Category Archives: Mexico

First Pride Parade in Leon, Mexico

Posted on November 28, 2007 by

Hundreds of people participated in the first Pride Parade in my hometown of Leon, Mexico, yesterday (link in Spanish). Congratulations to all the participants! I’m doubly happy because, considering Leon is a very conservative city, the march went largely without … Continue reading →

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Tabasco under water

Posted on November 2, 2007 by

As you may already know, Tabasco, a state in south-east Mexico, is 70% under water. About one million people have been affected by the floods. 300,000 people are trapped in their homes. The floods were caused by unusually strong rains, … Continue reading →

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Leon on the map

Posted on October 25, 2007 by

Until recently, I thought of Google Maps and its competitors as useful only for the lands I came to after leaving Mexico — great for the US and Canada, but zooming in on Mexico produced a low-definition blot with no … Continue reading →

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What the World Eats

Posted on June 8, 2007 by

Catspaw pointed me to this photo-essay from Time magazine. It has photos from sixteen families around the world, and the food they eat in a week. It’s very interesting. I couldn’t help but notice the Casales family of Cuernavaca, Mexico: … Continue reading →

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Cinco de Mayo?

Posted on May 5, 2007 by

Completely off-topic, but I had to throw this little rant somewhere: When I first came to Canada I expected to find lots of people with the ranchero-in-the-desert stereotypes of my home country (not that Mexicans are any better when it … Continue reading →

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Mexican Mounties

Posted on March 3, 2007 by

Further evidence of the surreal nature of my country of origin: The caption in the original reads: “Canada In Cholula: San Andres Cholula has a Canadian-style vigilance; like the Royal Mounted Police, 12 local policemen patrol the streets horseback.” Goes … Continue reading →

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Mexico City approves same-sex unions

Posted on November 10, 2006 by

It’s rare to come by good news from Mexico these days, but today the assembly of Mexico City passed a law approving same-sex civil unions. They won’t call it marriage, and it will only apply to Mexico City’s inhabitants, but … Continue reading →

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Guanajuato at the Times

Posted on September 25, 2006 by

Today’s Travel Magazine of the NY Times (registration required) has a nice piece on Guanajuato, the best touristic spot near the city where I was born and raised, Leon (which sadly only gets two pages in my 1,000-page copy of … Continue reading →

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