“Poor Mexico. So far from God, so close to the United States.” The famous words attributed to eight-term Mexican President Porfirio Díaz have often been repeated to describe the country he ruled as a ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (NEXSTAR) — Mexican Independence came with passion, a fight, and pride. Now several generations later, it is celebrated with cultural dances, music, food, and family. “Oh! It’s so ...

“Mexico and Mexicans have had just about enough of being analyzed,” said Camilla Townsend in The Washington Post, and historian Paul Gillingham fully understands that. His “breathtaking” new book ...

I happened to be in Mexico City on the night of July 1, 2018, when Andrés Manuel López Obrador (“AMLO”) was elected Mexico’s president in a landslide. I was there to help make a documentary that had ...

The Chicago History Museum will explore the heritage and traditions of Latinos, and the National Museum of Mexican Art will trace the role of Mexicans in railway work. A detail from “Ferrocarrileros,” ...