Ever get the feeling you are being watched? In this video, Latin Grammy winner Alejandro Fernández explores the fine line between true love and a restraining order. Hailing from Mexico, Alejandro is son of the ranchera legend, Vicente Fernandez. Alejandro launched his own career by bridging ranchera with a commercial pop sound in his first album, released in 1992.

Enjoying almost full support by his party as their presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador stepped down from his post as Mayor of Mexico City, aka D.F. (Distrito Federal) to campaign for the presidency of Mexico in the 2006 elections against Felipe Calderón.

Arriving in December of ‘71, a young Arturo Vega decides that it is in New York that he is going to clavar, or stay put. His journey began in Mexico, where he had begun his artistic life as an actor and participant in experimental theater or “happenings,” an art form that, like much of the youth movements of the time, was not well received by the “powers that be” in that country.

Malaga gets over 300 days of sunshine every year, so it’s no surprise that Arume has chosen it for her vacation. She’s been studying hard and learning a lot over the past year, and luckily she’s agreed to fill us in!

Fuengirola, is an extremely popular seaside destination on the Costa Del Sol, in the province of Málaga. Not only are there five miles of sandy beaches, bars and hotels, but also you can find the remains of a genuine Roman Villa and a medieval Moorish fortress. Arume dropped in before summer itself became history.

Axel Fernando entered the Conservatorio Nacional de Argentina at only eight years old, but dropped out in his early teens, wishing to focus more on academics, and less on music. To the delight of adoring fans throughout the world, he got serious about again music at seventeen, and hasn’t looked back since.

Fernando Hortal, aka Bahiano, broke away from his band of 17 years, Los Pericos, in 2004 to go it alone. This video shows the rufían delivering milk and a little more. Oyelo, ¡te gustará escucharlo!

Edgar Huerta, keyboardist of Belanova, refers to Joselo of Cafe Tacuva as un cuate. The word comes from the indigenous Nahuatl word coatl, which means “twin.” But Joselo is not Edgar’s gemelo, cuate is known by all Mexicans to refer to a “good buddy,” a “dear friend.”

Belanova is appreciative, and proud, that so many of Latin America and Mexico’s biggest stars, such Joselo, such as Coti, saw fit to take the time to join them on their tour. The band is humble, but not without ambition, and have set their sites beyond the habla hispana, seeing potential fans in Australia, Italy and even Japan.

Bella Belanova singer Denise Guerrero studied fashion in Mexico before she became a rock sensation. We wonder if the supersized collar she’s sporting in this video for Me Pregunto was an extra-credit project from back in her university days.

Yes, Belanova may be a shill for Pizza Hut Mexico, but we are not going to hold that against this fine synth-pop dance trio who came together in 2000 in Guadalajara. How did the band create the name Belanova? An entrevista en español in Enkidu magazine tells all.

We are all familiar with ¿Cómo se dice…?, “How do you say…”—it’s a very useful phrase when inquiring about the right words to use. Denisse Guererro repeatedly uses a similar phrase, asking the audience ¿Cóme dice?, which also sounds like it might be something like “How does one say?” but in fact this is Spanish for “How does it go?”—she wants the crowd to sing along!

Pulsorock has this to say about Los Nativos (as are known the members of Vivanativa): La energía positiva que irradia este conjunto de talentos no tiene fin y es imparable. The positive energy that this set of talents irradiates is endless and unstoppable! Hyperbole? We think not… check it out!

Oye, Vivanativa puts the effee in funky! This grupo boricua has been taking the island, and now the world, like a force five hurricane heading straight for San Juan. Check out the extensive interview in Pulsorock magazine.

Something that induces lagrimas (tears) is said to be lacrimógeno. So if you were organizing a Festival de cine lacrimógeno, only tear-jerkers would fit the bill. If, on the other hand, you were organizing a protest of the forced seizure of your family’s farm, you might find yourself crying because of the gas lacrimógeno wafting through the air.

In this installment of the dispute documentary, we hear Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata quoted over a protester’s loudspeaker. As Zapata said: “¡Victoria o muerte!” (“Victory or death!”). To protest the taking of their farmland, the people of Atenco are using stronger and stronger language. Listen in.

The 37-year-old Alejandro Fernández has released fifteen albums in the same number of years. The son of another popular Mexican singer (Vicente Fernández), Alejandro has come into his own as a passionate man, unafraid to show his feelings. This documentary brings us inside the recording of 2007’s “Viento a Favor,” an album that quickly went platinum.

Alejandro Fernandez is not just a Mexican singer any longer: he has become a star of Latin-American proportions. Not only He succeeded everywhere but He also has adopted different sounds from different countries. Viento a Favor was recorded both in Buenos Aires and in Los Angeles, a perfect axis through the whole continent.

When one of their friends suggested that the band’s name should be Belafunk, just half of a bell ringed for them. They wanted something more cosmic, stellar, and looking in the closest encyclopedia they run into the word Nova. That’s how Belanova –a beautiful star- got its name.

Quite frankly, it’s not hard to find excellent Mexican food in Mexico City! Yet, we still consider ourselves lucky to have pulled into Fonda Mi Lupita while out foraging along Calle 17 de Mayo. We invite you to join us for a little chat with manager José Luis Calixto Escobar, completamente!