Mercado Portales celebrated its 62nd anniversary on August 10 with live music, festive decorations and gifts for customers.
Stories by Jeremy Shepherd
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Mexico City joins worldwide movement to ban single-use plastic
The city government will ban plastic bags effective December 2020 and most other single-use plastic products effective January 2021.
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Mexico City exchange market a win-win for consumers, environment
On the second Sunday of every month, Mexico City residents can barter their recyclables for fresh produce grown by local farmers.
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Mexico City to fix leaks, improve distribution in bid to provide water to all
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has pledged that in six years, the length of her mayoral term, every resident will have water every single day.
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Worst part of the job for sanitation workers: adult diapers and kitty litter
Mexico City’s sanitation workers are not government employees, but volunteers, subsisting on tips and what little money they get from recycling plants.
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17k bike tour will celebrate bicycle month in Mexico City
It’s bicycle month in Mexico city and to celebrate, the city agency Muévete en Bici CDMX (Move by Bike Mexico City) will hold a 17-kilometer bicycle tour.
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Lots of people keen on planting free trees in Mexico City
Last week in Mexico City, the Environment Secretariat gave away free trees to residents to plant in their communities.
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Removal of 58 shade-giving trees raises the ire of a neighborhood
The 80-year-old trees came down to make way for a parking ramp for Mitikah, a luxury development in Colonia Xoco in Benito Juárez.
