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Dear Mexican, Why do Mexicans call white people gringos? It was the type of impolite question few people would dare ask in everyday Southern California, much less in print. "Dear Gabacho," began Gustavo Arellano's answer in the OC Weekly alternative newspaper. "Mexicans do not call gringos gringos. Only gringos call gringos gringos. Mexicans call gringos gabachos." Arellano went on to explain that gabacho is a sometimes pejorative slang term for white Americans, with "its etymological roots in the Castilian slur for a French national." "Ask a Mexican," the newspaper headlined it. The column, published in 2004, was meant as a...

Try driving around as a Gringo in Mexico with no liability insurance..... and have an accident... Enter MEXICO illegally. Never mind immigration quotas, visas, international law, or any of that nonsense. Once there, demand that the local government provide free medical care for you and your entire family. Demand bilingual nurses and doctors. Demand free bilingual local government forms, bulletins, etc. Procreate abundantly. Deflect any criticism of this allegedly irresponsible reproductive behavior with, "It is a cultural United States thing. You would not understand, pal." Keep your American identity strong. Fly Old Glory from your rooftop, or proudly display it...

Try crossing our southern border; try going the other way, To enter Mexico illegally for an extended, unlawful stay. Ignore immigration quotas, all their visas and their fees, And quietly slip their border, anytime you damn well please. Just sneak in past the policía, ignoring Mexican laws; You’ve a desperate need to improve your lot; you have a righteous cause. With Evil Bush in power now, destroying your liberal order, You’ve a right to seek asylum, to trespass their northern border. Once there, speak English only and demand it in their schools; Forget assimilation, make Mexicanos change their rules. What...

<p>Mutinous troops who seized a Manila shopping and apartment complex demanding the government resign ended a 19-hour standoff late Sunday and returned to barracks without a shot fired.</p> <p>President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced the crisis was over in a televised address, as experts defused explosives the mutineers had rigged up inside the financial district's Glorietta complex.</p>

Philippine Opposition Senator to be Charged Over Coup Attempt Opposition senator Gregorio Honasan, a former military coup plotter, will be charged for involvement in a coup attempt by junior officers against Philippine President Gloria Arroyo. "We have very clear and strong intelligence report that his involvement in this is deep so we are readying charges and we will prepare other legal moves," Interior Secretary Jose Lina said said in a television interview. Advertisement Mr Honasan, a former army colonel, popularly known as "Gringo", led several bloody coup attempts in the 1980s but was pardoned under a peace deal after which...