Mexico’s cross-border trade is off to a good start in 2024. The country was the United States’ top trading partner in January, with two-way commerce totaling $64.5 billion, according to the most recent data from the Census Bureau. Mexico’s trade with the U.S. rose 1.1% year over year (y/y) compared to January 2023. Canada ranked […]
From clandestine garbage dump to ecotourism viewpoint in Xilitla, San Luis Potosí
Xilitla is a town in the state of San Luis Potosí, in central Mexico. It’s known for the Las Pozas garden, created by English artist Edward James. Set in a rainforest, it features towering surrealist sculptures amid pools and waterfalls. The central San Agustín church was once a convent built by Augustinian missionaries in the […]
What do young voters in Mexico want?
Mexican journalist and author León Krauze holds a Master’s degree from NYU, he has covered politics in the United States, for both American and Mexican media outlets. In 2005, he published “La Casa Dividida,” an account of the first five years of the Bush presidency. This is his most recent column in the Mexican newspaper El […]
Mexican politician Fernández Noroña says ex-president Vicent Fox enjoys a Federal Government pension
José Gerardo Rodolfo Fernández Noroña is a Mexican politician and sociologist, he is a member of the Labor Party. He is known for his protest acts, especially after the 2006 presidential elections. He was a federal deputy on two occasions between 2009 and 2012 and once again since 2018. Gerardo Fernández Noroña declared that Mexican […]
Mexican fireworks legacy is kept alive in Tultepec
Every year, in the first week of March, hundreds of giant papier-mâché bulls stuffed with fireworks are erected in the front yards of the Mexican town of Tultepec. Thousands of restless fingers carefully cut, pasted, and painted the colorful patterns that brought the “Toritos” to life on Friday, during an annual celebration when the bull-shaped […]
Mazatlán is even more vulnerable than Acapulco to the impact of hurricanes in the Pacific
Mazatlán, Sinaloa.- Mazatlán has already begun to prepare for the start of the 2024 hurricane and rain season and now the mayor himself confirmed that the city is very vulnerable to the impact of these meteorological phenomena. After the Fourth Coordination Meeting against rains and tropical cyclones that was held on March 7 at the Government Palace, Édgar González Zataráin, […]
They rescue the history of newspaper founded by one of the first Lebanese to migrate to Mexico
About to turn 80, on March 11, businessman Alfredo Harp Helú does not want material gifts. To celebrate, his only request has been to receive, perhaps, a letter, words, emotions that touch his heart because, he says, that’s what life is made of. With that spirit, the historian María Isabel Grañén Porrúa, his wife, prepared a […]
AliExpress will offer deliveries “in five days” in Mexico
AliExpress, one of the Asian markets that has grown the most in recent years thanks to online shopping, plans to “fall in love” with Mexico with one of its weak points: deliveries. And the Chinese company seeks to compete directly against Mercado Libre or Amazon, who have the Mexican market, seeking to gain product delivery time. The above has to […]
“Let us pray”: Catholic masses for LGBT inclusion in Mexico City
“Let us all pray,” asks Gonzalo Rosas, a Jesuit priest who celebrates masses for the inclusion of LGBT people in Mexico City, now with an additional motivation: the pope’s endorsement to bless same-sex couples. “Let us all pray,” asks Gonzalo Rosas, a Jesuit priest who celebrates masses for the inclusion of LGBT people in Mexico City, now with an […]
Learn what the “mugrero” is, the rarest but delicious snack in all of Mexico
Mexicans have developed a tolerance to spiciness from an early age, which makes them enjoy foods with higher heat levels. Mexicans like snacks with chili due to a combination of cultural, historical and gustatory factors rooted in national identity and personal preferences. Firstly, Mexican food is known for its wide variety of intense and complex flavors, and chili […]