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  • Tlatelolco massacre Mexico City 1968

    Which of today’s events will be the ones Mexico can’t forget?

    COVID-19 and AMLO’s presidency will probably stay in the nation’s collective consciousness for decades afterward. What else is on that list?

    January 22
  • monarch butterfly

    The biggest threat to Mexico’s monarch butterflies: human indifference

    As 2022 begins, Omar Vidal issues a plea to everyone to get to know these pollinators and save them and their migration.

    January 19
  • containers

    Growth is Latin America’s big challenge

    It may seem hard to believe today but Brazil and Mexico were once the envy of the world. Their economies  FULL STORY

    January 19
  • dodgeball game

    Two years of evading COVID feels like an unending dodgeball game

    But in this pandemic scenario, we’re all the reluctant kids at the back of the gym just hoping that the ball doesn’t hit us too hard.

    January 15
  • unhappy customer

    Navigating the line between speaking up and choosing not to fight

    Dealing with Mexico’s hit-and-miss customer service means figuring out when to fight the good fight and when to practice Zen acquiesence.

    January 8
  • CJNG members

    Beating the hornets’ nest hasn’t worked, but neither does letting them be

    President Calderón’s war against crime failed spectacularly, but AMLO’s opposite strategy — leaving cartels alone — isn’t a solution either.

    January 1
  • COVID vaccinations

    The holiday gift we need right now: some optimism about Mexico

    It’s easy to focus on the nation’s ills, but a local ice rink reminded the writer that there is professionalism and efficiency here too.

    December 25
  • Migrants in Campeche city

    For transported migrants, INM transfers mean same wait, new location

    Trying to relieve overwhelmed staff in Chiapas, the immigration agency is sending migrants to equally understaffed offices all over Mexico.

    December 20
  • Mexicans conversing

    Learning a language leads to something greater than the sum of its parts

    Gaining a real command of Spanish gave Sarah De Vries’ life a new richness that, at times, makes her world seem to double in size.

    December 18
  • Pilgrims carrying images of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

    Here’s how I plan to celebrate the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe

    The Virgin of Guadalupe is many things: a clever ploy by the church, an unrealistic feminine ideal and the embodiment of a mother’s love.

    December 11
  • inflation

    Pesos just don’t go as far as they used to

    Inflation is pushing prices up. But when will informal and contract workers see corresponding wage increases?

    December 4
  • Day of the Dead display

    Cultural ties between Spain and Mexico hold fast in a political storm

    The level of interest in Madrid for a display about the Day of the Dead contrasted with a transatlantic slanging match between politicians.

    December 1
  • Turkey is fine, but have you tried Mexican sushi? That's something to be thankful for.

    What about Mexico were you thankful for this Thanksgiving?

    In the spirit of the recent holiday, Sarah DeVries compiles a list of all the things she’s grateful for in her adopted country.

    November 27
  • President López Obrador

    López Obrador has little to show for his fight against corruption

    The president claims that corruption has been banished but there has not been a single criminal conviction.

    November 22
  • Despite the decline in cases, many pedestrians and drivers are still faithfully masking up.

    After another tough pandemic year, hope is on the horizon

    The third wave of COVID is subsiding in Mexico, bringing with it a chance to cautiously relax.

    November 20
  • Justin Trudeau, AMLO at North American Leaders Conference at White House

    Can AMLO, Biden and Trudeau get back to important trilateral business?

    Differing national priorities may make finding common ground difficult at the first North American Leaders’ Summit since 2016.

    November 18
  • Mazatlan malecon

    This expat sought sun and cheap living but Mexico offered him much more

    After spending years studying how to live truly in the moment, it turned out all Bodie Kellogg needed to do was move to Mazatlán.

    November 16
  • Lopez Obrador at UN in New York City

    Ending corruption and poverty takes more than political theater

    AMLO talks a good game about making Mexico more equitable, but he needs to care as much about his actions as he does his optics.

    November 13
  • Yum Kaax Animal Rescue Centre

    In Mexico, animal welfare advocates still battle myopia and indifference

    Abuse laws with more teeth and government programs to help strays are win-win ideas, but activists mostly find themselves alone in the fight.

    November 10
  • Mexico’s government has swept aside the private renewable energy industry it began to support and is returning to it's familiar fossil fuel habit.

    It’s time for Mexico to kick its fossil fuel addiction

    Like a sugar junkie returning to bad habits, the government has swept aside the private renewable energy industry in favor of fossil fuels.

    November 6
  • Lake Chapala

    It’s time expats in Mexico had a communal coming of age

    A sewage issue in Ajijic got Greg Custer thinking about how gringo communities often don’t react to local problems in useful ways.

    November 4
  • Mexico's National Autonomous University

    President’s war on ‘neoliberalism’ moves to university campus

    The president’s diatribes against the National Autonomous University appear to some to be a sign of a growing squeeze on dissent.

    November 4
  • Patricia Espinosa at COP16 conference

    Can Mexico be a leader at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow?

    With its recent hard pivot to fossil fuels, Mexico’s pledges at the COP26 global summit may fall seriously short in fighting global warming.

    November 1
  • Though being overprotective is tempting, it's a recipe for rebllion and won’t necessarily keep children out of harm’s way.

    Back to school in a pandemic: nerve-wracking but necessary

    Denying children their right to an education likely has already done more harm than good. So, finally, it’s back-to-school time.

    October 30
  • The new refinery under construction in Tabasco.

    Latin America’s environmental villains dodge the COP26 climate summit

    The presidents of the region’s two biggest nations—Mexico and Brazil—will be absent when world leaders gather for a crucial summit next week.

    October 27
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