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For 68 years the Mexican Social Security Institute has protected generations of beneficiaries with medical care, life insurance, accident and occupational disability insurance, retirement pensions, childcare, cultural and sports centers. During these years the Institute has contributed decisively to eradicate disease, improve health and increase life expectancy of Mexicans, becoming a pillar of modern Mexico.

The new century demands a new revolution: the revolution in communications. For a developing country like Mexico, presents new challenges and opportunities. The connected society has the potential for a rapid and profound impact, but also requires new infrastructure to engage all citizens in the global culture. The connected society requires fast and uninterrupted communication channels, linking more companies and individuals through physical and digital networks. Requires to reduce the gap between rural and urban areas of the country, allowing a constant flow of people, goods and information. Demands to strengthen communication and trade between Mexico and the world, and needs the expansion of electronic information services, financial and education, even in the remotest rural regions. Those are the challenges of a new global era in which Mexico needs to enter, and which together allow you to create a connected society.

Cinco de Mayo: Mexican Glory, a documentary that brings us to the memorable events of that day in 1862, when the Mexican Army, led by Ignacio Zaragoza, defeated on the outskirts of the city of Puebla, the French army, under the command of General Lorencez, considered then the most powerful army in the world. The Battle of Cinco de Mayo marks the beginning of Mexico's prolonged resistance to the invaders, who were ultimately defeated five years later. In the context of an impoverished country, morally weak and immerse in political discord, the triumph of Puebla meant something even more important: the restoration of dignity and the birth of a true national identity. Interviews with recognized experts, conducted in Mexico, the United States and France, together with a remarkable iconography from Mexican and French collections -including unpublished images-, Cinco de Mayo: Mexican Glory, enlightens the importance of the battle, its impact in history, and the significance that its commemoration has acquired for the Mexican-American community.

Day by day, Mexicans follow the performance that the Mexican Army and Air Force make in key areas such as reforestation, rescue in case of natural disasters, or the battle against organized crime. Tasks very different in appearance but united by the same purpose: the protection of the Mexican society and the safeguarding of its institutions.

Day by day, Mexicans follow the performance that the Mexican Army and Air Force make in key areas such as reforestation, rescue in case of natural disasters, or the battle against organized crime. Tasks very different in appearance but united by the same purpose: the protection of the Mexican society and the safeguarding of its institutions.

More than two centuries ago, the building known as La Ciudadela was built to house the Royal Tobacco Factory in New Spain. Then it was conditioned as barracks to face the insurgents during the Mexican War of Independence. La Ciudadela retained its military use for over a century, until 1946, when José Vasconcelos founded the Library of Mexico. Today, in that emblematic space, the City of Books stands as a far-reaching cultural project, which includes the architectural remodeling of the old Ciudadela, the creation of new artistic and cultural spaces, and the opening of the personal libraries of five remarkable Mexican writers and humanists of the 20th century: Antonio Castro Leal, Jaime Garcia Terrés, Alí Chumacero, José Luis Martínez and Carlos Monsiváis. At the same time, the digitalization of these collections, which will become part of the so-called "Cerebro de la palabra" (The Word's Brain), -the largest digital archive of our country's bibliographic record. Available to all public the Ciudadela "city of book" offers the opportunity to study and known the work of five great contemporary Mexican cultural personalities, each one different of the other but at the same time complementary of each other.

Through the centuries, the loss of some valuable personal collections meant for Mexico the inability to recover a significant part of its history as a nation. Today, the government takeover of some personal libraries, which in his time belonged to important Mexican writers, represents an important step in the preservation of bibliographic and documentary memory of our country. Also, the digitization of these collections and their incorporation into called Cerebro de la palabra (The Word's Brain), is a critical step in the formation of a large digital record of bibliographic and documentary memory of our country. Made available to the public at the new Ciudadela libraries of Antonio Castro Leal, Jaime Garcia Terrés Alí Chumacero, José Luis Martínez and Carlos Monsiváis, it also offer the possibility to study their lives and works, so different, yet complementary, of five great culture personalities for the Mexican contemporary culture.

Since the birth of cinema over a century ago, in Mexico there were attempts to prevent the loss or destruction of film materials, anticipating its invaluable testimony. By the mid-20th Century, after several failed attempts, the government assumed the protection of the nation's film heritage, so in 1974 the National Film Archives was created, whose fruitful but short life ended with a dramatic fire at their facilities located at Churubusco, where much of our country's film heritage was lost. It was soon replaced with a new building at Xoco, but over time, its technological backwardness and lack of adequate space for attendants, led the Mexican government into an ambitious project: to build the Mexican Cinematheque of 21st Century, the world's largest of its kind, and one of the most advanced systems for restoration, protection and projection of our film heritage.

This is the second decade of the 21st century and Mexico, with nearly 24 million tourists annually, is the tenth most visited country in the entire world. Each year 79 million vehicles go through its border, crossing one million foreigners in the southern border and 400 thousand illegal immigrants roam Mexico to reach the United States. In our 104 seaports, 3 million passengers arrive with 250 million tons of products with them. Our roads and railways move 500 million tons of goods, plants and animals. As if all of these were not enough, 300 species of migratory birds, bats and insects, in addition to 40 hurricanes on average, arrive in the country each year bringing million of spores, parasites, fungi and bacteria that affect our food production. Against this, an efficient institution of more than 3000 employees, including technicians, scientists and planners perform all monitoring containment and strategic tasks, allowing to keep Mexico as one of the countries with the highest standards of health, safety and quality in the agribusiness world.