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Mexico City: High Art in Thin Air

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.23.2012

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Capital Soars with Huge New International Street Art Murals An Amazing Week in DF with Interesni Kazki, El Mac, Saner, Sego, Roa, Herakut, Vhils, and...

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Mexico City Mayor: 'We'll Have To Act' If Walmart Allegations Prove True

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2012

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MEXICO CITY, April 26 (Reuters) - Mexico City's mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, said on Thursday authorities in the capital would investigate allegations "st...

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Tony Orrico Performance At Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico City (VIDEO)

VernissageTV | Posted 04.25.2012

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With the exhibition CARBON, the Polyforum Siqueiros in Mexico City presents Tony Orrico's third solo exhibition. Orrico is a visual artist as well as ...

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Quake Rattles Mexico

AP | Posted 04.13.2012

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MEXICO CITY -- A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook southern Mexico early Friday morning, causing no reported damage but swaying tall buildings in the cap...

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Strong Earthquakes Hit Western Mexico

Reuters | Posted 04.12.2012

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By Cyntia Barrera MEXICO CITY, April 12 (Reuters) - Two large earthquakes struck western Mexico, shaking buildings as far away as the ...

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Mexico City Releases A Free Mobile App That Warns Citizens Of Earthquakes

Posted 04.07.2012

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This week, the Mexico City Center for Emergency Response and Civil Protection service released a free app for Blackberry mobile users that would warn ...

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Strong Earthquake Felt In Mexico City

AP | Posted 04.02.2012

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MEXICO CITY — Mexico was shaken Monday by what officials described as the strongest aftershock yet from a powerful earthquake that killed at lea...

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PHOTOS: The Mexico You Didn't See During Spring Break

Posted 03.28.2012

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You read what our Mexican friends had to say about Spring Breakers in Cancun (they're not too fond of them). And while Cancun surely remains to be the...

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Diego Boneta Is A Rising Star

Posted 03.24.2012

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Congratulations are in order for Diego Boneta! The 21-year-old Mexican actor will receive CinemaCon’s Rising Star of 2012 Award at the upcoming c...

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Authorities Stumble On Remains Of 167 People In Cave

AP | CARLOS RODRIGUEZ | Posted 05.10.2012

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MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities have found the remains of 167 people in a southern Mexican cave, and forensic experts believe the remains are ...

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Mexican Activists Protest Drug War Through Public Art

Posted 03.06.2012

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While drug-related deaths continue to escalate as the Mexican drug war wages on, Mexican youth have resorted to peaceful and artistic forms of protest...

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Mexico City 'Vocho' Cabs Retiring

AP | By MARK STEVENSON | Posted 03.05.2012

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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's capital is ready to stomp out its iconic Volkswagen "Bug" taxis. Officials said Friday that the last of the old-style VW Beet...

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Last 'Bug' Taxis To Retire

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.02.2012

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MEXICO CITY — Mexico's capital is ready to stomp out its iconic Volkwagen "Bug" taxis. Officials said Friday that the last of the old-style VW B...

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Transsexual Woman Runs For Office In Mexico

Posted 02.21.2012

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Diana Sanchez Barrios is the first transsexual woman to seek a seat in Mexico City’s municipal assembly, and, she has no doubt that she'll be wining...

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Gang Members Hang Suspicious Banners Ahead Of Pope Visit

AP | By MARK STEVENSON | Posted 02.07.2012

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MEXICO CITY -- A drug gang unfurled banners in a Mexican city that Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to visit next month, telling rival traffickers to ke...

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PHOTOS: Modern Day Exorcism Performed In Mexico City

Posted 01.25.2012

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The New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia describes an exorcism as "the act of driving out, or warding off, demons, or evil spirits, from persons, places, ...

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5 Police Officers Shot To Death Outside Mexico City

AP | Posted 03.25.2012

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VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico — Officials say five police officers were fatally shot after they stopped a vehicle in a town outside Mexico City. Mexic...

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Bank Robber Rides Skateboard To Heists

AP | Posted 01.21.2012

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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico City police say they have arrested a would-be bandit who rode his skateboard to bank robbery attempts. Police say Sergio Ledesm...

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As World's Largest Landfill Closes, Mexico City Fights Trash Pileup

AP | KATHERINE CORCORAN | Posted 03.14.2012

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MEXICO CITY — Mounds of debris piled up at illegal dumping sites around the city in recent weeks as the metropolis grappled with an avalanche of...

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5 Police Officers Face Torture Charges

AP | Posted 02.26.2012

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MEXICO CITY — The Mexico City prosecutors' office says five police officers have been arrested in connection with a video that appears to show t...

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Mexico City Closes World's Largest Trash Dump

AP | Posted 02.18.2012

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City will close one of the world's largest garbage dumps by Dec. 31 and will instead turn the garbage from millions of peo...

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Mexico City 'Zombie Walk' Hopes To Break World Record

Posted 11.27.2011

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The Associated Press MEXICO CITY - Thousands of self-proclaimed "undead" have gathered in the historic center of Mexico's capital for a "Zombie Wal...

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When the Vows Break: Mexican Legislator Wants to Put Expiration on Your Marriage License

Steve Lake | Posted 01.21.2012

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If you think that if marriage was more like, say, a city sticker or drivers' license that it would save you from having any legal problems, you've probably had too much tequila.

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Yoga Helps Mexican Inmates Find Peace, Curbs Violence

Posted 11.18.2011

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At one Mexico City juvenile detention center, inmates are finding inner peace through an unlikely practice in a jail cell: yoga. Prison wardens re...

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Flight Attendant Found Dead In Mexico City

AP | Posted 12.30.2011

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PHOENIX -- A US Airways flight attendant based in Phoenix was found dead in a Mexico City hotel room while on a layover, and authorities are investiga...

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