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Newly Released, From Space Cats to the Mexican Revolution

[ad_1] NOUR’S SECRET LIBRARY, Wafa Tarnowska’s photo. Vali Mintzi’s photo. (Barefoot Books, fabric, $17.99; paper, $9.99, ages 6-10.) Mintzi, who grew up in Romania and lives in the Middle East, charcoal for war-torn Damascus and earthy gouache for a girl’s dreams uses. Lebanese-born Tarnowska named it Nour (“light” in Arabic) in her promising picture book. …

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Along the Mexican Riviera Maya, Tourists, Drugs and Violence

[ad_1] Since the outbreak of violence in tourist areas, Quintana Roo law enforcement has moved quickly to announce arrests in each case. In December, an additional unit of some 1,500 members of the Mexican National Guard began patrolling the beaches as a sign of how seriously the federal government is taking the threat to Mexico’s …

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‘El Rey’ of Mexican Ranchera Music Vicente Fernández dies at 81

[ad_1] With the death of “El Rey,” the king of traditional ranchera music, on Sunday morning, the powerful tenor Vicente Fernández, whose songs of love, loss and patriotism inspired by life in the Mexican countryside, endeared him to generations of fans. He was 81 years old. His death was announced in a newspaper. post on …

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US to Open Canadian and Mexican Borders for Vaccinated Travelers

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will lift travel restrictions for fully vaccinated travelers at land borders with Canada and Mexico from November, and reopen the U.S. door to tourists and separated families who have been sealed off from the country during the pandemic. Senior administration officials said just weeks after President Biden lifted a …

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Mexican Softball Players Apologize For Throwing Out Team Gear

[ad_1] TOKYO — Players on the Mexican softball team apologized on Friday for trashing team equipment with the country’s flag before returning home from the Tokyo Olympics, actions that drew the ire of their federation, other Mexican Olympians and fans. “We regret that our team’s actions have caused such disappointment to our fans and Olympic …

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