My wife, Sonia Ruiz, reminds me of the women in the Mexican Revolutionary song “ Adelita ” who wore “bandoliers across their chests.” Mexico’s women fought alongside their men in all the ...

U.S. Mexican independence festivities remind us of the cost of exclusion Targeting this holiday with deportation campaigns weakens communities and instills fear in immigrants ...

It's a popular misconception that Cinco de Mayo, which translates to "fifth of May" in Spanish, is Mexico's Independence Day or is the Mexican counterpart to the United States' Fourth of July.

Judicial candidates closely linked to Mexico’s ruling party have swept every position on the nation's newly transformed Supreme Court, according to final results released Wednesday from the ...

By 1810, Mexico and most of Latin America was in chaos following Napoleon’s occupation of Spain. That year, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla sparked a rebellion of the lower classes in Mexico ...

COVINGTON, Ky. — A restaurant in Covington has announced that it will be permanently closing its doors. Zapata Cantina, a Mexican restaurant located at 801 Madison Ave., will be going out of ...

The peasant leader fought for radical agrarian reform in early 20th-century Mexico in the midst of dictators and upheaval. But in 1919, he was betrayed and killed by a traitorous ally.

While much has been written about the U.S.-Mexican War, the event that started it all, the 1810 revolution, has largely been viewed as a footnote.

Mexico earned its independence from Spain on Sept. 16, 1810. And the Mexican Revolution, which started Nov. 20, 1910, wouldn't end until a decade later.