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Historic site in Mexico gives new details about two cultures clashing

It was one of the worst defeats in one of history's most dramatic conquests: Only a year after Hernan Cortes landed in Mexico, hundreds of...
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Alaska Airlines begins nonstop service from Orange County to Puerto Vallarta

Alaska Airlines today begins nonstop service from Orange County, California, to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The flights are year-round and will operate three times a week....
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Seawater desalination plant in Baja will produce 5.8 mil gal drinking water daily

The State Water Commission of Baja California, Mexico, has officially awarded the consortium of RWL Water, a global water solutions provider, and its Mexican partners...
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Government announces Tequila Museum construction in Puerto Vallarta

Secretary of Tourism for the State of Jalisco, Enrique Ramos Flores , presented plans for a new Tequila Museum to be built at the Puerto...
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Second Annual 5-10K Guayabitos Race this weekend

Rincón de Guayabitos is set to celebrate the 2nd 2015 5-10K Guayabitos Race on October 11, 2015, organized by the Hotel Association of the Municipality...
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Lo de Marcos Sea Turtle Festival

The first Lo de Marcos Sea Turtle Festival will be held next Saturday, October 10, 2015, to help promote the protection of this vital endangered...
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Three Nayarit restaurants among the best in Mexico

The Guía México Gastronómico recently announced their top 120 Restaurants for 2016, a selection which, according to the magazine, is owed to the “parallels that...
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Three share Nobel Medicine Prize for Tropical Disease drugs

The Nobel prize in medicine went Monday to three scientists hailed as "heroes in the truest sense of the word" for saving millions of lives...
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Post-apocalyptic ‘beaver’ thrived after dinosaurs died

The world had been wrecked. An asteroid impact in Mexico compounded by colossal volcanism in India 66 million years ago had killed about three-quarters of...
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Woman preps for 5-year walk across the Americas

The night before Bethany Hughes started on the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,650-mile hike from Mexico to Canada, she was so wired that she kept...
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Efforts to find endangered vaquita marina porpoises in Mexico spot three

A newly launched effort to find critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises has already spotted three of the elusive, almost-never-seen creatures in Mexico's Sea of Cortez....
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Rare flower blooms for first time at Puerto Vallarta’s botanical garden

Ursulaea macvaughii is a rare plant. A member of the bromeliad, or pineapple family, with only one other species in its genus, it has a...
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Atlas rocket blasts off with Mexican communications satellite

An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from a seaside launch pad in Florida on Friday to put a communications satellite into orbit for Mexico....
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Mexico extraditions to the U.S. are larger part of new relationship

Mexico has extradited 13 people to the United States, including two top drug traffickers, because of a new streamlined process between the two countries —...
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UdeG breaks ground on new culinary school in Puerto Vallarta

The construction of the new culinary school in Puerto Vallarta at Centro Universitario de la Costa (CUCosta) began Thursday with a ceremony and ceremonial first...
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World leaders served trash for lunch at the U.N.

World leaders accustomed to fine dining had a surprise on their plates Sunday at the United Nations — trash. Chefs cooked up a lunch made entirely...
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A Mouth-Watering Tour Of Mexico’s Taco Culture

While it's hard to find a person who doesn't at least like tacos, they don't always get the respect they deserve. According to Déborah Holtz...
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New mayor of Puerto Vallarta sworn into office

Arturo Davalos Peña was sworn in today as the new mayor of Puerto Vallarta in an open-air ceremony at Los Arcos de Malecòn. Attending the...
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Carlos Slim gives $2.6 million to fight Chagas disease

The little-known parasite that causes Chagas disease is a huge problem across Latin America, infecting five times as many people as HIV. Scientists at Baylor...
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WHO changes course and says people with HIV should begin treatment immediately

The World Health Organization has revised its HIV guidelines to recommend that anyone who tests positive for the virus that causes AIDS should be treated...
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