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Tourism to Mexico’s ancient ruins and museums surpasses pre-pandemic levels
Between January and August, Mexico’s cultural sites attracted 6.9 million visitors and its museums 7.7 million, marking an increase of approximately 4% over the same period of 2019, the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic began.
A week after Mexico’s floods, the death toll is at 72...
Mudslides and damaged bridges have left several regions isolated, particularly in the states of Hidalgo and Veracruz, with 127 towns still virtually inaccessible.
Did Dr. ATL and Nahui Olin’s wild romance set the standard...
Mexico's original artistic power couple are often overshadowed by Frida and Diego, but the revolution they started is still felt in Mexico today.
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Mexico City’s traditional horror houses at kermeses (and why you should never visit them)
There are haunted houses, and there are these "casas del terror." Enter at your own risk!
Here’s how you can help victims of flooding in central Mexico
The recent heavy rains in central Mexico left countless victims homeless and in need of supplies. Collection centers have been set up to receive donations of food, clothing and medicine.
Tlaxcala sets a Guinness World Record for the world’s biggest ‘party bread’
Though its name translates to party bread, pan de fiesta is a cultural staple that is more likely to be found at regional festivals and patron saint celebrations in Tlaxcala, Puebla and other areas of central Mexico.
Average rental price in CDMX forecast to surpass US $1,100 this year
The average apartment rental price in Mexico City is projected to rise to 21,000 pesos (US $1,134) per month by the end of 2025, an increase of between 12 and 15% over 2024, according to the rental platform Mercado Libre Inmuebles.
Lawyer for high-profile defendants shot dead outside of Mexico City courthouse
David Cohen Sacal, a lawyer with the firm Cohen Medina Chávez and former defender of Cruz Azul president "Billy" Álvarez, was shot at point-blank range outside the Ciudad Judicial court complex in the Doctores neighborhood of Mexico City on Monday.
Archaeologists discover rare scorpion-shaped mound likely used for solar observation
Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), which collaborated on the research, said that the site appears to have been “part of a civic/ceremonial complex" used to observe the exact path of the sun during solstices.
Macario Martínez, the former CDMX street sweeper, lights up NPR’s celebrated ‘Tiny Desk Concert’
It's a sign of the times that a 23-year-old Mexico City sanitation worker can ride his talent to the same U.S. public TV stage as Sting, Gloria Estefan and Adele.
Flooding death toll reaches 64, Veracruz most affected with 29 dead, 18 missing
Various rivers burst their banks and landslides occurred in Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí and Querétaro as a result of the torrential rain associated with Hurricane Priscilla and Tropical Storm Raymond last week.
Mexico City’s new waste management strategy will require trash separation starting Jan. 1
The plan seeks to get 50% of the city's waste either recycled or reused, an ambitious goal given that only 15% of the capital's 6,400 tonnes of daily trash is separated correctly.
Posada del Sol: Mexico City’s most extravagant hotel that never was
Intended to be Mexico City's most luxurious hotel, the Posada del Sol was abandoned, fell into ruins... and then came the ghosts.
