Tag Archives: UNAM

Mexico’s Popocatepetl Volcano – the Latest Research

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Allan Wall

Popocatepetl is the second-highest mountain in Mexico. Popocatepetl is an active volcano located in central Mexico, in the states of Puebla, Morelos and Mexico. Its name is from the Nahuatl “Smoking Mountain”. Popocatepetl is 43 miles southeast of Mexico City. … Continue reading →

Posted in Geography | Tagged Associated Press, Italy, Mexico City, Morelos state, Nahuatl, Popocateptl, Puebla state, State of Mexico, UNAM, Volcanoes | Leave a comment

President Sheinbaum Commemorates the 700th Anniversary of Mexico City

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Allan Wall

This year, 2025, is the 700th anniversary of Mexico City, founded on an island on a lake as the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. (See Mexico City’s 700th Anniversary). ABC reported on the commemorations taking place in Mexico City on July … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Aztecs, Claudia Sheinbaum, Jesús María Tarriba, Mexico City, Miguel Pastrana, Tenochtitlan, UNAM | Leave a comment

The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Allan Wall

The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is a race track in Mexico City. It’s the scheduled site of NASCAR’s first Cup Series Race for points in Mexico, to be held June 15th, 2025. (See here and here). It’s the first such race to … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Auto Racing, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, NASCAR, Oscar Fernandez Gomez Daza, Pedro Rodriguez (father of Pedro and Ricardo), Pedro Rodriguez (race car driver), Ricardo Rodriguez (race car driver), UNAM | Leave a comment

Taruk, the Mexican Electric Bus

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Allan Wall

A new electric bus has been developed in Mexico. It’s called the “Taruk”, from the Yaqui word for the roadrunner bird. (Yaqui is an indigenous language of northwest Mexico). It’s the first fully electric bus completely developed in Mexico. According … Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation | Tagged CONAHCYT, DINA, Marcelo Ebrard, Megaflux, Roberto Gottfried, Taruk electric bus, UNAM | Leave a comment

Rogelio Ramirez de la O Resigns as Treasury Secretary; Replaced by Edgar Amador

Posted on March 24, 2025 by Allan Wall

A couple of months ago I ran a cabinet profile of Rogelio Ramirez de la O, Secretary of Treasury in the cabinet of President Claudia Sheinbaum. (See Cabinet Profile: Rogelio Ramirez de la O, Secretary of the Treasury). Ramirez de … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Cabinet, Claudia Sheinbaum, Coahuila, Edgar Amador, El Colegio de México (COLMEX), Hacienda (Treasury Department), Monclova, Rogelio Ramirez de la O, UNAM | Leave a comment

Cabinet Profile: Rogelio Ramirez de la O, Secretary of the Treasury

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Allan Wall

Rogelio Ramirez de la O serves as Treasury Secretary in the cabinet of President Claudia Sheinbaum. The official title of the department in Spanish is Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, the Secretariat of the Treasury and Public Credit, commonly … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged AMLO, Cabinet, Cambridge University, Claudia Sheinbaum, England, Hacienda (Treasury Department), Rogelio Ramirez de la O, UNAM | Leave a comment

Cabinet Profile: Juan Ramon de la Fuente, Foreign Minister

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Allan Wall

Juan Ramon de la Fuente Ramirez serves on President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Cabinet as Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, literally Secretary of External Relations, that is, Foreign Minister, or as the the post is also called in Spanish, Canciller (Chancellor). De la … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Politics | Tagged Beatriz Ramírez de la Fuente, Cabinet, Claudia Sheinbaum, Juan Ramon de la Fuente, Mexico City, Minnesota, Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, SRE (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, U.S.A., UNAM, United Nations | Leave a comment

Ifigenia Martinez, 94-Year Old Speaker of the House, Dies Four Days after Sheinbaum Inauguration

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Allan Wall

On October 5th, just four days after the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum as president of Mexico, Ifigenia Martinez, the Speaker of the House, who presided over the inauguration ceremony, passed away at the age of 94. Ifigenia Martinez was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged AMLO, Claudia Sheinbaum, Ifigenia Martinez, UNAM, XLVI Legislature (66th Congress) | Leave a comment

Claudia Sheinbaum Forms Her Cabinet

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Allan Wall

Claudia Sheinbaum won the Mexican presidential election on June 2nd and is slated to take office October 1st. As part of the transition period,she has been naming her cabinet officials. Claudia Sheinbaum’s Cabinet Picks: 2. Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores (Foreign … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Alicia Barcena, AMLO, Cabinet, Claudia Sheinbaum, Juan Ramon de la Fuente, Marcelo Ebrard, Mario Delgado Carrillo, Omar Garcia Harfuch, Rogelio Ramirez de la O, UNAM | Leave a comment

Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s Next President?

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Allan Wall

On June 2nd, 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum won the Mexican presidential election. She is scheduled to take office as president on October 2nd, as Mexico’s first woman president and first Jewish president. A Mexican presidential term is 6 years. Thus her … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged 2024 Mexican Election, Adriana Sheinbaum, AMLO, Annie Pardo, California, Carlos Imaz, Carlos Salinas, Carlos Sheinbaum, Claudia Sheinbaum, Francisco I. Madero, Jesús María Tarriba, Julio Sheinbaum, Mariana Imaz, Mexican Jews, Mexico City, Plutarco Elias Calles, Rodrigo Imaz, U.S.A., UNAM | Leave a comment