President Obrador requested that his wife Beatriz Gutiérrez Mueller, on her trip to Europe, petition the Austrian government to return Moctezuma’s crest, which is currently in the Anthropological Museum of Vienna. She, however, admitted that it was an almost impossible mission since the Austrian government has denied lending the crest on more than one occasion.
U.S. State Department downgrades “Do Not Travel” advisory for Mexico
The U.S. State Department rescinded its Level 4 “Do Not Travel” warning for Mexico, downgrading the country to a Level 3 “Reconsider Travel” advisory.
Living in an Upended World: Science and the scientific method
Wouldn’t it be lovely if we could turn to science and get concrete and consistent answers? Unfortunately, that is not the case, because that’s not how science works
Be in Control of your Computer
Computers today are incredibly noisy! Another way of putting that is to say vendors are incredibly nosy. The noise to which I refer is not of the audible kind emanating from the fan, but the nosy communications that quite literally everything in your computer carries on without you, the user, seeing or hearing anything.
Mexico Guarantees Over 100 million Vaccines Against Covid-19
This morning, on Tues., Sept. 13, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced in a conference that 3 pre-purchase agreements for Covid-19 vaccinations were signed, guaranteeing access to the vaccine for 107 to 116 million Mexicans.
Slashed funding affects San Miguel athletes
On Wed., Oct. 7, the House of Representatives approved the elimination of 109 funds, one of which was the Fund for High Performance Athletes, known as FODEPAR. This, according to José Javier Patlán Matehuala, director of the Municipal Sports Commission in San Miguel de Allende, is "a hard blow to sports."
The panoramic view of Las Tres Cruces and the ritual site threatened
Devotees of the Holy Cross have won a temporary battle. In a meeting at the sacred site of Las Tres Cruces they managed to get representatives of the SAPASMA to postpone work to build a semi-buried tank to collect drinking water from the southern part of the city, water that will then be distributed to the east and west, that is, upper and lower parts.
Time to Defend the Park
San Miguel residents have summoned municipal authority members to discuss the issue of a park board of trustees. The meeting will be held on Thurs., Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. in the Juárez Park gazebo.
San Miguel Tourism Back in Action
As of this next week, the process to reactivate hot air balloon flights and tourist trolley rides begins. Restaurants and event service providers will also be able to provide service until midnight.
Mental Health: Couples at home during the pandemic
Since we started this “shelter-in-place,” my husband has been driving me crazy. He’s restless, bored, anxious (although he wouldn’t admit that), and constantly wanting to be busy with activities that include me. I need some space. Help! What do I do?