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Mexican State will raffle one Porsche, houses, and beach vacations among the early taxpayers

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 […]

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Google Street View immortalized in Mexico the exact moment of a traffic accident, with two biker flying over a pickup’s hood

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 […]

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Chican, the Mexican village where 75% of families have deaf-mute members, for the sake of the preservation of the race

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 […]

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Mexican cement company offers to build the wall between U.S. and Mexico

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 […]

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Mayor of a Mexican town marries a crocodile to bring luck to locals

The small town of San Pedro Huamelula is located in the South of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. There are 2,247 inhabitants. According to a tradition from the year 1789, if the mayor of the village marries a female crocodile, the local fishermen of San Pedro Huamelula will get good luck and prosperity, obtaining huge […]