MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico on Wednesday learned that the father of the nation’s independence movement did not die excommunicated nearly 200 years ago, clearing a stain from his legacy ahead of the 2010 ...

Sept. 16 marks the day when Miguel Hidalgo called for independence from Spain in 1810. Mexico's fight for independence was different than the United States' Revolutionary War. Mexican Independence Day ...

Things are looking up for the great Father Hidalgo, whose head was cut off in 1811 and stuck on a pole. He's going to get a makeover. A bronze statue of Hidalgo, a hero of Mexico's fight for ...

When a friend announced last winter that she would once again be renting a house for a month in San Miguel de Allende, and invited me to stay with her, I decided to accept. The thought of spending ...

Mexican Independence Day, also known as El Grito, takes place on September 16, 2019, and is an annual celebration of the start of Mexico's War for Independence. Newsweek takes a look at the history ...

Ever wonder why Tejanos and other residents celebrate “El Grito” of September 16, 1810, in Texas? Because “El Grito” falls within the context of what was then called “La Nueva España” and that ...

We are offered a special tour of Dolores Hidalgo. On September 16 each year, Mexicans from all parts of the Republic flock to the small city of Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato to commemorate the “Grito,” ...