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UNAM to build research center in Parque Landeta
By Jesús Ibarra January 30, 2009 San Miguel de Allende

On January 21, José Narro Robles, the president of UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), came to San Miguel to sign an agreement with Mayor Jesús Correa and assistant mayor Rodolfo Jurado to open a multidisciplinary research center (CIM) in Parque Landeta, located next to the botanical garden El Charco del Ingenio.

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