December 2011
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Mexico City Cyclers Make Bike Lane After Months of...
Mexico City’s government pledged in 2007 that it would build 300 km of bike lanes around the city by 2012. However, the city still only has 22.2 km because most money is allocated to car infrastructure, leaving aside non-motorized mobility. That’s why the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and the National Network for Urban Cycling (BiciRed) launched a campaign called...
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¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Diego!
Born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, on December 8, 1886, Diego Rivera is largely regarded as modern Mexico’s most influential artist.
Rivera’s murals and paintings are seen everyday on the walls of many of Mexico’s museums and government buildings, and in art collections throughout the world. Rivera’s vivid colors and iconic symbols are today still very much part of Mexican...
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Enrique Peña Nieto's Rough Start Plays Out on...
Enrique Peña Nieto was asked to name three books that have shaped his life as part of a panel discussion at The Guadalajara International Book Fair this past Saturday. After stating he’s read “parts of the Bible,” Peña Nieto struggled to correctly cite a book title. The result was a hashtag that blew up that evening mocking his lack of literary...
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New York Times Article, a Wake Up Call for the...
A recent article in the New York Times titled ”In New York, Mexicans Lag in Education” was a wake-up call for many in the Mexican community, informed its author Kirk Semple.
“It created a reaction, like, ‘I got to do something now,’ ” said Angelo Cabrera, founder of MASA-MexEd, a Bronx-based non-profit promoting higher education in the Mexican community of New York City.
Mr. Cabrera received...
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