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.
Tag: Mexico City (Mexico)
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.
Mexico Misled Citizens About the Severity of Coronavirus in its Capital
The federal government had data that should have prompted an immediate lockdown in early December. Instead, it kept the city open for another two weeks.
2 Broke Artists Started a Home Bakery in Mexico. It’s a Pandemic Hit.
They didn’t have an oven. Their apartment resembled Santa’s workshop set up in a dorm room. But two rookie bakers are thriving in Mexico City, where food and entrepreneurism go hand-in-hand.
In the Epicenter of Mexico’s Coronavirus Epicenter, Feeling Like a ‘Trapped Animal’
For the vast majority of people in one teeming neighborhood of Mexico City, risking illness or death has simply become the price of survival.
Between the Pandemic and the President: Mexico City Mayor’s Balancing Act
As the first woman and Jewish person elected to lead the capital, Claudia Sheinbaum needs the president’s support. But how close can she remain to a man who has downplayed the pandemic?
Mexico’s Coronavirus Struggle Worsened by Fear of Hospitals
A fear of hospitals is leading many Mexicans to delay treatment for coronavirus until it is too late for doctors to help them.