when people who have passed on to the afterlife are believed to return to this mortal plane. Oaxaca’s Día de los Muertos ...

Oaxaca is the first state to take the measure in Mexico, which has one of the world's highest rates of childhood obesity. People breaking the law can be fined and have their businesses closed.

In Oaxaca, the festival is held every year in July. For people of Oaxacan descent living in the U.S. this event is an opportunity to “preserve our culture and pass it on to the next generations, ...