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Mexican navy ship collides with Brooklyn Bridge, snapping its masts and killing 2 crew members
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the 142-year-old bridge was spared major damage Saturday, but at least 19 people aboard the ship needed medical treatment.

‘The Evergreen’: The Mexican braceros who saved Northwest agriculture during World War II
Facing a dire agricultural labor shortage during World War II, the United States made an agreement with Mexico: a government-sponsored program to bring Mexican workers to the U.S. on temporary labor contracts to help farms, as well as railroad companies, across the country. Over 15,000 of these workers came to Oregon, under what became known as the Bracero Program.

Mexico is on the verge of changing its constitution. Here’s what you need to know
The constitutional reform is controversial because it would completely remake Mexico's judiciary. One side says it would end corruption, the other that it would end judicial independence.

Oregon Republicans to visit Arizona-Mexico border to learn about security issues
Thirteen current lawmakers and three candidates will join the border tour, which they’ll pay for with personal or campaign funds.

The Mexican mothers who make a grim yearly search for missing loved ones
"They have the right to be searched for, and we have the right to search for them," says the mother of a man who has been missing since 2013. Relatives say the government does little to help.

Mexico’s avocados face fallout from violence, deforestation
Mexico's avocado producers have used clever Super Bowl ads, an irresistible fruit and apparently insatiable appetite from U.S. consumers to separate their product from the conflictive landscape that produces it.

Mexico presents plan to shutter private power plants
Mexico's president has presented details of a plan that is likely to squeeze out private power generating plants and may provoke complaints under the Mexico-U.S.-Canada free trade accord.
Health
Mexican president tests positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is working from isolation at home a day after announcing he's tested positive for COVID-19.

Arts
The 1991 Eclipse In Mexico: 2 Oregon Writers Share Their Stories
Two writers share stories based on watching the 1991 solar eclipse in Mexico.

State of Wonder
Luis Alfaro's Medea Takes On The Mexican Immigrant Experience
“Mojada: A Medea In Los Angeles” recasts Euripides’ classic tale through the lens of Mexican immigrants’ experience.