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

Mexico-Tenochtitlan was situated where Mexico City stands today. Historic buildings in the capital were lit up, while ...

Dancers perform during the celebration for the 697th anniversary of the foundation of Tenochtitlan at Zocalo square in Mexico City, Mexico, July 26, 2022. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua) ...

Friday marked the 500th anniversary of the Fall of Tenochtitlan, when the Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc was forced to surrender to the Spanish colonizers led by Hernando Cortés.

LACMA is marking the 500th anniversary of the fall of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan with an exhibition that aims to subvert the traditional narrative of Spanish conquest over Mexico.

In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that for centuries has been shaped by just one perspective: a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and a few hundred Spaniards ...