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2010: a special year in Mexico
By an amazing historical coincidence, calendar year 2010 is both a centennial and bicentennial for Mexico. And as you might well imagine, it leads to 2010 being a great national celebration for...
View ArticleMexico City: Forward looking city with a pre-Hispanic past
What can one say about Mexico City? It's the capital of Mexico, the biggest metropolis in the Western Hemisphere and the world's eighth-richest city. It's also a first-rate tourist attraction. Locat...
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Elections in Mexico and the US: Comparisons and contrasts
Just as in the US, Mexico holds a presidential election in 2012. Because the presidential term of office is four years in the US and six years in Mexico, the countries' elections coincide only every...
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Mexican presidential election 2012: The candidates
Four candidates are running for President of Mexico, to be decided on July 1st, 2012. The winner will serve a six-year term, called a sexenio, and each is backed by his or her respective political...
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2012: Prophecies of the Maya Calendar
Is it true the world will end in 2012? Is the ancient Maya prophecy true? What exactly is supposed to occur on December 21, 2012? Does the Maya calendar really predict a cataclysmic event on that date?
View ArticleChapultepec: Mexico City's urban forest
City parks were not an important part of my life when I was a child. I was raised in the country on a farm which, for all practical purposes, was a park. Growing older, though, I learned to appreciate ...
View ArticleMoving millions through Mexico City's Metro
For big cities worldwide, transportation is a major issue. Regular streets, avenues and boulevards may not be sufficient for growing traffic levels, so new streets are constructed, old streets re-route...
View ArticleThe Zocalo is the heart of Mexico City
Throughout every period of Mexican history, throughout all the changes of regime and government, Mexico City's Zocalo has been at the center of it all, for almost 700 years.
View ArticleCamino de Guanajuato
Guanajuato City’s colonial downtown, constructed centuries ago, resembles that of old Spain. In colonial times, the mines here were producing a significant part of the world’s silver production. It was...
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