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Paseo de la Reforma

Mexico City’s mayor announces a World Cup parade along Reforma for...

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The parade is Mayor Brugada's latest project in her ongoing campaign to expand the World Cup from a global sporting event to a spectacular celebration of the capital's culture and status as a world-class city.
The CNTE’s current encampment along 20 de Noviembre Street

Teachers’ union defaces World Cup statues, installs sit-in within blocks of...

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The CNTE — Mexico's most radical teachers' union — and its tactics are gaining more attention by the hour as international press corps arrive in Mexico to cover the World Cup.
Mexico City

Everything you need to know if you’re heading to the World...

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is almost here. If you plan on attending any games in Mexico, make sure to read our complete World Cup fan guide first.
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Serenade scenes in Mexican cinema

The very best serenades from Mexico’s Golden Age of Cinema

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Few things worked better in "Golden Age" Mexican romantic movies than for stars to serenade their love interest. It's more complicated now, as ideas of gender have evolved, but the music and the moments live on.
National Guard members patrol near the Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacán near Mexico City

Teotihuacán gets its biggest makeover in 30 years ahead of the World Cup

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One of Mexico's most-visited ancient sites has new pathways, museums and security checkpoints, just in time for a World Cup-driven surge in visitors.
TV Azteca building

Opinion: Why President Sheinbaum’s ‘Don’t watch TV Azteca’ comment is such a big deal

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Why did Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, use her daily news conference to tell citizens not to watch TV Azteca? Writer María Meléndez explains the backstory for what has become a hot button political issue.
Activists with signs, trans flags and rainbows celebrate the passage of Querétaro's Gender Identity Law in late April.

Querétaro’s gender identity law dead on arrival after governor announces veto

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The veto makes Querétaro an outlier: 24 of Mexico's 31 states have already approved similar gender identity reforms.
Members of the CNTE teachers union march past Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes on Tuesday.

World Cup prep collides with teacher protests at Mexico City’s Zócalo

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As the Zócalo transforms into a FIFA World Cup fan zone, riot police — allegedly armed with tear gas — turned back teachers demanding pay hikes and pension reform.
Fracking in Mexico draws protests in Mexico City

Scientists, activists push back on Sheinbaum’s fracking plan as opposition movement grows

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Recent protests were held in Mexico City after President Claudia Sheibaum reversed her stance on fracking, which she had pledged during her campaign to ban.
La oce mil taco

El Califa de León, Mexico’s top-rated taco stand, loses its Michelin star

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Even as Michelin took El Califa's star away, it presented one to another taquería, a high-end restaurant in Mexico City's upscale Lomas de Chapultepec that charges up to 330 pesos for a taco.
Students with cell phone

Mexico City moves to regulate cell phone use in schools

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The new law seeks to find a common ground between the need to eliminate the distraction and abuse that cell phones can bring and the benefits of electronic learning tools.
Agustín Toledano Amaro, mayor of Atlatlahucan

Morelos mayor and 5 other officials arrested in anti-corruption operation

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Authorities arrested a mayor, a former mayor and four other officials in Morelos as part of federal anti-corruption operation, alleging ties to the Sinaloa Cartel.
Passengers walk past orange construction cones and a construction worker in Mexico City International Airport (AICM)

Mexico City airport races to finish remodel as World Cup draws near

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Mexico City's international airport is racing to finish a year-long renovation, with 2,000 workers on site and the June 11 World Cup kickoff closing in.