Todo mundo sabe las malas noticias de Juarez, lo que hace mucha falta es que sepan que también hay muchas, pero muchas historias que demuestran lo bueno de ciudad Juarez. Aquí hay algunas:

http://diario.mx/Local/2014-04-03_c1b6cceb/reconocen-con-presea-a-campeon-mundial-de-racquetbol/

http://diario.mx/Local/2013-12-17_5b9eca6a/es-de-kenia-le-sembraron-droga-aqui-pero-no-se-fue-porque-ama-a-juarez/

http://diario.mx/Local/2014-11-11_2bd40d67/a-sus-23-anos-desarrolla-sistema-para-detectar-infarto-cerebral-en-minutos/

http://www.latrotamundos.com/2013/04/15/las-10-cosas-que-no-sabias-de-ciudad-juarez/

http://thefusionmag.com/mi-juarez-y-los-motocacas/

 

Cars designed and built in Mexico:

These cars are beautiful!

• Mastretta
• vhul 05
• This youtube video compares both cars.

 

Foods, drinks and plants that originate in Mexico

• The tomato .- How many recipes use the tomato? Can you imagine Mexican, Italian or any other cuisine with out tomatoes?
• Vanilla .- At one time the most expensive spice in the world, and even today one of the most used spices.
• The Cocoa bean and Chocolate .- You are welcomed world! 🙂
• Sun flowers .- One of the most iconic flowers in the world. It was first cultivated in Mexico.
• Noche buena .- Again one of the most recognized flowers in the world, cultivated by the Aztecs.
• The Margarita .-  Very famous drink, invented in Mexico.
• The cesar salad .- This type of salad is very well known in the United States, and quite popular.
• The Burrito
• The  Taco
• The Avocado .-  One of my favorites ! and who has not heard of guacamole?
• The Nopal
• Maiz  (Corn) it is such an important staple of modern foods that it is hard to imagine a world with out it.
•  Agave &  Tequila
• Aztec marigold
• Dalea
• Nardo
•  And of course the chile pepper!

Just to name a few.

Mexican inventions and discoveries

• The use of the number Zero in mathematic calculations .- This invention has been called “The equal of any other invention in the history of humanity”.
• The birth control pill
• The first automatic rifle (The Modragon rifle)
• The color TV
• Discovery of vanadium
• Gnome A popular desktop environment for the Linux OS.
• The discovery of the ozone hole
• the concept of a hyperdrive, invented by Miguel Alcubirre
• intelligent automobiles,

 

World Heritage sites Historical and  cultural contributions

• The great pyramid of Cholula .- One of the biggest pyramids in the world
• Mexico is in the top 6 countries with most world heritage sites Here is the list
• Gaspar Yanga .- The first liberator of America.
• The Mariachi .- who has not heard about Mariachi music?
• The Charro (where cowboys come from) .- It is interesting to me that everyone thinks that cowboys are an American (United States) invention, but they are actually of Mexican origin.

 

 

 

 

 Juarez in education

La universidad de Juarez

 

The invention of the Burrito. According to this article in wikipedia

 

Juarez in Sports

Mantequila Napoles vive aqui!

 Wikipedia article

 

Got started in Juarez

http://www.stayadventurous.com/2013/03/juarez-club-kentucky-margarita/

Famous people that got started in Juarez

http://www.whosdatedwho.com/sections/celebrities/place-of-birth/Ciudad+Juarez,+Chihuahua

 

Mentions of Juarez in Film

• Conan the Destroyer (1984) Many scenes of the movie took place at Samalayuca Dune Fields, located at the south of Juárez.
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004) shows American people crossing the Rio Grande to Mexico (Juarez).
• Brokeback Mountain (2005) shows Jake Gyllenhaal’s character Jack Twist going to Mexico to see a male prostitute. The sign on the road reads “Juarez”.
• The Virgin of Juarez (2006) examines the “Maquiladora Murders”.
• Bordertown(2007), featuringJennifer Lopez and Martin Sheen, is about a reporter for the Chicago Sentinel who investigates a series of mysterious slayings involving young factory women. (The film was not actually filmed in Juárez.)
• Backyard (2009), is about the Juarez’s missing women.

 

External links about Juarez

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1076628

https://sites.google.com/site/wishesforlinda/50-facts-about-juarez

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Juárez