The Garza (Crane) surname is one of the most representatives of the Northern Mexican city of Monterrey and its metropolitan area
This can be seen in the municipalities of San Nicolás de los Garza and San Pedro Garza García
and it was one of these that established Xicotepec's first permanent cinema
Monterrey is the capital of the state of Nuevo León
so the seal of this state was prominently added to the facade of the theater
The cinema started its operations in the 1950s
a restaurant called La Choza (The Hut) also opened in the town
after the Cine Garza lay abandoned for a few years
where it is still located as of early 2023
The cinema's lobby is now the restaurant's waiting area
all seating was removed to make way for the tables and chairs
leaving the stage where the screen was located as the main architectural heritage is still present in the restaurant
The stage is still used for the occasional show as well as events such as book presentations
it is merely a decorated feature that diners can enjoy while tasting some of the local Xicotepense delicacies served here
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By David Agren • Catholic News Service • Posted October 13
MEXICO CITY (CNS) — State and municipal officials in the north-central state of Zacatecas have unveiled plans to build the world’s biggest statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe
the national patroness — hoping the giant image would increase tourist visits
taller than other famous religious landmarks in Mexico such as the Christ the King statues in the states of Aguascalientes and Guanajuato
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The proposed statue also would be taller than a 75-foot statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the town of Xicotepec de Juarez in Puebla state
The statue in Puebla was also built with the idea of attracting tourists
Local officials project the statue in Zacatecas will cost $4.25 million
with 62.5 percent of the money coming from the private sectors
The spending of public money on religious landmarks is controversial in Mexico
where church-state relations were strained for most of the last century and politicians used to publicly profess anti-clerical positions
The mayor of the municipality of Guadalupe
told El Universal the expectation was to promote religious tourism — as happened in Puebla with the building of the statue there
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una obra a cargo de la empresa TransCanada y su filial mexicana Transportadora de Gas Natural de la Huasteca (TGNH)
modificó su trazo y ahora pasará por Xicotepec y Huauchinango
pero los habitantes no tienen información ni claridad al respecto
dijo a LADO B que la Secretaría de Energía (Sener)
no ha dado información puntual a las comunidades sobre el trazo exacto del gasoducto
dónde pasará ni qué es lo que transportará
ni tampoco el Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas (INPI) ha informado del tema
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Al día de hoy la SENER ha publicado solamente un listado de las comunidades de Huauchinango y Xicotepec por donde pasará el gasoducto; cabe destacar que cinco de ellas
por lo que para que pase un megaproyecto como el gasoducto deben ser consultadas previamente
de acuerdo con lo establecido en el convenio 169 de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT)
y con lo establecido en la propia Constitución Política sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas
pues tendría que organizar actividades informativas respetando los derechos de los pueblos originarios
El activista destacó también la ausencia del gobierno del estado
el gobierno estatal tendría que estar acompañando el proceso de información y vigilar para evitar o disminuir impactos ambientales negativos
Durante las últimas semanas la ciudadanía ha empezado a realizar algunas asambleas buscando enterarse del tema del megaproyectos
y lo poco que se sabe es que pasará por una comunidad densamente poblada llamada El Potro
Originalmente el gasoducto iba a pasar por Pahuatlán
pero el trazo inicial contemplaba atravesar un cerro sagrado de las comunidades otomíes; así los pueblos se organizaron e interpusieron amparos
logrando finalmente que en enero de 2020 el gobierno federal fallara a su favor y se tomara la decisión de modificar la ruta
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