Mexico

Latin Roots: Son Jarocho

Jasmine Garsd — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:07:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NVNRlDWEy8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp6j5HJ-Cok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xv-FjbXaqk

Living On The Border, Driven — Literally — Underground

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:28:00 +0000

After living underground in the United States — figuratively speaking — some undocumented immigrants deported to the Mexican border city of Tijuana are living in holes. These migrants have dug bunkers along Tijuana's sewage canal to protect themselves from police who routinely burn down their makeshift homes.

The Tijuana River is lined in concrete and cuts through the city for miles, draining sewage and runoff. Human feces litters the banks, trash swirls around in sudsy eddies and a dead dog occasionally floats by.

As Stigma Eases, Single Motherhood In Mexico Is On The Rise

Carrie Kahn — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:15:00 +0000

On her daily route delivering laundry in her working-class neighborhood in southern Mexico City, Maria Carlotta Santa Maria, or Mari, as she is known, seems to know everyone: the mailman, the woman on the corner selling salty nuts, and her favorite greetings are for the guys at the corner gas station.

Mari is the kind of person that can make this inhospitable and overwhelming megacity seem almost small and friendly.

Arrests Made In Malcolm Shabazz Murder Investigation

Bill Chappell — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:39:00 +0000

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of civil rights-era leader Malcolm X who died Thursday in Mexico City.

Grandson Of Malcolm X Was Reportedly Killed In Mexico

Bill Chappell — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:27:00 +0000

Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, has reportedly died at age 28. A family friend says Shabazz was killed Thursday in Mexico.

The news first appeared in New York's The Amsterdam News, after family friend Terrie Williams tweeted, "I'm confirming, per the U.S.