TO GO WITH STORY by Russell McCulley, Li...

New Orleans, UNITED STATES: TO GO WITH STORY by Russell McCulley, Lifestyle-immigration-US A customer buys food at a mobile "Taqueria" 14 June 2007 in New Orleans. Brass bands and jazz, crawfish po-boys and gumbo still rule in the French Quarter, where tourists flock in search of New Orleans cultural icons. But venture outside the city's historic center, into neighborhoods being rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, and the music of choice is more likely to have a Latin beat, while lunch is a stuffed tortilla. An influx of Latino workers from Mexico and Central America is radically altering the demographics of New Orleans, a place that fiercely guards its traditions and often seems impervious to change. The trend began shortly after Katrina ravaged the city in August 2005, precipitating a mass evacuation and destroying tens of thousands of homes. AFP PHOTO/Russell McCulley (Photo credit should read Russell McCulley/AFP via Getty Images)