“It’s just after 9 a.m. on a Friday morning and a seasoned shoeshiner is standing next to his stand on Mexico City’s Insurgentes Avenue, waiting for a customer. His small business, which he has run as a sole proprietor for 25 years, is doing well “gracias a Dios” (thank God), he tells Mexico News Daily, using an expression that is ubiquitous in conversations across the country.”
Peter Davies, Writer
Mexico News Daily hit the streets of Mexico City to ask workers about their jobs, their salaries and their capacity to cover the cost of living in the capital.
Activists in the Juanacatalán region of Jalisco are working to try and save native forests by using imported specialist techniques.
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A team of engineers, a crazy dream and a lightly used 1968 Volkswagen Beetle. What could possibly go wrong?
