“while on a cruise different places in South America I picked up a Spanish newspaper and found that they didn’t celebrate Cinco de mayo there. There was a article on it and they said only the Chicanos here celebrate it they don’t.”
this shows several misconceptions:
a) may 5th is a mexican national holiday. mexico is in central america, not south america. there is no reason for people in any south american country (argentina? bolivia? venezuela?) to celebrate a mexican national holiday. in the united states, we don’t celebrate australian national holidays.
b) a spanish newspaper? in south america? they had imported newspapers all the way from spain? must have been expensive.
c) in mexico, they do celebrate cinco de mayo. it’s a mexican national holiday.