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Community22 Feb

Day Tripping to the Picachos Dam Lake

Veraneando Adventure is considering offering kayaking and other boating adventures on the lake in the future.

Community22 Feb

Chili Cook Off-Thank You

The 3rd Annual Las Jaibas RV Park Chili Cook Off was a great success.

Community1 Feb

Rally for the Cure

El Cid Ladies Golf Association will hold a “Rally for the Cure” in aid of breast cancer screening for the women of Mazatlán.

Community6 Jan

Mazatlan’s First Organic Market to Open Tomorrow

Beginning tomorrow and every Saturday thereafter at 8 a.m. and continuing until noon at Plaza Zaragoza, those living in Mazatlán will have available to them the city’s first organic market.

Community7 Dec

Amigos de los Animales Bazaar Opens Dec. 12

Volunteers at Amigos de los Animales are working hard to open the doors to their new, shopper-friendly Bazaar this weekend.

Community5 Dec

New Filing Requirements for some U.S. Citizens with Foreign Financial Assets

For U.S. tax years beginning after March 18, 2010, certain individuals must file a new Form 8938 to report ownership of certain foreign financial assets.

Community14 Nov

Food Fair/Street Party/Fund Raiser

The Rotary Club of Mazatlán is hosting the nineteenth Verbena, sort of a food fair/entertainment event/street party combined.

Community29 Oct

Halloween Biker Party 2011 to Help Food Bank

This year entrance to the Sunday Halloween Biker Party will be a donation of one kilo of non-perishable food.

Community28 Oct

Is There Room in Your Heart for Little Ruga?

Ruga would be a perfect companion for anyone who doesn’t like to walk too far, because neither does she!

Community25 Oct

Hospice Mazatlán Newsletter, Fall 2011

Hospice Mazatlán has not been idle over the summer as you will read in their Fall 2011 newsletter.

Community19 Oct

Mazatlán’s Bridge to Nowhere

Dilapidated and barely visible, only remnants of the bridge continue to cling to the Cerro de Neveria.

Community6 Oct

Animal Shelter Urgently Needs Volunteers and Foster Homes

Amigos de los Animales asks you to open your heart to foster a pet, or simply drop by to help with their care.

Community1 Oct

Mexicali Firemen Teach Search & Rescue Techniques

Local firemen and Civil Protection agents take part in search and rescue techniques in collapsed buildings.

Community1 Oct

Food Bank Begins Annual Donation Drive

200 young men will go door-to-door during the food bank’s donation drive beginning October 15th.

Community21 Sep

Venados Team Visits the Kids of Padres y Compadres

Members of the Venados baseball team took time out to visit kids with cerebral palsy, sign autographs and take photos.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

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  • Hospice Dinner & Dance – 25 Feb
  • Deadline to submit to the new Mazatlan Foreign Resident Contact Directory – 01 Mar
  • Ojala Annual Fundraiser – 10 Mar

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THE DAY IN HISTORY

February 22, 1922: On this date, in the early morning hours, Francisco I. Madero and José María Pino Suárez were murdered on the orders of Victoriano Huerta.

by Eduardo Olivares A

NATIONAL NEWS LINKS

  • Mazatlan puts up a fight for its image – 21 Feb
  • Mexican beating victim Sheila Nabb released from hospital, likely to need more surgery – 21 Feb
  • Mexico City modern metro meets ancient Aztec life – 11 Feb
  • Mexico Arrests 9 Linked to Major Drug Cartel – 11 Feb
  • Politician's Free Tacos Leave over 650 Sick in Mexico – 11 Feb
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS LINKS

  • White House: IAEA visit a 'failure' for Iran - BBC News - 22 Feb 12
  • Chavez surgery throws Venezuela into uncertainty - The Associated Press - 22 Feb 12
  • Australian Leader Gillard Set for Showdown as Rudd Canvasses - BusinessWeek - 22 Feb 12
  • Italian Investigators Expand Cruise-Ship Sinking Probe - Wall Street Journal - 22 Feb 12
  • Somalia: chronicle of failure - The Guardian - 22 Feb 12
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RECENT COMMENTS

  • US Consulate

    22 Feb

    Jeanne says: I would say they will be perfectly safe. In all inclusive resorts, however, there are many Canadians and Americans...

  • ZASSHI – Japanese Bistro

    22 Feb

    Judy Johnson says: Now I wish we would have tried this restaurant!

  • US Consulate

    22 Feb

    Roz Davidson says: Hi Kelly. I just got back from Mazatlan and I would say they would be safe anywhere they decide...

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READER POLL

Mazatlán's Carnaval begins on February 16th. What is your favourite event to attend during the festivities?

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  • LAST WEEK'S POLL

    What effigy or facsimile would you like to see set alight at the Carnaval Burning of Bad Humour this year?

    • Cruise Ship Lines (79%, 159 Votes)
    • Closure of Profeco in Mazatlán (9%, 19 Votes)
    • Jumapam (9%, 18 Votes)
    • The Venados (5%, 11 Votes)

    Total Voters: 202

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