Did You Know? The centenary of the birth of artist Juan O'Gorman
Juan O'Gorman was born on July 6, 1905, in Coyoacán, Mexico City. His father, Cecil Crawford O'Gorman, was a mining engineer and artist of Irish origin; his mother was Mexican. Juan was educated at th...
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Following The Monarch Butterfly To The Highlands Of Mexico Monarch Butterflies Tour
Following the Monarch Butterfly to the Highlands of Mexico
E. Pluribus Gehrlein.
The other side of the coin
First published in the Adirondack Mountain Sun, Volume 10, Number 19, Februa...
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Did you know? Small village in Mexico wins UN Development Prize
Every two years, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) awards the Equator prize (worth 30,000 dollars) to communities that have shown "outstanding achievement in the reduction of poverty thro...
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A Family Tradition: The Pineapple Pottery Of Hilario Alejos Madrigal
All of my sentiments, all of my imagination are imprinted in a pineapple. It is the way in which I share my imagination with people.
read moreMichoacán's Rural Education
Stating what it means to be Mexican is not an easy topic to define, but the rural education system helps in forming a sense of being Mexico for many young people in Michoacán’s rural areas. The hist...
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A Day In The Life Of The 'Ver Bien' Programme
It's 7.30 a.m. on Friday, June 3, a bright, fine morning in Morelia, the state capital of Michoacán. My Ford Explorer roars into life. I have on board two passengers and 199 pairs of glasses. The
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Mexico's extraordinary arts and crafts
Living here in Mexico offers me so many opportunities to be thankful. How did I ever fit a career into my life? My days are filled with friends, with travels, with bridge, with doll making and writing ...
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Michoacan, Guanajuato, and crafting dolls
Are you curious about the title? I thought I'd share my last month with you. Two of my lifetime friends came down for a visit. They stayed ten days and we took a four-day whirlwind tour through Patzcua...
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Where The Butterflies Are
Our two friends from AmSoc told Mary and me about going to see the Monarch butterflies. Every year the Monarchs migrate from Canada and the US to their winter home in central Mexico. As they migrate, s...
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Migration Minded
Mexico experiences one of nature's loveliest gifts each winter when billions of Monarch butterflies descend on the warm forests of the country's central highlands.
The Monarch is known for its lo...
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The Majestic Monarch Butterfly
The amazing phenomena of the Monarch butterfly migration is with us again. At the end of summer hundreds of millions of monarchs fly an incredible average of 1,800 miles from the United States and Cana...
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Michoacán-Style Rice with Chorizo: Morisqueta con Chorizo
In this recipe, the rice is good first and then combined with the other ingredients, making it a good way to use leftover cooked rice.
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
¼ cup chopp...
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The Cuisine of Michoacán: Mexican Soul Food
If Michoacan is "the soul of Mexico," as it has often been called, then its food is Mexico's soul food, for few other places in the country can claim such a profound and long-lasting indigenous influence on their regional cuisine. This western state, part of the Bajio region located north and west of Mexico City, has retained its culinary roots for over a millennium.
read moreThe geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico
The following is a story concerning an ancient lake that covered a large area of the State of Jalisco and spread into Michoacan and Aguascalientes. This map is a visual portrayal of the lake superimpos...
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Celebrating the Days of the Dead: The Heart Speaks Clearly in Michoacán
The Days of the Dead, celebrated throughout Mexico, coincide with the Christian All Souls and All Saints days, November 1 and 2nd. People who have died in the past year are remembered, their pictures p...
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Lloyd Mexico Economic Report February 2003
Table of Contents
RISE IN MINIMUM WAGE
CABINET RESHUFFLE
RECORD FOREIGN RESERVES
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Lloyd Mexico Economic Report - February 1999
Back Issues:
1999 - January
1998 - January - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - ...
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Lloyd Mexico Economic Report September 2002
Table of Contents
RETHINKING AIRPORT LOCATION
FLORIDA-YUCATAN CARR FERRY
AUTOMOTIVE FACTORY FOR THE WORLD?
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Patzcuaro - Recommended Reading
PATZCUARO …Recommended reading
By jennifer j. rose
"The Conquest of Michoacán. The Spanish Domination of the Tarascan Kingdom ...
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The Serene Magic Of Patzcuaro
Few places in the world have the magic of Pátzcuaro. Surely the Purépecha Rey Curateme had to have known that back in 1324 when he founded the town.
For many visitors, Pátzcuaro spells the Islan...
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Patzcuaro: the soul of Michoacan's Meseta Purepecha
Texas has the Alamo, New York has its Empire State Building, but only Michoacan has Patzcuaro. Every travel poster extolling Michoacan has a shot of fisherman wielding the famous butterfly net. Look closely, and you'll spy a tiny cone-shaped island, topped by a statue of Jose Maria Morelos, hand reaching to the sky. That's Patzcuaro's jewel: Janitzio.
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Tzurumutaro, Michoacan: a town at the crossroads
The town had been sort of a laughing stock, ignored by outsiders,one of those dusty lonely little burgs where no one seemed particularly interested in much beyond survival. Like sad and decrepit towns ...
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Where to stay in Santa Clara del Cobre and Erongaricuaro
HACIENDA MARIPOSAS
We weren't sure what to expect as we wheeled into Hacienda Mariposa's entrance, greeted by German Shepherds. Of course, we'd visited the website, http://www.haciendamariposas.c...
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Santa Clara del Cobre & Erongaricuaro
James Metcalf, Stephen and Maureen Rosenthal and Vasco de Quiroga have a lot in common. Each was a foreigner who came to Michoacan's hills and dales surrounding Lake Patzcuaro, married art with commerc...
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Lodging In And Around Pátzcuaro
Gran Hotel Pátzcuaro -->: Plaza Gertrudis Bocanegra No. 6, Centro Historico. Tel (434) 342-0443, 342-3090, 01 (800) 503-3443, fax (434) 342-5908. E-mail: gran.hotel@yahoo.c...
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