Mexico City is celebrating 700 years since its founding with public events on Saturday, highlighting its Indigenous roots.

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The excitement over the music of iconic Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel overflowed on Sunday (Sept. 22) in Mexico City’s Zócalo. More than 70,000 people gathered at the country’s main ...

The word zocalo, meaning base or plinth, has been adopted by many Mexican cities for their main plazas. The Zocalo in Mexico City wasn’t named the Plaza de Constitucion until 1813.

The Mexica city’s founding is celebrated with new commemorations, reinforcing a nationalist focus on Indigenous identity ...

The Metropolitan Cathedral’s communications office in Mexico City expressed its dissatisfaction with the projection of ...

Saturday's march came two weeks after Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada announced that her government would create thousands of affordable housing units.