Rooftop parties to forget about the pandemic in Mexico
By AFP
24 July 2020 |
7:00 am
On a rooftop in Naucalpan, a suburb of Mexico City, powerful speakers spew a frenzied remix. On the turntables, Roberto Garcia makes his neighbors dance to help them momentarily forget the coronavirus pandemic.
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