VIDEO: Marching band “Banda Musical Delfines” from Xalapa Veracruz Mexico performs at the 2011 Rose Parade in Pasadena California. For many, especially if you’re from SoCal, the new year doesn’t officially start till you’ve seen the Rose Parade.
Video, aerial view of the band’s formation spelling “Mexico”:
Parade float with folkloric dancers :
The “Colossus” being raised. The “Colossus” is a statute representing every Mexican.
In case you missed the awesome Bicentennial party, you can get the inside scoop and find pics & vids of the extraordinary celebration at http://www.bicentenario.gob.mx/
Mex Bicentennial Flickr channel
Mexico grieves the loss of writer, journalist, playwright, German Dehesa (1944-2010) . He first disclosed his battle with cancer in his column back in August of this year. He promised his readers to write for as long as his illness would allow. He passed Thursday, Sept 2. He is survived by his wife and four children.
ABOUT MR. DEHESA:
He studied both chemical engineering and Hispanic literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico better know as UNAM, he worked as a professor there as well for over 25 years. In 2008 he recieved the Don Quixote award for Journalism awarded to him by Juan Carlos I King of Spain. On August 11 of this year was recognized as a “Distinguished Citizen” by the Mexico city government..
He was a writer with the “Reforma” group, his work was also published in about 50 other publications nationwide. He became famous due to his masterful ability to play & create with the Spanish language. His dynamic writing style was informative and entertaining, as he wrote by making use of curious and original idioms,expressions found in Mexican Spanish. The employment of news spellings and double entendres, were some of the neat tricks he used to create works of humor & genius. He mixed both the critical with the mundane and invited everyone to put their analytical caps on. His column”The Angel’s Gazzete” became famous as it was a work elaborated in colloquial and simple language. Here he shared anecdotes from his personal experiences, talked about current events, experiences common to everyone, along with the expression of his political and critical thought. The column was especially acclaimed for its mini column within the column, a section entitled “How’d You Sleep last night?” In which he called out authorities, expressing grievance, & dissatisfaction towards ineffective politicians and other lacking posts. Beginning in 06′ the “How’d You Sleep Last Night?” column was mostly dedicated to Arturo Montiel.
He joined the ESPN team as a commentator earlier this year on the show “Capitanes de ESPN” along side Jose Ramon Fernandez, Rafael Puente, Hector Huerta. For his brilliant reflections and commentary on Mexican society Mr. Dehesa will continue to be admired and celebrated.
Books by Mr. Dehesa :
Plays:
http://www.pucpr.edu/hz/088.pdf
Blog post about his life & passing in English
http://dailygrail.com/blogs/red-pill-junkie/2010/9/RIP-German-Dehesa-1944-2010
It’s Sunday, time to kick back and relax. Well, what can be more relaxing than admiring beautiful art? I actually found out about our featured artist through a tweet by Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa (Mexican League, team America/ El Tri soccer star). Diego Anaya is a talent native to Mexico City , one who can check pro soccer player & gifted artist off his “Things I want to become” list. Just to get an idea of what kind of flavor his paintings have, his inspirations growing up included artists like Modigliani, Dali, and Warhol to name a few. Diego eventually got the chance to have artist Guillermo Canseco take him under his wing. Thanks to the opportunity of being able study under this artistic professional of 30 years Diego was able to exhibit and sell his work in several parts Mexico and a few major cities in the U.S.
I really wish I could post a picture of his work, but I’m not quite sure how that works, with all the copy write stuff. I’m not sure if I’d be ok to post something so long as I link it back. =S Just follow the links guys, his work is really cool. So far my fav piece is “Thinking about sex & love” it evokes vibrant emotions. Well enjoyness much as always & let’s not forget to spread the word and support Mexican talent whenever possible =D
For a full bio and more info on the artist’s work please visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/28/arizona-immigration-law-s_n_662376.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_arizona_immigration
This year Mexico is in for a big celebration, because the year 2010 marks its Bicentennial. Mexico will be commemorating 200 years of Independence and 100 since the Mexican Revolution. If you’ve ever been curious about Mexico in any way, right now is a great time to get to know Mexican History, Biographies of Historical figures, Culture, Geography, folklore, and much more. The Mexican Government and the bicentennial committee have launched some great websites so that everyone can share in the festivities.
Bicentennial Websites can be found both in Spanish & English
ENGLISH SITE: http://english.bicentenario.gob.mx/
SPANISH SITE: http://www.bicentenario.gob.mx/bdbic/index.php
Get daily updates on what going on with Bicenternario 2010 events and get your daily historical fact by following on Twitter: @Bicentenario
The bicentennial 2010 YouTube page is : http://www.youtube.com/bicentenariomexico
Follow on FaceBook, each Historical Hero of the Nation has their own FaceBook page:
http://www.bicentenario.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=728
GET FREE BOOKS ON MEXICO AND IT’S HISTORY IN PDF For at THE BICENTENNIAL DIGITAL LIBRARY
http://www.bicentenario.gob.mx/bdbic/
Among the books available : Historia de Mejico, desde sus tiempos mas remotos hasta nuestros dias Tomo I = Historia of Mejico, from the most remote times up to now, Volume I
From the children’s collection “Mexican Child”: Queretaros site and the Hill of Bells
Historical Newspapers also available
Wow just wow! Is all I can say about this collection. Hope you enjoy these gorgeous, luxurious, indulgent designs by Mr. Alberto Rodriguez. Such a shame that the sound was disabled for this video, what’s a fashion show without a soundtrack of course, but sound or no sound these creations blow me away.
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The count down is on and the world cup is just around the corner! Are all my fellow Aztec warriors ready to cheer for “El Tri”? So here’s the lowdown my friends, Mexico is in group A & will be taking part in the opening match against home team South Africa . The venue: Johannesburg-JSC. Also in group A are : France & Uruguay. Starring in the opening game is a big honor for our team and I can’t wait to see them shine! The date is already circled on my calender and I’m anxiously awaiting for World Cup fever to heat up to full intensity! So get ready guys to ponerse la verde por que si se puede! Show your support & follow Team Mexico to victory! Admist all the recent negativity let us unite and represent the inverse. On this the year of our bicentennial let us proudly say I am from TEAM MEXICO!
WANNA B AN “EL TRI” FAN HERE’S A LIST OF IMPORTANT LINKS:
Follow Team Mexico on twitter: @El_Tri
GET LATEST FIXTURES AND NEWS ,VIDEOS , PICTURES AND MORE AT THE FOLLOWING SITES
http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=mex/index.html
http://www.terra.com/futbol_estelar/seleccionmexicana/
http://futbol.univision.com/fifacopamundial/mexico/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SELECCION-MEXICANA-DE-FUTBOL/73099780721
Meet the Mexican American super brains of MIT= The prestigeous Massachusetts Institute of Technology a private research university located in Cambridge ,Massachusetts.MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research. This illustrious school has an awesome group representing! The MAES Society = Mexican American Engineers and Scientists. Just who is MAES and what is their purpose?
The primary mission of the Society is one of image development. Firstly, by projecting the positive image of our members through their accomplishments, MAES will achieve its underlying mission, which is to eradicate the stereotypic perception that society has had of Mexican Americans. Secondly, by providing a networking and nurturing environment to develop their professional image, its members have opportunities to develop and hone their leadership, communication, management and technical skills. The goals of MAES are to assist its members with:
Development of opportunities
Placement and recruitment
Promoting and recognizing achievements
Technical and professional meetings
National Symposium and technical presentations
Promoting science and engineering among students
Scholarship assistance
–http://web.mit.edu/maes/www/history.html
Next time someone tries to tear you or our people down by saying that Mexicans don’t have: the talent, brains, the drive or dedication , just look to people like these wonderful talents that not only gained entrance to such an important institute, but are there as leaders. Yet another fine example of “SI SE PUEDE”
P.S. Speaking of “SI SE PUEDE” check out this awesome article by lauramartinez.wordpress.com entitled “FORGET ARIZONA. MEXICO GETS OWN NASA YAY!”
http://lauramartinez.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/forget-arizona-mexico-gets-own-nasa-yay/
Javier “El Chicharito”= “the little pea” Hernandez, this young striker from the Mexican Soccer Leauge is on fire! He’s a 3rd generation Chiva both his grandfather & father played for the illustrious team. Armed with unbelievable skills, and ardent determination at such a young, he’s unmatchable. The amazing striker has contributed to his team having a great season, and becoming “Super Leader” for the current Bicentennial Tourney 2010, that’s not all! He has been called to join the forces of the Mexican national team, and now he’s making it across the pond! Way to go Chicharito!
Our young “Chicharito”Hernández has become the first Mexican & first Chiva element to enroll with the Manchester United team. During the press conference,with notable emotion and appreciative smiles he thanked the English institution for the opportunity and vowed to extol the name colors of both Chivas and Mexican Soccer.
For more info on Chicharito you may visit http://www.manutd.com/ , http://www.chivascampeon.com/
“Chicharito”has made waves with club and country and found himself on the radar with several European clubs like PSV and reigning Bundesliga champs Wolfsburg. “Chicharito” (The Little Pea) was nicknamed after his father, Javier Hernández who was part of Mexico’s 1986World Cup team alongside Hugo Sánchez, Tomás Boy, Carlos Hermosillo, and Luis Fernando Tena.” from -www.simplyfutbol.com
Show your support by following “chicharitoaltri” or “Chivas” , or “MUFootballClub” on Twitter you can also send your congrats and comments onhttp://www.facebook.com/Chivas
