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Guillermo del Toro in Scotland

How Mexico’s greatest movie director fell in love with Scotland

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How did Guillermo del Toro end up obsessed with the land of kilts and haggis?
Black and white photo of Frida Kahlo looking at a painting she's working on of a portrait of her father, Guillermo Kahlo.

Researchers have a new diagnosis for Frida Kahlo, 70 years after...

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A new study suggests Kahlo suffered from Cauda Equina Syndrome, a condition caused by the injuries she suffered in a bus crash when she was 18.
XER radio station, a border blaster

Border blasters: The outlaw stations that changed radio

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From quack doctors to the first country music broadcasts, high-powered Mexican radio stations brought the U.S. into the age of mass culture.
Cover of Perras de Reserva, which was translated into English as Reservoir Bitches

In ‘Reservoir Bitches,’ Dahlia de la Cerda narrates the raw reality of being a...

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The feminist movement has permeated Mexican life, and Dahlia de la Cerda's "Reservoir Bitches" proves that literature is no exception.
Two Baja California cowboys on horses

The wild cowboys of Baja California

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Cowboys were crucial in making Baja California the place we know today — and they're still around.
Mexican student Ángela Elena Olazarán poses for a photo with graphics of robots in the background

17-year-old student from Veracruz wins Global Student Prize 2024

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Ángela Elena Olazarán created an artificial intelligence software tool that can diagnose diseases in Spanish and Tutunakú, a local Indigenous language.
Dancers on a stage

International Cervantino Festival to highlight Brazil and Oaxaca this year

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The long-running festival celebrates music and high art from across Mexico and the Latin world, bringing together musicians and actors alike.
Many of the artifacts that Mexico has recovered are thanks to a federal government task force that works with local authorities abroad to seek judicial redress and halt auctions in major cities.

Mexico repatriated over 14,000 archaeological artifacts during AMLO’s term

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The #MiPatrimonioNoSeVende campaign, launched in 2021 by Mexico's Culture Ministry, has helped to retrieve 14,048 pieces of cultural heritage.
La Alborada fireworks

San Miguel de Allende’s bonkers firework throwing festival

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An epic battle between good and evil culminates in a pyrotechnical battle for the ages as the World's Best City becomes awash with revelry.

How a revolutionary sermon under a mesquite tree shaped modern Mexico

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On the way to make his infamous cries for independence, Mexico's founding father stopped beneath a tree to preach - which still stands today.
The Jaguar Park spans nearly 2,250 hectares and encompasses protected natural areas such as beaches, forests, the Tulum Archaeological Zone and the Tulum National Park.

AMLO, Sheinbaum inaugurate Jaguar National Park in Tulum

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The park is set inside a natural protected area that is home to at least 966 species of flora and fauna.
Mai Onno

Estonian artist Mai Onno, who escaped Stalin and Hitler, still thrives in Mexico

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Fleeing persecution in Europe, the abstract painter became a mainstay of the international arts scene in San Miguel de Allende, turning the city into a global arts icon.
Patolli — ​​a game of strategy and luck played by commoners and nobles alike — is one of the oldest known games in the Americas.

Archaeologists restore pre-Columbian board games found in Quintana Roo

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The patollis, estimated to be about 1,000 years old, were likely used by high-ranking Maya officials.
The director of Guanajuato public media channel TV4 and other officials celebrate the creation of TV4 Cine y Series, which will have studios in Mineral de Pozos.

From tumbleweed to technicolor: The Guanajuato ‘ghost town’ with big cinematic ambitions

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The state Tourism Ministry is teaming up with public broadcaster TV4 to build new audiovisual production studios in the historic Pueblo Mágico.
Breaking bad, movies about Mexico

Escape the (yellow) stereotypes with these 5 great movies about Mexico

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There's so much more to this country than sepia filters - a Mexico City filmmaker picks five of the best movies about Mexico currently streaming.
Light mosaic of a yellow eagle with a green serpent in its beak standing on a cactus tree, surrounded nearby by historic buildings in Mexico City's main square

Mexico City Zócalo lights up for Independence Day festivities

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Mexico City Tuesday unveiled an enormous lighting display in the city center to mark the nation's upcoming Independence Day on Sept. 16.