Thousands of pilgrims trek through New Mexico desert to historic adobe church for Good Friday
Chimayó, New Mexico, US AP A unique Holy Week tradition drew thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico, in a journey on foot through desert badlands to reach a spiritual wellspring. For generations, people of the Upper Rio Grande Valley and beyond have walked to reach El Santuario de […]
Measles: West Texans, Mennonites at centre of outbreak choose medical freedom over vaccine mandates
DEVI SHASTRI, of Associated Press, and CARLOS NOGUERAS RAMOS, of the Texas Tribune, report on responses to the US measles outbreak…
In the US, New Mexico Starbucks nicknamed ‘Charbucks’ after arson attacks
Taos, New Mexico, US Reuters After two arson attacks at a Starbucks construction site in Taos, New Mexico, a developer is trying again to build the chain’s first drive-through cafe in the mountain town with a history of revolts and opposition by some to national chains. It did not take long for locals in this […]
At least one dead due to New Mexico wildfires, thousands evacuated
Reuters At least one person died due to the wildfires in New Mexico which have also led to the evacuation of thousands of people and damaged hundreds of structures, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office said on Wednesday. “We don’t have any additional details,” a spokesperson of the governor’s office told media. “Only one fatality as […]
Mexican border state: costs of ‘migrant crisis’ reach nearly $US1 billion
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters The costs of spiking migration for a key Mexican border state due to a sharp downturn in US-bound cargo trucks total nearly $US1 billion over about two weeks, state officials said Tuesday, as authorities in both countries struggle with the latest surge. The state government of Chihuahua announced in a statement […]
Conquistador statue reinstallation in US state of New Mexico stopped after protests
Espanola, New Mexico, US Reuters A New Mexico county halted the reinstallation of a 16th-century Spanish conquistador statue on Wednesday after protests over the return of the bronze figure, removed three years ago during nationwide anti-racism demonstrations. The northern county of Rio Arriba postponed a Thursday reinstatement ceremony after activists occupied a concrete pedestal in […]
Addressing an epidemic: How Native American police are fighting the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women
ANDREW HAY, of Reuters, reports on efforts to address the US epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives…
New Mexican Spanish: A unique American dialect, survives mostly in prayers
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on the role Catholic brotherhoods are playing in preserving a dialect which evolved from the mixing of Spanish and Indigenous languages…
Dust to dust?: New Mexicans fight to save old adobe churches
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports from the US state of New Mexico on efforts to preserve historic places of worship and the uniquely New Mexican way of life they represent…
Faith guides Catholic pilgrims to historic New Mexico sites
United States AP Thousands of Catholics are making the trek to a historic adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico as part of a Holy Week tradition that spans generations, carrying heavy wooden crosses and praying as they make their way through the high desert landscape. El Santuario de Chimayó just north of […]