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Muddy man wearing headlamp and helmet approaches skull of cave bear against dark background

This cave in San Luis Potosí was hiding Ice Age giants

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Looking for cavefish in the Sierra del Abra, biologist Luis Espinasa and his team accidentally found the remains of ancient animals. It took an underwater drone to get them out.
A member of Los Tigres del Norte performs on stage

More states move to ban narcocorridos after Texcoco concert riot

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The growing restrictions have sparked national debate and high-profile incidents, as authorities and artists navigate the tension between cultural expression and public safety.

The history of the Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel

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Towering over the Guanajuato city, there's no building more emblematic of San Miguel de Allende than the Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel.

cenote

Real estate developer Muúk Karant to unveil Mexico’s first museum in a cenote

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A planned residential development just outside the colonial city of Valladolid will include four natural underground pools, one with more than 300 cultural artifacts on display.
Downtown Oaxaca

Oaxaca revives its Spring Festival after 25-year hiatus

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After a 25-year hiatus, Oaxaca’s spring festival, now renamed the Rodolfo Morales Spring Festival, is set to return as part of the city’s upcoming 493rd anniversary celebration.
Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa, giant of Latin American literature, dies at age 89

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The Nobel laureate is remembered in Mexico for pinning the "perfect dictatorship" label on the PRI regime and later clashing openly with AMLO.
Luis R. Conriquez in black shirt and cowboy hat

Fans riot after leading regional musician refuses to play narco ballads, yielding to pressure at home and abroad

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As more states limit narcocorridos and the U.S. threatens to cancel Mexican musicians visas, regional Mexican musicians have a fine line to walk.
A photoshopped image of a strip of of old-fashioned film, with images of various Mexican actors and stills from movies.

Who were the stars of the golden age of Mexican cinema?

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A Mexican Charlie Chaplin, a dashing lead and an actor with the voice of an angel — who were the biggest stars that graced Mexican screens in the 20th century?
An Indigenous Mexican man in traditional dress holds a smoking large goblet in his right hand and offers it ritualistically to a shrine covered with vegetation and a large sheet of fabric with birds and plants printed on it. Behind him, a man in non-traditional clothing looks on with his eyes closed.

In Mexico’s unique Holy Week processions, Indigenous tradition continues amid Catholic ritual

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Influenced by a blend of pre-Hispanic customs and Hispanic culture, many of Mexico's fascinating Holy Week rituals and processions are unlike any others worldwide.
A hand-woven rug depicting a jazz band made of skeletons

Hecho en México: Felipe Juárez, San Miguel weaver

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San Miguel weaver Felipe Juárez makes rugs and more for customers as far away as New Zealand, but he's never left his hometown, where he sells his creations each weekend.
Side by side photos of formal state paintings of Mexican president Benito Juarez and U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, who were contemparies of each other during their tenures in office

How a Mexican diplomat forged a relationship between Benito Juárez and Abe Lincoln, who never met

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Mexican diplomat Matías Romero built strong connections with the Lincolns for Juárez, a likely factor in U.S. covert help in Mexico's war with France.
A huge square masonry block is visible in an underground tunnel, as archaeologists excavate the ancient Teotihucán found in Guatemala

Teotihuacán altar found in Guatemala reveals the reach of Mexico City’s forebearers

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The founders of Teotihuacán — modern-day Mexico City — were even more powerful than previously thought.
National Gallery in London, UK

“José María Velasco: A View of Mexico” opens at London’s National Gallery

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The exhibition, the first ever in the United Kingdom of the works of the foundational Mexican painter, bringing his work to an excited new audience.
Macario Martínez, a sanitation worker-turned-local superstar, during a recent performance along Mexico City's Reforma Avenue.

Move aside ‘American Idol’: Mexico launches binational singing and composing competition

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Mexico Sings: For Peace and Against Addictions is open to performers and composers aged 18 to 34, and seeks to promote traditional Mexican music without lyrics that glorify violence and/or drugs.
Crowd at Zócalo in Mexico City

‘National Boxing Class’ unites more than half a million participants across Mexico

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With President Sheinbaum leading the way, the latest edition of Mexico's historic National Boxing Class united participants in major city plazas across Mexico.
Salvador Sánchez

A short history of boxing in Mexico: Part 2

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When we left off, Mexican boxing was a turning point — what will the second half of the 20th century hold for boxing in Mexico?