NEWS	EVENTS & PRIZES
Procedure to pay Mexico’s exit fee. Escuela Mexico celebrated its 29th Anniversary. 30 Belizean students from Escuela Mexico visited the new Chetumal Planetarium. 100 of the best Belizean students visited the new Chetumal Planetarium. Mexico and Belize signed the Educational and Cultural Cooperation Programme 2010-2013. 20 Belizean women participated in the workshop “Women´s Empowerment”.	Exhibition “Picture This: Our Diverse Reality”, persons with diverse abilities. The Rosario Castellanos Award 2012 for women with a remarkable career in culture and arts. International Image Contest First Continental Biennale of Contemporary Native Arts.

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	3 North Ring Road, Embassy Square, Belmopan, Belize Office hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM-4:00 PM Phone:      (501) 822-0406 / 822-2480 Inquiries:   (501) 223-0193 / 223-0194 Fax:          (501) 822-2487 Email:       embamexbze@btl.net Mexicans with an after hours emergency, please call (501) 635-6814.
CONSULAR SECTION (Visas, passports) Address:  Corner of Newtown Barracks and Wilson Street, Belize City, Belize   (Entrance: Wilson Street) Business hours:  Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON (visa, passport applications and other consular services). Mexicans with an emergency: 8:00 AM - 5 PM. Telephone: (501) 223-0193 / 223-0194 (Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM) FAX: (501) 822-2487 E-mail: consular@embamex.bz Mexicans with an after hours emergency, please call (501) 635-6814.  Cultural-Educational and Cooperation Section (Scholarships) Institute of Mexico Address:  Corner of Newtown Barracks and Wilson Street, Belize City, Belize.   (Entrance: Newtowns Barracks) Business hours: Monday to Friday,  8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Telephone: (501) 223-1408 FAX: (501) 822-2487 E-mail: institutodemexico@embamex.bz

The Mexican Embassy presented two piano concerts in Belize City and Belmopan by Mexican pianists Marieli Sosa and Luis Arturo Romero.

24 Nov 2011. The Mexican Embassy held the seminar “Gender participation in politics: The Mexican experience”.

The Embassy presented the paint exhibition “The Creation of Eve” by Belizean artist Pen Cayetano, at the Institute of Mexico in Belize City.

SEPTI-K, a Mexican company from Merida, Yucatan, presented in Belmopan and in Belize City their innovative biodigester tanks.

The IPN presents “EDUQATIVA”, the new scientific and cultural electronic magazine.

Mexico hosts the 2^nd International Green Habitat Fair Morelos 2011.

The Embassy presented the exhibition “Day of the Dead” from October 31^st to November 2^nd.

Belize Trade Mission visits Merida and Mexico City.

Belizean specialists in perinatal health visit Mexico as part of the cooperation between the two countries.

The Mexican Government invites Mexicans to participate in the “Mexicans Abroad Philanthropy Network for Education”.

Mexican guitarist Cecilio Perera won the “Michele Pittaluga” International Competition. He will perform at the Carnegie Hall in New York.

13^th Tuxtla Mechanism Summit’s Preparatory Meeting concludes.

Mexican Foreign Minister’s address at the 13^th Tuxtla Mechanism Summit’s Preparatory Meeting.

The 16^th Pan American Games, Guadalajara 2011, in Mexico, opened on 14 October.

Mexico and Belize celebrate 20 years of education and technical cooperation.

Procedure for the import of pets to Mexico.

Mexican writer Jose Emilio Pacheco will receive the “Alfonso Reyes Award” from the Colegio de Mexico.

Mexico Extends Its Condolences on the Death of George Price, Former Prime Minister of Belize.

The Governor General of Belize, Sir Colville Young inaugurated the 4^th Celebration of the Independence of Mesoamerican Countries.

Follow LIVE the broadcasting of “Pregúntale al Presidente” (in Spanish). Click on www.presidencia.gob.mx

Message to the media from Mexican President Felipe Calderon on the attack in Monterrey on 25 August 2011.

His Excellency Mario Velázquez Suarez today presented his Credentials to the Governor-General of Belize as the Ambassador of Mexico to Belize.

Mexico opens a bank account to help those affected by the humanitarian crisis in Africa.

Young participants are invited to the 87th IME’s Informative Conference “Mexican Youth Abroad”. Deadline for applications: 02 September 2011.

The Government of Mexico invites scientific and technology institutions to participate in the Premio México de Ciencia y Tecnología 2011.

The Samuel Haynes Institute in collaboration with the OAS and the Mexican Embassy organized a workshop on handmade jewelry for Belizean women, with the support of INDEMAYA from Mexico.

The Government of Belize awarded 25 scholarships to young Mexicans who will study English at the University of Belize.

The 26^th Motor Boating Race Rio Hondo-Bacalar was held the 6 and 7 August at the Mexico-Belize border.

The Embassy presented the Art Exhibition “Cinco+Uno” (Five+One) at the Institute of Mexico in Belize.

Mexico awarded 15 scholarships to Belizean youths to study at CONALEP.

The Mexican Embassy and the University of Quintana Roo conduct the second workshop for Belizean women “Marketing and Innovation for Small Businesses”.

Mexican Federal Police conducted a Ports, Airports and Border Security Training Course for the Belize Police Department.

The Mexican Embassy presented the radio show “Marco Antonio Solís, El Buki”, as part of the radio series on Mexican music in Estéreo Amor.

100 days prior to the inauguration of the Guadalajara 2011, XVI Pan American Games, the Embassy of Mexico held a press conference.

25 Mexicans students, recipients of Belizean government scholarships graduated in “English as a Second Language” from the University of Belize.

2 Belizean students were awarded with a trip to Mexico City as part of the “Escuelas Mexico in Central America Program”.

The Embassy of Mexico hosted "A Day for the Rights of the Child" in Corozal District and Belize City.

The Mexican Embassy invited Belizean children to participate in the 15^th Children’s Drawing Contest “Este es mi Mexico”.

Mexico offers 15 scholarships to Belizean Nationals to study at the CONALEP of Mexico.

In order to promote the discussion on indigenous languages rights, a Mexican specialist visited Belize.

The Mexican Federal Attorney General’s Office provided a training course on Forensic Ballistics to members of the Belize Police Department and Forensic Services.

Mexico commemorated the 149^th Anniversary of the Battle of 5 May 1862.

Mexico participated at the Belize National Agriculture and Trade Show 2011.

Belize convened the second meeting of the Executive Commissioners of the Mesoamerica Project.

The Embassy presented a Women’s Photographic and Film Exhibition at the Institute of Mexico in Belize.

As part of the celebrations of Earth Day, the Embassy of Mexico participated in different activities organized in Belize.

Mexico was the invited guest at the 2^nd Belize International Book Fair.

The painting exhibition “Erotica” was presented at the Institute of Mexico in Belize.

40 Belizean women participated in the workshop “Be a Successful Entrepreneur”.

The Mexican Embassy joined the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the International Women's Day.

The photo exhibition “Mexico: Black & White, Images of Yucatan (1906-1923)”, sponsored by the Embassy of Mexico, opened at the House of Culture of El Benque.

The Embassy of Mexico commemorated the Mexican Flag Day and hosted Belizean students.

The Embassy of Mexico commemorated the Mexican Army Day.

Mexico implements new immigration rules.

Mexico extends timetable for the entrance of Belizean buses.