News
CASA to open schools for midwives in Guatemala
By Jesús Ibarra
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CASA (Center for Adolescents of San Miguel A.C.), a nonprofit organization that supports mainly adolescents and single mothers, has a medical clinic that specializes in gynecology and obstetrics and a school for professional midwives. |
Women from states such as Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco, San Luis Potosí and Guanajuato attend this school—the only institution in the country that grants a professional certificate to its students. Now, CASA is expanding its midwifery school to Guatemala, since “that country has almost the same mortality rate for women who die during childbirth as Mexico,” said Maricruz Coronado, a professional midwife and director of CASA.
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| Community A dance of conquest and faith By Jesús Ibarra More than one hundred dancers dressed in pre-Hispanic costumes fill the Jardin today, March 6, to honor one of the city’s most venerated religious figures—El Señor de la Conquista (Our Lord of the Conquest). The life-size figure represents the acceptance of Christ by Mexico’s Indians, and throughout the day tribute is made with dances, ceremonies and a Mass. |
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Art Women’s blouses, women’s histories By Beverley Ashe From a collective desire to shed light on the issue of violence against women comes a small group of women with a big idea. March 7, the day before International Women’s Day, seems as good a time as any to begin a series of art events leading up to November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. |
| Music Festival of Cuban Culture in San Miguel By Jesús Ibarra The sixth Festival of Cuban Culture in San Miguel honors Ibrahim Ferrer, a star of Buena Vista Social Club. Ferrer (1927–2005 captivated the whole world with his talent, charisma and modesty. |
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Theater
Art and friendship…deceptively simple By Geoff Rose A conversation with Taylor Korobow, the director of Art, Players Workshop’s current production. |
| Lectures San Miguel’s abandoned chapels They are indeed. More than 300 churches and chapels are in the municipio of San Miguel and about one-fourth are abandoned or in ruins. They are scattered around the nearby countryside, although some are within walking distance of the Jardín. Many are heartbreakingly beautiful. Netherlands-born photographer and writer Robert de Gast, author of nine books, including, most recently, Behind the Doors of San Miguel, delivers a slide show and talk he calls “The Romance of Ruins: San Miguel’s Abandoned Chapels.” |
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