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Photo Flashback: Mexican memories, January 1975

Published:Friday | January 17, 2025 | 8:07 AM
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A GIFT for Mrs Michael Manley, wife of the prime minister of Jamaica, from Sra Esther Zuno de Echeverría, wife of the president of Mexico, is unveiled at Jamaica House on January 13, 1975.
JAMAICAN FOLK SINGERS, who performed in the Grand Market at Devon House on January 13, 1975, were presented to Sra Echeverría. Here, Olive Lewin (second from left) introduces a member of the group.
POPULAR WITH VAST CROWD: These two pictures show a group of riders (left) and (at right) one female rider among the 300 performers who gave the grand Mexican Fiesta and horse-riding display at the National Stadium on January 12, 1975. This event marked the opening of the three-day cultural mission led by Sra Maria Esther Zuno de Echeverría, wife of the president of Mexico.
STANDING OVATION: His Excellency, the Most Honourable Florizel Glasspole, Governor General (3rd left), and Mrs Glasspole beside him, joined in the standing ovation led by the wife of the President of Mexico, Sra Maria Esther Zuno de Echeverría (2nd left), at the National Arena on January 14, 1975, as the three-day Mexican cultural mission to Jamaica came to a close. With them (from left) are Sir Edgerton Richardson, the Mexican ambassador to Jamaica José Caballero-Bazan, and Mrs Bazan. At right, some of the performers acknowledge the applause.
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Memories of the three-day visit of the Mexican cultural mission, led by Sra Esther Zuno de Echeverría, wife of the president of Mexico, which was in Jamaica for a series of concerts and art displays.