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The Precise Location of Desolation Row
Duluth, Minnesota. Desolation Row is in Duluth, Minnesota. On June 15, 1920, Duluth police arrested several young black men accused of raping a white woman. That evening, three of them – Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, ...
Burning Jews in Mexico
One quaint Mexican town in the area of Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Chiapas has an unusual Easter tradition: The Burning of the Jews. While other Mexican states find other ways to celebrate Easter, such as the ...
Official corruption surrounds the death of American Val Robichaux in Mexico
On April 11, 2012, while training for the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic in Colorado, American Val Robichaux lost his life in an accident on the old coastal highway in Cozumel, Mexico. The official version given ...
The Easter - Good Friday - Passover Connection
Today is Good Friday. Good Friday takes its name from a now obsolete English sense, which means pious or great. Good Friday is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus ...
Foreigners Leaving Scorpion Bay in Baja California Sur
[San Juanico is a small seaside fishing village in Baja California Sur that has become popular with American ex-patriots and surfers. Surfers know it as "Scorpion Bay". The following is a translation of an article ...
The Story of Florence Cassez
Florence Cassez, a 35 year-old Frenchwoman, was convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to 60 years in prison in Mexico. She has released a book about her case in an effort to pressure Mexican courts to ...
Good Samaritan doctors rousted by Baja cops, so they pack up and fly home
This was published March 12 , 2012 in the Sudcaliforniano, a major Baja California Sur newspaper, and translated by Fulano. Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur., March 12, 2012 - Last Friday, around 3PM, a group ...
The Love Boat has left Puerto Vallarta
The apex of cheesy television during the 1970's and 80's was The Love Boat. It lasted for eight seasons on ABC, before being mercifully sunk. The Love Boat centered around the adventures of the Pacific ...
NOTAMs
NOTAMs are Notices To Airmen. They are issued by the Federal Aviation Administration to warn pilots planning a flight of any time sensitive information they need to know. It is a legal requirement that all ...
Mythbusters: Are there 14,000 expatriates living in Rosarito?
One cannot look at any brochure or webpage touting the benefits of living in Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico without seeing the statement that 14,000 expatriates call it home. Sometimes as many as 20,000 ...
More North American Deaths in Mexico
A few months ago, Fulano wrote about "Crimes against Americans in Baja" Well, the crime wave continues unabated. Here are some more current incidents in Baja, and I decided to throw in some especially worrisome ...
Feliz Año Nuevo
The Spanish alphabet has more letters than the English alphabet. Just how many more letters is subject to much debate. Not all authorities agree on which letters make up the alphabet. Some don't include w ...
How The Maccabee’s Saved Christmas
Every year between the end of November and the end of December, Jewish people around the world celebrate the holiday of Chanukah, the Festival of Lights. Chanukah begins on the 25th day of the Hebrew ...
Impunity in Mexico
The Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo A.C. (The Center for Research for Development, or CIDAC) is is a not-for-profit, Mexican think tank that undertakes research and proposes viable policy options for Mexico´s economic and ...
Bust-Out Joints
Fulano’s father played the saxophone in bands when he was in his 20′s. That was during the Great Depression and Prohibition, when one of the only good-paying and regular jobs was work in speakeasy’s. Fulano’s ...
The Mexican Caste System
Colonial Mexico had a legal racial caste system that was very complex and detailed. It was a legal caste system, imposed by the Spanish government, and ones caste determined how high in society one could ...
Crimes against Americans in Baja
The news flowing northward out of Baja California of late paints a worrisome portrait. More and more Americans are being attacked, robbed and murdered. Here are some news items from just the past two months. ...
The Algiers Accords
November 4, 2011 will mark the 32nd anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis. The Iran hostage crisis started when 52 Americans were taken hostage for 444 days, from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, ...
Ladino: the Jewish Spanish Language
Ladino, also known as Judeo-Spanish, is the spoken and written Hispanic language of Jews of Spanish origin. Ladino did not become a specifically Jewish language until after the expulsion from Spain in 1492 - it ...
La Bamba
Did you ever wonder what the lyrics to "La Bamba" really say? Read on. First, here's a refresher of the song by Ritchie Valens: La Bamba Para bailar la bamba Para bailar la bamba se ...
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