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First Mexican female in space to speak at Lakeside

Katya Echazarreta, an Ixtiahuacan de los Membrillos native who became the first Mexican female to go into space last June aboard Blue Origin’s NS-21 flight, will give a presentation Friday, January 13, 11 a.m. at the Centro para la Cultura y las Artes de la Ribera (CCAR), formerly known as the Auditorio de la Ribera.

Recalling Benedict’s 2012 visit to Mexico

Just over a decade ago in March 2012, Pope Benedict XVI, who died December 31 at the Vatican, made his only visit to Mexico as pontiff, following in the footsteps of his predecessor John Paul II who set foot on Mexican soil five times during his 26-year papacy.