Word: mexicans
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...Virgin Islands to include a day of snorkeling and diving. They originally anticipated 15 guests. Now 50 guests, many of them fellow divers, are scheduled to stay in a resort the couple selected over the Internet for a week of activities, including celebrations of Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican festival the two celebrate in their native Southwest. "Surprisingly, many of my friends have never been to a destination wedding," says Dowling, who was inspired by another friend's wedding in Turks and Caicos, in the Caribbean. "They think it's so unique, they wouldn't miss it for the world...
...softly totalitarian regime whose leaders were beggaring the country. But within the bureaucracy was embedded a generation of brilliant technocrats who were trying to open the nation and its closed economy to the world. The crisis of legitimacy posed by the earthquake was a catalyst; it convinced the Mexican public and many of the technocrats that Mexico had to change in a fundamental way--that its society and politics, not just its economy, had to welcome new ideas. After a decade and a half of many bumps and some tragedies, the process reached a pinnacle when the 2000 presidential election...
Huerta says she was overwhelmed by the way in which Mexican culture is transformed into a one-size-fits-all mask once situated in the United States. “There’s a definite discourse of authenticity that Mexican restaurant owners and food critics use,” she says. Huerta now worries that reducing Mexican culture into terms that fit a menu may underrepresent an otherwise rich and diverse culture...
...There’s a danger in categorizing what Mexican is,” Huerta says...
...asked Huerta if she had any insights into Harvard Square’s very own attempt to recreate the real Mexican culinary experience, or at least fast-food experience: Real Taco...