ANDY HARRIS HERE, writing at my desk unit near the verdant green hills of Palos Verdes. Now, from ......(Continue Reading)
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