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mural honoring Alicia Matías

A mural at explosion site in CDMX honors Alicia Matías, who...

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The 49-year-old heroine's death has been met with an outpouring of admiration while the nation mourns the 15 victims of last week's gas tanker explosion.
Sheinbaum waving the Mexican flag from the National Palace during the annual Grito de Independencia

In first ‘Grito’ as president, Sheinbaum honors Mexico’s heroines of Independence

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Josefa Ortiz Téllez Girón, Leona Vicario, Gertrudis Bocanegra and Manuela Molina were all included in Sheinbaum's first presidential Grito, or Cry of Independence.
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Threats of violence cancel ‘Grito’ celebrations in Sinaloa and Michoacán 

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Mexico City's Iztapalapa borough will also forego celebrations out of respect for the deceased and injured in last week's gas explosion.
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Jarritos truck sticks out from a sinkhole on a street in Mexico City

Sinkhole swallows Jarritos delivery truck in Mexico City

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At least eight families living near the sinkhole have been asked to leave the immediate vicinity while authorities seek to identify the cause of the 8-meter deep crater.

How groups of ‘small hosts’ are fighting Mexico City’s AirBnB ban

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Concerned that new short-term rental laws may affect their livelihood, Mexico City's small AirBnB hosts have banded together to propose changes to the legislation.
President Sheinbaum at the podium of her daily press conference

A tragic accident in CDMX, the Kirk assassination and tariffs: Thursday’s mañanera recapped

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The president discussed a tragic explosion in Mexico City, US political violence, protectionism and Mexican Independence Day at her Thursday presser.
gas tanker after explosion

Horrific gas tanker explosion in Mexico City claims 8 lives, injures 90

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The accident occurred on a busy highway in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City when a gas tanker crashed and exploded, sending out huge flames that engulfed dozens of vehicles.

Mexico City’s Indigenous neighborhoods that are still alive today

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Some of the capital's neighborhoods continue the traditions — and language — of the past. Andrea Fischer goes in search of life before Cortés.
aerial view of blue trash bags in street

Ecatepec, Mexico City’s sprawling neighbor, sets a Guinness World Record for trash collection

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Residents of the highly populated CDMX suburb demonstrated Sunday what a sense of community and a little bit of hard work can accomplish.
Accident between a train and passenger bus in México state

10 killed in bus-train collision northwest of Mexico City

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Ten people were killed and 41 others were injured when a freight train slammed into a double-decker passenger bus in México state on Monday morning, the México state Civil Protection chief said.

The colorful legacy of Ricardo Legorreta

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The visionary Mexican architect brought an update to the modernism of Mexico City and spread color across the Americas.

Living like Mexican aristocracy: A Roma Norte weekend guide

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A weekend in the city's most fashionable district is a throwback to a golden age gone by, explains travel planner Bethany Platanella.

From Lebanon to La Condesa: Lebanese food and culture in the capital

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Some of Mexico's earliest foreign arrivals, the Lebanese have made a home in their new country, bring life, color and of course, great food (but no, they didn't invent tacos al pastor).