MEXICO CITY (AP) — The head of Mexico’s circus owners’ association says his group’s animals may die or be put down because of a ban on animal acts in circuses. Armando Cedeno said new laws banning the ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican artistic director Jorge Díaz used to have a unique selection of bedtime stories for his son. Setting aside well-known books like “Pinocchio,” they read tales closer to home.

“The circus is tough and beautiful,” says a talking head in Circo, Aaron Schock’s documentary on the small, struggling, family-owned Circo Mexico. It’s an apt description of the film itself, a ...

Forget the silent, bumbling jesters of Ringling. These clowns talk. And play air bongos. And sway to salsa music. And yell “a-zu-car!” to get the crowd going. The talking clowns from Chile are just ...

A growing movement to ban circus animals is meeting rising hostility from Mexican circus workers. The pressure to remove animals - except horses and dogs - from circus acts was stoked by an undercover ...

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican artistic director Jorge Díaz used to have a unique selection of bedtime stories for his son. Setting aside well-known books like "Pinocchio," they read tales closer to home.