Once a source of national pride, the city’s subway system has become an emblem of urban decay.
Tag: Mexico City (Mexico)
What We Know About the Mexico City Train Crash
The accident occurred in the city’s southeast, killing more than 20 and injuring at least 70 others, the authorities said.
Lucha libre, yoga y baile: bienvenidos a los centros de vacunación de Ciudad de México
Muchas personas mayores en Ciudad de México llegaban “con miedo” a los centros de vacunación, preocupadas de que el pinchazo les hiciera daño, dijo un funcionario. “Quisimos distraerlos”. Y entraron en escena las bandas de música y los luchadores enmas…
Lucha Libre, Yoga, Dancing: Welcome to Mexico City’s Vaccination Sites
To calm Mexico City’s elderly, who were arriving “really scared” at vaccination sites, officials cued up the bands and masked wrestlers.
‘No More Parties’: Mexico’s Piñata Makers Badly Bruised by Pandemic
The piñata industry, dependent on social gatherings, has seen sales plummet. Some artisans, in a creative bid to survive, have added coronavirus figures to their lineups of superheros and princesses.
‘They Have No One’: At 88, a Transgender Icon Combats Loneliness Among Seniors
Samantha Flores, who created a community center in Mexico City for older L.G.B.T.Q. people that closed during the pandemic, is hoping to reopen it.
A Women’s March in Mexico City Turns Violent, With at Least 81 Injured
Armed with blowtorches and hammers, women demonstrated at the president’s residence, demanding that Mexico’s government take action to address one of the world’s worst rates of gender violence.
Mexico Set to Reshape Power Sector to Favor the State
Legislation that the Mexican president has pushed would curtail private investors in the energy industry and possibly reverse gains in lowering carbon emissions.
‘I Will Get Up’: A Hard New Year Greets a World in Waiting
Around the globe, people who held on in hopes that 2021 would banish a year of horror are struggling with the reality that the hardest challenges may lie ahead.
A Flying Elephant, a Teacher’s Hugs: 12 Tales of Pandemic Resilience
The virus has been crushing spirits around the world, but some people refuse to be bowed. Here are their stories.