A battle that doesn’t end: Cinco de Mayo under the magnifying glass of San Diego’s Chicano artists and muralists

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Posted on: May 6th, 2006
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“This Cinco de Mayo don’t expect Chicano muralist Victor Ochoa to go celebrate with beer in hand. On the contrary. It’s more likely that on this day you find him with his brushes in hand, painting a mural in honor of Mexican hero Benito Juarez.

Just like Ochoa, other Chicano artists in the region distrust the American tradition of celebrating Cinco de Mayo drinking tequila and screaming “Viva il Cincuo di Maio.’

For these artists, the real meaning of the holiday goes further.”

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