Word: mexico
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...these peoples evoke power and mystery: Aztecs, Maya, Zapotecs, Toltecs, Olmecs. But of all the great pre-Columbian metropolises that dot the region, arguably the most magnificent of all belonged to a people who remain nameless. The Aztecs, who took over the area some 25 miles north of modern Mexico City in the 15th century, were convinced it was built by supernatural beings. Their name for the city, which we still use: Teotihuacan, or Place of the Gods...
...spring, the bazaar will focus on women in the Zapatista movement of Mexico. "We select events based on the most pressing issues," McIntosh said...
Salinas, the once high-living brother of disgraced former Mexican President Carlos Salinas, has been jailed in Mexico since 1995 on charges of illegal enrichment and murder conspiracy. He denies all the charges, and the murder case is now under way in Mexico City...
...market these new private banks have found is huge. Some of it is the old-fashioned sort of money from Brazil or Mexico, seeking a safe haven from instability and high taxation. But most of it is "onshore": millions of newly wealthy professionals and business proprietors in Europe, Asia, Latin American, the Middle East and Africa who don't need deep secrecy and want private-banking services provided in their own countries...
...landowner harvests wood in a way that does not harm animal habitats, streams, indigenous peoples or the local economy. Moreover, logging must be limited to a pace that allows a forest to replenish itself over the years--a practice called sustainable forestry. Since being formed in 1993, the Mexico-based FSC has certified 25 million acres of forest worldwide, among them 4.5 million acres in 39 American forests...