Articles for Distrito Federal

Emiliano Zapata
Of rural mestizo origin, he was a revolutionary leader dedicated to defending the people’s rights, “the land belongs to its workers”.

Xavier Villaurrutia
His poetry dealt with the issue of death, centered on images of night and darkness; however, his later work tended towards topics of love and rebirth.

Antonio Caso
Antonio Caso was a renowned philosopher and writer, his contribution to Mexico’s intellectual development had a decisive influence on the country’s philosophical views.

Beer History in Mexico
Only 20 years after the fall of Tenochtitlan, Spanish Conquerors founded America’s first brewery in New Spain.

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