Útilies. It relates to school supplies, including notebooks, pens, pencils, crayons, paper, scissors… anything children need to get through the school year. Not a big deal for the middle class, but it can be a serious challenge to those of lesser means. López Obrador made it a campaign promise that útilies would be provided free to all children throughout Mexico, just as he did for the children of Mexico City while he was mayor.

Angel Villalona, better known as “Andy Andy,” began his career singing merengue, but he is making his mark in bachata. Both are genres from his native Dominican Republic. The governor of New York proclaimed Andy a “stellar example” for young people and the governor of Connecticut declared April 17th “Andy Andy Day.” He’s got our vote too.

Ángela Aguilar, daughter of legendary Mexican singer Pepe Aguilar, performs her acclaimed interpretation of the enchanting traditional tune "La Llorona" in the official video. Enjoy!

Today, Animals in the Family introduces us to the pygmy hippopotamus which, is just a fraction of the size of the hippo that most of us know and love!

Animals in the Family continues its exploration of the pygmy hippopotamus which, is just a fraction of the size of the hippo that most of us know and love!

For the first time on Animales en familia [Animals in the Family], we witness a double surgery on Yaki, an eight-year-old English Bulldog who suffers from various maladies.

The veterinarians for Yaki, an eight-year-old English Bulldog, have a lot of work ahead of them: to correct his entropion, to try fix his lack of tear production and to surgically remove the tumor in his anal glands. Animales en familia gives us a behind-the-scenes look at these processes.

In the final stages of Yaki the English Bulldog's operations, his entropion and keratoconjunctivitis sicca, or lack of tear production, are corrected.

Animales en familia takes a closer look at coatis in captivity. Also known as Brazilian aardvarks, these diurnal mammals native to South America, Central America and south-western North America are in the raccoon family.

Animals in the Family takes us through the process of examining and putting an identifying microchip into Nacahué, a docile macaw.

Animals in the Family takes us through the process of putting an identifying microchip into Nacahué, a docile macaw.

An employee at the Benjamín Mehnert Vaccination Center is looking for a family to adopt Pino, a friendly but nervous little dog in need of orthopedic surgery.

After being separated from her for the first time to receive its first vaccination, a leopard cub is reunited with its mother.

After being separated from her for the first time to receive her first vaccination, a leopard cub is reunited with her mother.

The calming signals are a repertoire of signals that dogs use to communicate with us. They are called calming signals because they are signals that attempt to calm down another being, be it a dog or a person. Learning about these and other often misinterpreted signals can help us to better understand and interact with our animals.