“Talking about music and the effect it has on humans is complex. Music shapes brains and communities: it forges neural connections, helps regulate emotion and offers a language for belonging. The corrido — Mexico’s narrative ballad — embodies all those powers. It has been a walking newspaper, a moral pamphlet, a protest song, and, increasingly, a contested cultural weapon. So why does the Mexican state practice a veiled censorship of this genre today, and what does the corrido tell us about modern Mexico?”
María Meléndez, Writer
The corrido is best known for soundtracking Mexico’s cartel violence, but the genre has a far longer and more important history than that.
Collectively called Mission Ixtli, the satellites will reduce Mexico’s dependence on foreign providers for data on forest health, fires, landslides, crop health and species monitoring, as well as a variety…
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The nation’s most expansive urban park will host the 10-day Mexico City Design Open, a wildly inventive festival probing how cutting-edge design can improve our environment and our lives.
