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This Mayan language animated short film is just one of dozens in indigenous...
Back in 2013, filmmaker Gabriela Badillo launched a new collaborative project called 68 Voices, 68 Hearts, an "animated series of Mexican indigenous stories narrated in their original language, raised...
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Mariachi band brings Mexico to Ted Cruz's home
Ted Cruz's vacation to Mexico was cut short, so Mexico was brought to his Houston home on Sunday afternoon in the form of a live mariachi band. A big chef's kiss to the folks behind this brilliant...
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Watch lucha libre wrestlers enforce mask rules in Mexico City
In Mexico City's Central de Abasto market, sellers and buyers are asked to wear masks and sanitize their hands regularly. Lucha libre wrestlers encourage those practices.
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Mexico to legalize marijuana
It's been a long time coming, but Mexico is finally poised to legalize marijuana. Lawmakers have already approved the bill, and both the Mexican Senate and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador have...
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Innocence isn't affordable for many Mexican families
In some areas of Mexico, drug violence is so intense and so frequent that small communities are forced to arm themselves lest they get caught up in a cartel's crossfire or directly targeted for...
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Fake Pfizer vaccines found in Mexico and Poland
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said on Wednesday that they've found two instances of fake Covid-19 vaccines being sold under their name. One of them, in Mexico, was sold to around 80 people for $1,000 a...
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Revenge porn to be punishable by up to 6 years in prison
Legislation was recently passed by the Mexican Congress to combat the publication and subsequent spread of revenge porn — sexual videos, audios, or pictures released without the consent of the people...
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Here is what people really want to know about Cinco de Mayo, according to...
Today is Cinco de Mayo, a holiday celebrating the date in 1862 that the Mexican Army beat the French Empire in the Battle of Puebla. Here are some of the top questions that people ask Google about the...
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Stunning Orca jump caught on expedition
After a dive in the Sea of Cortez this diving expedition happened upon a pod of orcas hunting bottlenose dolphins. The leaping orca footage captured is of the killer whale slamming into a dolphin in...
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What is the indigenous language of Mexico?
Even though it's a brutal and bloody history, the remnants of colonization are endlessly intriguing. On the one hand, the way that European nations carved up the planet is disgusting and has created...
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Strange jaguar skeleton surrounded by starfish discovered in Mexico City
Researchers from Mexico's National Institute of Archaeology uncovered an unusual 14th century Aztec altar at the Templo Mayor site in Mexico City. A jaguar skeleton is surrounded by shells and more...
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Mexico renting out presidential jet for birthday parties, weddings
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador feels that the country's $200 million presidential jet was a ridiculous expenditure and an "insult" to the country's people and he's been trying to sell it...
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Yuu Baal: mezcal with notes of green vegetation and a mineral aroma
Mezcal is to be sipped. It is savored so as to enjoy all the everything that comes with the fermentation of the agave cactus, in all its glorious varieties, into an elixir that shape-shifts in taste as...
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Real de Catorce performs the blues en Español
No peyote tourism, gracias. The effect and affect of sadness, regret, and lament transcends language. The musical language of the Blues, the unrequited, the sacrifice and betrayal circulates the...
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Day of the Dead Barbie gets a second edition
Mattel offers a second signature Barbie for Día de Muertos. Javier Meabe is again behind the designs, the same creator behind the recently released Gloria Estefan Barbie. "I'm excited that we get to...
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Same-sex marriage now legal throughout Mexico
The last of Mexico's 32 states to approve the law, Tamaulipas's vote makes same-sex marriage legal throughout the whole country. The country's supreme court ruled seven years ago that its prohibition...
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Watch this visit to a market in Oaxaca
I love going to markets when I travel outside the United States. In this video, YouTuber Harald Baldr visited a market in Oaxaca, Mexico. He bought many things, including a shopping bag, a flower,...
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Tourist booed, pelted with pebbles and doused with water for climbing Mayan...
A woman thought it best to trespass on a Mayan pyramid by climbing the stairs and performing a little dance. Onlookers thought differently and loudly jeered. As she was escorted down the stairs by a...
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The Airbnb-ification of Tenochtitlán, Mexico City
Recently, Vice News reported that rents in Mexico City are skyrocketing due to remote workers in various industries moving there during the pandemic and real estate developers taking advantage of a...
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Austin band Como Las Movies has deep roots
I promise you will be dancing by the end of this post, whatever dancing may mean to you: cutting the rug full spin, moving your hips on the chair, or just a gentle rhythm nod. There is a self-evident...
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A street corner in Mexico is named after Malcolm X and MLK Jr.
I just got back from an amazing trip to Mexico and while I was there, I came across an interesting street corner up in the hills above Lake Chapala in Jalisco. It's where Malcolm X Drive and Martin...
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El Pochcast, Talking to Houseplants, and the podcast worlds of Rodrigo Nuñez
"Ni de here, ni de there pero en los dos." With sixty-nine episodes to date, El Pochcast, hosted by Rodrigo Nuñez, provides accessible, imaginative reviews and opinions concerning music, movies,...
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Is Mexico safer than the US? (video)
Many people are hesitant to travel to Mexico due to concerns about safety. In this video, Andrew Henderson of Nomad Capitalist compares Mexico to the United States and explains why he believes that...
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A short documentary on gun violence: "The United States and Mexico: The Same...
Gun violence in the U.S. does not respect international borders. Gun violence perpetrated in Mexico by drug cartels is directly related to the politics of the Second Amendment in the US. The...
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Two guests staying at Hyatt-owned hotel in Mexico died in room from suspected...
Two tourists staying in a high-end hotel in Mexico died in their room on Tuesday, and investigators suspect their deaths were caused by gas inhalation. The tourists, both from the United States (a...
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Mexico's supreme court decriminalizes abortion nationwide
Mexico's supreme court struck down criminal prohibitions on abortion in the nation's federal code, decriminalizing the procedure nationwide. It ruled that bans on it were unconstitutional and violate...
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Sound of Freedom executive producer accused of groping underage trafficking...
Days after Tim Ballard, the QAnon hero who inspired the lead character in Sound of Freedom, was accused of sexually harassing women, comes the news that Paul Hutchinson, executive producer of the film,...
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Black bear invites himself to a picnic, eats with stunned family (video)
A family was having a picnic at a table in Mexico's Chipinque Ecological Park when a black bear decided to join in. Up on the table, the bear proceeded to gorge on food from everybody's plate while the...
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Man threatened people with Chucky doll. Both were arrested.
In Monclova, Mexico, a man identified as "Carlos N" and his sidekick Chucky was threatening passers-by in the city square, demanding money. Chucky was reportedly carrying a knife. According to a...
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Meet Kilo, the tattooed Sphynx cat who was rescued after being seized in a...
In February, 2023, Vice published a story about a tattooed Sphynx cat that had been found during a prison raid. They explain: Authorities seized the cat, which appears to be of the Sphynx breed, with a...
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