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Santa Clara del Cobre is where traditional copper working in Mexico survives. There are at least 2,000 copper smiths working in over 300 workshops in the municipality. Most of the workshops in the town operate much as they did in the past, receiving various exemption from federal labor laws and tax breaks designed to preserve the craft.
They have an Escuela de Artesanías (Handcrafts School) that offers courses in ceramics, glazing, printmaking, jewelry making, metal work, textiles and glass work. [4] A city-run institution is the Fábrica de Artes y Oficios Oriente, which is dedicated to training poorer city residents mostly in marketable skills, which does include some ...
Today, the center of traditional copper work in Mexico is the state of Michoacán, especially the municipality of Santa Clara del Cobre. One traditional hammered copper object is a large vessel in which pork fat is rendered or sugar caramelized for making candies. Every year during the month of August Santa Clara del Cobre holds a copper ...
On December 2, 1963, the airport's name changed from "Aeropuerto Central" (Central Airport) to "Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México" (Mexico City International Airport). [15] In the 1970s, the two shortest runways (13/31 and 5 Auxiliary) were closed to facilitate the construction of a social housing complex in that area, named ...
A new airport was built by the army outside Mexico City a year ago at a cost of $4.1 billion. It is run by the military but little used. López Obrador says the old airport, the country's busiest ...
Benito Juárez (pronounced [beˈnito ˈxwaɾes] ⓘ), is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City.It is a largely residential area, located to the south of historic center of Mexico City, although there are pressures for areas to convert to commercial use.
One of the display hall of the Museo de las Culturas Populares in Toluca. The Mexican State of Mexico produces various kinds of handcrafted items.While not as well documented as the work of other states, it does produce a number of notable items from the pottery of Metepec, the silverwork of the Mazahua people and various textiles including handwoven serapes and rebozos and knotted rugs.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nine years after a massive waste spill from a copper mine in the northern Mexican border state of Sonora, locals are still suffering from “alarming” levels of soil, air ...