China Is Ready To Outpace The U.S. In Tequila Consumption

China Is Ready To Outpace The U.S. In Tequila Consumption

NewsTaco October 5, 2016

*There’s a sense of pride that says this can’t stand. Tequila exports to China increased by 70 percent this year and China is poised to be the top Tequila consumer […]

Mexico Sees Promising Tequila Market In China

NewsTaco June 21, 2013

By E. Edward Castillo, Associated Press/Huffington Post Latino Voices MEXICO CITY — Mexico wants China to loosen up and have a little tequila. Actually, lots of it. Since China President […]

Dispatches from China: haggling, bartering and street vendors

Mary Mata October 8, 2012

By Hector Flores @chicanochino, NewsTaco On a recent phone conversation with my primo hermano, I came to a startling realization. It all began when Manny asked me, “Where is the […]

Dispatches from China: Settling in and the Unsettling

Mary Mata September 14, 2012

By Hector Flores AKA @chicanochino, NewsTaco Arriving in Guangzhou after a delayed flight from LA to Hong Kong, my nerves are shot. I can only think and hope for a […]

Dispatches From China: Un Chicano in the Land of Chino

Mary Mata September 10, 2012

By Hector Flores (ChicanoChino), NewsTaco Several years back I read a book about a chicano who went to China in 1984 to see whether a connection could be made between […]

Ambassador’s Brief: The U.S. Election And Latin American Relations

Mary Mata August 14, 2012

By Antonio Garza, U.S. Ambassador (Ret.) There’s no question we are in the midst of historic change in the world. The international policy agenda has never been more diverse and […]

Mexican Immigration Is Slowing While Asian Immigration Grows

Mary Mata January 18, 2012

Data recently released by the Pew Hispanic Center allows us to draw two conclusions about Latinos in the U.S.. First, the myth that Mexicans are “flooding America” is proven to be that […]

NewsTaco Weekly Roundup: Nov. 19 – 27, 2011

Mary Mata November 27, 2011

Some great stuff this week, my favorite being the great political chisme of the week: a complete reshuffling of Texas’ congressional candidates. Check that out, for sure. Then there was […]

Chinese Immigrants Will Be The Next Undocumented Wave

NewsTaco November 22, 2011

Someone once asked me if I would be as outspokenly pro-immigration as I am if the immigrants were not Latino. There is so much implied in that question that it would take […]

News Taco To Go: Green Energy, Latino Cities, McCain & China

Mary Mata June 22, 2011

Latino Politician Takes Lead On Green Energy Policy The Top 10 Cities With The Largest Latino Populations Sinvergüenza Spotlight: Mexicans & McCain Mexico Buys American and the U.S. Buys Chinese