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San Miguel Writers’ Conference Presents Star-Studded Events Online
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San Miguel Writers’ Conference Presents Star-Studded Events Online

“People don’t get how fabulous these online events are. There’s no straining to hear from the back rows. You are totally intimate and personal with these famous authors! It’s the most star-studded lineup of programs the Writers’ Conference has ever pulled together!” This, according to a fan of the new online format of the Writers’ Conference.

Facemasks for Communities of San Miguel
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Facemasks for Communities of San Miguel

The charitable organization Amigos al 100 in conjunction with Casa Dragones donated KN95-style facemasks to the Patronato Pro Niños, La Biblioteca and the San Miguel Red Cross, to then be distributed to San Miguel communities that need them. The masks were designed by the Mexican fashion designer Carla Fernández with spaces for filters that help...

Have you visited the urban gallery yet?
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Have you visited the urban gallery yet?

A year ago, the idea of the first urban gallery in San Miguel arose, and it is now a reality in Malanquín, at the “cajón” bridge. The idea was to provide positivity. “We cannot intervene in public spaces with aggressive ideas,” said the director of Culture and Traditions, and initiator of the project, Paulina Cadena....

Mexico’s Vaccination Plan
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Mexico’s Vaccination Plan

Mexico’s Deputy Health Minister Hugo López Gatell, announced in the president's Dec. 8 morning conference that the coverage goal for the mass vaccination plan against COVID-19 is to vaccinate at least 75 percent of the population aged 16 and over by the end of 2021.

Nuevo Pantoja: So Close to the City and So Far From Public Services
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Nuevo Pantoja: So Close to the City and So Far From Public Services

It was a water leak that started a social movement in the Nuevo Pantoja neighborhood on May 15 that ended with 11 injured state police officers and dozens of bloodied residents. The payment that inhabitants had to make for water—up to 700 per family—was unsustainable, and they demanded a solution.

The El Pípila Underpass Inaugurated
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The El Pípila Underpass Inaugurated

The project, which was supposed to have been ready by Nov. 11, was delivered 20 days late, on Dec. 1. The project, which the state government called the “magna work” of San Miguel de Allende, began Dec. 26 of last year, with an investment of 326 million pesos from the State Payroll Tax. Now accessory work will follow.

Please Help the SPA Save Cats and Dogs
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Please Help the SPA Save Cats and Dogs

The Sociedad Protectora de Animales de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. (SPA) is the only no-kill shelter for cats and dogs in San Miguel. We house an average of 100 unwanted and abandoned dogs and cats.