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San Patricio
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The San Patricio Battalion fought in the Mexican American War. They fought even though they were Irish. And they fought against the United States. The story of the San Patricio Battalion is the subject of a new CD. It’s by The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder. Marco Werman speaks to Paddy Moloney of The Chieftains and Ry Cooder.
Oaxaca’s creative musicians
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The prolonged economic slump in the Mexican countryside has emptied some towns of their young adult populations. Preventing mass migration requires alternative income streams to supplement subsistence farming. Some towns make handcrafts or goods for niche markets, but one indigenous village in Oaxaca produces highly-skilled musicians. Shannon Young reports. Download MP3
Saving a river along the US-Mexico border
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Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora are divided by an international border. But they are also united by the Santa Cruz river. In recent years, the river has become dry and now government agencies and citizens groups on both sides are struggling to preserve this precious waterway. The World’s Lorne Matalon reports. Download MP3 (Photo: Lorne Matalon)
Immigrant shelters in Mexico
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Shannon Young profiles a shelter that helps Central America immigrants as they make their way through Mexico to the US border.
World Books Review: The Hypnotic Monsieur Pain
Set against the background of the Spanish Civil War, Roberto Bolaño’s 1999 suspense novel is one of those rare page turners you won’t want to put down, even after you figure out that essential pieces to the puzzle are missing.
Hopeless in Juarez
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Reporter Monica Ortiz Uribe reports on Mexico’s most violent city – Juarez. Earlier this week 16 people were killed at a birthday celebration. Residents are running out of patience with police…and running out of hope that anything will change.
Mexico City’s drug museum
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In 1985 the Mexican military opened a small museum chronicling the history and use of drugs in the country. It started with just a few displays. Now, 25 years later, The “Museo de Enervantes” in Mexico City is packed with artifacts from the country’s battle against the drug cartels. From Mexico City, Jennifer Schmidt reports. Download MP3
Lorne Matalon’s Mexico Stories
Lorne Matalon has been reporting from Mexico for The World since November 2007. He has covered the Mexican ‘war on drugs’ from the frontlines, going on patrol with the Mexican armed forces. Lorne also covered immigration and economic stories from south of the border. He has also reported from Venezuela for The World.
Vote for gay marriage in Mexico City
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Mexico City lawmakers voted to make their city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriages. But the move has many opponents around Mexico. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Jose Carreno, a contributor to the Mexican newspaper Excelsior.
Buika
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Spanish singer Buika has a new album, it’s called “El Ultimo Trago.” It’s a collaboration with Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés. The record is a tribute to one of Buika’s earliest influences, the great singer of Mexican rancheras, Chavela Vargas. Rancheras are kind of like torch songs. Betto Arcos has the story.
Nortec Collective
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Nortec Collective is a group of experimental artists from Tijuana. Its name refers to its sound, a fusion of Norteño folk music with electronic beats and production. The group’s Grammy-nominated members, Bostich and Fussible, are still obsessed with space-aged innovation from the border. But the group’s latest efforts are taking its sounds a little closer to home. Corey Takahashi has the story. Download MP3 (Photo: Corey Takahashi)
Entire program – November 3, 2009
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Download MP3Newly re-elected President Hamid Karzai is under increasing pressure to address corruption in Afghanistan, residents of Mexico’s most violent cities are seeking refuge across the border, and the story of Ghana’s first Winter Olympian.
Fearful Mexicans flee deadly city
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Download MP3Juárez is Mexico’s deadliest city with 2,000 murders so far this year. Some residents are breaking the law to save their lives. They’re fleeing north to Texas on tourist visas and they intend to stay. Correspondent Monica Ortiz Uribe has the story.
El Día de los Muertos
The Dead pay a visit in the Geo Quiz this time: Many Mexican families devote today to remembering family and friends who’ve passed away. That’s why we’ve chosen one of Mexico’s 31 states for today’s Geo Quiz.
Geo Answer
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Download MP3Today is Day of the Dead, and it’s a big holiday in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, the answer to today’s Geo Quiz. In recent years, Halloween imagery has been creeping into traditional Day of the Dead celebrations, and some don’t like it. Shannon Young sent us this audio postcard from Oaxaca City.
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