MEXICO
(See also Aztecs; Maya; Nahuatl [People and Language]; Tlapanec [Language]; Tzotzil [Language])
(Note centered heading below: Jehovah’s Witnesses)
abortion: g99 5/22 29
alcoholism: g98 1/8 28; g94 4/22 5
amate (hand-made paper): g04 3/8 26-27
animals:
Chihuahua (dog): g04 8/22 14-15
Xoloitzcuintli (dog): g01 1/8 23
butterflies:
migration of monarchs: g 3/10 9; g 11/08 10; g04 1/22 29; g02 9/8 28; g99 9/8 29; g96 9/8 29; g96 10/8 16, 18; g96 11/22 31
Catholic Church: yb95 171-172, 175-176
condemns, then supports, independence: g87 4/22 5
Cristero Rebellion (1926-1929): g05 8/22 12-14
diplomatic relations restored (1992): g93 3/22 29
diplomatic relations severed (1865): yb95 249
Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe: ijwfq article 59
Guadalupe shrine: g 3/08 22-23; w02 11/15 3; sh 74; g89 3/8 3, 6
improved relations with government (1988): yb95 249-250
Inquisition: g94 10/8 8-10; g92 3/8 10
legal recognition (1991): g92 5/8 29
Pope John Paul II’s visit: g90 11/8 13-15
restrictions: yb95 172, 175-176
children:
babies abandoned: g 1/07 15
kidnapped: g 10/06 30
sexual abuse: g04 12/8 28
sniffing toxic waste: g89 10/22 28
Christmas: w00 12/15 3-5
clothing of Indigenous peoples: g04 2/8 25-27; g04 11/22 30
Constitution:
restrictions on powers of religions: g90 11/8 13-14
courts:
right to education: yb95 234-235
crime: g96 10/8 5
bandit revered as “saint”: g89 8/22 28
kidnapping: g 10/06 30; g05 2/22 28; g03 5/8 29
earthquakes:
Mexico City (1985): g89 11/22 28; g86 2/22 21-25; g86 6/8 30
economy: g94 3/8 19-21
foods: g92 11/8 25-27
amaranth seeds: g98 5/22 11
jicama: g05 10/22 16
nopal cactus: g05 11/8 31
squash blossoms: g04 7/8 31
tacos: g92 7/8 24-25
tortillas: g99 12/8 22-23
vanilla: g02 9/22 14-15
forest fires (1998): g98 10/22 28
geography:
Cave of Marbles: g05 2/8 31
cenotes (Yucatán Peninsula): g03 2/22 22-23
Copper Canyon: g00 11/8 15-18
world’s largest crystals (Chihuahua area): g03 8/22 31
government:
comments on world peace by delegates to Inter-Parliamentary Union (1986): w86 10/1 15
health and disease:
deaths from cooking on wood stoves: g96 10/22 29
effect of cola drinks: g00 3/8 28
effect of smoking: g01 5/22 29
influenza (2009): g 6/10 27
history: yb95 170-172
Hurricane Gilbert (1988): g89 3/22 27
languages: g01 3/8 29; g99 5/8 19
Mazatec whistled language: g 2/09 25
law:
conference “Conscientious Objection in Mexico and the World” (1997): g00 3/8 20-21
escaping from prison not illegal: g03 8/22 29
religion: w98 12/1 21; yb95 171-172, 249-250; g94 7/22 12-14; g93 3/22 29; g92 5/8 29
right to informed consent for medical treatment: yb95 240
right to medical treatment: yb95 240
maps: w09 4/15 20; yb95 168
Chiapas State: w00 12/15 9
Copper Canyon area: g00 11/8 15
Islas Marías: g04 10/8 20
Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Yucatán: g04 2/8 26
medicine:
ban on commercial blood donations: g87 8/8 30
First Latin-American Congress on Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banks: yb95 239-240
Mexico City: g94 1/8 6-7; g94 1/22 25, 27; g91 1/8 25-27
air pollution: g91 6/8 29
automobiles: g04 6/8 29
automobile theft: g05 10/8 28-29
bird population problem: g00 3/22 29
books lent for metro rides: g04 11/8 28
divorce: g 6/10 30
dog population problem: g86 7/22 29
founding: g91 10/22 20
Inter-Parliamentary Union (1986): w86 10/1 15
nonpolluting taxis: g99 1/8 28-29
population increase: g89 9/22 22-23; g87 6/8 29
sinking: g99 4/22 28
temperature rise: g 6/06 30
traffic accidents: g87 3/8 30
trash problem: g01 8/22 29
Mixtec people: g05 12/8 17
money:
new peso: g94 3/8 21
plastic currency: g03 6/22 29
Oaxaca:
archaeology: g02 6/22 24-25
older people: g91 3/22 8
piñatas: g03 9/22 22-24
population:
history: yb95 170-171
Indigenous groups: g99 5/8 19-20
prisons:
Islas Marías: g04 10/8 20
purple dye: g05 12/8 16-17
pyramids: g05 12/8 21, 23; g00 10/8 16-17; g87 2/8 23-24
religion:
All Souls’ Day (Day of the Dead): g 3/08 22-23; g01 10/8 3-4; w88 12/1 3
blend of pagan and Catholic: g 3/08 22-23; g91 10/22 20-21
clergy rule of towns: w89 9/1 4
“conversion” of natives: g88 8/8 4
figure on subway wall taken as appearance of Mary: g98 3/22 29
legal recognition: w98 12/1 21; yb95 171-172, 249-250; g94 7/22 12-14; g93 3/22 29; g92 5/8 29
prayers to “saints”: w96 7/15 3-4
Vía Crucis: g02 8/8 31
schools:
digital screens: g05 6/8 28
scorpion problem in León: g88 11/8 30
smoking:
restricted in public places: g91 2/8 28
teen mothers: g03 9/8 29; g02 10/8 4; g99 7/22 29
temescal bath: g03 7/22 21-22
Teotihuacán: g05 12/8 21, 23; g00 10/8 16
tequila: g 11/11 20
Tule tree: g01 11/22 31
volcanoes:
Paricutín: g05 7/22 6
Popocatepetl: g 2/07 16-17; w98 8/15 21-24; g97 3/8 19-21
witchcraft: g91 9/8 29
Jehovah’s Witnesses
assemblies: yb95 173, 208-210, 236-237
Assembly Halls:
Mexico City: yb95 247-248
Monterrey: w96 4/15 32
Reynosa: yb95 247
Tultitlán: yb95 248
Bethel family: w10 8/15 17-18; w01 1/1 26-27; yb95 186-187, 202-203, 205-209, 244-245
baptized after becoming member: yb95 196-197
share in traveling work: yb95 206-208
blood issue: yb95 239-241
doctors praise Witness stand: g 9/07 30
Branch Committee: yb95 205-206, 248-249, 252
coordinator: yb95 206
branch equipment: yb95 231-232
branch office: jv 363
international servants and volunteers: w03 5/1 25-27
Mexico City (1929): g00 12/22 19; yb95 175, 186-187, 199, 218
Mexico City (1946): yb95 218
Mexico City (1962): yb95 218
Mexico City area (1974): g00 12/22 19; yb95 230
Mexico City area (1985): yb95 223; yb87 26
Mexico City area (2003): yb04 28-29; w03 5/1 25-27; g03 12/22 24-25; w01 1/1 26; g00 12/22 19; km 12/96 4-5; yb95 244-245, 248; g94 7/22 14; jv 363; yb88 17
oversees Belize (2001- ): yb13 13; yb10 245, 254-255
oversees Guatemala (1930’s): yb95 195
oversees six Central American lands (2010- ): yb13 12-13; w12 8/15 16
visit by inactive publisher: w10 8/15 18-19
branch overseers: yb95 175, 185-186, 200, 205-206, 209
children:
six-year-old contributes sale of pig: w07 11/1 18
circuit work:
four nights in prison to train inmates: w96 11/15 19
clergy opposition:
attempt to drown out assembly: yb95 219
incite mobs: yb95 207-208, 219-220
colporteurs: yb95 179-181, 190-191
commendation:
for tolerance in town having mostly Witnesses: g 8/10 7
priest commends youth: w01 1/15 11
professor: g 8/10 5
congregations: w09 4/15 20-23; w09 11/1 25; yb95 175, 184, 191, 204, 212, 220-221, 226-230, 245-246, 249; yb87 26
assist brother having rheumatoid arthritis: yb08 25-26
Nahuatl: w12 3/1 14-15
sign language for deaf: w09 8/15 27
conventions: w17.08 30-31; yb01 9; yb95 180, 185, 189, 192, 208, 211, 216-217, 236-239; w87 1/1 29
“Free Nation’s” Theocratic Assembly (1943): w17.08 30-31
quotes: yb95 238-239
court cases:
freedom of conscience in schools: yb95 234-236
Supreme Court of Justice upholds religious freedom in Indigenous communities: hdu article 12
early witnessing: foa article 5; yb95 172-174; jv 414
earthquake casualties: w86 1/1 10; g86 2/22 25
elders:
changeover to elder arrangement: yb95 226
need for more: yb95 226-227
families: yb95 228
field ministry:
as cultural organization: foa article 5; yb95 212-213
Bible studies: yb13 54; yb95 221-222, 225-226, 242, 246, 248; jv 363, 503
Chinese-speaking population: w05 12/15 17-18
English-speaking population: w09 4/15 20-23
identification cards: foa article 5
Indigenous peoples: w13 4/15 5-6; w09 11/1 25; w04 8/15 8-11
isolated territories: yb95 245-247
Nahuatl-speaking population: w13 4/15 6; w12 3/1 14-15
phonographs: yb95 187-188, 198
territory coverage: yb99 49
transcription machines: yb95 181; jv 87
wherever people are: yb97 43
films: yb95 217-218
Gilead attendees: yb95 204, 210
Gilead Cultural School of Mexico: g 3/07 14; yb95 230; jv 533, 545
growth: foa article 5; w17.08 30-31; kr 97; w01 1/15 11; w96 1/1 23; yb96 55; km 12/96 4; yb95 169, 184, 186, 199, 204, 215-216, 218, 221-222, 241-243, 248; yb94 52; jv 461, 467, 470, 503; w92 1/1 5; w90 1/1 7; km 10/90 8; w87 1/1 4; w87 6/1 28; yb87 26
English-speaking field: w09 4/15 23
honesty:
found money returned: g05 6/8 31
Hospital Information Desk: yb95 239
Hospital Liaison Committees: g 9/07 30; yb95 239-241
kidnapping: g05 10/22 20-21
Kingdom Halls (earlier called Halls for Cultural Studies): w08 2/1 21-23; yb95 212, 234, 247
Kingdom Ministry School: yb95 218
legal matters:
community activities: yb98 63-64
conscientious objection to military service: g00 3/8 20-21
flag salute: yb95 234-236
Indigenous communities: hdu article 12
marriages legalized: yb95 214-215; jv 467
operation as a civil and cultural organization (1943-1993): foa article 5; yb95 212-213
operation as a religious organization (1989): yb95 232-234; w90 1/1 7; yb90 10
legal recognition: foa article 5; g94 7/22 13-14
International Bible Students Association (1930): yb95 176-177; g94 7/22 14
La Torre del Vigía (1932): yb95 177-178, 211-212; g94 7/22 14
La Torre del Vigía (1943): foa article 5; yb95 212-213; g94 7/22 14
La Torre del Vigía, A. R., and Los Testigos de Jehová en México, A. R. (1993): foa article 5; w98 12/1 21; yb95 250; yb94 52; g94 7/22 14; g93 11/22 28
literacy program: foa articles 2, 5; ed 11; g 8/15 10-11; w01 1/1 25; g00 12/22 9; yb95 213; jv 466-467
meetings: foa article 5; yb95 173, 185, 212, 228, 233-234
Protestant fails to retain control: yb95 193
Memorial: w04 8/15 9; yb95 242; yb93 4-5; yb92 5; yb88 11; w87 1/1 4
Ministerial Training School: yb95 243-245; yb93 26
missionaries: yb95 199-207; jv 461
modern history: foa article 5; yb95 168-252
moral cleanness enforced: yb95 214-216
near volcano Popocatépetl: w98 8/15 21-24
neutrality:
during EZLN uprising: w00 12/15 8-9
persecution: yb95 200
Baptists offer to defend against: yb95 188
children expelled from school: yb95 234
Indigenous communities: hdu article 12
mobs: yb95 207-208, 219-220
soldiers escort pioneers out of state and confiscate literature: yb95 194-195
threat of stoning: yb95 187-188
persons:
Acuña Quevedo, Sonia: g 3/07 13-14
Amaya Veliz, Manuel: yb95 182-184
Anderson, Fred and Blanche: yb95 200-203
Banda, Florentino: yb95 183
Bordier, Gildardo: yb95 183
Bourgeois, Juan: yb95 200-201, 205
Bowin, Charlotte: yb95 204
Campos, Samuel: yb95 186
Cázares, Carlos: kr 97
Chaidez, Luciano: yb95 190
Chávez Serna, Martha: g 8/06 30; g05 6/22 26-27
Clogston, Julia: yb95 204
Colloy, Victoria: g 12/10 12-13
Cornelius, Russell: yb95 204, 207
Covarrubias, Gilberto: yb95 190-191
Dakos, Hércules: yb95 184-185
De Anda, Pedro: yb95 187-188
Dreyer, Rosa May: yb95 202-204
Friend, Samuel and Jean: yb95 205, 207, 209; w86 8/1 26
García, Alfonso: yb95 187, 206-208
García, Maxine (Miller): yb95 204-205, 207
García, Samuel: yb95 204, 206-209
Hendrickson, Shirley: yb95 202-204
Juárez, Edilberto: yb95 224-225
Lopez, Esther: yb95 207
Lozano, Esther (Vartanian): w01 1/1 26; g01 10/22 20-21; yb95 205, 207
Lozano, Rodolfo: w01 1/1 23-27; yb95 205, 209, 252
Maldonado, José: yb95 178-181, 213
Mar, Mario: yb95 186-189, 191
Márquez, Martha Teresa: g 6/10 24-26
Mendoza, Daniel: yb95 186-187, 196-197
Montero, Roberto: yb95 174-175, 182, 186, 218
Montero, Roberto, Jr.: yb95 186-187
Morales, Lino: yb95 222-224
Ortega, Abel: yb95 173-174
Ortiz, Daniel: yb95 194-196
Osorio Morales, David: yb95 175
Papadem, George: yb95 205, 209
Pérez, Esther: yb95 192-193
Pérez, Pablo: yb95 204-205
Phillips, Rosalía: g05 11/22 30; g04 12/22 10-14
Quintanilla, José: yb95 186-187, 196-198
Saldívar, Pedro: yb95 190-191
Salinas, Adulfo Modesto: yb95 208-211, 214, 217-218
Salinas, Leonor: yb95 210-211
Simpkins, Mildred: yb95 207
Simpkins, William: yb95 205-206, 209
Stephenson, F. de P.: jv 414
Terán Pardo, Rodolfo: yb95 193
Tracy, Elizabeth: w99 12/1 20-24; yb95 207
Tracy, Robert: yb95 206, 209, 252
Várguez, José Godofredo: g 5/10 24-25
Vergara Orozco, José: w92 2/1 29-30
pioneers: w03 4/15 8-11; yb95 178, 181-184, 194-196, 198, 228, 245-247; jv 303
epileptic: g 8/06 30; g05 6/22 26-27
special pioneers: g 3/07 14; w03 4/15 8; yb95 220-221, 228, 245-246
Pioneer Service School: jv 300
places:
Aguascalientes State: yb95 228
Baja California: yb95 190-193
Chiapas State: w03 4/15 10-11; w00 12/15 8-11; yb99 49; yb98 63-64; w96 1/1 23; yb95 178-181, 188, 194-195, 222-224
Chihuahua State: yb95 182-183, 229-230, 236
Durango State: yb95 188; jv 467
Guanajuato State: jv 467
Guerrero State: yb95 181, 217-218, 236, 239-240, 246
Islas Marías: g04 10/8 20-21; w97 2/15 24
Jalisco State: yb95 221
Mexico City: w17.08 30-31; w01 1/1 26; yb95 173-175, 180-181, 184-187, 192, 201, 203-204, 211, 213, 216-217, 247-248
México State: yb95 219-220
Michoacán State: yb95 220-221
Nuevo León State: yb95 189, 238, 242-243
Oaxaca State: w97 2/15 22; yb95 224-225
Puebla State: yb95 188
Sinaloa State: yb95 190-191, 227
Sonora State: yb95 190-191
Tabasco State: yb95 194-195, 211
Tamaulipas State: yb95 188-189, 200, 247
Veracruz State: yb95 181, 188, 198, 211, 227
Zacatecas State: yb95 187-188
press misrepresentation: w88 7/1 28-30
printing: yb05 25, 27-28; yb95 187, 218, 231-232; jv 363; yb88 17
publications:
book Creation: yb95 188
book Deliverance: yb95 185
booklet Dividing the People: yb95 189
booklet Learn to Read and Write: yb95 213
booklet Righteous Ruler: yb95 189
booklet World Distress—Why? The Remedy: yb95 189
book “Make Sure of All Things”: yb95 212
book Reconciliation: yb95 188
books: yb95 183
book Scenario of the Photo-Drama of Creation: yb95 174
book series Millennial Dawn: yb95 172
book The Divine Plan of the Ages: yb95 173-174, 184
book The Harp of God: yb95 190
book The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life: yb95 225-226
brochure “Look! I Am Making All Things New”: yb95 232
DVDs in Mexican Sign Language: g 8/15 11
indigenous languages: hdu article 6; w14 9/15 9; g 1/10 32; w09 11/1 25; w04 1/1 16-17; w04 8/15 8-9
magazine Awake!: yb95 232
magazine The Watchtower: yb95 172, 174, 232
newsletter Bulletin: yb95 177, 186
newsletter Informant: yb95 187, 218
newsletter Our Kingdom Ministry: yb95 233
radio broadcasts: w17.08 30; yb95 185
relief work:
explosion (Mexico City, 1984): jv 312
floods (1998): g99 6/8 20
Hurricane Gilbert (1988): g89 3/22 27
Hurricane Isidore (2002): g03 8/8 13-14
Hurricane Pauline (1997): g98 10/8 26-27
hurricanes and earthquakes (1995): g96 4/22 31
volcano threat (1997): w98 8/15 24
remote translation offices:
Tarahumara (Central): hdu article 33
school officials visited by: yb95 235
service experiences: yb97 43; yb95 194-195, 221-226, 246; yb94 52-53; g94 5/8 9-10; w93 12/15 9-10; w92 1/1 6; w90 1/1 7; w89 11/15 32; w88 1/1 5
abortion prevented: g 2/10 11; w95 3/15 18
accident victims kindly helped: g04 8/8 13
alcohol and drug abuser: w03 7/15 8-9
Awake! magazine: g05 2/22 31; g04 12/8 32
believes Bible not inspired: km 12/13 4-5
Bible studies: yb95 242-243
bus: yb05 49
Chinese people: w05 12/15 17-18
circus performer: g 6/07 14-15
couple ask Witness to take their picture: w12 3/15 32
deaf and blind man: mrt article 81
deaf youth learns sign language: g 8/15 11
distressed schoolgirl: g 10/06 32
dressmaking class: yb04 54
during uprising: w00 12/15 10-11
father baptized after 18 years: w03 1/1 26
five-year-old listens to grandmother’s study: yb11 58-59
five-year-old preaches: w04 8/15 32
flower-shop owner requests When Someone Dies brochure: g04 11/8 32
former priest aspirant: w13 5/1 8-9
gang members: ijwcl article 2; w08 8/1 27-28
guns sold to buy Bibles: jv 467
homosexual: w11 4/1 28-29
husband opposed to field ministry: km 12/00 8
immigrant retiree: w09 4/15 21
Indigenous peoples: w12 3/1 14-15; w11 3/1 24-25; g 1/10 32; w04 8/15 10-11
informal witnessing to English-speaking: w04 4/15 23-26
isolated areas: w03 4/15 8-11
Jewish man suicidal over death of son: yb16 24
judges: yb95 236
Kingdom News No. 34: w00 12/15 10
letter from Witness girl dying of cancer: w04 10/1 8
mother writes for help with family life: g 7/06 32
Nations booklet: w10 10/15 32
near Popocatepetl: w98 8/15 22-23
persistence in knocking on door prevents suicide: yb10 49-50
poor with feelings of inferiority: ijwcl article 7
Presbyterian minister brings parishioners to Memorial: yb08 13-14
press installers: yb05 27-28
prisons: g05 10/8 20-21; g04 10/8 20-21; w97 2/15 21-24
scholar praises Search book: g04 2/22 31
school report on branch: g05 9/22 31
schoolteacher conducts studies out of respect for his Witness mother: yb95 229-230
six-month study in two weeks: yb95 225-226
speaker of Nahuatl: g99 5/8 20
successful businessman: ijwcl article 12
suicidal socialite: w09 2/1 27-28
Teacher book praised by official: g 12/06 32
town’s fears overcome: w96 1/1 23
violent temper: ijwcl article 2
violent youth: wp16.5 14-15
well-off speaker of English: w09 4/15 22-23
Witness learns braille to teach blind: yb17 54-55
Young People Ask book: yb07 59; g04 10/8 32
serving where need is greater: w13 4/15 3-6; w09 4/15 20-23; w03 4/15 8-9; yb97 48
sifting regarding 1975: yb95 227
sound cars: yb95 196-198
translation:
Low German: hdu article 10
Tojolabal: hdu article 6
Totonac: hdu article 10
traveling overseers: yb95 183, 189, 202, 206-211, 249
visits by—
Franz, F. W.: yb95 216
Henschel, M. G.: jv 459
Keller, E.: yb95 185-186
Klein, K.: w01 1/1 27
Knorr, N. H.: yb95 199, 201, 216; jv 459
Lösch, G.: yb04 29
Rutherford, J. F.: w17.08 30; yb95 185-186
Schroeder, A. D.: yb95 247
young girl defends creation in school: g 9/09 32
young girl exemplary in school: w94 1/1 26