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unusual facts about Veracruz, Mexico



Aldo Donelli

In a 4-2 qualifying victory over Mexico in Rome, Italy on May 24, he tallied all four times, becoming the first American to score his first three international goals with the senior team in the same match (Sacha Kljestan would become the second to achieve this feat on January 24, 2009).

Alfredo Chavero

On 25 June 1879, the government of Diaz ordered the execution of nine citizens of Vera Cruz who were suspected of conspiracy.

Andrés de la Tovilla

He, along with Diego de Mazariegos, founded the City of “Villareal de Chiapa de los Españoles”, now San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, in 1528 as a regional base for the conquest of Guatemala.

Ann Robinson

Her career as a leading woman was effectively ended in 1957, when she eloped to Mexico to marry a matador, Jaime Bravo, with whom she had two sons; Jaime Bravo, Jr., who is a director for ABC Sports, and Estefan A. Bravo, who played the Axl Rose-like character in White Trash Wins Lotto, a musical by Andy Prieboy.

Border Incident

"Here is the All-American Canal. It runs through the desert for miles along the California-Mexico border... Farming in Imperial Valley... requires a vast army of farm workers... and this army of farm workers comes from our neighbor to the south, from Mexico. ... It is this problem of human suffering and injustice about which you should know. The following composite case is based upon factual information supplied by the Immigration and Naturalization Service..."

Carrier Air Wing Six

A year later, the air wing participated in Ocean Venture ’88 in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea, and then provided air support for Operation Earnest Will.

Cumberland Subdivision

At its east end, the Cumberland Subdivision becomes the Metropolitan Subdivision; at its west end (at Mexico, Maryland) it becomes the Cumberland Terminal Subdivision.

Dahiana Burgos

She won the Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer awards, along with the gold medal playing in Chiapas, Mexico with her National Senior Team at the 2010 Final Four Cup.

Daniel K. Ludwig

These were: the Hamilton Princess and Southampton Princess in Bermuda; the Bahamas Princess (formerly the King's Inn) and the Xanadu Princess Tower (formerly the International) in Freeport; the Acapulco Princess and the Pierre Marques in Mexico; and the Francis Drake in San Francisco.

Daniel Márquez

Daniel Omar Márquez Palacios (born January 18, 1987 in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico) is a Mexican professional footballer.

Dehesa

Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez, governor of the Mexican state of Veracruz (1892 to 1911).

Dodge Spirit

It was assembled at Newark Assembly in Newark, Delaware as well as Toluca Car Assembly in Toluca, Mexico, and shared its basic design with the 1990 to 1994 Chrysler LeBaron sedan, the 1989 to 1995 Plymouth Acclaim, and the export-only 1989 to 1995 Chrysler Saratoga.

Dorothy Stewart

In the winter of 1955, with a grave medical condition, Stewart was accompanied by her dear friend Maria Chabot to Oaxaca, Mexico where Dorothy was quoted as saying, “If I have to be sick, I would rather be sick here where I hear the street sounds of Mexico.” As Dorothy's condition worsened, Chabot moved her to the American British Cowdry Hospital in Mexico City, where Stewart died of a brain hemorrhage on December 24, 1955.

El Prado

El Prado, New Mexico, an unincorporated suburb of Taos, Taos County, New Mexico, USA

F. aurea

Ficus aurea, the Florida strangler fig, golden fig or higuerón, a tree species native to Florida, the northern and western Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central America south to Panama

Francisco Martín Borque

Francisco Martin Borque was a Mexican entrepreneur, he was born in Soria, Spain in August 9, 1917 and died in December 24, 1998 in Torreon, Coahuila, their family arrived Veracruz port in October 30, 1926, then moved to Torreon with their uncle Pascual Borque, in 1930's decade toured Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Sonora sierras, was married with Ana María Bringas at February 15, 1949, in 1968 opened their first hypermarket under the name of Soriana.

Fusion cuisine

California cuisine is considered a fusion culture, taking inspiration particularly from Italy, France, Mexico, the idea of the European delicatessen, and eastern Asia, and then creating traditional dishes from these cultures with non-traditional ingredients - such as California pizza.

Guy Madison

Later that month, Madison married actress Sheila Connolly in Juarez, Mexico.

Heermann

Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni), a gull resident in the United States, Mexico and extreme southwestern British Columbia

Jagua Tattoo

Genipa americana is a species of Genipa, native to northern South America (south to Peru), the Caribbean and southern Mexico, growing in profusion in rainforests.

Jerome Utley

From 1931 to approximately 1948, he had an ownership interest in the Hotel Playa Ensenada, later renamed the Hotel Riviera del Pacífico, a luxury hotel in Baja California, Mexico.

José Ulises Macías Salcedo

José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo, was born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico, on October 29, 1940.

Linanthus bigelovii

It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico where it grows mainly in dry habitat, such as the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts.

Lordsburg, New Mexico

In 1928, John Philip Sousa presented Governor Arthur T. Hannett and the people of New Mexico an arrangement of the state song embracing a musical story of the Indian, the cavalry, the Spanish and the Mexican.

Luis Barragán House and Studio

During his career, he developed projects in Mexico City, Manzanillo, Guadalajara, Acapulco, La Jolla, CA but his best known work is that on Ciudad Satélite.

Martin Hodge

Hodge’s excellent form at Wednesday made him a favourite to make the England squad for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, however Hodge missed out at the last minute when Gary Bailey recovered from injury.

Mel Almada

A native of Huatabampo, Sonora, Mexico, Almada made history by becoming the first Mexican baseball player to play in the Major Leagues.

Mercedes McNab

Mercedes McNab and her fiancé Mark Henderson got married on Saturday May 12, 2012 in La Paz, Mexico in front of family and friends.

Mexican street food

Other areas in Mexico City noted for their street food are Metro Chilpancingo, Mercado San Juan Arcos de Belen, Calle López in the historic center and the Mercado de Antojitos ("street food market") in Coyoacán.

Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge

The name "Montezuma" was first used in 1806 when Dr. Peter Clark named his hilltop home "Montezuma" after the palace of the Aztec Emperor Montezuma in Mexico City.

Nimotuzumab

in Argentina, EL KENDI Pharmaceutical in Algeria and Laboratorios PiSA in Mexico.

P. microphyllus

Philadelphus microphyllus, the littleleaf mock-orange, a plant species native to northern Mexico and the southwestern quadrant of the United States as far north as Wyoming

Pais

Ampelographers believe that along with the Criolla Grande grape of Argentina and Mission grape of California, that the Pais grape is descended by the Spanish "common black grape" brought to Mexico in 1520 by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.

Pig Business

Controversy also surrounds the half-owned Smithfield Foods pig sheds near the village of La Gloria, Mexico, where as many as 1,800 villagers living near the plant had already complained of respiratory problems and 400 had been treated before the 2009 swine flu outbreak.

Pluteus nevadensis

Pluteus nevadensis is known only from subtropical and pine forests in the states of Guerrero and Jalisco, Mexico, where it grows on the rotting wood of pine and oak.

Prayers for the Assassin

Parts of New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California have been claimed by the Aztlan Empire (formerly Mexico) and tension between the I.R. and A.E. have risen due to land claims.

Religion in Mexico

However, Christmas is a national holiday and every year during Easter and Christmas all schools in Mexico, public and private, send their students on vacation.

Ron Lamothe

Starting in 2005, Lamothe spent two years shooting and editing his next documentary, The Call of the Wild, on the self-proclaimed "aesthetic voyager" Christopher McCandless, a filmmaking odyssey that took him through thirty U.S. states, two Canadian provinces, and parts of Mexico.

Rosa Tavarez

Tavarez's artworks are shown at museums, art galleries and permanent collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, Casa de Las Americas in Havana, Cuba, The Housatonic Museum of Art in Connecticut, the Gallery of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC, and the Museums of Modern Art in London, Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela.

San Juan de los Lagos

San Juan de los Lagos is the second most visited pilgrimage site in Mexico, after the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City .

Stratos Boats

Stratos began building boats in 1984, and sells throughout a network of dealers throughout the United States, Australia, France, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Italy and Venezuela.

Tarahumara salamander

The Tarhumara salamander may actually be two different species separated by the Sierra Madre Occidentental in northwestern Mexico.

Thalassia testudinum

Turtle grass is found growing in meadows in calm shallow waters throughout the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and as far north as Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Thunderhorse

Thunder Horse PDQ, a semi-submersible oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico

Uxul

Uxul is an ancient Mayan settlement in the Campeche region of Mexico.

Virgin of Los Remedios

This image was center of one of the first annual processions to be held in Mexico, which went from the Church of Santa Veracruz in Mexico City to her home sanctuary in Los Remedios National Park.

Walt Schmotolocha

That day, he scored a goal in the 61st minute of a 2-2 tie with Mexico in 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

Walther Linis

They started in France and sailed through the Suez Canal to Arabia where they unloaded oil and continued over the Pacific shoreline to San Diego in California and on into the Panama Canal to the Gulf island of Aruba, waterless island but they could get oil board and then took 12 trips between many U.S. cities in the east shore, the boat went several times to the port of Tampico in Mexico from 1957-58.

William Spratling

Using money received from commissions he organized for Rivera, Spratling bought a home in Taxco, Mexico in 1928, where he began work on a book, Little Mexico, about this small mountain town.

Zorro's Fighting Legion

The story takes a few liberties with Zorro's official timeline: it takes place in Mexico instead of Alta California; Zorro wears a masquerade mask, rather than the traditional bandana; the characters Don Alejandro Vega (Don Diego's father) and Bernardo are absent; and Zorro's horse, Tornado, was changed to white (much like Kaiketsu Zorro).


see also

1885 Atlantic hurricane season

On September 17, a tropical storm developed in the western Gulf of Mexico near Veracruz, Mexico.

1933 Texas tropical storm

The first was considered to have dissipated over Veracruz, Mexico on July 19, and the second was thought to have formed on July 21 in the Gulf of Mexico.

2011 Mexican drug gang attack Twitter hoax

On August 25, 2011 Gilberto Martinez Vera and Maria de Jesus Bravo Pagola made a series of fraudulent Twitter tweets alleging that an attack by drug gangs was in progress at an elementary school in Veracruz Mexico.

2012 Veracruz murder of journalists

The 2012 Veracruz murder of journalists is about the disappearance, murder and dismemberment of three journalists and a woman who worked in public relations whose bodies were discovered in Boca del Río, Veracruz, Mexico.

Arunah Shepherdson Abell

Using this advancement, he was able to learn of the US victory at Veracruz, Mexico before Washington DC; he then sent work to the president.

Carina Ricco

Carina Ricco (born November 27, 1967, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, singer, musician, and composer.

Born in the port city of Veracruz, Mexico of Spanish and Italian origin, Carina spent her childhood in Argentina, where she began exploring the world of music as a very young child.

Celso Duarte

In his solo career, Duarte has showcased traditional Paraguayan folk and son jarocho (a musical style from Veracruz, Mexico that draws from indigenous Huastecan, Spanish Baroque, and African influences).

Charlie Atom

José Carlos Peláez a.k.a.Charlie Atom was born 21 July 1988 in Veracruz, Mexico.

Claudio Brindis de Salas Garrido

In 1864 he toured with his father and his brother José del Rosario in the Cuban cities of Matanzas, Cárdenas, Cienfuegos and Güines; in 1869 to Veracruz, México.

Fort San Juan

San Juan de Ulúa, a fortress complex on an island overlooking Veracruz, Mexico

Grupo FM

Grupo F.M., the short form of Grupo Frecuencia Modulada, is an organization in Veracruz, Mexico, founded in 1970 by Félix Malpica Mimendi and his son Felix Malpica Valverde, that operates radio stations in the state of Veracruz, like Ke Buena, Los 40 Principales of the city of Veracruz, Mar FM, Ke Buena in Tuxpan, Los 40 Principales in Fortín and Los 40 Principales in Coatzacoalcos, and W Radio.

Héctor Manuel Moya Cessa

Born in Acayucan, Veracruz, Mexico, Moya Cessa performed work on his PhD with Professor Sir Peter Knight at Imperial College(1990-1993).

Manuel Maples Arce

Manuel Maples Arce (Papantla, Veracruz, México 1898 - 1981) was a Mexican poet, writer, art critic, lawyer and diplomat, especially known as the founder of the Stridentism movement.

María Antonieta Collins

María Antonieta Collins Flores (born May 12, 1952 in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican journalist, TV host and best seller author of seven books (one as co-author), and winner of four Emmy Awards, (two of them National Emmys), and the Edward Murrow Award.

Mario Antonio Moreno

Mario Antonio Moreno González (born 4 December 1986 in Tlalixcoyan, Veracruz, México) is a Mexican football midfielder.

Monica Frassoni

Monica Frassoni (born September 10, 1963 in Veracruz, Mexico) is an Italian politician and was a Member of the European Parliament for the North West of Italy until 2009.

Natalia Lafourcade

She lived many years in Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico, where she studied music with her mother, imitating artists like Gloria Trevi and Garibaldi.

Pajaritos

Pajaritos, a maritime terminal and petrochemical complex near Coatzacoalcos that located in state of Veracruz (Mexico)

Rossy Evelin Lima

Rossy Evelin Lima-Padilla (born August 18, 1986 in Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico), is a linguist and poet.

The Way We Live Now

He sets out to woo rich and powerful investors by hosting a lavish party, and finds an appropriate investment vehicle when he is approached by a young engineer, Paul Montague, and his American partner, Hamilton K. Fisker, to invest in the construction of a new railway line running from Salt Lake City to Veracruz, Mexico.

William R. Rush

While commanding Florida, Rush was given command of the naval brigade that went ashore at Veracruz, Mexico, during the landings there in April 1914 at the height of a diplomatic crisis between Mexico and the United States.