As part of a five-generation circus family, 13-year-old Francesco Caballero dreams of competing worldwide. But first, he'll ...

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 ...

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, Aug 4 (EFE).Mexico City, Aug 4 (EFE). — The Harley Circus has been fined 700,488 pesos ($53,100) for mutilating the lower jaw of a bear named “Invictus,” who underwent surgery to restore ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “CIRCO.” | Documentary Not rated. Spanish with English subtitles. 1 hour, 15 minutes. At the Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. The most amazing act in the Gran Circo ...

A Mexican circus performer showed off the strength of her scalp by lifting a 166.11-pound weight with her hair.

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.

Francisco García loved hearing his dad talk about his life with La Carpa García, the famed tent circus that the family ran. His father talked about his childhood job selling peanuts at performances ...

DUBAI CAN SURE seem like a circus sometimes. The big top is in town courtesy of the famed Mexican circus which brings a slew of family-friendly activities to this season’s Dubai Shopping Festival. The ...