New Institute to Promote Mexico Ties, Culture

A newly established institute will promote Mexican cultural and educational activities in Los Angeles and work toward improving ties between Mexico and the large Latino community in the Southland.

The institute’s board, headed by Los Angeles businessman Fernando Oaxaca, includes both prominent Mexican-Americans and Mexican government officials. The Mexican government is providing about $200,000 in initial funding.

The institute will be based in Olvera Street offices previously occupied by the Mexican Consulate.

Among the group’s first projects will be a ceremony next fall marking the opening of the epic art exhibition, “Mexico: Splendors of 30 Centuries,” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.