Judge Rules to Strike Down Mexico City Bullfighting Suspension
With De Jesús Zuñiga’s decision now enacted, Mexico’s traditional bullfights will continue to be held in the Plaza México for the sport’s 2024 season
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Mexico City Bullfight Season Canceled Indefinitely
PULSE NEWS MEXICO To the chagrin of many and the satisfaction of others, Mexico City’s long-awaited 2022-2023 bullfighting season has been suspended permanently, the country’s largest bull ring, Plaza México, announced Wednesday, Nov. 30. In a written statement, Plaza México said that the season had been canceled “due to a definitive suspension granted by a judge against bullfighting in the country’s
Read moreMexican Supreme Court Condemns, but Won’t Ban, Bullfighting
PULSE NEWS MEXICO After a “corrida” of on-again-off-again legal bouts over whether to allow bullfighting to continue to be practiced in Mexico, the nation’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) on Wednesday, June 15, ruled that, while it condemned the sport as inhumane to animals, it would not ban it. Both bullfighting and cockfighting, considered traditional sports in Mexico, “inflict unnecessary,
Read moreJudge Suspends Mexico City Bullfighting Indefinitely
PULSE NEWS MEXICO After months of legal battles and parliamentarian evasion the topic, a Mexico City judge on Friday, June 10, ordered the definite suspension of all bullfighting in the city. Although just one day earlier, another municipal judge had ordered the suspension of a temporary stay on bullfighting in the nation’s capital while a lawsuit challenging its legality proceeded,
Read moreThe Bullfighting Beef: A Whole Lot of Bull
OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO The two-front legal battle against bullfighting in Mexico was postponed from last week to Thursday, June 9. In essence, a municipal judge has allowed a temporary stay on bullfighting in the nation’s capital to continue while a lawsuit challenging its legality moves forward. In both cases, bullfights, usually held at the 42,000-seat capacity monumental Mexico City’s
Read moreMexico City May Soon Ban Bullfights
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Bullfighting, one of Mexico’s most cherished cultural traditions, may soon be banned in Mexico City, which boasts the world’s largest bullring, the Plaza de Toros México. On Monday, Dec. 6, a special commission of the city’s congress voted four in favor against one abstention to ban the sport, claiming that it constituted an act
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Extended Isolation The full containment of the Covid-19 pandemic in Mexico will require much time than originally planned, so the stay-home period may have to be extended from the original April 30 to May 30, said Public Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell, who is in charge of monitoring the spread of the disease. The announcement was made during
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