Mexico’s 2018 campaign season has not officially begun, but the race for the presidency is already a nail-biter, featuring a FULL STORY
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Workers exploited by dental tourism in MX
The town of Los Algodones in Mexico is nicknamed “Molar City.” It has a population of just 6,000 people and, shockingly, FULL STORY
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Migrants delay travel to aid quake efforts
After two earthquakes that left more than 450 dead and 150,000 houses damaged, my home country of Mexico faces huge FULL STORY
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Obstructed justice: Ayotzinapa 3 years on
Reprinted from InSight Crime It remains unclear exactly how 43 students from a rural teachers’ college in Mexico disappeared three years ago. FULL STORY
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Earthquakes expose MX’s deep inequality
Early in the morning on September 16, 1810, priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the bell of his church in FULL STORY
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Why seismologists didn’t see it coming
Mexico has a long seismic history, so any given earthquake here does not necessarily come as a surprise. In the FULL STORY
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Is Trump holding ‘dreamers’ hostage?
Fulfilling one of United States President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently announced the end of FULL STORY
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Hurricanes, quakes — and 404 errors
What a week: hurricanes and earthquakes have dominated the news (rather than homicides, which I see as a marginal improvement). FULL STORY
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Bearded vagabond: drunk or crackhead?
When my 19-year-old son and I arrived in Mazatlán in May of 2006 it was the tail end of the FULL STORY
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Alternative vision to Trump’s border wall
The United States and Mexico have shared their current international border for nearly 170 years. Today they cooperate at multiple FULL STORY
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Governors gone wild: MX’s corrupt leaders
During the colonial period, the Spanish Americas were governed under the 14th-century formula, “Obedézcase, pero no se cumpla” — obey, FULL STORY
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New security spending not delivering gains
Reprinted from InSight Crime A recent report by a think tank in Mexico underscores that increased security spending has done little to FULL STORY
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Gringo anxiety part of adapting to life in MX
The process of adapting to life in Mexico is a cultural adventure, one of bewilderment yet discovery on a regular FULL STORY
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Stinky house problem was toilet installation
This is the last column in the series Joy of Construction in Mexico and in it I would like to FULL STORY
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Spying scandal feels uncannily familiar
The National Palace in Mexico City has been home for Mexican ruling classes since the Aztec empire. Its main courtyard FULL STORY
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Spyware scandal a gift for organized crime
Reprinted from InSight Crime. Recent revelations about the government of Mexico’s widespread use of spyware to monitor adversaries in the press FULL STORY
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The diplomat who saved 40,000 lives
Oskar Schindler was a German businessman who saved more than 1,000 Jews during World War II by cunningly convincing the FULL STORY
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No pesky regulations means buyer beware
This column is about the pre-construction purchase of real property in Mexico, a common practice which in this country is FULL STORY
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Dutch investment totals over US $45bn
Almost everyone knows about United States and Canadian investment in Mexico thanks to the ample information provided regarding the North FULL STORY
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Buried truth: a look at Mexico’s mass graves
Reprinted from InSight Crime The problem of forced disappearances and mass graves in Mexico is greater than what the state claims. Reports regarding the FULL STORY
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A few beers in cantina reveals payroll scam
After plying my new trade as a home inspector for over a year, I eventually agreed to a couple of FULL STORY
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Fried geckos mean inventive wiring job
When I started doing home inspections in the 2007/2008 winter season in Mazatlán, I quickly discovered Mexican electrical work to FULL STORY
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A firebrand leftist riles the powers that be
With its 17 million people the State of México, which encompasses the outer suburbs of sprawling Mexico City, tends to FULL STORY
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Cuernavaca: a former hot spot for expats
Cuernavaca used to be one of the “hot spots” in Mexico for American and Canadian retirees, followed by not a FULL STORY
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Game story speaks to narco culture intrigue
Reprinted from InSight Crime One media outlet in Mexico has poked fun at Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s international cultural prominence FULL STORY