Arizona governor blocks Saudi Arabia from pumping water near the Sonora border
Arizona has taken a stand on irresponsible groundwater use, canceling the lease of the Saudi-owned farm Fondomonte, which had essentially unrestricted access to Arizona water supplies. After the farm violated lease terms, the Associated Press reported, the state determined that Fondomonte would no longer have unchecked access to groundwater for its alfalfa farms and that three more […]
Abducted anti-mining activist is found dead in Jalisco
Authorities in western Mexico said Sunday they have found the body of anti-mining activist Higinio Trinidad de la Cruz. Prosecutors said De la Cruz’s body was found on a rural road in the state of Jalisco near the border with the neighboring state of Colima. They said de la Cruz appeared to have been shot […]
Claudia Sheinbaum is 21 points ahead of Xochitl Galvez according to polls
Claudia Sheinbaum, the presidential candidate of Mexico’s ruling party, extended her lead over rival Xochitl Galvez in two recent opinion polls for the 2024 election. In a survey by Reforma newspaper carried out in November and published on Tuesday, Sheinbaum came in 21 percentage points ahead of Galvez, compared with 17 points in the outlet’s […]
Mexico’s finance ministry suspended payments to the National Immigration Institute in November
The head of Mexico’s immigration agency has ordered the suspension of migrant deportations and transfers due to a lack of funds amid a record-setting year for migration through the country’s territory. The suspensions were outlined in an agency memo dated Dec. 1 from director Francisco Garduño, whose authenticity was confirmed to the Associated Press by an agency official […]
Mexican woman dies after shark attack on the coast of Jalisco
A Mexican woman died after she was severely bitten in the leg by a shark in the Pacific Ocean off the beach town of Melaque, authorities said Sunday. Rafael Araiza, the head of the local civil defense office, said the attack occurred Saturday a short distance from the beach in Melaque, just west of the […]
Insecurity did not affect tourism in Veracruz; Iván Martínez Olvera clarifies
He mentions that 2023 has been one of the most important years for the tourism sector in the entity. The head of the Secretariat of Tourism and Culture of Veracruz, Iván Martínez Olvera, assured that after 2014, when the Central American Games were held in Veracruz, 2023 has been one of the most important for […]
The American dream for some is leaving the U.S.
The big picture: As recent polling suggests a dwindling sense of confidence in the American dream, some U.S. citizens are flocking to foreign countries in search of more affordability and flexibility than they experienced in the U.S. Catch up quick: Recent surveys have uncovered concerns about the American dream declining or even already being extinguished, Axios’ Dave Lawler reports. At the […]
Sports tourism, one of the branches that are growing in Mazatlán
During recent years this tourist range has had important value throughout the world and the Pearl of the Pacific could not be left behind. MAZATLAN. – There is no doubt that sporting events have become an important driving force in global development and Mazatlán is no exception. In addition to the obvious and vast benefits […]
Mayan Train Tickets: this will cost the trip from Cancun to Campeche
The first trip of the mega project will take place on December 16, 2023. After the sale and price of tickets to travel on the first phase of the Mayan Train were announced, this December 1st in just 30 minutes the first tickets that were in the system were sold out, however, on the page […]