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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
