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2 consumer giants commit US $1.5B to expanding operations in Mexico
This week, Monterrey-based Arca Continental, one of the largest Coca-Cola bottlers in the world, announced it will invest US $1 billion in its Mexican operations and Swiss food and beverage giant Nestlé separately announced a $455 million investment in México state.
Spring arrives and brings scorching heat across Mexico, with 12 states...
You don't need a weatherman to know that intense heat is hitting earlier in the year across Mexico. “The beginning of March now presents temperatures that were previously typical of mid-April."
Wolves return to Durango after 50-year absence in landmark binational conservation...
A pack of endangered wolves was released into the wild in the northern Mexican state of Durango on Friday, thanks to collaboration between Mexico and the United States under the Saving Animals from Extinction (SAFE) program.
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Nogales train construction uncovers pre-Columbian town and petroglyphs
The finding offers evidence that the Trincheras people of Sonora had contact with the Hohokam, whose descendants include the Pima and Tohono O’odham people of Arizona.
4-plus cool things to do in Mexico this March
Every state in Mexico has cool things to do in March, but new MND contributor Wendy Rosenfeld picks her favorite four-and-a-half for the entire country.
Mexico grants legal protection to an iconic leather garment from Tamaulipas: The Cuera Tamaulipeca
The PGI legal recognition is a first for any product from Tamaulipas and establishes the Cuera Tamaulipeca clothing design and production as exclusively from the state with which it is identified.
Chihuahua teams up with BBVA to bring banking services to Magical Towns
The border state is loaded with attractions — including five Pueblos Mágicos — but the relative scarcity of digital payment tools makes it hard for tourists and merchants to do business with each other.
From Chihuahua to Nagoya: Rarámuri champion Juana Ramírez to run in world’s largest women’s...
The 20,000 women-strong sporting event in Nagoya, Japan, will also feature a special exhibition named “Mexico, Tierra de Campeones” (Mexico, Land of Champions), celebrating northern Mexico’s traditional attire and enduring Indigenous running heritage.
Tatiana Clouthier to seek Morena candidacy for Nuevo León governorship
In a recent interview, Clouthier — a member of Morena and head of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad — revealed her ambitions to make history in a state where her party has never held power and no woman has ever served as governor.
A look back at the days when tequila was the drug smuggled across the...
Prohibition launched the era of the tequileros, Mexican men from border towns who saw an opportunity to make a quick buck smuggling contraband alcohol into the U.S.
Heat, drought and division: Climate change in the borderlands
Climate change in the borderlands between the U.S. and Mexico, in an area already beset by extreme heat and drought, is creating numerous challenges for both governments.
US authorities return 11 Mexican parrots seized at border
Protections in Mexico go further for parrots and related birds, such as macaws, cockatoos, amazons and lovebirds, forbidding their removal from the wild except for scientific purposes.
US $115M Sonora project joins growing catalog of made-in-Mexico EVs
Adding to the federal government's “Olinia” and Tlaxcala's “Totally Tlaxcalan,” the private-sector initiative Beyond Movilidad Compartida (Beyond Shared Mobility) is developing an EV that can be used for passenger transport and last-mile deliveries.
