By MARK LORENZANA The annual World Press Photo Contest exhibit has returned to Mexico City for this year’s edition and will run through Oct. 2 at the Museo Franz Mayer. The opening of the exhibit coincided with the 36th anniversary of the museum, which was founded by German-Mexican financier, photographer and collector Franz Mayer in 1986 as a place to
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Big top fans rejoice! Mexico’s own Atayde Brothers Circus, the last of the big three-ring spectaculars in the country, will be presenting six performances at the capital’s Esperanza Iris Theater from Thursday, April 21, through Sunday, 24 April. And while the sawdust, roasted peanuts and some of the traditional animal acts might not be
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In observance of the upcoming Easter holiday, Mexico City’s Interventions Museum (MNI) in Coyoacán, opened an altar exhibit on Friday, April 8, dedicated to the Virgin of Dolores. The exhibit, which will be open to the public through May 15, outlines Mexico’s history of the religious practice of making Dolores altars. The placing of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF One of Europe’s most acclaimed ballet troupes, the Voronezh State Ballet Theatre of Russia, is slated to perform “Swan Lake” at Mexico City’s Teatro Metropolitan on Sunday, April 24. The stunning fairytale ballet, composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1876, will be performed with a contemporary choreographic interpretation led by the troupe’s director, Alexander Litiagin.
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Monday, Sept. 27, marks the 200th anniversary of the Consummation of Mexico’s independence, an act that was framed by the entry of the Trigarante Army, led by Army General Agustín de Iturbide, into Mexico City in 1821. To commemorate the date, the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and the National Defense
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Covid-19 Vaccine Funds Assured The Mexican government wields, for starters, 20 billion pesos “we have saved because there is no more corruption nor luxuries” to vaccinate every Mexican, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) while on tour in Puebla over the weekend. At the same time, he called upon every Mexican to not be overconfident before
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Residents across at least 70 cities in 30 Mexican states participated in a mass protest against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Saturday, May 30. Despite the ongoing nationwide covid-19 lockdown, thousands of cars and SUVs in Mexico City and other major Mexican metropolis conducted a daylong protest caravan, demanding the immediate resignation
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As part of a global yearlong commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the death the great Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci, Mexico City’s historic Palacio de la Autonomía is hosting an extraordinary interactive and immersive multimedia exhibit on the life and works of the Renaissance master. The exhibit, titled “Da Vinci Experience,” was created by the Italian
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While most Mexicans were glued to their seats watching the unprecedented swearing-in ceremony of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Saturday, Dec. 1, members and friends of Christ Church Anglican Parish were busy getting a head start on their holiday shopping at the chapel’s annual Christmas bazaar in Mexico City’s upscale Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec. The
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Nowadays, the big news in México is full of announcements about the shape of things to come for the 2018-2024 administration of President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). But the one item that really grabbed public attention this past week as the future president appointed his cabinet was the place where their offices will be: the National Palace. “They will all have
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