Cinco de Mayo, a day that's far more celebrated in the United States than in Mexico, is normally saturated with multi-colored Mexican-style decorations, libations, music, food, folkloric dancing -- and poor decision making. In the U.S., Cinco is also meant to celebrate Mexican heritage and pride.
In the minds of many Americans, Cinco de Mayo is an excuse for conspicuous inebriation masquerading as a cultural holiday. It's morphed into a garish display of cheap sombreros, fake mustaches and watered-down margaritas. The only part of Mexico that celebrates it is Puebla, and Mexican Americans rarely join in. So what else has been masquerading as Mexican?
Check out the baby pictures of some of your favorite stars. It's too cute to stay away. April 30 is known as "El Día Del Niño" in Mexico, or The Day of Children.
The actor has shown enthusiasm for the stage production, but he's not the only one. Christian Grey is coming to Mexican theaters, and Cristián de la Fuente would not object to being cast in the role.
MetroPCS, has opted to ease the communication process by offering new and existing customers (with select phones) unlimited talk and text nationwide, plus unlimited calling from the U.S. to landlines in Mexico, and unlimited texting from the U.S. to Mexico, for only $30 a month.
Juan Gabriel assures that he's doing fine, and that he is just getting a check up Juan Gabriel is in the hospital again after having been admitted a week ago.
An understated fruit, always present when most wanted, will be in short supply in the foreseeable future. The dwindling number of limes available has led to companies changing menus and recipes shining light on the drug war in Mexico. How companies will cope remains up in the air.
Mexican families have been getting more pet friendly over the past decade. Middle class families in particular have taken to dogs, and they love to show it with everything from clothes and accessories to restaurants and spas.
Mexican man who killed his boss will be executed in Texas. Texas set Wednesday as Ramiro Hernandez's final day. The Mexican citizen was convicted of murdering a man and raping the man's wife multiple times at knife-point.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement found two new border-crossing tunnels earlier this week, which runs through the Mexico-San Diego border. The discovery, announced on Friday, marks the sixth and seventh tunnels found in the last four years.
As the price of limes increase in Mexico, the "green gold" has become a precious commodity that has citrus growers and truckers who deliver the crop on edge because of a recent rise in theft of the product.
The Colorado River, which stretches for 1,450 miles and travels through numerous states and the northern parts of Mexico, is an essential water source for 30 million people.
While illegal drug production and smuggling is what cartels are primarily known for, a recent "Associated Press" report reveals that numerous cartels in Mexico have found alternate ways of making money illegally.
Mariachi music is an essential part of Mexican life and culture; it tells the story of heartache, anguish and involves the craft of storytelling, but with this traditional genre comes a lot of male pride and ownership, a challenge that talented female musicians have faced since the 1950s. SXSW 2014 is featuring films that highlight the powerful females in Mariachi movement.
The ruling will increase competition and lower prices For many years, the companies headed by Mexican billionaires Carlos Slim and Emilio Azcarraga raked in enormous profits; their phone companies Telmex and Telcel along with the giant television network, Televisa, were the only ones controlling the market.
With dirt-cheap international messaging apps like WhatsApp coming to prominence, thanks to Facebook's not-so-cheap acquisition of the company, the pressure is on telecoms to keep their customers, like many Latinos, who frequently communicate across borders. Time Warner Cable (which also provides phone service) is responding with free calls to Mexico.
