Santiago Posada-Jaramillo, Author at The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Thu, 05 May 2022 15:04:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png Santiago Posada-Jaramillo, Author at The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com 32 32 163009088 Blood And Booze: The History Of Cinco De Mayo https://www.chicagoreporter.com/blood-and-booze-the-history-of-cinco-de-mayo/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/blood-and-booze-the-history-of-cinco-de-mayo/#respond Thu, 05 May 2022 15:04:55 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7845332 Today, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in the United States with folkloric dances and Mariachis, with sombreros and fireworks, but especially copious amounts of beer and tequila. These young and inexperienced Mexican soldiers would never have believed that some hours later they would be celebrating as the French army, the one that had at the […]

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