Protesters knock down door of Mexico’s presidential palace
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters A group protesting the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico in 2014 knocked down a door to the country’s presidential palace, video from local television stations showed on Wednesday morning. The protesters rammed down the door using a white pickup truck from Mexico’s state electrical company, videos showed, while President Andres […]
Early jacaranda bloom sparks debate about climate change in Mexico
Mexico City Reuters Every spring, the streets of Mexico’s capital are painted purple with the flowering of thousands of jacaranda trees. Their spectacular colors not only attract the eyes of residents and tourists, but also birds, bees and butterflies that find food and shelter in them. But this year something changed. A man passes by […]
Mexico City residents protest “unprecedented” water shortages
Mexico City Reuters Frustrated Mexico City residents have been protesting weeks of water shortages, with officials warning of “unprecedented” low levels in a main system that supplies millions of people. The bustling metro area of 21 million people – one of Latin America’s largest cities – is struggling after years of low rainfall blamed on […]
Postcards: Thousands gather to honour Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe on anniversary of 1531 apparition
FERNANDA PESCE, of Associated Press, reports from Mexico City…
Historic Mexico church becomes capital’s largest shelter for weary migrants
Mexico CityReuters A historic Mexico City church has morphed into the capital’s largest migrant shelter, with hundreds of sleeping mats stacked high inside and a growing tent city clustered around it where many await news before resuming their risky trek north. The noisy, makeshift migrant hub located just blocks behind the president’s downtown offices is […]
How Mexico City’s mural movement transformed walls into art
Mexico City, Mexico AP Across the main entrance of a former Jesuit college in the heart of Mexico City, a bright-coloured mural depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe represents both the Indigenous religiosity and the Christianity that shaped the culture of post-colonial Mexico. The mural was created by Mexican artist Fermín Revueltas between 1922 and 1923, when the walls […]
New migrant caravan heads for Mexico City to speed up legal route to US
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters Thousands of migrants, detained for months in southern Mexico, formed a new caravan in protest on Sunday to head for the capital to speed up their applications for US asylum. The migrants, mostly Venezuelans, started their march north early in Tapachula, the city bordering Guatemala whose detention centres have been overwhelmed by […]
In Mexico thousands protest electoral overhaul they say threatens democracy
Mexico City Reuters Huge crowds gathered across Mexico on Sunday to oppose a government drive to shrink the independent electoral authority, arguing the changes threaten democracy, in what appeared to be the largest protests yet against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s administration. Organisers said in Mexico City over 500,000 people attended, with video footage on […]
Ancient bodies found in Mexico City show shared Catholic, pre-Hispanic graves
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters The remains of 28 human bodies buried at least four hundred years ago in Mexico indicate the comingling of pre-Hispanic and Catholic cultures that Spanish colonizers introduced, local researchers told Reuters. The discovery took place during the construction of a scenic pavilion in Mexico City’s Chapultepec park in February, when researchers […]
Devotion to Virgin Mary draws millions to Mexico City shrine
Mexico City AP It is the one of the world’s most visited and beloved religious venues – the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, with a circular, tent-shaped roof visible from miles away and a sacred history that each year draws millions of pilgrims from near and far to its hilltop site in Mexico City. […]