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Huichol protest against mining project in Sacred Area - Mexico City

Huichol native American people protested in front of President Felipe Calderon's residence, demanding respect for their sacred and protected...

by Leonardo Guzmán in Mexico on 27/10/2011

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Alebrijes in Mexico City

Artist Pedro Lopez displays his dragon creations in Mexico City, Mexico. 23rd October 2011

by HUGOHGO glz in Mexico on 23/10/2011

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The Air Force's precision air show - Santa Lucia

The Mexican Air Force presents their precision air show with parachute, helicopter, jet fighter, and ground displays. 27th August 2011

by HUGOHGO glz in Mexico on 27/08/2011

27/10/2011 - Huichol protest against mining project in Sacred Area - Mexico City - Mexico - Huichol native American people...
23/10/2011 - Alebrijes in Mexico City - Mexico - Artist Pedro Lopez displays his dragon...
27/08/2011 - The Air Force's precision air show - Santa Lucia - Mexico - The Mexican Air Force presents their...
15/08/2011 - Fiesta Fireworks in Mexico City - Mexico - Images showing various displays of...
14/08/2011 - Mexican tradition of the Greasy Pole - Mexico - Members of the community of the church...
20/05/2011 - Eric Burdon gives concert in Mexico City - Mexico - Eric Burdon, vocalist and bandleader,...
02/03/2011 - Mario Vargas Llosa offers Keynote at Public University in Mexico City - Mexico - In his six-day visit to Mexico, the...
24/02/2011 - The Nude Maja Francisco de Goya in Mexico City - Mexico - Daving Young shows world his art on the...
18/02/2011 - New Guide of the Historical Center of the Mexico City - Mexico - Marcelo Ebrard Mayor of Mexico City...
09/02/2011 - Mexican actors Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal Press Conference - Mexico - Mexican actors Diego Luna (The Terminal...

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Huichol protest against mining project in Sacred Area - Mexico City
Huichol native American people protested in front of President Felipe Calderon's residence, demanding respect for their sacred and protected areas from a planned mining project in ...
Alebrijes in Mexico City
Artist Pedro Lopez displays his dragon creations in Mexico City, Mexico. 23rd October 2011
The Air Force's precision air show - Santa Lucia
The Mexican Air Force presents their precision air show with parachute, helicopter, jet fighter, and ground displays. 27th August 2011
Fiesta Fireworks in Mexico City
Images showing various displays of fireworks and pyrotechnics used during fiestas held in the capital. Mexico. 15th August 2011
Mexican tradition of the Greasy Pole
Members of the community of the church of Santo Domingo, took part in the the tradition of attempting to climb a greasy pole, some six metres high and 20 centimetres in diameter, and wh...
Mexico city's mass transit system moves about 4 million people daily.
Mexico city, Mexico's mass transit system moves about 4 million people a day, helping to relieve traffic congestion, 2 July 11.
Eric Burdon gives concert in Mexico City
Eric Burdon, vocalist and bandleader, held a concert at Club Bleu just prior to returning back to the UK. The singer performed many of his greatest hits to the delight of the audience. ...
Mario Vargas Llosa offers Keynote at Public University in Mexico City
In his six-day visit to Mexico, the 2010 Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa, gave a lecture at the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico City, Mexico. 02/03/...
The Nude Maja Francisco de Goya in Mexico City
Daving Young shows world his art on the streets of Mexico City, Mexico. 24/02/2011
New Guide of the Historical Center of the Mexico City
Marcelo Ebrard Mayor of Mexico City presented a New Guide to the city which shows historical and artistic sites, and an Internet portal which has been developed too. Mexico City, Mexico...
Mexico City gives homes to Indigenous residents
15 families of indigenous origin from the ethnic groups Mazahua and Nahua from the states of Puebla, Michoacán and Veracruz; were given homes today after trying in vain for 20 years to ...
Mexican actors Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal Press Conference
Mexican actors Diego Luna (The Terminal, 2004) and Gael Garcia Bernal (Babel 2006) at a press conference for the media, Mexico City, Mexico. 09/02/2011
Views of La Candelaria Festivities - Mexico City
Views of the day's festivities of La Candelaria (Candlemas), in the Church of La Candelaria, in the historic centre of Mexico City, where mass was heard and candles lit to mark the...
Minute of silence in Mexico Congress
President of Congress, Jorge Carlos Ramirez Marin, opened the session of the General Conference for the start of the second ordinary session of the second year of the LXI Legislature wi...
Genaro Garcia Luna at Standing Committee of Congress
Hearing of the Federal Public Security Secretary, Genaro Garcia Luna to the Standing Committee of Congress, discussing national security. Mexico City, Mexico. 31/01/2011
Mexicans Rally to Protest Price Increases
A march was held today by thousands of farmers and the National Movement for Food Sovereignty, together with various unions and members of the public, to protest rising prices. Mexico C...
Visit to Mexico by Hillary Clinton
Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa received Secretary of State of the United States, Hillary Clinton in Guanajuato today. Guanajuato, México 24/01/2011
Desierto de los Leones National Park - Mexico City
The National Park Desierto de los Leones is one of the national parks located in the mountains of mexico City in the southern part of its city limits and covering an area of 1,866 hecta...
Central American Migrants afraid to remain in Mexico
Central American migrants at the House of the Migrants where migrants people from Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala live. Many of them are afraid to remain in Mexico due to...
Parade Commemorates the Mexican Revolution
More than eight thousand people joined a parade in the Main Square of Mexico City to commemorate the Mexican revolution. Both civilians and the military were represented. Mexico city, M...