By ALLAN WALL What is now Mexico City was founded as Tenochtitlán in 1325 by the Mexica (Aztec) and subsequently destroyed by the Spaniards and their indigenous allies in 1521. The Spaniards built a new city on the rubble. Therefore, when they dig down under the city, archeologists frequently find Aztec structures, as was the case in the renowned Templo
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS More than 50 top international padel players — including both men and women teams — will face off in the last round of the 2022 World Padel Tour Open at Mexico City’s Juan de la Barrera Olympic Gym between Tuesday, Nov. 22, and Sunday, Nov. 27. The competition will include 52 couples in total, 26 from the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It was a night to remember, and long-remembered it will be. The gala opening of Palacio de Hierro’s stunning new $140 million Coyoacán luxury department store in Mexico City’s freshly remodeled Mítikah shopping mall on Thursday, Sept. 22, not only wowed with its fabulous five-story property, but also with the black-tie reception that no doubt constituted the
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican soprano singer María Reyna will offer an operatic concert dedicated to the indigenous Mixe people, who live in the eastern highlands of the central state of Oaxaca, in a one-night performance at the National Center for the Arts (Cenart) on Saturday, May 21. The concert, titled “Orgullosa Soy Raíz” (“I am Proud of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Nearly 60 percent of Mexico’s original languages are at risk of disappearing due to the government’s disinterest in defending them, globalization and the lack of a budget to protect cultural heritage and linguistics, a group of representatives of indigenous organizations warned Monday, Feb. 14. Of the more than 7,000 languages currently spoken worldwide, half
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By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER It’s a well-known fact of life: What starts out badly inevitably ends up worse. In the case of Mexico’s now-globally spotlighted Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE), it all began on Saturday, Aug. 7, with the abrupt and unjustified dismissal of renowned author and historian Jorge F. Hernández from his post as the cultural attaché of Mexico’s embassy
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