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Cumbres Institute (in Spanish: Instituto Cumbres) is a series of Catholic and bilingual schools. The first Cumbres Institute was founded in Mexico City, Mexico, by the Legionaries of Christ in 1954 in the neighborhood of Lomas de Chapultepec.[ citation needed ]. Many years later, there were many campuses extending all over Mexico and other Latin Americain countries such as Brazil, Chile, Spain, and Venezuela.[ citation needed ] The first Cumbres campus was founded in Lomas de Chapultepec in 1954 with the name of “Instituto Cumbres de Lomas”. In recent years, the Cumbres Institute has been involved in controversy. Particularly noteworthy is the fight that occurred in June 2017 between students of the school against students of the Irish Institute of Mexico City [1] Due to these and other incidents, Instituto Cumbres decided to change its name to Prepa Anahuac, associating itself with Universidad Anahuac. In recent years, the Cumbres Institute has been involved in controversy. Particularly noteworthy is the fight that occurred in June 2017 between students of the school against students of the Irish Institute of Mexico City [2] Due to these and other incidents, Instituto Cumbres decided to change its name to Prepa Anahuac, associating itself with Universidad Anahuac.

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References

  1. ↑ "La pelea entre alumnos de los colegios Cumbres e Irlandés acaba en castigos pero sin denuncia - Animal Político".
  2. ↑ "La pelea entre alumnos de los colegios Cumbres e Irlandés acaba en castigos pero sin denuncia - Animal Político".


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