The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reports for the first time that the municipalities of Mixtlán, Jalisco; Compostela and Amatlán de Cañas, Nayarit; Juchitepec and the agroecological zone of Tenería de Tejupilco, State of Mexico, are free of regulated pests of the avocado tree. This boosts the competitiveness of avocado producers with more than […]
Six bands will provide the music for the Viva la quebradita festival: when and where it will take place
The founder of Banda El Mexicano, Germán Román, creator of the quebradita rhythm or horse dance, heads the Viva la quebradita festival, accompanied by Banda Machos, Banda Zeta, Banda R.15 and Banda Sota Puro Nayarit. “Bring your boots, your bandana and your jacket with little beards,” said Diego Morales of Banda La Sota, referring to […]
US proposes law to ban natural gas exports from Mexico
Republican U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan introduced the bill to ban exports of natural gas produced or refined in the United States from terminals in Mexico, due to concerns about allegations of corruption and fuel theft. The senator said that natural gas produced or refined in the United States must be exported from terminals in that […]
Ken Salazar tries to rebuild the bilateral relationship between the United States and Mexico: “There is no pause now and there never was”
The United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, has sought to rebuild the ties of the bilateral relationship with the Government of Claudia Sheinbaum, the Mexican president. The American diplomat has stated that in the more than two weeks that the Sheinbaum Administration has been in office, cooperation has been maintained in matters of security, […]
Mexico to improve tax incentives to attract investment in chips
Several investors from the United States and Mexico have shown interest in promoting a boom in the semiconductor industry in Mexico, reported Luis Rosendo Gutiérrez, Undersecretary of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economy. “I was at a semiconductor forum in Ciudad Juárez and there is a great appetite from American and Mexican investors to […]
Mexico becomes the main technology supplier to the US
Mexico has surpassed China and Taiwan as the largest supplier of high-tech products to the US market. According to data from the US Census Bureau, in August 2024, Mexican high-tech exports reached $9.8 billion, while those from China were $8.7 billion, and those from Taiwan were $8.5 billion. According to statistics, Mexican high-tech exports to […]
«The Secret of the River»: a series about muxe diversity in Mexico and the path of friendship
“El Secreto del Río” is a Mexican series directed by Ernesto Contreras that puts muxe identities on the scene in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. Newly released on Netflix, the series is an intimate cartography of the margins, where friendship becomes a refuge and dissident identities breathe through the cracks of daily violence. Manuel, a […]
Opening price of the dollar in Mexico today, October 23: peso falls after IMF economic projection
The US dollar is trading at 19.97 Mexican pesos on average at the beginning, which represents a change of 0.08% compared to the figure of the previous session, when it ended at 19.96 pesos. If we consider the data from the last week, the US dollar shows an increase of 0.47%, so in year-on-year terms […]
Canadian dollar price in Mexico today, October 23
According to official statistics from the last census carried out in Canada, Mexicans are the third largest population in Latin America and the Caribbean with the largest presence in its territory and the first among the Spanish-speaking countries in the region. In 2021, a total of 132,220 people originally from Mexico living in that country […]
Mexico offers aid to Cuba after massive power outages on the island
Cuba has been in the dark since last Thursday and Mexico has decided to lend a helping hand. The government of Claudia Sheinbaum has offered help in the face of the “energy emergency”, in the words of the Cuban Executive, that the Caribbean country has been experiencing since the 17th of this month. The situation […]