On International Women’s Day, a 28-year-old haul truck driver at Mexico’s largest gold mine provides a shining example to young FULL STORY
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From poverty in sierra to engineering degree
In the land of the Rarámuri in northern Mexico, the young women attend to their studies while the young men FULL STORY
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Institute helps artisan launch her project
The creativity and ingenuity of a woman from Torreón, Coahuila, found motivation and financial support in the local chapter of FULL STORY
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The Mixtec Skylark: opera in 5 languages
A list of Mexican opera singers would not be a long one, but a list of those who can sing FULL STORY
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Coahuila 12-year-old most diligent student
A 12-year-old boy from Saltillo, Coahuila, can claim the title of Mexico’s most diligent student after winning first place in FULL STORY
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Dreams come true for The Mixe Soprano
As a young girl, María Reyna González López used to sing in the hills around her town in the mountains FULL STORY
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Yermaín Fernández, wheelchair dancer
He grew up the victim of bullying and discrimination and fought depression. But today, Yermaín Fernández Angeles is happily married, the FULL STORY
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80-year-old student granted law degree
Eighty-year-old María Dolores Ballesteros, a grandmother of six, has just been granted a law degree by the University of the Valley of Mexico (UVM) FULL STORY
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Coahuila native is a music ambassador
Alejandro Vela is a prodigious and prolific pianist who performs around the world but nothing compares to playing in his FULL STORY
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College student, 15, designs video game
A 15-year-old college student from Oaxaca is about to commercially launch his first video game through his own software company. Carlos FULL STORY
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Puebla entrepreneur and Mexican dream
A young entrepreneur has found the Mexican dream after homesickness forced him to abandon seeking the American version and return home from the FULL STORY
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Prosthetics for dogs, cats, even turtles
A veterinarian in Puebla discovered his mission in life after persuading the owners of a three-month-old labrador puppy not to put it FULL STORY
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4 adventures for ‘unadventurous’ Brit
He once described himself as the least adventurous person in the world. Some 30 years later, Graham Mackintosh can look FULL STORY
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Smallest motor will drive new cube-sats
Piloting an unmanned aircraft, or drone, is now within financial reach for many people. Indeed, a Mexican company in Nuevo FULL STORY
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We can thank bats for tacos, tequila
It’s probably not widely known that 1 million Mexican Free Tail Bats will eat 10 tonnes of insects in a FULL STORY
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Doña Leandra could be the world’s oldest woman
Lots of sleep, a good appetite and the affection of her 153 descendants are credited for the long life of FULL STORY
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From the pill to the tortilla machine, here are five inventions from Mexico
The color TV, the pill and the tortilla machine all have something in common: these and at least two others FULL STORY
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Mexican artist takes his bicycle show Las Bicicletas to New York
One hundred and twenty-two bicycles were unveiled in New York yesterday, but you can’t ride them. The bicycles are the FULL STORY
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‘People go to Ajijic to retire and die, then they forget to die’
Once you get beyond trying to pronounce the name, Ajijic is a great place to live — and garden. The FULL STORY
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For Belgian jeweller Justine Standaert, Mexico is her home and inspiration
What more could you want than living in a beautiful part of Mexico and having a job that is your passion? FULL STORY