Articles for Michoacán

Aguas Frescas
Beverages known as Aguas Frescas in Mexico are the perfect complement to the country’s cuisine.

Mexico’s Bicentennial Celebration
Mexico is getting ready for an extraordinary celebration in honor of its 200th anniversary of its Independence and 100th anniversary of its Revolution. Everything designed to commemorate these two great dates is linked to the ideal of renewing Mexico’s identity and historic continuity.

Agustin de Iturbide
The history of Agustin I, Emperor of Mexico, an important chapter in Mexico's War of Independence.

Prehispanic Gods of Mexico
At the center of this great city, the Mexica built a temple with an altar to this god, where they sacrificed prisoners of war in order to feed the sun’s energy.

Spring Break in Mexico
Spring Break 2009 will be from February 28 to April 5 in the United States. The most popular destinations in Mexico for American tourists

Hydroelectric Centrals in Mexico
Hydroelectric centrals take the energy from the natural water flow on a natural slope called geodesic curve, where an engine transmits

Earthquakes in Mexico, The Worst Earthquakes
The earthquake of Veracruz of 1973, also known as the Orizaba Earthquake, has been the worst earthquake to ever occur in Veracruz.

Vicente Rojo Almazán, Great Artist
This great artist, Catalan by origin and Mexican by adoption, was born in 1932 in Barcelona, Spain; where he studied drawing, ceramics

The Legacy of Luis Nishizawa
Son of Japanese Kenji Nishizawa and Mexican Maria de Jesus Flores, Luis was born at Hacienda de San Mateo, in the municipality of

The Story of Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington was born in South Lancaster, England. She was the second and only woman of four children. Her father was a textiles