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...hard to believe that this band was originally labelled as twee. Likewise, “Miserabilia” is a harrowing tale of failed love affairs and more eating disorders (“I’ve spent too much time on my knees next to urinals in garish Mexican restaurants.”)On the debut, the vocals were shared fairly evenly between Gareth and Aleksandra Campesinos!, but here it is very clear who the true voice of this band belongs to. Most songs consist of long monologues by Gareth Campesinos!, held together by sing-along choruses. Although...
Drug-related violence in Guatemala has become increasingly savage over the past two years as powerful Mexican cartels battle each other and Guatemalan traffickers for control over what has become a key link in the cocaine route from Colombia to the United States. The most recent battle, on Nov. 30, left at least 17 dead when a shootout broke out near the Guatemala-Mexico border. Last March, 11 men died in a shootout at a rural recreation spot. And those are just the events that made headlines; experts say there have been, and will be, more. "Frankly, I think...
David Suros, the president of Siembra Azul Tequila, spoke about the history of tequila and the future of the Mexican distilling tradition yesterday to members of the Harvard community. Suros said that the making and drinking of tequila had been greatly looked down upon in Mexico until recently but has grown into a thriving culture. He attributed the newfound success to the changed perception of tequila by the media and an increased attention to quality by many tequila manufacturers. Suros’s lecture was the penultimate event of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies...
...Florida waters) and immigration. (The GOP's draconian anti-immigrant stand, in fact, is one of the reasons Martinez, the Senate's first Cuban American, felt he was in an uphill battle in the long run.) In a recent Politico.com interview, Bush, who is married to a Mexican and counts Florida's Latinos as a large part of his base, insisted Republicans "can't be anti-Hispanic, anti-young person - anti-many things - and be surprised when we don't win elections...
...leading co-sponsors. The legislation stalled in the Senate late last year and was shelved, according to a Washington source, until after the 2008 elections. Heberto Alanis, Jr. ’12, a native of Roma, Texas, which is located just a few miles from the Mexican border, said that the DREAM Act “makes a lot of sense.” “Immigration has played a large role in making this country more diverse,” Alanis said, adding that he thinks that offering higher education opportunities and amnesty to children of illegal immigrants...