In Boston, Hispanics press for cultural recognition
Tagged: Boston, MassachusettsPosted on: January 21st, 2007“The grocers sell chili pods and sugar cane. Salsa dance rhythms boom from cafes, and people crowd into sidewalk restaurants for batidos, empanadas and other Latin delicacies.
Bostons Spanish-speaking Jamaica Plain neighborhood, which teemed with European factory workers in the 19th-century, is now the citys unofficial “Latin Quarter” — and its residents are flexing their political muscle.”
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