VERACRUZ, Mexico - Coconut trees sway side-to-side in the main square as if to cheer on the dancers. On cue, hundreds of veracruzanos line up like a cavalry regiment in front of the 18th-century ...

That's what I'm going to do, I decide, as I fold into a low-slung metal chair under the colonial-era arches of the Plaza de Armas in drowsy, under-appreciated Veracruz, Mexico. I've blocked my sense ...

Paquita la del Barrio, one of the queens of Mexican music, has died, according to an official Instagram account posting on Monday, Feb. 17 Paquita, whose real name is Francisca Viveros Barradas, was ...

WATSONVILLE — Esperanza del Valle, Watsonville’s longtime ballet folklórico group, has had a long-standing relationship with the Mexican state of Veracruz. Last year, Esperanza del Valle dancers ...

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