President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, admitted on Thursday that the country’s oil reserves are running out and that the disproportionate consumption of fossil fuels during the last years caused the drought of Cantarell Field, a supergigant oil field located 50 miles offshore in the Bay of Campeche. This oil well was found accidentally in […]
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With the name of “Paga y gana” (“Pay and win”) the Mexican State of Coahuila will launch in 2017 a raffle with a big prize of one Porsche, along with several houses, beach vacations, and grants to go University. To be eligible to enter the raffle, entrants must simply pay their taxes during the first […]
It happened in the town of Tlaquepaque in Jalisco in July 2015. In the crossing of Calle Chulavista and Avenida Río Nilo, two bikers crashed into a pickup, when the latter tried to make a turn. Perhaps the driver of the pickup was staring at the car of Google Street View and did not see […]
The small village of Chican in Yucatán has less of 1,000 inhabitants, 81% of the population speak the indigenous Mayan language, and almost no dwelling has a computer. Surrounded by dense forests, it is very hard to drive to this small Mexican town which during decades has been trying to keep intact their customs and […]
The leading Mexican cement manufacturer ‘Cementos Chihuahua (GCC)‘ offered to lend its services to President-elect Donald Trump to build his wall wall along U.S.-Mexico border, with a length of more than 1,600 kilometers. According to Reuters, the CEO of the firm claimed that they “can’t be choosy”, because they are “an important producer in that […]
Stephen Wiltshire is a British 42-year artist who draws accurate representations of cityscapes, after having only seen them for a few minutes. Although he was diagnosed as autistic when he was three, Stephen studied Fine Arts and now his works are displayed in important collections. Some days ago, Stephen tackled one of the biggest challenges, […]
On Friday, USA and Mexico played an important FIFA World Cup qualifying match. But before the game began, the players from both sides posed together, arms draped around one another to take a photo before the kick-off, to display unity. Credit: Sports Illustrated Credit: @nadorvila Kary Correa, ESPN sports anchor, praised the behaviour of the […]
It seemed a scene from a Hollywood action film, but it was real. Last Sunday, a deadly green viper of 5 feet (152 centimers) dropped from an overhead baggage compartment into the cabin of a flight of AeroMexico from the city of Torreón (northern Mexico) to the capital Mexico City, making the airplane to do […]
This is the difference in a crash test of the least expensive Nissan sold in Mexico and the least expensive Nissan car sold in USA. Both cars were manufactured within one year of each other, in 2015 and 2016.
The opening sequence of James Bond ‘Spectre’ film is among the best ones of the recent years in the film industry. It is situated in a nonexistent Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City, where the principal actor starts a thrilling pursuit through hundreds of extras dressed with sort of Halloween costumes, and a […]