Latin American Politics

Do Mexicans Believe in the Right to Bear Arms?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And is it true they can only buy guns in one store?

OC-based Tea Party: Impeach Obama Over Gun Control Executive Orders ... or Benghazi

Before President Barack Obama just announced 23 executive orders he will issue and a $500 million package and changes in law he will seek from Congress in the wake of the mass shooting in Connecticut that killed 20 elementary schoolchildren, the Laguna Woods-based California Tea Party called for hi ... More >>

How Can a Gabacho Illegal Live in Mexico

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And why are Mexican women so superstitious?

Magical Homicides

Calderon puts magical realism in the shade

Friends Can Also Betray You

Mexicans pay in blood for America's War on Drugs

Can Mexico Ask for Its Artifacts and Gold Back From Spain?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And why do Mexican men wear such skinny jeans?

Bongo Fury

Harvelle's

Democrat Michele Martinez Trying to Get Republican Latino Support in Bid for 69th Assembly District

​Supporters of SanTana councilwoman and 69th Assembly District candidate Michele Martinez try to paint her as a liberal lioness, a progressive puma, but anyone who has tracked her career knows that Martinez is a craven opportunist who'll side with whomever will guarantee her a shot at victory. Tha ... More >>

Why Won't Mexican Families Acknowledge Their Gay Children and Partners?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And are the narco-wars really a revolution?

Loretta Sanchez To Florida Sen. Marco Rubio: You are an Untrustworthy Poseur

Rubio: Look at the flag, not what I lie about.​Two congressional Democrats including Loretta Sanchez tag teamed Republican Florida Senator Marco Rubio on MSNBC this afternoon for his fraudulent attempt to hail himself as a victim of Fidel Castro's dictatorial Cuban regime."We don't need someone wh ... More >>

Lupe Gomez Is a Triple Player

The Santa Ana businessman's big idea got the Mexican government to help spruce up immigrants' hometowns and got him into politics back home

Legalize Pot, Say Geniuses at Global Commission on Drug Policy

​The Los Angeles Times, and just about every other newspaper that covers world news, is reporting today that the Global Commission on Drug Policy, an influential think-tank made up of world leaders, has just issued a report calling the war on drugs "a costly failure" and calling on the United Stat ... More >>

Why Don't Mexicans Want to Learn English?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And is Mexico a Tea Party paradise?

Six Presidential Encounters with Mexican Food, Ranked from Best to Worst

The only president that matters today...​So today is Cinco de Mayo blah blah blah blah. But instead of offering you places to drinko, your humble scribe likes learnin' people stuff, you know, the more arcane the better. So what more-random topic than a quick overview of American presidents and the ... More >>

Can a Gabacho Become President of Mexico?

And Why Do Mexicans Jump So Much?

Why Do Mexicans Steal Cactus Leaves?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And can gabachos love the Mexican culture but hate the Mexican?

Return to Sender

What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?

WikiLeaks Expose Questionable Details From Dana Rohrabacher's Visit to Honduras

​R. Scott Moxley told you in October about Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) having inserted himself in the violent 2009 coup that toppled the democratically elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya. Was Dana Rohrabacher Playing Kingmaker in Central America?To refresh your memory, th ... More >>

Los Aldeanos Concert in Miami Provokes Political Debate

​Cuban hip-hop was given an international profile 10 years ago by Orishas, the talented group  who made a name for themselves and the genre after releasing the album A Lo Cubano from their new home in France. Since then, the duo Los Aldeanos has been the rising recognizable face of the youth ... More >>

Oliver Stone's South of the Border Out on DVD

​South of the Border, Oliver Stone's documentary about the leftist revolution in several South American countries, wasn't exactly embraced by critics when it hit theaters in June. Entertainment Weekly summed it up as "rose-colored agitprop."

Grinding Justice

Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution, treats migrants like cattle, doesn't work

Was Dana Rohrabacher Playing Kingmaker in Central America?

Rohrabacher: exporting his nutty ideas​Orange County Congressman Dana Rohrabacher likes to fancy himself as this country's real secretary of state regardless of who is put in the position by a president. It's a comical stance for a man who who skipped Vietnam War duty, champions U.S. tax ... More >>

The Mexican Migra Blues

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Are you a vendido or a Manchurian Mexican?

Asylum Denied

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

Seized

Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital

Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

Tougher border enforcement in California and Texas has spelled disaster for southern Arizona

Los Ladrones Viejos

Museum of Latin American Art

¿Ask a Minuteman?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] In honor of April Fools' Day, Jim Gilchrist puts on the sombrero and bandoliers this week

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Wedding-Bell Azules

Edward Hirsch

UC Irvine

Vicente Fox

Irvine Barclay Theatre

Orange County's Mexican Consul, Carlos Rodriguez y Quezada, Sparks Protests, Burns Bridges

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Special Guadalupe Edition

No Madonna?

Evita

Drinko de Mayo

Gabbi’s Mexican Kitchen

!Ask a Mexican!

Special Rip-Off Edicion

Cocaine Airways

A former CIA pilot says secret flights to El Toro could explain a Marine officers suicide

!Ask a Mexican!

'Whats with ALL the drama?'

The Children of Imperialismo

Glenn Stern captures Latin American political graffiti

!Ask a Mexican!

Special Mexican Independence Day edition

Special on Sambo, Aisle Dos!

Picking apart racist caricatures at Orange County Latino grocery stores