In 2021, Yucatán’s Congress declared bullfighting part of its cultural heritage. It was a way to keep the ancestral memory alive, the official declaration said, and a way to honor its people ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — With protesters outside a full arena, bullfights resumed in Mexico City on Sunday after the country’s highest court temporarily revoked a local ruling that sided with ...

A controversial plan to construct a giant bull statue in Spain has been called “absurd” by critics. The Spanish Academy of ...

Mexico City lawmakers recently voted to ban violent bullfighting in the country’s capital. Animal rights advocates celebrated the decision, but for matadors, fans and cattle breeders, this long ...

Mexico Bullfighting Returns A bullfighter practices at the Plaza de Toros Mexico bullring in Mexico City, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. The spectacle took a critical blow in 2022 when a judge banned ...

Mexican bullfighter Sergio Flores bows his head in prayer before conducting a “tienta”, a test for immature bulls, during a bullfighting workshop, in Aculco, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.

Petro has been an opponent of bullfights since he was Bogota’s mayor. In 2012, he repealed a city contract that allowed bullfighting event promoters to use the city’s bullfighting arena.

In ‘Afternoons of Solitude,’ bullfighting is presented both spiritually and as a blood sport Andrés Roca Rey in the documentary “Afternoons of Solitude.” ...

Mexican bullfighter Diego Silveti smiles at fans in the bullring after a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) ...

Bullfighting resumes in Mexico City before a full crowd while activists protest outside By: Fabiola Sánchez, The Associated Press Posted: 12:31 PM CST Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024 Last Modified: 8:52 PM ...