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  • Holiday of Cinco de Mayo is minor event in Mexico

    05/06/2010 10:40:47 AM PDT · by a fool in paradise · 69 replies · 976+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | May 5, 2010, 8:20AM | OSCAR CASARES
    With a brutal drug war still raging in the Mexican border towns of Reynosa and Ciudad Juarez, and now the fear of a strict immigration bill in Arizona that makes it a crime to not carry immigration documents, you might think Mexicans would look forward to something worth celebrating... But for most Mexicans today is just another Wednesday... Today is also just a few weeks after Holy Week, the last time those who could afford it may have taken time off from work to celebrate anything... Though many people in the U.S. regard this date as a celebration of Mexico's...