Tag: San Miguel de Allende
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Mexican Immigration to US Comes to a Halt
Mexicans are staying in Mexico. “No one wants to hear it, but the flow has already stopped,” Mr. Massey, co-director of the Mexican Migration Project at Princeton, recently said. “For the first time in sixty years, the net traffic has gone to zero and is probably a little bit negative.” Even with border violence, economic…
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A Place in the Heart By John Scherber
Writer and longtime San Miguel resident, John Scherber, was nice enough to allow us to republish the following excerpt that was originally published in San Miguel de Allende: A Place in the Heart. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. A Place in the Heart People visiting San Miguel often wonder what…
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La Biblioteca Publica – San Miguel de Allende
La Biblioteca Publica (Insurgentes # 25) can be considered the “heart” of community life in San Miguel. Enter the courtyard of the old convent turned tanning factory turned Biblioteca on any given day and you will see a flurry of activity. Under one arched passage way children’s art projects are underway. At iron tables in…
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Pre-Columbian Pyramids – Cañada de la Virgen
After a 13-year-long investigation, the archaeological zone, La Cañada de la Virgen, finally opened to the public in 2011. These ancient ceremonial ruins were once home to rulers and priests between 300 and 1050 A.D. They also served as a burial ground, (some remains are a thousand years older than the structures themselves) a precisely aligned…
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The War On Mexico By Nathan Feuerberg
The US Department of State released a warning on June 13, 2012 that all Americans should avoid travel to Mexico. The warning came after seven members of the Zetas cartel were arrested in Oklahoma and New Mexico. The Department of State said in the warning that a “Transnational Criminal Organization” might engage in “anti-American” violence.…
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Mexican Immigration to US Comes to a Halt
Mexicans are staying in Mexico. “No one wants to hear it, but the flow has already stopped,” Mr. Massey, co-director of the Mexican Migration Project at Princeton, recently said. “For the first time in sixty years, the net traffic has gone to zero and is probably a little bit negative.” Even with border violence, economic…
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A Place in the Heart By John Scherber
Writer and longtime San Miguel resident, John Scherber, was nice enough to allow us to republish the following excerpt that was originally published in San Miguel de Allende: A Place in the Heart. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. A Place in the Heart People visiting San Miguel often wonder what…
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La Biblioteca Publica – San Miguel de Allende
La Biblioteca Publica (Insurgentes # 25) can be considered the “heart” of community life in San Miguel. Enter the courtyard of the old convent turned tanning factory turned Biblioteca on any given day and you will see a flurry of activity. Under one arched passage way children’s art projects are underway. At iron tables in…
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Pre-Columbian Pyramids – Cañada de la Virgen
After a 13-year-long investigation, the archaeological zone, La Cañada de la Virgen, finally opened to the public in 2011. These ancient ceremonial ruins were once home to rulers and priests between 300 and 1050 A.D. They also served as a burial ground, (some remains are a thousand years older than the structures themselves) a precisely aligned…
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Taco Carts in San Miguel de Allende
There’s nothing better than to go out in the evening and stop at one of the many taco carts in San Miguel. But which one to choose? Some specialize in grilled onions. Others have unique salsa. To try and decide which place had the best tacos we took a crew of people out on the…