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What are they saying in the Spanish-language media about U.S. immigration policy and the National Question? After I moved to Mexico and began reading the Mexican media on a regular basis, I learned how they really look at emigration from Mexico to the United States and how they view the status of American citizens of […]
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Amidst the governmental and media pressure against the Washington Redskins to change their mascot name, an article has appeared in the Washington Post about Red Mesa High School. It’s a high school on the Navajo Reservation that proudly uses the Redskins mascot for its high school football team. Most of the faculty, student body and […]
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Germany won the 2014 World Cup, held in Brazil. The World Cup is an international soccer tournament held every four years. The Mexican team was eliminated by the Netherlands team, and there was a controversial call in the game. Mexican player Rafael Marquez fouled Dutch player Arjen Robben. After studying videos and still photos of the […]
The World Cup, that quadrennial international soccer tournament which draws so much attention worldwide, was held in Brazil, from June 12th to July 13th. Thirty-two national teams competed in stadiums in 12 Brazilian cities. In this year’s World Cup, the final game was Argentina vs. Germany. Team Germany was triumphant, 1-0. In the past, every World […]
Soccer’s quadrennial international championship tournament, the World Cup, is drawing to a close. What can be learned from it? For one thing, it shows that nationalism is alive and well. Soccer fans travel thousands of miles to cheer on their national teams. Some of them wear bright colors of their national flags, or stereotypical […]
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There are a number of things going on in Mexico, including energy reform negotiations in Congress and legislative elections in some states. But what most people care about now is the World Cup, which takes place once every four years. Right now, the World Cup of soccer is going on in Brazil and that’s the big deal in […]
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The war against the Washington Redskins team name continues, though the majority of American Indians are not offended by it. On May 22nd, half of our senators sent a letter to the NFL about this issue. They can’t balance the budget but they have time for this? Now the opponents of the team’s name have […]
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The 2014 World Cup of Soccer is scheduled to be held from June 12th to July 13th. The World Cup is held every four years, and is an international soccer competition in which national teams compete against each other. Mexico has never won the World Cup, but each four years hope springs anew that the […]
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The National Football League’s Washington Redskins team is under attack over the mascot name “Redskins”. Earlier this week, fifty U.S. senators wrote a letter to the NFL commissioner asking him to force the Redskins´ owner Daniel Snyder to change their name. Think about it, these guys can’t balance the federal budget and they’re spending time […]
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The 2014 Winter Olympics were held in Sochi, Russia from February 7th to the 23rd. Mexico sent a team to the Winter Olympics. It was a one-man team, composed of the flamboyant Mexican-born European aristocrat, Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe-Langenburg. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published March 3rd, 2014, on Mexidata.info.
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