Casa Benito Juarez

Casa de Benito Juarez

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June 8th 2006
Friends, Today (wednesday) has been a regular day. As usual I arrive at the Instituto Cultural Oaxaca to greet students at about 830am before their language classes which begin at 9am sharp. After that I trek a few blocks to a local market where I purchas fruit (usually bananas) and yogurt and also pan dulce which is my breakfast. This afternoon I left the school at about 12:30 and headed downt ... read more

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more