Many of us are aware of the Mayan calendar but not many people truly understand what it means and how it works.
Yes, the calendar does end on December 21, 2012, but what does that mean?
How does it come to that?
What is their calendar based off of?
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The right to education has been described as a basic human right.
Since 1952, Article 2 of the first Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights obliges all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education.
At world level, the United Nations’ International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966 guarantees this right [...]

The Vancouver Planetarium in Canada has calculated with precision Mars orbit for August 27, 2009.
Did you know that it has been part of the Mayan codes found in the pyramid in Palenque, Chiapas, beside the Star Observatory?
With this precise mathematical calculation, the Mayans are considered the Greeks of America and pride of Mexico.We will not [...]

Mexican Fernando Donis Wins the Dubai Architect Award:
Fernando Donis from La Paz, México was awarded the ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture prize this month for his 150-metre by 150-metre rectangular frame with a cafe and viewing terrace entitled “Dubai Frame”.

Consuelo Velázquez and “Bésame mucho”.
The song “Bésame mucho” (Kiss me a lot) was written by a young Mexican woman who had never been kissed.
This article is a tribute to Consuelo Velázquez, who died January 22, 2005, at the age of 84.
Consuelo Velázquez was one of Mexico’s best known modern songwriters. She wrote her most [...]

Mexican children are given both their father’s last name and their mother’s maiden name. This tradition helps preserve the heritage of both parents.
First comes the father´s name and then the mother´s name.

Los Pinos (Mexican White House)
Se llama “Los Pinos” porque el ex-presidente Lázaro Cárdenas conoció a su esposa en una Hacienda que se llamaba “Los Pinos”.

Biquini o Bikini
Traje de baño inventado por una compañía francesa en 1946.
Nombrado así por la isla  Bikini  en Hawai,  donde Estados Unidos llevaba a cabo pruebas
nucleares causando revuelo pues desalojó a sus pobladores. 
Seleccionaron el nombre por ser una palabra que estaba de moda ese año y porque
creían que la prenda tendría un impacto explosivo.