Mexico

Some 3,000 Mexicans live in Berlin. They have tens of thousands of spouses, girlfriends, boyfriends and regular friends. And all of them want to celebrate 'El Grito'. They will, this coming weekend.

In Berlin and the rest of Germany, los mexicanos, sus amigos y familias are busy preparando for 'El Grito', which stands for their Independence Day. In times of…

Berlin's Mexican community and its Latin, German and other friends have something to celebrate in September. It's 'El Grito'. Self-evidently, la fiesta will not…

In August of 1978, when I was 13 years old, my mother and I moved to Mexico City. The transition from a Hamburg commune kid to an expat teenager in the largest city on the planet amounted to nothing less than a culture shock. But this new surrounding, which could not have been more different from what I was used to, had positive effects. A few…