Articles Tagged “Mexico”
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WorldView Video: New World Record for 50-Meter-Long Taco
Pin itemailAt the second Taco Festival in Mexico City celebrating the traditional Mexican dish, cooks prepare a 50-metre-long taco in the city’s Garibaldi Square, setting a new world record for the world’s longest taco. SEE MORE WORLDVIEW VIDEOS SUBMIT YOUR VIDEOS TO WORLDVIEW What do you think? Leave comments below or share them with us [...]
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Mexican Mitt Romney Parody Twitter Account Launches
Pin itMitt Romney won the G.O.P. primary in New Hampshire and now you can follow the Mexican Mitt Romney on Twitter as he prepare for South Carolina. A parody Twitter account for “Mexican Mitt Romney” was created early Wednesday morning and had garnered 30 followers within hours of the first post. Lalo Alcaraz (@laloalcaraz) Tweeted [...]
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Mexico Will Celebrate Elections This Year
Pin itUpcoming elections will bring one of the three options that Mexico has for a new government. For one, it could give the victory for the first time to the left-wing (PRD party) in the name of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the candidate who six years ago competed against current President, Felipe Calderón. López Obrador [...]
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Utah Man Fakes Undocumented Status to Avoid Jail and is Deported to Mexico
Pin itA U.S. Citizen lied to Utah law enforcement officials and said he was an undocumented immigrant so he could be deported to Mexico and avoid jail time for drug-related charges, according to an Associated Press report. The man, Jaime Alvarado, 27, lied because he knew that officials will sometimes deport an individual to avoid [...]
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Video: Complete Video of ConMexico Conference
Pin itBelow is a live video stream of the ConMexico conference where President Felipe Calderon will speak: What do you think? Leave comments below or share them with us on Twitter and Facebook.
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Video: South Park ‘Plays Texans Vs. Mexicans’
Pin itUpdate: Here’s a link to the full episode. Wednesday night’s episode of South Park dealt with Mexicans and the border. Here’s a preview of the episode: The Last of the Meheecans Get More: SOUTH PARKEric Cartman,Leopold “Butters” Stotch,more… What do you think? Leave comments below or share them with us on Twitter and [...]
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Video: New Tourism Campaign “Mexico Se Siente” Launched for Mexicans
Pin itA new tourism campaign launched in Mexico Tuesday aims to make every Mexican an ambassador for their country. The campaign has recruited people from various fields to share how they feel about Mexico. The President’s office released a YouTube video with some of the campaigns footage. The President’s YouTube page doesn’t allow comments on [...]
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Video: Día de los Muertos 101 – What you need for this special day
Pin itIt’s that time of year again when we dress up for Halloween and also remember our loved ones with Día de los Muertos. Many of us know a thing or two about Día de los Muertos and here at Dos Lives we wanted to give you a practical, quick and easy guide to getting [...]
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The Mexican Joya
Pin it Once I heard Mexico City was a sculpture ready to be admired, a museum free of walls and ridiculously expensive fares. I thought it was a interesting statement but one I didn’t fully understand until later on when I had to come back after having lived far away for a long time. I [...]
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Thriller a la Mexicana
Pin itThis past Saturday, about 50,000 people gathered around the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City to pay tribute the king of pop and participated in the dance off called “Yo si bailo Thriller”. Kids, teens, adults, entire families and even zombies said “I dance Thriller”, and just a little before 6 p.m. Saturday [...]
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Drug possesion now LEGAL in Mexico
Pin itThis is something to really talk about. It is and always will be a very controversial issue, many support it and approve it, and many do not. Mexican law now allows people to possess a limited amount of drugs for “personal use” (read the Spanish version from Univision here) without arresting them. For many [...]
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Is there a lot of “cantinfleando” happening in Mexico?
Pin itThe fight is on! Midterm elections are coming on July 5th to choose the new representatives, governors, mayors and members of congress. All the different parties started the battle in full throttle. It all seems the same old thing; parties attacking each other, politicians looking down on others, presenting lawsuits, etc. Banners and billboards [...]
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Swine Flu Survivors Podcast
Pin it This week, all schools in Mexico reopen after the Swine Flu outbreak. Are Mexicans ready to back to “normal” life? In this week’s podcast, join us as we talk you across the border to get first-hand accounts of what it’s been like and much more. Has the U.S. government been truthful about checking [...]
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Are you viajando to Mexico in the next few days???
Pin itI cannot believe about 60 people (so far, and let’s hope it stops there) have died so far in Mexico because of the swain flu. It has gotten so far that Mexico has shut down schools, museums, government offices, and others to try to contain the spreading of the new “H1N1 swine flu” as [...]
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Talking about the Border!
Pin it I’ve been reading a few very interesting news pieces related to that subject ranging from immigrants to drug traffic and violence. The last one I read (in Spanish) confirms what everybody knows already. Mexican immigrants are the largest minority in America. The story also shares some important data gathered from a new study [...]
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