Open Minds of Latin America
English + Español
I’m sitting in a giant soccer stadium painted green from tens of thousands of jerseys. With each pass, we all scream “Olé!” With each missed shot, our collective shrug reverberates through the
Country: Mexico
Sacred Smoke of Copal
Dozens of Mexican-American women stand in front of their computers at awkward angles. Most are muted per proper Zoom etiquette; many have their eyes closed and hands outstretched. Turning to face…
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The Pilgrimage to Guadalupe: Sacred Renewal in Mexico City
Along the Calzada de Guadalupe in Mexico City, I walked shoulder to shoulder with a growing swarm of pilgrims. They moved briskly and flocked in passage, with printed images of
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Mexican Yiddish and Secular Jewish Identity in Mexico
Visitors to the Casa Azul in Coyoacán, Mexico City, can walk through the house of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, admiring their collections of folk art, oddities, masterpieces, and furniture. As a student of literature, I was most drawn to their bookshelves during a visit there…
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Saying Goodbye in the Midst of a Pandemic
English + Español
The Covid-19 pandemic has posed an enormous challenge, independently of one’s social group, playing havoc with many aspects of our lives, revealing the precariousness in which a great part of the world population lives, making visible the weaknesses in each country…