This column has always profiled the strength of a village called Tepehua, how, given the tools, it’s a matter of people implementing those tools. The strong pick up and lead and the rest follow. It is a choice, stay burdened in poverty or get out of it yourself. This author would like to profile something […]
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The hills of Tepehua, although unforgiving terrain to the eye, has wrapped its protective arms around the settlers from Mexico’s central valleys since they first set up their tents there. A million-dollar view of the largest natural lake in Mexico, it has served fishermen and farmers, and the men of the mountain turned to construction
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A very mixed migration is occurring for the Lakeside area that is insidious. It’s stealth coming from all sides. First, the migrant retirement sector from the U.S. and Canada that have spread the word of the value of Lakeside Chapala living, which is so accommodating that nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospitals, insurance, and all
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When worlds seem to collide and life as you know it changes in a nano second, it is devastating, confusing and knocks the balance off what once made sense. Stroke, heart attack, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and death, and as we tend to live longer, fuller lives, the sudden plunge into reality is even harder to bear. Is
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INVESTOPEDIA 2022 explained the meaning of social capitalism as follows: Social Capitalism allows a group of people to work together effectively to achieve a common purpose, it allows an organization such as a cooperative or non-profit to function together as a whole through trust and shared identity. In 2016 Victor Manuel Isadro Luna wrote: The
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The debate on Nurture or Nature continues about which is the predominant guiding factor in someone’s life. In other words, is it genetics that control who we become or environment? Some thinkers believe that everything we are as adults is the result of evolution and is handed down to us through the family tree. While
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The first successful cooperative was founded approximately 175 years ago in Lancashire, England, at a time when industrial towns were sinking under poor conditions and poverty and the price of basic food was beyond reach. A group of 28 men decided to change their world. They did it by raising funds to set up a
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The practice of midwifery in Mexico goes back to the pre-Hispanic cultures of the people living in Mexico before the arrival of the conquistadors in the early 16th Century. In the early days of the country, midwives were the only option available for care during pregnancy and childbirth as state health service was too far
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The earthquake in Colima on September 22, 2022, had a depth of 15 km and a magnitude of 7.7; multiple buildings were destroyed and, sadly, two deaths were reported, plus the death of an infant from a gas explosion. Collateral damage. Many towns suffered from damage to their infrastructure including Mexico City and Guadalajara and many
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Midwifery in Mexico has always been thought of as a natural gift, a cultural heritage, “almost like doing magic” claimed a professional mid-wife from Oaxaca, one of the few midwives actually trained with a nurse´s background, which, in this decade, have become rare. Mid-wives often lacked support in Mexico’s health system until the pandemic. As
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