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First Gay Marriages Celebrated in Mexico City

By Emily SchmallMar 4th 2010 – 7:44PM
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MEXICO CITY (March 4) -- Dozens of happy couples lined up to file for marriage and adoption licenses at civil registry offices across Mexico's sprawling capital today as a law that permits gay marriage came into effect. The law redefines marriage in the city civic code from a union between a man and a woman to the "free...

Gay Marriage in Argentina Could Escalate Global Fight

By David KnowlesDec 30th 2009 – 3:16PM
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(Dec. 30) -- On Monday, two Argentinian men became the first gay couple in Latin America to legally wed. But even as advocates celebrate that milestone, opponents of gay marriage are digging in to blunt the movement's global momentum. The wedding between Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre in Tierra del Fuego,...

In Deeply Catholic Mexico, Capital OKs Gay Marriage

Dec 21st 2009 – 7:36PM
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MEXICO CITY (Dec. 21) - Mexico City lawmakers on Monday made the city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, a change that will give homosexual couples more rights, including allowing them to adopt children. The bill passed the capital's local assembly 39-20 to the cheers of supporters who yelled: "Yes,...

Kyle Busch Scores Mexico Nationwide Win

By Geoffrey MillerApr 20th 2008 – 9:59PM

Boris Said was ticked, Scott Pruett didn't win again, and Kyle Busch won his third Nationwide Series race in a row Sunday in Mexico City.In the third race at the Mexico City road course, Busch scored a win after passing Pruett and keeping second-place Marcos Ambrose at bay in the closing laps. The Corona Mexico 200 win was...

Montoya: Mexican Mission Accomplished

By tallglassofmilkMar 4th 2007 – 6:32PM

Juan Pablo Montoya's first Busch Series win will be recorded in history books and etched in the memory of the Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates team and its fans for years to come.The record books will remember a foreigner winning a NASCAR race in a foreign land.The team will remember a bittersweet trip to victory...

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Paul McCartney Plays Mariachi-Version Of 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' At Free Concert To 200,000 People In Mexico City (VIDEO)

By Laura Steiner May 14th 2012 - 01:08PM

It's hard to believe Paul McCartney - the mariachi-singing ex-Beatle - is turning 70 years-old next month.

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Week In Culture (PHOTOS)

By Amber Genuske May 13th 2012 - 10:05AM

In this Monday, May 7, 2012 photo, visitors look at the paintings during the Babylon Festival of Culture in Hillah, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Baghdad.

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AMÉRICA VA A 'MATAR O MORIR' AL TEC DE MONTERREY

By Omar Porcayo May 12th 2012 - 09:39AM

Monterrey´s Nery Cardozo reacts after missing a chance to score during a Mexican soccer league semifinal match against America in Mexico City, Wednesday May 9, 2012.

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'Chicharito' sí va con el 'Tri' mayor

By Omar Porcayo May 11th 2012 - 02:51PM

Monterrey´s Nery Cardozo reacts after missing a chance to score during a Mexican soccer league semifinal match against America in Mexico City, Wednesday May 9, 2012.

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Liguilla 2012: 'Falló la puntería', Miguel Herrera DT del América

By Omar Porcayo May 10th 2012 - 10:32AM

Monterrey´s Nery Cardozo reacts after missing a chance to score during a Mexican soccer league semifinal match against America in Mexico City, Wednesday May 9, 2012.

MexicoCity News From the Web

  • 05/30/12 Boris' boxing double, Mexico City 1968 Source: MSN - UK At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Soviet boxer Boris Lagutin followed in the footsteps of the great Laszlo Papp of Hungary by retaining his light-middleweight title.
  • 05/29/12 Mexico 2012 - U15 National Team Resumes Camp in... Source: AllAfrica.com The U-15 National Team on Monday continued their preparations for the Eight-Nation Adidas U-15 Football Tournament (Mexico 2012), as players resumed at their camp, in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital.
  • 05/25/12 Mexican boy's eyes gouged out 'to save the world' Source: Times-Standard - Eureka CA MEXICO CITY—A 5-year-old Mexican boy whose eyes were allegedly gouged out by his mother as part of a drug-fueled ritual "to save the world" is expected to live, but has been left completely blind, health authorities said Friday.
  • 05/24/12 Emilio Rangel "Genealogía" @ Terreno Baldío, Mexico... Source: Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine Our partners and colleagues in Mexico City just let us know about a fantastic new exhibition by Emilio Rangel, who just opened a brand new exhibit in Mexico City, Genealogía at Terreno Baldío Gallery.
  • 05/24/12 GYN Surgeon Thomas L. Lyons, MD, Donates Mentoring... Source: PRWeb Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 24, 2012 Laparoscopic pioneer Thomas L. Lyons MD, trainer of thousands of surgeons internationally over the past 22 years, will demonstrate minimally invasive gynecologic surgery techniques in Mexico City in May. The International Society of Gynecologic Endoscopists and American Association of Gynecologic Laparscopists (AAGL) have invited Dr. Lyons, of the Center for Women's Care & Reproductive Surgery to perform surgery at their conference May 22-25, 2012 in Mexico City. In April he participated in the 7th AAGL International Congress on Minimally Invasive Gynecology in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demonstrating Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy (a procedure he developed in 1989) as well as myomectomy (removal of fibroids while sparing the uterus) and surgical excision of endometriosis.

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