Cinco de Mayo in Trump era leaves Mexican-Americans torn
For years, Yazmin Irazoqui Ruiz saw Cinco de Mayo as a reason to eat tacos and listen to Mexican music.
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Americas, Nation, World Cinco de Mayo, Donald Trump, Mexico
For years, Yazmin Irazoqui Ruiz saw Cinco de Mayo as a reason to eat tacos and listen to Mexican music.
Matt Bracken 0 Comment Americas, World Mexico, wrestler
Mexican pediatric oncologist Sergio Gallegos disguises himself as traditional Mexican wrestler at a hospital in Guadalajara, Mexico. Gallegos believes the mood of his patients is very important for the success of cancer treatment, so he dresses up as different characters.
Steve Earley 0 Comment Americas, World art, Mexico, Mexico City, murals, public art
In storefront shutters designed to keep people out, the Mexico City government saw opportunity to draw people in. Around the capital’s historic center, artists commissioned by the city have painted colorful, fanciful faces on once drab doors, which officials hope helps revitalize public spaces.
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Nation, World Cinco de Mayo, Mexico
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the victory of an ill-equipped Mexican army over French troops in Puebla on May 5, 1862.
Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun Mexico, spring equinox
The spring equinox is celebrated at archaeological sites in Mexico.
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment World Catholocism, Ecatepec, Mexico, Pope, Pope Francis, religion
Pope Francis celebrated an open-air mass in Ecatepec — a rough, crime-plagued Mexico City suburb — on Sunday. He has chosen to visit some of Mexico’s most troubled regions during his five-day trip to the world’s second most populous Catholic country.
Kalani Gordon 0 Comment World Chapo, Drug kingpin, El Chapo, Joaquin Guzman, Mexico
In villages nestled amid the jagged mountains where captured Mexican kingpin Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman was born, the drug trade that dominates the local economy is already breeding the next generation of smugglers and gunslingers. Guzman, recaptured Friday after a second escape from prison nearly six months ago, started life in the village of La Tuna high in the sierra of Mexico’s northwestern state of Sinaloa. Marijuana and the poppies used for opium have been grown here for decades, fueling the rise of successive dynasties of famous drug lords.
In these 2014 photos, Reuters photographer Daniel Becerril took a look inside some of the tunnels of drug kingpin Chapo, who was captured in Sinaloa Friday after a gun battle.
Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, World balloons, Mexico
Around 200 balloonists from 16 different countries are taking part in the International Balloon Festival in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.
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