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A Mexican Miss World…Finally!

09 Sunday Dec 2018

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Having 3 runner ups in 2005, 2009 & 2017, Mexico finally has a Miss World in 2018! Vanessa Ponce, from the central state of Guanajuato, won the beauty pageant in China on December 8th adding this title to 2 Miss Universe titles (1991 & 2010) and 2 Miss International titles (2007 & 2009). Well done Vanessa! Many Mexican people and specially teen girls are happy about your victory!

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¡Por fin México tiene una Miss Mundo entre sus títulos de belleza! En el 2005, 2009 y 2017 las mexicanas habían quedado en segundo lugar pero en esta ocasión la guanajuatense Vanessa Ponce ganó este concurso el 8 de diciembre en China sumando un título más para Mexico a los dos de Miss Universos (1991 y 2010) y dos de Miss Internacional (2007 y 2009). ¡Felicidades a Vanessa y a México por esto triunfo!

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Mexico “First”

10 Saturday Jun 2017

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Juan Pablo Aldasoro

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Several Mexicans have been “first” in achieving something meaningful and important. A good example indeed is Juan Pablo Aldasoro, a Mexican citizen born in the central state of Hidalgo, who was the first person to fly over the Statue of Liberty in the early 20th Century. It is important to share these achievements amongst our compatriots and also with our friends from abroad in order to foster mutual respect and understanding.

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En varias situaciones históricas, algunos mexicanos han ocupado la 1era posición. Tal es el caso del mexicano Juan Pablo Aldasoro quien fuera la primera persona en el mundo en volar sobre la Estatua de la Libertad a inicios del siglo 20. Aldasoro nació en Real del Monte, Hidalgo. Es importante dar a conocer y compartir con el mundo los logros nacionales e internacionales de nuestros compatriotas para fomentar el respeto y conocimiento mutuo.

Feliz 2017! Happy 2017!

02 Monday Jan 2017

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Happy 2017! Lets start the “Intercultural Dialogue” amongst People and Nations by following Edward T. Hall’s advice. Best wishes to All!

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Hay que iniciar el Año 2017 con el pie derecho involucrándonos a conocer nuestra propia cultura para así tener las bases para explorar otras culturas y aprender de ellas así como para compartir la nuestra.

Benito Juárez (1806-1872)

30 Wednesday Mar 2016

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When I was a child, I remember that my elementary school teacher said that historians were not sure about Benito Juarez’ birthdate but since he was born when the flowers were “blooming”, March 21st was chosen as his birthdate.

Juarez’ ancestors were Zapotec Indians from the southern state of Oaxaca. He is the first indigenous person to become president of Mexico (around the same time when Abraham Lincoln was president of the United States of America). It is said that former Italian Prime Minister Mussolini was named “Benito” by his parents honoring Benito Juarez.

Mexico City’s International Airport is also named after Benito Juarez.

Today, most Mexicans hold “Respect” as part of our set of values and perhaps this is due to Juarez’ most famous (and wise) phrase: “Amongst people & nations, respect for the rights of others brings peace”.

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Cuando era niño me enseñaron en la escuela que no se conocía la fecha exacta del nacimiento de Benito Juárez (el Benemérito de las Américas) pero que se había seleccionado el 21 de marzo como fecha de su natalicio pues se decía que Juárez había nacido cuando las flores empezaban a salir (por eso se asumió que nació durante la primavera).

Los ancestros de Juárez fueron principalmente Zapotecas y ha sido el primer indígena en llegar a la presidencia de México. Fue contemporáneo de Abraham Lincoln y al parecer los padres del famoso Primer Ministro italiano Benito Mussolini lo nombraron así en honor a Juárez.

Hoy en día el Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México lleva su nombre.

La mayor parte de los mexicanos tenemos en nuestro código de valores “El Respeto” como valor primordial que probablemente viene del legado que Juárez nos dejó con su célebre y sabia frase: “El Respeto al Derecho Ajeno es la Paz.”

Pancho Villa

09 Wednesday Mar 2016

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On March 9th, 1916 Pancho Villa (sitting on the left side of the photo) attacked Columbus, New Mexico. For this reason the US Army was trying to find him back in Mexico many months later. Some people think that the word “Gringo” began to be used at that time when the peasants tried to protect Villa by telling the US soldiers (who wore a green uniform) “Green Go” hoping they would return to their country. Nowadays, the word “Gringo” is a friendly term used to refer to the people who come from the USA.

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El 9 de marzo de 1916 Pancho Villa “invadió” Columbus, Nuevo México. Por esta razón fue buscado por el ejercito de los EEUU meses después. Se piensa que de ahi nació la palabra “Gringo” pues la gente que protegía a Villa le decía a los soldados norteamericanos vestidos de verde “Green Go” para que se regresaran a su país. Hoy en día, la palabra gringo no tiene la connotación negativa de hace 100 años.

 

Happy International Women’s Day!

08 Tuesday Mar 2016

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Before the Spaniards arrived to Mexico in 1519 following Conqueror Hernán Cortez …our present territory was populated by many tribes and the most well known were the Maya and the Aztecs also called “Mexicas”(not Mexicans). Actually Mexico wasn’t called “Mexico” at that time, the dominant tribes of the highlands of Mexico, called this land “Anáhuac” which means “Land between the Waters” considering that the Aztec Empire was located in the land between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean.

A very important “intercultural” person at that time was a woman named “Malinche” who belonged to an Aztec (Nahua) tribe but was sold to the Mayas in the current southeastern state of Tabasco when she was in her late teens. She was fluent in many tribal languages becoming an interpreter between Cortez, the Aztecs, the Mayas and other tribes.

History is now being kinder with Malinche. Before she used to be regarded as a “traitor” since she became Cortez’ lover. Even today, Mexican people call those Mexicans who prefer foreign people or foreign cultures “Malinchistas”.

Whether she was a “traitor” or an “intercultural bridge”, Malinche is definitely the mother of Mexico’s “Mestizaje” (race mixing) by giving birth to her son Martín Cortez the first person in Anáhuac to have Spanish and Aztec blood. She is probably also the First International Woman or “Diplomat” this part of the world had!

Happy International Women’s Day!

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Una persona “interculturalmente” importante al momento de la llegada de los españoles a Mesoamérica en 1519 fue una mujer llamada “Malinche”. Pertenecía a la etnia Nahua pero fue vendida a etnias Mayas del actual estado de Tabasco (en el sureste mexicano). Los Mayas y los Aztecas (también conocidos como “Mexicas”) son dos de las etnias que han dejado mayor impacto en Mesoamérica.

Al llegar el conquistador Hernán Cortez a las costas del sureste mexicano, la Malinche fue nuevamente entregada (junto con otras doncellas) a Cortez convirtiéndose en su concubina y su interprete ayudándolo a penetrar al Imperio Azteca. Por esta “preferencia” que ella tuvo al ayudar a los “extranjeros”, actualmente los mexicanos llamamos “malinchistas” a aquellas personas que prefieren a culturas y/o personas extranjeras.

Hoy en día la historia parece ser mas suave y justa con La Malinche pues ahora se le empieza a ver como una mujer que fue un “puente intercultural” entre varias culturas. ¿Traidora o Heroína? Lo importante es recordar que además de haber sido la intérprete de Hernán Cortez ella también fue y sigue siendo la madre del mestizaje que hoy es conforma nuestras raíces. Probablemente también se le puede considerar la primer mujer “internacional” o diplomática de esta tierra a la que hoy llamamos México.

¡Feliz Día Internacional de la Mujer!

 

 

 

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