The first Annual Festival of Maize Criollo took place in Santa Maria Tonameca on Sunday December 16th. This small community is located about 8-10 miles west and north of Pochutla in the municipality of Tututepec, Oaxaca. Maize Criollo, perhaps better understood by English speakers as Heirloom corn, consists of native and local varieties of corn that have been preserved and propagated for hundreds of generations. As per a series of articles previously published in the Eye, the ‘birthplace’ of corn has been confirmed to be the Balsas watershed on the border of the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, with plant breeding beginning about 10,000 years ago. The ancestor of the current modern corn is a grass-like plant known as Teosinte, which barely resembles what is consumed today. Continue reading The First Tonameca Heirloom Corn Festival →
On December 1, 2012, Enrique Peña Nieto was inaugurated as Mexico’s 57th President. With this election the Institutional Revolutionary Party reclaimed the office it had held for 71 uninterrupted years until Vincente Fox of the National Action Party (PAN) won in 2000. By constitutional mandate, Mexico’s President is elected for 6 years, and cannot run for reelection. In 2006 the PAN won again with Felipe Calderon, the Secretary of Energy during the Fox Administration. Continue reading “Quique” in Charge- Mexico’s New Presidente→
You have probably passed the Jose Vasconcelos library on calle Guarumbo and never given it a second glance. In fact many people, long time residents included, ask ‘Library? What library?’. If you are a child living in La Crucecita however chances are you know all about the library. Continue reading Huatulco’s Library→
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