With a week of training in Atlanta, three weeks of training in Colorado Springs, and almost fifteen hours of ordination examinations behind me, I was more than eager to board a plane last Wednesday (October 20th) and head south to Mexico City. As my plane descended through the smog and it became possible to […]
Me in front of Mission Training International in Colorado Springs
Hello Everybody,
I got back from three weeks of cross cultural training in Colorado on Saturday and am heading to Mexico City tomorrow for a few days! I will be: meeting with the church, pastor, and students I will be working with; looking at some […]
They trust psychologists but they don’t go to see them
By Teresa Martinez
Grupo Reforma
Six of every ten Mexicans trusts the work of psychologists, but only 17% has begun therapy with one of them, according to the results of the health survey realized on a national level by Grupo Reforma on the 18th of September.
Women and […]
About 10km (6mi) south of downtown, Coyoacán was Cortés’ base after the fall of Tenochtitlán. It remained a small town outside Mexico City until urban sprawl reached it 50 years ago. Close to the university and once home to Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky (whose houses are now the fascinating Museo Frida Kahlo and the […]
Soon you will be able to see Wal-Mart from the top of the famous pyramids located outside of Mexico City; to be fair, you can see other commercial things as well…
Mexicans Protest Wal-Mart Near Pre-Columbian Site
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
October 17, 2004 2:13 p.m.
TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico (AP)–About 300 protesters, some wearing traditional Aztec headdresses and dancing to a […]
Just in case you decide to visit, looks like you might have more tools at your disposal to stop the Aztec emporer’s infamous gastrointestinal vengeance…
From SolutionsAbroad:
Studies have shown that up to 40% of all travelers to Mexico that stay at least one week will end up with diarrhea. We all know that most public water […]
It’s coming up soon, a nice article from Fodor’s here tells you a little bit about it…
Though the commercialization of the holiday is distinctly American, and it’s often billed as “Mexican Halloween,” El Día de Los Muertos is not Halloween. In fact, this hybrid of pre-Hispanic and Christian beliefs is observed in so many different […]
To entertain the notion that Mexican food is little more than tacos, enchiladas, and burritos — or Tex-Mex or Taco Bell — would be culinary blasphemy to native gastronomes. Regional cooking is the heart and soul of Mexico, multiplied by the republic’s 32 states and the provinces within them. Fresh ingredients abound, recipes are passed […]
Here’s a link to a timeline posted at the NYT site, where you can see the highlights of:
Precolumbian Mexico
The Colonial Period
The War of Independence
The Early National Period
The Reform and French Intervention
The Porfiriato
The Second Revolution
Post Revolutionary Mexico
OUR CORRESPONDENT IN MEXICO CITY;
A Spiritual Miasma Lifts, And You Can Breathe the Air
The New York Times
By Tim Weiner
Published: May 13, 2001
Look out my window at dawn: nothing but blue sky, jacaranda blooming purple, eucalyptus shimmering silver. Walk out my door, hand in hand with my 4-year-old, Emma, and step into an urban garden, a […]