Since 2003 the lives of thousands of girls in rural Mexico have been made brighter thanks to a retired Californian who loves to crochet.
Mexico Life
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Zihuatanejo project promotes environmentally-friendly cloth diapers
By incorporating the logos of donated t-shirts, the diapers have caught the hearts and imaginations of women from Canada and the United States.
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Spirulina, or ‘Aztec cheese,’ is Mexico’s pre-Hispanic superfood
This miraculous micro-algae was consumed regularly by the Aztecs as a common source of protein harvested from Lake Texcoco.
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Diablero: mystical Mexican thriller launches worldwide Friday on Netflix
This year has been fruitful for Mexican shows on Netflix, but now comes something different: fantasy, horror and adventure with some black comedy.
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It’s a hard hike to Jalisco’s most beautiful cave, but worth the price
La Cueva de los Monos in the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve is considered by some to be Jalisco’s most beautiful cave, but hard to reach.
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Huatulco is a delightful destination of beaches and bays in Oaxaca
Huatulco is a series of bays, beaches and small towns that make up a region developed into a tourist destination in the mid-1980s.
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Societal change has elevated pets to the status of people
But if you imply that you hate dogs you’re automatically put into a category with serial killers and pedophiles.
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The Soft City: when books become art and buildings tell stories
British artist’s work varies in form and format, but has one thing that unites it. They are books.
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The mortar makers of San Lucas: 600 years of experience makes all the difference
Some 300 local people follow the longstanding tradition of transforming hard basalt rock into practical appliances as well as works of art.
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Ancient history, living culture: a visit to the pyramid of Santa Cecilia Acatitlán
Drumbeat, dancers transport visitors back to the time of human sacrifices at this temple just northwest of Mexico City.
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Just another fancy winery in the Bajío? No, Tres Raíces is more than that
Central Mexico has a lot going on: a business boom in Querétaro, a culinary awakening in San Miguel and the entire region is part of a wine renaissance.
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Computer programmer uses information technology to help save forests
Computer simulations using artificial intelligence show how erosion from rainfall can affect forests and how to prevent it.
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Mexico City’s street art moves from walls of the city to walls of a gallery
This year’s Urban Art Show, which will run for two weeks, boasts the work of over 20 different urban artists from around Mexico.
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Discover another world inside Guanajuato’s curious Parangueo Crater
A 400-meter tunnel leads to an enormous, shimmering white crater that was once a lake. It’s like walking on another planet.
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Learn more about the Mexican Revolution with a visit to its Mexico City monument
The Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City’s Tabacalera neighborhood, close to the historical center, is a striking building that commemorates the event.
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Fans of abstract art can find it in a gallery in the woods of Jalisco
Jalisco’s Center for the Study and Diffusion of Non-Figurative Art — or CIANF — was born in a private home in the rustic community of Pinar de la Venta.
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Off the beaten track in Mexico City’s Narvarte neighborhood
Mexico City’s Colonia Narvarte offers a new neighborhood to explore and more hidden culinary gems to discover.
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When you’ve got more guavas than you can use, make candy
Frutland is a family-run business that started 24 years ago from a desire to make use of the huge excess of guava in Calvillo, Aguascalientes.
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Search for the birthplace of tequila leads to impressive 18-century distillery
Many distilleries used to operate around Amatitán near Guadalajara, but the remains are difficult to locate.
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Ahal: changing the face of Mexican cosmetics with natural products
Ten years ago chemical engineering student Iliana Loza began making soaps at home after finding that non-natural products dominated the market.
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Exploring Amatitán, Jalisco, the town that made tequila famous
The small town of Amatitán is not designated a Pueblo Mágico but every visit seems to yield something curious and interesting.
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Behind the scenes at Mexico City’s Day of the Dead parade
What began because of the 2015 James Bond film Spectre has now taken on a form of its own in Mexico City.
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Beauty and peace at the spectacular monoliths of El Diente, a forest of rocks
The hills above the little town of Río Blanco are covered with a curious forest consisting not of trees but of hundreds of huge, smooth, rocky spires.
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24 hours in Mexico City’s Colonia Juárez: its former glory is coming back
It’s impossible not to be charmed by the French architecture and dilapidated decadence of Mexico City’s Colonia Juárez.
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The houses that mezcal has built: production waste makes the adobe better
Mezcal brand Sombra found that mixing the solid and liquid waste that come from producing mezcal with local soil makes great adobe bricks.