Friday, December 12, 2025

MND_MEXICO CITY PLUS

A Yankee batter swings at a baseball thrown by the Mexico City Diablos Rojos pitcher in Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium

NL West rivals will square off as Major League Baseball returns...

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The April 25-26 series between the San Diego Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks reboots the regular-season MLB international schedule in Mexico after a year off.

Millions flood the capital to honor the Virgin of Guadalupe on...

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The believers, some arriving at the Basilica on their knees, numbered 13 million by 5 a.m. Friday, requiring deployment of 5,000 police and security forces.
The new and old Basilica de Guadalupe buildings, side-by-side in Tepeyac

Why are there two Basílicas to Our Lady of Guadalupe?

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As the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe approaches, many worshippers make the pilgrimage to Tepeyac, home to not one basilica in her honor, but two.
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scene of parachutist landing

American skydiver unhurt after awkward landing in downtown Mexico City 

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The 36-year-old reportedly jumped out of a small plane after midnight Tuesday, aiming for the Historic Center. He ended up landing a block from the Alameda and Bellas Artes.
The Hilton Reforma in Mexico City

Mexico City hotel prices spike nearly 1000% ahead of the World Cup

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While lodging prices increased across all 16 World Cup host cities, CDMX and Monterrey were the worst offenders, closely followed by Guadalajara.
Julia Ortega

Julia Ortega: The woman behind Mexico’s first carbon-neutral coffee farm

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Julia Ortega has taken some big risks, but her decision to do things the right way, keeping her coffee organic and her farm in Puebla carbon-neutral, is finally paying off.
Iztapalapa's annual Passion Play involves over 5,000 people, with some 150 having speaking roles.

Iztapalapa’s Passion Play of Christ gains UNESCO heritage status

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Iztapalapa's annual Passion Play began when the Mexico City borough vowed to organize a religious procession in gratitude for surviving a cholera epidemic in 1843, eventually evolving into a major cultural event.
dog rescuers

Volunteers will rescue dogs abandoned during Virgin of Guadalupe pilgrimage

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The millions of devotees who trek to the city to worship their Virgin of Guadalupe leave dozens of abandoned dogs behind near the Basilica.

Bad Bunny’s sold out tour is bringing big bucks to Mexico City

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The Puerto Rican superstar is coming to the capital this month as part of his “I Should Have Taken More Photos" World Tour.
Edificio Ermita in Mexico City

Here’s how to find Mexico City’s most beautiful and historic Art Deco buildings (and...

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Evidence of Mexico City's flirtation with the Art Deco movement can still be found hiding in plain sight in a single neighborhood. Andrea Fischer shows you where.
A high up view of the Mexico City Independence Angel and a few of the city's skyscrapers are seen against an afternoon supermoon.

The December 2025 supermoon: Watch it from Mexico City next week

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Supermoons only occur when a full moon happens just as the moon's orbit is closest to Earth. Luckily for Mexico City residents and visitors, the next supermoon will be viewable soon!

Chichén Itzá beats out Teotihuacán and Tulum as Mexico’s top draw in a banner...

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The intrinsic value alone of such Mexican cultural sites as Chichén Itzá and Teotihuacán make them worth protecting, but they also serve as drivers of local economies and identities.
Dua lipa in a white fuzzy coat and shiny bikini top

Meet Mexico City’s newest taquera: Dua Lipa

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Fans of the British songstress can enjoy tunes and tacos at La Dua, a pop-up coming to Mexico City as part of Lipa's Radical Optimism world tour.