Get to know the Mexican electric car that will be manufactured in the country and promises to compete with the major brands of this type of vehicle. During her first day as President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum announced the creation of Olinia, the first electric car made by Mexicans and assembled in the country. This […]
Mexico-Pachuca Train to Launch This Weekend; Puebla-Veracruz Route to be Revived
At least six railway routes will be developed during President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo’s administration. This weekend, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo will inaugurate the Mexico-Pachuca passenger train from the state of Hidalgo as part of her plans to boost railway routes across the Republic. In her first speech as president at the Zócalo in Mexico City, […]
Inflation and falling profitability impact housing construction in Mexico City
The real estate sector in Mexico City faces a complex scenario with a drastic drop in the profit margins of residential projects, which impacts the construction of new properties and draws a challenging future to reduce the housing deficit. According to Jorge Combe, general director of the proptech DD360, the return on investment of residential […]
Canaco Denounces Excessive Flight Prices from Aguascalientes to Mexico City and Vice Versa
Canaco Aguascalientes points out that the price of the plane ticket is excessively expensive, even more so than for longer distances such as from Guanajuato to Chiapas. The president of Canaco, Miguel Ángel Breceda Solís, denounces the excessive costs of the flight from Aguascalientes to Mexico City and vice versa. “It is excessively expensive; it […]
ConTex cultivates research leaders on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border
Emmanuel Zamora-Romero is working on his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at UTSA, from where he will potentially take his research on seismic strength to influence design practices that could save lives in Mexico and the US while generating revenue for the construction industry. He is among more than 100 graduate students conducting joint research across […]
Why is Mexico City flooding? A UNAM scientist responds
The head of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the university explains one possible cause Mexico City is the country’s largest urban settlement, with a population of over 9 million 209 thousand 944 inhabitants, according to data from the 2020 Population and Housing Census of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). And despite […]
Back to the Cold War: Russia uses Mexico as a hub for spying on the U.S.
Russian intelligence services have been building up their presence in Mexico for espionage operations targeting the United States, a return to Cold War tactics by an increasingly aggressive regime, according to U.S. officials and former intelligence officers. Russia has added dozens of personnel to its embassy staff in Mexico City over the past few years, […]
How much does it cost to take a taxi from AICM?
At Mexico City International Airport (AICM), only taxis with a permit from the authorities can provide service, as they must meet a series of requirements to provide service to passengers. In recent days, controversy arose over the permit for app taxis to operate at the Benito Juárez airport, as since 2022 they are prohibited from […]
CDMX is considered the best cultural destination in the world; it is above Prague, New York and Madrid
The famous Time Out magazine, a renowned guide for travelers, has named Mexico City (CDMX) as the best cultural destination worldwide, ranking above important cities in this sector, such as New York, Paris and Madrid. This is thanks to its great cultural diversity, its enormous offer of museums of all kinds and its varied gastronomy. […]
This is the oldest neighborhood in CDMX
Within Mexico City, there are still the well-known vecindades, characterized by being buildings that house several families in individual rooms, arranged around a common central courtyard, a place where the inhabitants commonly live and carry out their activities. Currently, several of them are inhabited by working-class families, but before that happened, they were mainly related […]