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Mexican News

U.S. Withholds Millions in Mexico Antidrug Aid Merida Initiative , a three-year-old, $1.4 billion effort to help Mexico and Central American nations fight drug trafficking organizations. Under the program, 15 percent of the money for Mexico is al... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:27:31 -0400 More Mexican News

Mexican Slang

a ojo de buen cubero expression Meaning: In my expert opinion; according to my best judgment (A “cubero” sells beers at a stadium or sporting event, so he is adept at sizing up potential customers. He has “a good eye.”) Example: A ojo de buen cubero, la señora debe tener unos 70 años. (In my opinion, the woman is about 70 years old.) More Mexican Slang

Articles

Parangaricutiro-Say What? By Jane Onstott An excellent day trip out of Uruapan is a hike or horseback ride to the lava flow that swallowed most of the 325-year-old church of San Juan Parangaricutiro ... as well as the town itself! ........more Cruising Baja By Jane Onstott Some of Baja’s road signs are pictorials: a bar and wavy lines means vado, a desert depression or wash that may or may not contain water. ........more The Purépecha Nation By Jane Onstott Great architects they weren’t. The Purépecha empire---whose boundaries roughly equaled those of present-day Michoacán, in western Mexico---left few physical testaments of their culture. ........more