Oaxaca, Mexico News

Some chefs carefully guard their recipes, keeping their contents secret. But Iliana de la Vega, whose Oaxaca restaurant El Naranjo made her a well-known name in the cooking world, gives her recipes away gladly.

AYOQUEZCO, Mexico, Nov 7 - Years ago, when Catalina Sanchez saw an opportunity to earn an income and improve her family's living conditions by growing and selling nopales - an edible cactus native to Mexico - she probably never imagined that her idea would spawn three businesses.

There are an estimated one million American retirees living in Mexico today. Teri Gunderson is one of them like many of her compatriots, she and her husband packed up their belongings and moved south for several reasons: because their dollar stretches further when it's converted to the peso, and for a better quality and quantity of health care than ...

The Day of the Dead, El Dia de los Muertos, is a colorful, complex and ancient tradition practiced in Mexico and Latin America, with analogues occurring other countries as disparate as Brazil, Spain and New Zealand.

Lila Downs dominates the charts, and took a break from her Black Magic Woman tour to talk with Cristina, author of the super-successful TypePad blog Mexico Cooks! In an exclusive chat and photo session, the incredibly talented, beautiful and wildly popular Mexican-American singer Lila shares personal stories, marvelous music, and her thoughts on ...

On Free Radio Santa Cruz, The Maestr@s spoke with a fellow media activist, Oaxaca City resident, and parent of a school aged daughter about the state of education in Oaxaca, Mexico, where teachers mounted and led a massive uprising in 2006.

Celebrated between October 31st and November 2nd, it is a celebration in which Mexicans remember and honor their deceased loved ones.Though it may sound gloomy or morbid, it's not.

Ita TMs not clear if Brad Will understood pirate radio warnings to get out of Oaxaca a ' he knew little Spanish.

The youngsters get a taste of multicultural Mexico in Oaxaca. Photos Going to Oaxaca * Getting there: Five airlines fly from South Florida to Oaxaca with a change of planes, travel time of six hours or longer, with roundtrip airfare starting at $312. * Information: http://oaxaca-travel.com/; www.visitmexico.com. * Austin-Lehman Adventures: ...

Food, folk and fine art from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca is the focus of Expoarte 2009: Oaxaca Art and Culture Gala.

Gunmen ambushed a peasant union leader and his family in northern Mexico , killing him and 14 others in an attack that bore the hallmarks of a hit by drug cartels but one that his organization said may have been related to his union work.

Ana MarA a GarcA a Arreola, indigenous rights activist from Oaxaca, Mexico: "Why We Migrate: Stories of Mexico's Displaced," sponsored/hosted by Shinnecock Tribal Council, OLA of Eastern Long Island, and Eastern Long Island NAACP, Wednesday, October 28, 7-9 p.m. p.m., Southampton High School Auditorium, 141 Narrow Lane, Southampton.

While Dia de los Muertos is a chance for your dead relatives to get a little graveside gourmet of their own, it doesn't mean the hunger of the living will subside.

On 27 October 2006, US video journalist Brad Will was shot and killed in Oaxaca City, southern Mexico as he filmed a clash between members of a local protest movement and supporters and officials of the local governing party.

A man accused of killing a US journalist during a protest in Mexico three years ago is innocent and being used as a scapegoat, human rights group Amnesty International said.

The Presidents of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, and Guatemala, Alvaro Colom, inaugurated Monday the infrastructure to the electric connection between both countries.

Edgar Jimenez leads dancers from the St. Edward's University Ballet Folklrico group down Comal Street during in the grand procession of Viva la Vida Fest on Saturday.

I left Oaxaca, Mexico, still hearing mariachi music and tasting cinnamon chocolate and fiery mezcal, but my most vivid memory would have to be the altars.

Cristina Lopez, coordinator of the Los Angeles-based Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations will speak at Willamette University on Thursday, Oct.29. Lopez's talk will focus on the connection between Oregon and the Mexican state of Oaxaca, the Impact of immigration on families, and migration patterns from Mexico to the United States, including ...

A cooking class at the Meson Sacristia de Capuchinas, in Puebla. A. What recommendations do you have for cooking schools/culinary experiences in Mexico? Lynne Mijangos, New York Q. There are so many such opportunities, from small restaurants with informal classes to large resort kitchens and culinary schools, that you may want to narrow your search ...