This place in downtown Mexico City has a secret “red” sauce that has been winning people over for more than 60 years: everyone comes back for it.

It’s not red, nor is it made with pasilla or guajillo chiles. Even so, some people have been returning to this corner of the Historic Center for years just to try that mysterious salsa that—without being exactly red—has become its signature. It’s no wonder they always want more. Antojitos Mexicanos Esther, more than six decades […]

Gentrification in Mexico City: Housing rents rise 35% in just five years

Although precise data on the rental housing market in Mexico City is unavailable, the average rent has increased by 35% in the last five years, according to information from the Federal Mortgage Society. This has exacerbated the displacement of people to the city’s outskirts, estimated at 20,000 families each year. The constitutional reform initiative on […]

Heartbreaking video: Dog abandoned in Mexico City

Animal abandonment remains a painful reality in the capital, and a video of a dog left to its fate near Gran Sur recently went viral. The images have sparked outrage on social media, as they show the exact moment the animal tries to reach the vehicle of those who abandoned it, bursting into tears upon […]

Indigenous movement in Sinaloa stands up against methanol plant promoted by the US

Claudia Quintero and Melina Sandoval, leaders of the ¡Aquí No! (Not Here!) movement, comprised of Mayo-Yoreme indigenous people, fishermen, service providers, and environmentalists from Sinaloa, have no doubt in their assessment of the images circulated on social media on April 23rd, showing dozens of people disrupting the inaugural event of the transnational consortium Pacífico Mexinol […]

The Felipe Ángeles train to AIFA is inaugurated: These are the schedules, stations and fares from Buenavista

The Felipe Ángeles Train, which connects Buenavista with the AIFA (Felipe Ángeles International Airport), was inaugurated this Sunday, April 26, making its service available to everyone at a promotional fare. “Today we can say: Mission accomplished,” declared Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, who thanked the Army and all the teams responsible for the train’s construction. The mayor […]

Body found in a bag in Río de los Remedios

Wrapped in a black bag, the body of a person who had allegedly been involved in a shootout in the streets of the Casas Alemán neighborhood in Gustavo A. Madero was found abandoned. The body was left on Río de los Remedios, at the intersection with Avenida Gran Canal del Desagüe, in the Nueva Atzacoalco […]

Do you need a biometric CURP to obtain a permanent driver’s license in Mexico City?

The rollout of the biometric CURP in Mexico has generated intense debate about its mandatory nature and the procedures in which it will be required. This new version of the Unique Population Registry Code incorporates biometric data—fingerprints, facial photograph, digital signature, and iris scan—and since the end of 2024, the National Population Registry (RENAPO) has […]