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Women typing at shared desk in a co-working space

The best co-working spaces in Mexico City

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We've done our best to forget about the pandemic, but there's one feature that has stuck around: the co-working space.
National and foreign tourists visit the Zócalo on this warm and semi-empty Sunday

In 7 years, immigration authorities issued over 230,000 residency permits in...

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The number of new residency permits issued in Mexico City increased 134.9% throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, rising from 20,293 in 2020 to 47,669 in 2023.
Mariah Markus

An American woman’s unraveling in Mexico City

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Viral social media footage showed a young American woman attacking people on a Mexican street. Who was she?
Knocked-down street signs in the México state neighborhood of Colonia 4T

Residents of “Colonia 4T” tear down signs in neighborhood renamed after AMLO achievements

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The México state residents, who clashed with police on Wednesday, say the unexpected renaming has created a bureaucratic nightmare.
Casa Leon Trotsky, Coyoacán, a cool Mexico City museum

10 more off-the-radar museums in Mexico City

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With everything from coffee to communism, the city has plenty of fascinating exhibits on display.
Side by side photos of an white and brown owl looking out with yellow eyes from a cardboard box

A toucan, crocodiles and a wolf: The CDMX Animal Vigilance Brigade’s wildest 2024 rescues

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While the city government's Animal Vigilance Brigade mostly saves dogs and cats from abuse, in 2024, it also rescued a wide variety of wildlife.
The attack on Benjamin Netanyahu's statue in Mexico City's Wax Museum

Activist attacks statue of Israeli prime minister in Mexico City Wax Museum

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The pro-Palestine activist covered the statue in red paint — emulating blood — before striking its face with a hammer.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum surrounded by Indigenous young women and children, who are smiling, looking at photos on their phone and clamoring for autographs

New section of Mexico’s National Anthropology Museum opens

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The five new rooms in the museum contain 6,000 pre-Columbian and modern pieces, curated with the aid of Indigenous communities.
“We’re buying mattresses, metal drums, refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, microwaves or any old metal things that you’re selling.” 

Mexico’s famous scrap metal song turns 20

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Like it or loathe it, "se compran..." sells — here's how the 18-second bit of Mexican street poetry was born.
Mexico City welcomes 2013 with fireworks in Reforma Avenue.

What’s on in Mexico City in January?

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After the ecstasy of the holiday season, January keeps the events coming in Mexico City with vegan tamales, symphonies and the Chinese New Year.
An AI image of a nun making rompope. The history of rompope began in Puebla

How nuns in Puebla invented rompope and other iconic culinary favorites

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How did a small band of Pueblan nuns change Mexican culinary history? Well, it all started with a little tipple.
Chef Laura Cabrera and Baldío

Baldío: Mexico City’s first zero-waste restaurant

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Whether you're an ecologist or a gourmand, Mexico City's first zero-waste concept restaurant has something for everyone.
Adults and a child look at toys in an outdoor toy market in Mexico City, ahead of Kings' Day

Parents, get out your wallets: Mexico City residents expected to spend 4B pesos on...

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In Mexico City and around the country, children are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Kings' Day gifts on Jan. 6.