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Mexico Tenochtitlan

25 Friday Jul 2025

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Pope Francis & Carlos Rivera

26 Saturday Apr 2025

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During his papacy which lasted from March 13, 2013 until April 21, 2025 Pope Francis visited 66 countries. The first country he visited was Brazil in July 2013 and the last one was France in December 2024. As a matter of fact, France was the country he travelled to the most (3 times). During his visit to Mexico in February 2016, singer Carlos Rivera had a chance to bid farewell to the Pope in Mexico City after the Pope visited the states if Chihuahua, Chiapas, Mexico State and Michoacan. Can you identify on the map which are the other 63 countries that the Pope visited?

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Durante su papado que inició el 13 de marzo del año 2013 y terminó el 21 de marzo del año 2025, el papa Francisco visitó 66 países siendo el primero Brasil en julio del 2013 y el último Francia en diciembre del 2024. Al terminar su visita por México en febrero del 2016, el famoso y carismático cantante Carlos Rivera lo despidió con una famosa canción desde la Ciudad de México. Años después volvieron a encontrarse. En México el papa pudo visitar los estados de Chiapas, Chihuahua, Estado de México y Michoacán. Viendo el mapa adjunto, ¿reconoces los otros países 63 países visitados por el papa?

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President Claudia Sheinbaum

01 Tuesday Oct 2024

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Claudia Sheinbaum is the first woman in Mexico’s 200 year old history to become president! Her paternal grandparents were Ashkenazi Jews who immigrated to Mexico from Lithuania and her maternal grandparents were Sephardic Jews who immigrated to Mexico from Bulgaria. Mexican indigenous women recognized their new president by giving her the “Power Baton”. 

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Claudia Sheinbaum es la primera mujer presidenta en los 200 años de historia de México. Sus abuelos maternos, judíos sefardíes inmigraron a México desde Bulgaria y sus abuelos paternos, judíos azkenazí lo hicieron desde Lithuania. Mujeres indígenas mexicanas dieron el bastón de mando a la nueva presidenta. 

Elecciones en México / Mexican Elections

02 Sunday Jun 2024

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Mexico has elected a new president! Claudia Sheinbaum is the first woman in Mexico’s 200 year old history to become president!  

Her paternal grandparents immigrated to Mexico from Lithuania and her maternal grandparents immigrated to Mexico from Bulgaria. 

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¡México ha elegido nuevo presidente! Claudia Sheinbaum será la primera mujer presidenta en los 200 años de historia de México. Sus abuelos maternos inmigraron a México desde Bulgaria y sus abuelos paternos desde Lithuania.

Salamanca University / Universidad de Salamanca

08 Wednesday May 2024

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Founded in 1218 the University of Salamanca is the oldest in Spain. A young Hernan Cortes studied law there before seeking adventures in the Americas in the early 1510’s.

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Fundada en 1218 la Universidad de Salamanca es la más antigua de España y la tercera más antigua de Europa. Un jóven Hernán Cortés cursó leyes en esa universidad antes de partir al continente americano en busca de aventuras y conquistas al iniciar el siglo XVI.

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Remembering Emiliano Zapata

10 Wednesday Apr 2024

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On April 10, 1919 Emiliano Zapata was betrayed and assassinated by general Jesus Guajardo. Since that time, every year Zapata’s revolutionary legacy is remembered and honored in all Mexico.

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El 10 de abril de 1919 Emiliano Zapata fue asesinado en la hacienda de la Chinameca por el general Jesús Guajardo. Desde entonces, cada año se conmemora la vida y el legado del revolucionario morelense.

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Chaharshanbe Suri in Mexico?

13 Wednesday Mar 2024

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Chaharshanbe Siri is an ancient zoroastrian tradition where people would jump over fires lightened in the streets on the last Wednesday of the Persian year. This is a purification ritual where the redness of the fire is absorbed by the human body and the paleness of the body is given to the fire. In the little town of Higueras, people would also jump over the fires they started in their streets during “The Luminarias” festival on mid December each year. 

Jumping over the fire in Higueras / Brincando sobre el fuego en Higueras.

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El Chaharshanbe Suri es una festividad iraní que se celebra el último miércoles del año persa. Chaharshanbe significa “miércoles” y puri significa “festivo”. La gente suele encender fuegos en las calles para luego saltarlos en un rito de purificación donde se le dice al fuego que se tomará su color rojo y se le entregará nuestra palidez. Hace muchos años, algunos vecinos de Higueras solían saltar el fuego que prendían durante los festejos de “Las Luminarias” a mediados de diciembre de cada año. 

Monterrey: Home of the first Jews in the American continent

09 Friday Feb 2024

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Few people know that the first Jews who established themselves in the American continent did so in New Spain (today Mexico), where they founded the city of Monterrey on September 20th 1596, in the current state of Nuevo Leon. Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva was one of the founders and his nephew, Luis Carvajal “El Mozo” is considered the first Jewish writer in the Americas. Liber Ediciones has published his writings recently.

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Pocas personas saben que los primeros judíos en establecerse en el continente americano lo hicieron en la Nueva España (hoy México) donde fundaron la ciudad de Monterrey el 20 de septiembre de 1596, en el actual estado de Nuevo León. Entre ellos se encuentra Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva del cual se habla en dos ocasiones más en este mismo blog. Su sobrino Luis Carvajal “el mozo”, es considerado como el primer escritor judío en América y por esta razón Liber Ediciones ha publicado recientemente sus escritos para honrar y dar a conocer sus memorias.

Happy Anniversary Monterrey!

21 Thursday Sep 2023

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Diego de Montemayor, a Spanish Sephardic Jew from Malaga, Spain founded the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico in 1596. Before his foundation, two Portuguese settlers made attempts to found the city. They were Alberto del Canto (born in the Azores islands) and Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva (born in Mogadouro). Many of the first settlers were also Sephardic Jews who did not convert to Catholicism and were unfortunately judged by the Spanish Inquisition in Mexico City. Hernán Galindo directed a theater play to commemorate the city’s 427th Anniversary based on Gabriela Riveros’ historical novel “You will forget the fire” remembering the unfortunate destinies of some of Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva family members .

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El 20 de septiembre de 1596 el malagueño Diego de Montemayor “fundó” por tercera ocasión la ciudad de Monterrey. Antes lo habían hecho los portugueses Alberto del Canto (nacido en las islas de Azores) y Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva (nacido en Mogadouro). Al igual que estos tres fundadores, entre los primeros colonos de Monterrey había judíos sefarditas que sufrieron las inclemencias de la Santa Inquisición al no convertirse al catolicismo. Este año la ciudad celebró su 427 aniversario con una estupenda obra de teatro dirigida por Hernán Galindo basada en el libro “Olvidarás el fuego” de Gabriela Riveros que recuerda los sufrimientos de algunos miembros de la familia de Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva.

Terremotos del 19 de septiembre / Mexico City September 19th Earthquakes

19 Tuesday Sep 2023

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September 19th is a special day in Mexico. The country’s capital has had three earthquakes on that day: the first one in 1985 at 7:19am, the second one in 2017 at 1:14pm and the third one in 2022 at 1:05pm. On the three occasions Mexicans got together to overcome both tragedies optimizing the processes through social media and WhatsApp. The casualties each time were around 20,000 in 1985, 350 in 2017 and 1 in 2022 and there are two movies that describe what happened during the first two earthquakes.

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Septiembre 19 es una fecha importante para los mexicanos pues recordamos los terremotos de 1985 a las 7:19am, el del 2017 a la 1:14pm y el del 2022 a la 1:05pm. En las tres ocasiones los mexicanos mostramos al mundo lo solidarios que podemos ser para resolver las tragedias con apoyo de las redes sociales y el WhatsApp. Los fallecidos en cada temblor fueron alrededor de 20,000 en 1985, 350 en el 2017 y 1 en 2022 y a través de dos películas se pueden conocer historias de lo ocurrido en los primeros dos terremotos.

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