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Guardian Mexico City week – live Guardian Mexico City week – live
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We can’t come to Mexico City without a mention of Lucha Libre – but the subject of one of our stories has used Mexico’s wrestling heritage as the inspiration for a very different line of work. Meet Peatónito, the pedestrian superhero fighting a one-man campaign to make his city more pedestrian friendly:
“Lucha Libre is deep-rooted in Mexican life, but the idea [for Peatónito] came to me the day I took a few foreign friends along to see a fight. If we’ve had Superbarrio, why can’t we imagine the street as a wrestling ring?”
Meanwhile our Guardian Foundation colleague Ben Hicks went to a Lucha Libra bout yesterday – here’s his breathless report:
“Sunday is family day at Lucha Libra. Six-year-old girls with their 80-year-old grandmothers roaring on their favourite wrestlers. Mexican wrestling has a reputation as the most entertaining in the world and it doesn’t disappoint. The wrestlers themselves represent extreme versions of every modern archetype: the classic masked man who body slams his opponents; the shadow, in black, growling and gurning at the baying crowd; the gay stereotype who kisses his opponents mid brawl. Tag teams and anarchy, titillation and tantrums. All the performers are highly skilled gymnasts and actors; this is Mexican culture at its most grotesque, yet strangely beautiful and life affirming.” MH
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The Guardian Cities team is staying in Condesa this week, in a street that featured in the canine classic Amores Perros (more of that later), and has recently been gripped by a worrying spate of dog-related crimes. We’ll be watching that story closely this week.
Another four-legged mystery we’re keen to investigate is the large black pig that supposedly gets taken for a walk on a lead every day in nearby Roma. Please tell us this is more than just a shaggy pig story – if anyone can provide us with visual evidence, email us at mexicocity.week@theguardian.com or tweet us using the hashtag #GuardianMexico.
Meanwhile, across mighty Chapultepec Park in Polanco, today marks the start of the Rockefeller Foundation’s second annual Chief Resilience Officer Summit, at which urban experts from across the world meet to share ideas and experiences that could make all their cities stronger.
The man charged with making Mexico City more resilient is Arnoldo Matus Kramer, and we’ll be putting questions about the city to him in just over an hour’s time, live on the Guardian Cities site. There’s still time to send us your question. MH
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Buenos días, Ciudad de México!Buenos días, Ciudad de México!
Welcome to the third of Guardian Cities’ special live weeks – after Mumbai and Moscow, this time we’ve relocated to the beautiful, much misunderstood capital of Mexico.Welcome to the third of Guardian Cities’ special live weeks – after Mumbai and Moscow, this time we’ve relocated to the beautiful, much misunderstood capital of Mexico.
What are we doing here? Simply, we want to get beyond the cliches and the stereotypes, and learn the realities of life in DF from the people who know best – its residents, wherever they live in this sprawling metropolis.What are we doing here? Simply, we want to get beyond the cliches and the stereotypes, and learn the realities of life in DF from the people who know best – its residents, wherever they live in this sprawling metropolis.
There will, along the way, be some difficult truths, but there will also be uplifting stories that reveal surprising new sides to the city – even, we hope, for those who have spent their lives here.There will, along the way, be some difficult truths, but there will also be uplifting stories that reveal surprising new sides to the city – even, we hope, for those who have spent their lives here.
Chilangos everywhere, we’d love to hear from you – here’s how to get involved, and even come along to two special live events (here and here) later in the week.Chilangos everywhere, we’d love to hear from you – here’s how to get involved, and even come along to two special live events (here and here) later in the week.
And if you haven’t already, what better way to kick off the week than by watching the rather brilliant video above, made by our new friendSantiago Arau – a photographer and film-maker who will stop at nothing to get the perfect picture. For another example, check out his photographs for Valeria Luiselli’s gorgeous piece about Mexico City’s rooftops.And if you haven’t already, what better way to kick off the week than by watching the rather brilliant video above, made by our new friendSantiago Arau – a photographer and film-maker who will stop at nothing to get the perfect picture. For another example, check out his photographs for Valeria Luiselli’s gorgeous piece about Mexico City’s rooftops.
Nuestra semana en vivo en la Ciudad de México es bilingüe, y muchos de nuestros artículos serán también publicados en español. Sin embargo, este blog en vivo será sólo en inglés – así que, si te gustaría comentar nuestra semana en español, por favor envíanos un email a mexicocity.week@theguardian.com, tuitea usando el hashtag #GuardianMexico o contáctanos por WhatsApp añadiendo el número +447881337758 como contacto y mandándoleel mensaje “subscribe” por WhatsApp.Nuestra semana en vivo en la Ciudad de México es bilingüe, y muchos de nuestros artículos serán también publicados en español. Sin embargo, este blog en vivo será sólo en inglés – así que, si te gustaría comentar nuestra semana en español, por favor envíanos un email a mexicocity.week@theguardian.com, tuitea usando el hashtag #GuardianMexico o contáctanos por WhatsApp añadiendo el número +447881337758 como contacto y mandándoleel mensaje “subscribe” por WhatsApp.
MHMH