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Bullfighting is still allowed in much of Mexico. In the capital, the legal fight for its future is full of twists and turns. In the capital, the legal fight for its future is full of twists and turns.
Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a 2022 ban on bullfighting in Mexico City, opening the way for events to resume. A panel of five justices voted to overturn a May 2022 injunction ...
Animal rights defenders in Mexico City on Sunday marched to protest the return of the centuries-old spectacle of bullfighting to the capital after almost two years. "Torture is not art, it is not ...
Bull-leaping: Fresco from Knossos, Crete. Bullfighting traces its roots to prehistoric bull worship and sacrifice in Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean region. The first recorded bullfight may be the Epic of Gilgamesh, which describes a scene in which Gilgamesh and Enkidu fought and killed the Bull of Heaven ("The Bull seemed indestructible, for hours they fought, till Gilgamesh dancing in ...
A Spanish-style bullfight in the Plaza de toros de La Malagueta in Málaga, Spain, 2018. Spanish-style bullfighting is a type of bullfighting that is practiced in several Spanish-speaking countries: Spain, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, as well as in parts of southern France and Portugal.
The international animal nonprofit AnimaNaturalis protests against bullfighting in Mexico. [13] Humane Society International has a major chapter in Mexico, whose activities involve campaigns against dog-fighting, pet abuse, and advocacy for a vegan diet. [14] The Humane Society International applauded Mexico's 2017 ban on dog-fighting. [6]
Animal rights activists took to the streets of Mexico City on Sunday to protest the return of bullfighting to the capital after almost two years.
Mexico City hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics, the first time that the event was held in Latin America. Since then, the only edition of the Olympic Games held in the region was in 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mexico first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1924.