Mexico

Guadalajara (México), 2 oct (EFE).- Con amor, paciencia y ayudados por la tecnología, médicos del Hospital civil de Guadalajara atienden a bebés mexicanos que sufren retinopatía del prematuro, una enfermedad considerada como la principal causa de ceguera infantil en el país. El hospital tiene un pequeño espacio equipado con la tecnología avanzada para recibir a …

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Mexico City, Oct 2 (EFE).- Mexican environmental agents seized a suitcase containing 271 swim bladders from an endangered fish species at the Mexico City International Airport, authorities said Tuesday. The swim bladders arrived on a flight from Panama City and were identified by agents of the Profepa environmental protection agency. Airport customs agents opened a …

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By Lourdes Cruz Cancun, Mexico, Oct 1 (EFE).- People who live on the Yucatan Peninsula, which includes the Mexican states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo and Campeche, consider the ground of the region so flat that under any mound or hill there must hold archaeological treasures, and in many cases that is true. The rural community …

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Mexico City, Sep 30 (EFE).- President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said during a rally this weekend that the Mexican army would be reformed to guarantee peace and prevent tragedies like the 1968 student massacre. “Fifty years ago, the repression of young people in ’68 … in this historic square of the Three Cultures, we make …

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México, 30 sep (EFE).- Las autoridades decretaron el estado de alerta en varios estados mexicanos por la cercanía del huracán Rosa, de categoría 1 en la escala Saffir-Simpson, que tocará tierra el lunes en la Península de Baja California, según el pronóstico del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN). De acuerdo con Protección Civil, se emitió una …

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Los Angeles, Sep 28 (EFE).- The day-to-day lives of Mexico’s high-society youth form the basis for a new reality-TV series titled “Made in Mexico,” which will premiere on Netflix on Friday. The series shows that “fresas” (a slang term in Mexico for superficial and snobbish upper-class young people) also cry, laugh, get angry, dance, party …

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La Paz, Mexico, Sep 26 (EFE).- Mexico’s National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) and the organization Wildcoast (CostaSalvaje) are implementing a conservation program to protect coral reefs on the Pacific coast, which are dying at an alarming rate. Climate change, ocean acidification and unregulated tourism are some of the main factors affecting coral reefs …

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Veracruz, Mexico, Sep 26 (EFE).- Universidad Veracruzana’s publishing house has created an online catalog of 2,000 titles published over the 61 years of its existence. Half of the titles consist of literary works from diverse writers, including Elena Garro, Eraclio Zepeda, Rosario Castellanos, Alvaro Mutis, Jaime Sabines, Juan de la Cabada and Luis Cernuda, while …

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