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Photography show portrays a day in Mexico’s Chapultepec Park

A photography exhibition on the fence of Mexico City’s massive Chapultepec Park reflects the importance of the public space in the lives of Mexicans.

12:03 pm | Posted in art,culture,mexicoreporter.com,photography | Read More »

‘The bicycles’ announce Aceves Navarro retrospective

“Las bicicletas” (“the bicycles”) outside Mexico City’s Museo de Palacio de Bellas Artes is one of two works created by artist Gilberto Aceves Navarro especially for the museum’s retrospective exhibition of his art.

11:12 am | Posted in art,ciudad de mexico,culture | Read More »

Central American migrants face more hurdles

A group of Honduran men and women came to Mexico looking for their missing loved ones earlier this year. They claim that there are nearly 600 Honduran migrants who are missing in Mexico who disappeared whilst crossing Mexico to get to the United States.

7:11 pm | Posted in ciudad de mexico,corruption,crime,government,human rights,human rights commission,illegal,immigration,impunity,kidnappings,mexicoreporter.com,migrants,police,politics,video | Read More »

The Virgin of Guadalupe brings Mexicans to their knees

Julio Cesar, a 19-year-old metalworker, crawled on his knees for five hours yesterday to reach the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City.

11:09 am | Posted in basilica de guadalupe,ciudad de mexico,culture,events,la plaza,Media MR,mexicoreporter.com,Photos on MR,religion,video | Read More »

Death penalty advertisements in Mexico

You see some strong stuff on the streets of Mexico City ans this month was no different: an advertising campaign from Mexico’s Green Party demanding the return of the death penalty to the country.

2:24 pm | Posted in advertising,advocacy,ciudad de mexico,crime,culture,human rights,kidnappings,media,mexicoreporter.com,police | Read More »

Mexico City smokers enjoy a bit of nostalgia

For Mexico City’s smokers, who were recently deprived of the pleasure of enjoying their habit in restaurants, bars, offices and other public places, an exhibition celebrating the pleasure and history of tobacco might feel like someone’s blowing smoke in their faces.

7:46 pm | Posted in art,ciudad de mexico,culture,events,mexicoreporter.com | Read More »

Violence against journalists in Mexico exaggerated, says top prosecutor

Violence against journalists in Mexico is not as high as non-profit groups are reporting, said a top Mexican prosecutor yesterday.

9:08 am | Posted in mexicoreporter.com | Read More »

Mexico’s method for speedy snowmen

Three-year-old Ismael Arenas Sosa and his father, Edmundo, enjoyed the artificially produced snow in the Zocalo last week. And it appears Mexico’s mayor has devised a rather ingenious way of limiting the wait time for children eager to build their first snowman.

11:53 am | Posted in art,children,ciudad de mexico,culture,events,mexicoreporter.com,video,Zocalo | Read More »

Mexico hosts its first human rights film festival

Immigration, women’s rights, illegal detention and human trafficking are some of the themes that will be examined next week during Mexico’s first human rights film festival.

11:00 am | Posted in advocacy,amnesty international,ciudad de mexico,culture,film,human rights,human rights commission,immigration,impunity,la plaza,media | Read More »

Mexican men ask for an end to violence against women

A campaign featuring well-known men in Mexico asks that their fellow males stop beating up and abusing women. Do Mexican men need to be told by other Mexican men to stop beating up and abusing women?

11:30 am | Posted in advertising,ciudad de mexico,human rights,women | Read More »

Media advertising campaign targets violence against journalists

A television, radio and print advertising campaign is to launch here in Mexico in an attempt by press freedom groups to raise public awareness about violence against journalists.

10:17 am | Posted in advertising,advocacy,article19,ciudad de mexico,Ciudad Juarez,committee to protect journalists,corruption,crime,culture,events,freedom of speech,government,human rights,illegal,impunity,la plaza,lydia cacho,media,narcotraffick,police,politics,violence | Read More »

Spotlight on dog overpopulation and abuse in Mexico

Still on the doggy theme of last week, a documentary screening in Mexico City over the weekend focused on how Mexico deals with the thousands of stray dogs roaming its streets. And no, it did not paint a pretty picture.

9:47 am | Posted in advocacy,animals,ciudad de mexico,events,film,government,health,la plaza,united states | Read More »

Kurimanzutto opens doors to new art gallery in Mexico City

The beautiful people were out in force on Saturday afternoon in Mexico City for the opening of the new Kurimanzutto contemporary art gallery in the San Miguel de Chapultepec neighborhood.

9:47 am | Posted in art,ciudad de mexico,culture,kurimanzutto | Read More »