Xilitla is a town in the state of San Luis Potosí, in central Mexico. It’s known for the Las Pozas garden, created by English artist Edward James. Set in a rainforest, it features towering surrealist sculptures amid pools and waterfalls. The central San Agustín church was once a convent built by Augustinian missionaries in the […]
Burning of cars and shootings extend from San Luis Potosí to Zacatecas
VILLA RAMOS, SAN LUIS POTOSI. Early Saturday, January 13th, a violent armed confrontation was recorded between antagonistic organized crime groups right on the border of San Luis Potosi with Zacatecas. Four vehicles were found burned and one more was abandoned. It was around 3:30 a.m. in the community of Zacatón in this district where rival […]
Guayule, the Mexican rubber plant that made the United States rich
In 1876, a Zacatecan who was forgotten by history, unveiled the guayule plant, thanks to which the United States obtained an unprecedented economic boost. A Zacatecan engineer whose last name is only known to be Moreno, sent in 1876 to the Mexican Society of Natural History, a plant that was then considered a pest in […]