The first installment takes a look Mexico City, where environmental issues that have already wreaked havoc for centuries, such as water shortage and ground subsidence, are beginning to see their effects multiplied by the city’s changing climate. The piece explains the root of these problems, and...
Art critic Murdock Pemberton had more to say about Diego Rivera’s appearance at the Museum of Modern Art, noting that Rivera “has been fortunate to be living in a liberal country (Mexico), where his propaganda could be spread upon the walls of public buildings.” Pemberton correctly surmised...
As a side note, it commemorates a battle fought in Mexico in which the town of Puebla defeated invading French troops. Whether Cinco de Mayo is a tradition or a serious celebration, we can certainly have a lot of fun with it and show our affinity for all things Mexican... Read more....
and Mexican government officials to lower the duties on Mexican cement which is effective on April 1, 2006. The agreement eliminates the reduction of duty and make it in three years and also includes a safety valve for import needs. The agreement also includes provision that help increase the ...
LIFE AND DEATH IN MEXICO…Avant-garde Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein shot more than 30 hours of film in Mexico without producing a final product. An independent Hollywood producer, Sol Lesser, later produced two short features and a short subject culled from the footage—Thunder Over Mexico, ...
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“The option is a lower price, I’m sure we should exercise the option, but we look at it like a financial investment that has been very good,” the 74-year-old billionaire told the publication in an interview at his offices in Mexico City late on Thursday. ...
After returning to Mexico Rivera recreated the mural, adding some vengeful references (see below) to his 1934 work, Man, Controller of the Universe. Rivera’s wife, Frida Kahlo, had accompanied him to New York, and during their time in the states (1930-34) she produced a number of now-...
•Mexico's154 West 133 (basement) b/t 6th and 7th Avenues •Minton's Playhouse206 west 118th at St. Nick. south east corner of St Nicholas Avenue (building still there)(1938-1974; reopened 2006); Jazz Club and bar located on the 1st floor of the Cecil Hotel (210 West 118th St...
Two young teen siblings from Honduras are forced into parenthood as illegal immigrants in Mexico. The Other Side of the Wall See details and watch trailer Side by Side: Out of a South Korean Orphanage and Into the World "An international journey through 9 stories of abandonment, relinquishm...