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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell confirmed that the American football league is poised to return to Mexico City for one game of the 2025 season. It would be the sixth regular-season game in Mexico and the first since 2022. American football has enjoyed increasing popularity in Mexico over the past two decades, and Mexican fans bought […]
Mexico has inaugurated a dazzling new national film center, the Cineteca Nacional Chapultepec. After years of intense planning and hard work, this innovative complex in the fourth section of Chapultepec Park finally opened its doors on Sept. 24, 2024. Then-president Andrés Manuel López Obrador and president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum presided over the inauguration, declaring that “Chapultepec […]
Day of the Dead is arguably the most dynamic, unique and spectacular showcase of Mexican culture. I’ve spent the last several years enjoying the colorful celebration in Mexico City and, while lovely, it just doesn’t quite capture the family element I’ve been looking for. I decided in September that this would be the year that […]
Each year, as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations, cities across Mexico are decorated with marigolds, candles and sugar skulls to honor the lives of the dead. Ofrendas — altars to the dead — are created using brightly colored powders and papel picado (decorative tissue paper), and are adorned with photos of deceased […]
In our series “My American Dream is in Mexico”, we explore the growing phenomenon of Mexican-Americans who were born or raised in the U.S. yet have chosen to pursue their adult dreams in Mexico. Each feature seeks to uncover their motivations, experiences, and the connections they’re rediscovering in the country their parents left long ago […]
Mexico City is home to the best bar in the world, according to the organization 50 Best, which just published its 2024 list of the best bars in the world. Handshake Speakeasy, an unassuming establishment making impressive cocktails in the hip Colonia Juárez neighborhood, is at the top of that list. This year’s list, unveiled […]
For a long time, I’ve been searching for a very specific place to call home. I’ve lived in rural Mexico, Chicago, Italy and South Korea. Having been exposed to cultures from across the world, I formed a very clear idea of the city I wanted to live in. Desperately seeking: City, must be large, vibrant, […]