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Puebla / Mexico City 7.1 Earthquake 9/19/17

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Mexico was hit again with another earthquake on September 19th. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the state of Puebla near Mexico City. Damage in Puebla and Mexico City as well as other surrounding states in Central Mexico. We've put together images and videos from social media so you can see what is happening and we will keep updating. #MexicoEarthquake #PrayforMexico Last Update 10:53am PDT 9/20/17 ################################## https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000ar20#map ################################## The Latest: Mexico quake death toll rises to 225. https://t.co/krqmD6gB7p — The Associated Press (@AP) September 20, 2017 ################################## Drone footage shows ongoing rescue from #CDMX #MexicoCity #Sismo #Temblor #LaRoma #AlertaSismica #Earthquake pic.twitter.com/a01yzVrwmj — Hurricane Info (@HurricaneData) September 20, 2017 ################################## State of Mexico #Edo

Mexico Earthquake

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The largest earthquake in almost a century struck Mexico off the Pacific coast of Chiapas on Thursday night, September 7th. This massive earthquake registered 8.2 and set off Tsunami warnings. Southern states like Oaxaca and Chiapas seem to have taken the brunt of it. As damage reports come in, we will add images and videos of what we find on the internet so you can find this all in one place. #MexicoEarthquake #PrayforMexico   Last Update 9/8 1:51pm ###### 58 Confirmed Dead so far in Mexico's 8.1 Earthquake! Details and video at https://t.co/ATZoEAxNaJ . 🙏 #MexicoEarthquake #PrayForMexico pic.twitter.com/InOU1N9k04 — 99.1 KGGI (@991KGGI) September 8, 2017 ###### Enrique Peña Nieto viajará a Oaxaca para supervisar daños; se contabilizan 45 muertos en la zona. https://t.co/eIzwGCgLGi pic.twitter.com/jjWHb8qBWz — El Heraldo de México (@elheraldo_mx) September 8, 2017 ###### Photo from Oaxaca website: http://matutinazo.com/2017/09/08/preven-rep

Mezcal distillery tour in Oaxaca

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Our good friend Rene Cabrera from Las Bugambilias Tours in Oaxaca has sent us this set up photos from a recent Mezcal distillery tour in Santiago Matatlán. Tours Las Bugambilias Tours by Rene Cabrera - http://www.lasbugambiliastours.com/ Mezcal Educational Excursions of Oaxaca by Alvin Starkman - http://www.mexonline.com/oaxacaculinarytours.htm

The Madonna and the Serpent

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Story by Lawrence H. Freeman I happened to mention to someone that I was writing an article about the myths of Quetzalcoatl and the Virgin of Guadalupe.   My Mexican friend became immediately incensed. "Myths? He yelped. Myths? Are you one of those people who don't believe in the Bible?". Bible? I thought as my jaw dropped open. What has the Virgin of Guadalupe have to do with the Bible? Instead, both the Virgin and the legend of Quetzalcoatl have to do with the effect of euro-centrism on the Mexican culture. Beginning with the landing of Cortez in 1519, alien Catholicism, with a white god and a white panoply of saints had been forcibly impressed on a confused people with a deeply religious background. In 1531, Juan Diego made a pilgrimage to the shrine of the Aztec goddess Tonantzin (Our Mother), when the vision later called the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared to him and miraculously impressed her image on Juan's cloak, and image that e