Victor Rojas/AFP/Getty Images A tanker truck carrying natural gas from Mexico City violently exploded leaving 20 dead in its wake. According to CTVNews, “Mexican trucks, often over loaded or unsafely operated, have been involved in a number of spectacular [and] [...]

Mexico was next in line to legalize same-sex marriage rights this past week. Our southern neighbor hopped on the pro-wedding bandwagon just five days ago and is joined by a handful of others who have voted to support the right [...]

Project Paz is gearing up for its third annual art charity event, Project Art, bringing together fashion leaders to raise money for the children of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on December 17. Juan Carlos Obando As we’ve previously told you, this [...]

Hurricane Sandy didn’t just affect the people along the East Coast and in Haiti. It affected the fundraising programs and those who benefit from them. Last week we told you about the great annual charity event Project Paz, which brings [...]

Project Paz is an annual art charity event that brings together leading designers in fashion to create art that gives back to Mexico. This year, designers like Tory Burch, Joseph Altuzarra, Narciso Rodriguez, Proenza Schouler, Michael Bastian, Rag & Bone, [...]

This first U.S. exhibition by Monterrey-based Leo Marz boasts of the artist’s familiarity and dexterity in manipulating cultural imagery and text. Dead Ringers is a multi-part and poly-media exhibition at Steve Turner Contemporary that adopts the moods and spaces of [...]

Sex work and human trafficking are increasingly becoming  dark and inseparable worldwide commerce. Two and a half million people just this year have fallen victim to this $32 billion trafficking industry. The United Nations reports that 80 percent of these [...]

Conventionally known for its tequila and tacos, Mexico is making a breakthrough in the clean technology sector. Few would associate Mexico with innovation and sustainable technology, but one competition is attempting to change this: the Cleantech Challenge Mexico 2012. Competing [...]

Lucia, an eight year-old girl from a Mexican indigenous village, tells me how, when she grows up, she wants to be ‘white’. It’s no wonder–you never see a ‘non-white’ woman in the Mexican media, except as a servants. Mixed-race (mestizo) [...]

Cristobal Jodorowsky presents his expo “Mas Alla del Cuerpo” (Beyond the Body) in Mexico City’s FIFTY24MX art gallery. There, Cristobal presented his brightly colored paintings, as well as a poetry reading and a web cam performance. Son of Alejandro Jodorowsky, [...]

Feist has just debuted a striking video shot in the beautifully gritty aesthetic of Mexico. Directed by Martin De Thurah, the images capture feelings of love and loss, the vulnerabilities of relationships, and ultimately a feeling of inevitable isolation in [...]

Who: Marcelo Burlon What he does: I’m a PR, a lover, a DJ, a video maker a men’s stylist, party instigator, art director. Where he is right now: In Tulum, Mexico, shooting x GQ Style Germany. A special Gucci with [...]

The summer of 2011 is a whirlwind one for Ximena Sariñana. Ximena (pronounced ‘hi-men-a’) has a new single coming out in June, an album in August and supporting another amazing musician on a nationwide tour. Ximena Sariñana is no stranger [...]

Google Earth has created a series of tours and videos to address the issue of climate change in anticipation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change occurring this week and next in Cancun, Mexico. To see the videos featuring [...]