From asteroids to conflict to exhibitions, we look back on some of the best Mexican history articles of 2025 with expert Bob ...

Mexico was invaded by France in the 1860s, with advice provided by a despised French diplomat known for starting fights.

“Mexico and Mexicans have had just about enough of being analyzed,” said Camilla Townsend in The Washington Post, and historian Paul Gillingham fully understands that. His “breathtaking” new book ...

Beyond being a traditional Mexican dish, tamales represent a cultural emblem full of history, unity and tradition.

I happened to be in Mexico City on the night of July 1, 2018, when Andrés Manuel López Obrador (“AMLO”) was elected Mexico’s president in a landslide. I was there to help make a documentary that had ...

Why do I study the history of contemporary political violence in Mexico? My answer has evolved across time. At first, I wanted to offer a basic accounting of what had happened: the who, what, where, ...

Claudia Sheinbaum, the country’s president, was the first woman to give the country’s annual Grito de Dolores, a tradition dating to a priest’s call to arms against Spain more than two centuries ago.