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Luxury Lodging at Esperanza, an Auberge Resort in Los Cabos: “Find Your Balance”
Want to swim with an enormous whale shark? Esperanza's exciting new "Sea Life Adventure Experiences" series also began in September, with the advent of the Sea Turtle Sunset Release program. Los Cabos is a breeding ground for several species of endangered sea turtles, and Esperanza guests can participate in area preservation efforts by adopting a […]
2 new players for Xolos
SAN DIEGO, CA.- Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente will count on having essentially the same roster that was part of the LIGA MX-2012 Apertura championship team. The team added two more players, midfielder Noe Maya and Daniel Omar Marquez Palacios as the teams offseason acquisitions. The Xoloitzcuintles made the move to help with depth as […]
Jenni Riveras public memorial service held in Los Angeles
Los Angeles.- In an emotional public memorial service on Wednesday, friends and family bade farewell to Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera at the Gibson Amphitheatre here. A red casket with white butterflies was placed in the middle of the stage on a bed of white roses, while images from the popular singer's life – photographs and […]
Beauty Queens, Drugs, Fast and Furious
Beauty Queen, Maria Susana Flores, who was the winner of the beauty contest for the state of Sinaloa 2012, died three weeks ago during a confrontation between drug dealers and Mexican police authorities from Sinaloa. This tragedy again has put some light onto this type of incidents, which is not the first time this happens, […]
Mexican criminals force migrants to smuggle drugs
SAN DIEGO. – Activists who defend the rights of immigrants are concerned about the increasing number of cases in which people are forced to smuggle drugs into the United States from Mexico, where drug traffickers are threatening the family members of these victims in order for them to comply. The activists say that this phenomenon […]
Xolos prepare for preseason
TIJUANA, BC. – In the late afternoon yesterday, Xolos stepped onto their home field at Estadio Caliente, and held a training session focusing on strength and conditioning to get ready for the 2013 Clausura tournament of the Liga MX. Currently, the team is still enjoying their recent success from the Apertura 2012 tournament, where they […]
Mexican Wine and the American Woman: Bees in the Vineyard
Bees in the vineyard are relocated to another 'hive' area on a frame created by Antonio. The honeycombs are gently removed and put into new frames and then inserted into the new house Antonio has constructed. Not only is he an architect of things like cavas, but he engineers bee houses! The honeycombs that contain […]
California: 3rd place in the country in Hate Crimes against Latinos
A report released by the FBI revealed that the sum of hate crimes that have been committed in 2011, add up to 7, 713 in the U.S. so far, and although the most affected ethnic group in this report are Latinos, there has been a decrease by 31% from the previous report. Others affected following […]
Justin Bieber offended Manny Pacquiao
Pop star Justin Bieber has caused quite a bit of controversy, by posting pictures of the recent knockout of Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez. Bieber uploaded these pictures onto his Instagram account, which then almost immediately his fans criticized him for doing so and responded to his post by saying that it was disrespectful, […]
San Diego Mayor meets with Mexican President in Tijuana
The Mayor of San Diego, Bob Filner, met with the Mexican President last week at the inauguration of the Musical Arts Center for the Orchestra of Baja California. Filner through a press release said, "It was a pleasure talking with President Peña Nieto on the importance of improving the economic and cultural relations between San […]
Tijuana Christmas shoppers head to San Diego
Christmas Day is almost here, and for that reason many shoppers from Tijuana are heading north across the border into San Diego. Unfortunately for these shoppers, the waiting time to get across the border and begin their Christmas shopping is up to 5 hours, which is an all-time high for this holiday season. Being that […]
Marco Rubio sends his condolences to Jenni Riveras family
After stirring up a bit of controversy over his taste in hip-hop music, the republican senator from Florida, Marco Rubio, via twitter offered his condolences to Jenni Riveras children and everyone else who loved the singer. Something that has characterized this politician is that he always keeps an open mind and supports minorities, which some […]
Xolos will host a Winter Camp in Chula Vista
SAN DIEGO, CA.- For all those kids that have been watching the Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente's matches on Primera División and want to emulate their heroes, boy, do we have good news for them. The Mexican soccer team, reigning champions of "futbol mexicano", together with the Xolos USA Academy are inviting kids from ages […]
Many believe that tomorrow is the “End of the World”
Many ancient eastern and western cultures in one form or another speak about the end of the world, currently the Mayan and Biblical prophecies are the most popular ones. Through these prophecies they mention that the world will either end in a natural disaster, or in a battle between good and evil better known as […]
4 teachers slain in northern Mexico
Ciudad Juarez.- Four female school teachers from the same family were found tortured and slain in the mountains of northern Mexico, authorities in Chihuahua said. [/p] The victims ages are 32, 38, 57 and 59, and were reported missing last Wednesday after they set out driving from the town of Creel to attend a funeral […]
At One with Nature in Ensenada’s Wine Valley: Endémico
Now comes the fun part: A guided tour that zig-zags up a nature trail from Encuentro to the eco-lofts that are much higher up on the rocky hillsides (you can also be transported via jeep or van). This hike, narrated by Santos-Mena, gives meaning to the hotel's name, Endémico (native to a specific region). Each […]
Julieta Venegas hosted the world famous Bookstore Night in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires.- Mexican singer Julieta Venegas on Saturday hosted the 6th annual Buenos Aires Bookstore Night, a celebration of books and their authors that in previous years has attracted crowds of more than 40,000 people. The pop star hit the stage Saturday night in Corrientes Street, which runs through the cultural heart of the Argentine […]
Will a movie be made about the life of Jenni Rivera?
Jenni Rivera was always a strong figure for many Latinas, someone who knew how to overcome the challenges she would face, and who would also stand up for women everywhere, which is something that she reflected well in songs that she would perform like "Ovarios", "Inolvidable", "La Gran Señora ", and many more that would […]
Box: Manny Pacquiao is suspended from boxing after Marquez fight
Last Saturday right after the boxing match, the Nevada Athletic Commission conducted a doping test after Manny Pacquiao recovered from the devastating knockout by Marquez, where he pulled of a victory with only two seconds left on the clock of the sixth round. For the Pacquiao fans who were claiming that Marquez may have been […]
DEA investigates Aircraft Company involved in Jenni Rivera’s Death
DEA spokeswoman Lisa Webb Johnson confirmed that the agency is now again investigating Starwood Management for possible links to drug trafficking, which this year a pair of aircrafts had been seized from by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, said Johnson without giving more details. Entrepreneur Christian Esquino Nuñez, who is the businessman behind the company […]