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Although the kidnapping of Humberto Alvarez Machain, a Guadalajara gynecologist, severely strained U.S.-Mexican relations, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he could be tried in Los Angeles. Now, though, he has been freed by District Judge Edward Rafeedie, who ruled that there was no direct evidence that Alvarez participated in the 1985 murder of Drug Enforcement Administration operative Enrique Camarena. Alvarez admitted being in the house where Camarena was tortured and killed, but a Mexican policeman reported to the American FBI that another physician had also been there. Mexican President Salinas hailed Alvarez's release as a "correction...
Developed to foster respect for all races, ethnic groups and religions, the New York City teachers' guide called "Children of the Rainbow" is mostly unexceptional. It suggests presenting folklore through Chinese tales; or, for music class, the Mexican hat dance. But in a segment on the importance of families, it reminds teachers that some of their pupils may come from households in which one or both adults are gay. And its original wording urged teachers to encourage first-graders "to view lesbians/gays as real people to be respected and appreciated." Among proposed -- but not required -- readings, the guide suggests Daddy...
...vote (with only Israel and Romania supporting the U.S.) was a protest against newly toughened U.S. sanctions. At the Mexican border, the Pastors for Peace truck convoy confronted U.S. Customs officials and, eyeball- to-eyeball, the government blinked. The shipment sailed unhampered to Cuba. A second one is planned...
...Quite early. Quite early I thought that I had fallen into the pot. It was never gringos against us. I lived in a world of complexity, and I quite clearly was in love with most of it...I was taught by Irish nuns who had Mexican passports. There was a Chinese dentist putting his hands in my mouth, my beautiful uncle from India, and the Irish nuns: [all] changing me, breathing on me. It never came as a choice...
...Well, I ended up with a sense of the European calamity...most of the things I learned in my education were about the tragedies of history, the accidents that created us. Most people who assume you can pick and choose a culture, that you can become more or less Mexican like eating more or less pizza, are the most American of all. Your children are going to betray you. They're going to become Canadians, they're going to become North Americans and now they're going to become Mexicans...