Several northern Illinois counties have struggled in the past two years to regulate area rodeos after an animal rights group captured multiple videos of animal abuse at the events. The Chicago-based ...

Las Posadas commemorate Mary and Joseph’s journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a safe space for Mary to give birth to baby Jesus. Las Posadas festivities are primarily held in the U.S., ...

The Boone County board took a pause on its drive to ban a rodeo event hosted by Hispanic families in the county. It’s just the latest development in an ongoing contentious issue in the county. The ...

The Boone County Board will consider banning a rodeo event called steer-tailing even as the Illinois Attorney General warns the board against discriminating against the Hispanic community. Charreria ...

Back in 1994 California outlawed the Mexican charreada’s brutal “horse tripping” event. As a result, the U.S. Charro Federation changed their rules for the entire county. Progress! Charreadas feature ...

Fitted in a blue buttoned-down shirt and a cream-colored sombrero, 17-year-old Carlos Miranda guides his horse nicknamed “El Chapo” up to a gate that will soon fling wide open. Men on horseback tease ...

Don Gumaro's coffin, set atop a horse-pulled carriage, entered the rodeo arena of Lienzo Charro Los Amigos in Laveen Village for the last time — his horse following behind as if waiting for the late ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Gabriel Alvarez is living his American Dream. He grew up in Durango, Mexico, and moved to the United States as a teenager. About seven years ago, he opened Lienzo Charro Alvarez ...

Charrería is a competitive sport similar to rodeo except that performing cowboys, called charros, are judged on style and execution rather than whether they can beat a timer. “The practice comes from ...

San Antonio Charro Association's traditional Mexican rodeo features competitive synchronized horse riding, roping and bull riding. One glorious example of the tradition is the Pass of Death routine, a ...

The July 18 edition of the Coleadero Rodeo at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds was lethal: two cattle had to be put down and nine were injured — including seven that were “de-gloved” (their tails were ...