Mural Diego Rivera in Acapulco, Mexico

Mural Diego Rivera in Acapulco, Mexico, originalmente cargada por KennyM52.

History: Created by Artist Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, this Diego Rivera mural is on the facade of one of the houses that is considered to be a treasure of Mexican contemporary history. The mural now belongs to Mrs. Dolores Olmedo and was created in 1956, made with colored mosaics, stones and seashells. Regarded as one of the most important cultural works of art in Acapulco, the mural was one of the last works that the artist created before his death. In it are featured the Serpiente Emplumada Quetzalcóatl (Feathered Snake of Quetzalcoatl), a sphinx and an Aztec god.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera

Mural Diego Rivera in Acapulco, Mexico

LA POBREZA EN LOS TIEMPOS DE LA INFLUENZA - POVERTY IN THE TIMES OF INFLUENZA

La pobreza en los tiempos de influenza, originalmente cargada por sarihuella.

Today on the radio in the United States reported that no deaths have happened like in Mexico ... because early detection and proper treatment are essential. Reportedly died in Mexico because so many people even had the technology to diagnose early. Besides the high cost of medicines.

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Flu spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands annually — millions in pandemic years. Three influenza pandemics occurred in the 20th century and killed tens of millions of people, with each of these pandemics being caused by the appearance of a new strain of the virus in humans. Often, these new strains result from the spread of an existing flu virus to humans from other animal species. An avian strain named H5N1 had until recently posed the greatest risk for a new influenza pandemic since it first killed humans in Asia in the 1990s. Although H5N1 virus has not mutated to a form that spreads easily between people , in April 2009 a novel H1N1 flu strain that combined genes from human, pig, and bird flu, initially dubbed the "swine flu," emerged in Mexico, the United States, and several other nations. By late April, the H1N1 swine flu was suspected of having killed over 150 in Mexico, and prompted Mexico and U.S. travel advisories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza

LA POBREZA EN LOS TIEMPOS DE LA INFLUENZA - POVERTY IN THE TIMES OF INFLUENZA

Festival de Globos Teotihuacan 2007

Festival de Globos Teotihuacan 2007, originalmente cargada por Ekz ..

Festival de Globos Teotihuacan 2007

Voladores de Papantla

voladores, originalmente cargada por simonvelazquez.

The Danza de los Voladores de Papantla (Dance of Papantla's flyers) is a ritualistic dance in Veracruz performed by the Totonac Indians. Five men, each representing the five elements of the indigenous world climb atop a pole, one of them stays on the pole playing a flute and dancing while the remaining four descend the pole with a rope tied by one of their feet. The rope unwraps itself 13 times for each of the four flyers, symbolizing the 52 weeks of the year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voladores_de_Papantla

Voladores de Papantla