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Eva Longoria’s docuseries on Club Necaxa is set to premiere in...

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The famed Hollywood actress and director of Mexican descent considers the 10-episode series to be as much about Mexican culture and tradition as about sports.

The “golden cage” of San Miguel de Allende: A local perspective...

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It may be the best city in the world, but gentrification in San Miguel is pushing locals out, explains a born-and-bred San Miguelense.
The achoque is a critically endangered salamander that’s the cousin of the famous axolotl.

Lake Pátzcuaro’s fishermen answer call to rescue the achoque, the axolotl’s...

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Fishermen in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, have teamed up with local scientists to raise achoque hatchlings and re-release them into the lake in an effort to stabilize their declining population.
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Sacred Wixárika route added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

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The route’s inscription requires the creation of a conservation plan that allows the Wixárika people to continue their rituals, which include leaving offerings at sacred sites throughout central Mexico.
Close-up of a historic church in San Miguel de Allende, showcasing its distinctive orange and yellow colors, ornate facade, and bell tower, with a cypress tree in the foreground.

‘The angels brought us’: Couple’s book documents 3 decades of living in San Miguel...

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"San Miguel de Allende: The Soul of Mexico," by Cathi and Steven House, is a photographic love letter to the picturesque colonial city.
Black and white photo of artist Jaime Colín, a man with short dark hair, smiling and looking directly at the camera. He is crouched inside a large circular opening, with a staircase visible behind him and natural light illuminating a tree-like structure outside the opening.

Artist Jaime Colín’s new exhibit creates beauty from environmental destruction

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Creating surprisingly beautiful art that uses satellite imagery and cartography from open-pit mining, Jaime Colín explores humans' impact on Earth.
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American Airlines announces new flights from US to Mexico City and Querétaro

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The Mexico City-Chicago route will begin year-round operations starting Oct. 26.
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Highway robbery near Guadalajara nets 6 million pesos worth of gold and silver

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Such open-road heists have risen in frequency recently and could pose a threat to potential investors otherwise attracted by nearshoring opportunities.
San Miguel skyline

San Miguel, Ensenada and more: These are the five new airports Mexico is planning...

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Details are emerging about government plans to build a series of new airports around the country.
Hay Festival monumental letters in Queretaro

The Querétaro Hay Festival turns ten

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Celebrity, culture and conversations collide at the Mexican edition of the world's most prestigious literature festival
A Jalisco property by the name of Izaguirre Ranch became known as "Mexico's Auschwitz" after search groups found crematoriums, human remains and over 200 shoes at the site.

10 CJNG members sentenced to 141 years in prison in Izaguirre Ranch case

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The sentencing came after the men were found guilty of kidnapping and murdering dozens of cartel recruits and disposing of their bodies at the Izaguirre Ranch in the municipality of Teuchitlán, Jalisco.
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Isaac Hernández debuts as first Mexican principal of the American Ballet Theatre 

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Born in Guadalajara, 35-year-old Isaac Hernández trained as a dancer in the backyard with his father and has now risen to the pinnacle of his profession.
Night view of a colonial Mexican town

Travel + Leisure magazine again names San Miguel de Allende the ‘Best City in...

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Mexico's colonial crown jewel — home to a sizable American community — in the state of Guanajuato was honored by Travel + Leisure for the fourth time.