Benito Juárez portrait

‘Season of the Swamp’: What happened when Benito Juárez was exiled...

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Yuri Herrera's historical fiction about Benito Juárez's 18 months in exile in New Orleans, “Season of the Swamp,” is now available in English translation. Our Anne Marie Jackson reviews.
The Potrero del Llano oil tanker

How Mexico entered the Second World War

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The sinking of two Mexican oil tankers by German U-boats in 1942 provided the provocation for Mexico to enter the Second World War.
House in Mexico

What homeowners should know before selling property in Mexico

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Buying and selling property in Mexico are different processes, but with each its important to get the details right ... and to find the right real estate agent.

El Jalapeño: Mexico to build delicate, power-intensive supercomputer in seismically active, water scarce country

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Earthquakes? Check. Water shortages? Check. Power outages? Check. There's nowhere better you could possibly build this thing.
Nazarenes in purple robes and crowns of thorns and flowers walk in Mexico City

Mexico’s week in review: A UN rebuke, an export boom and a historic Passion...

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From a historic UN rebuke on enforced disappearances to record Holy Week crowds at Iztapalapa's Passion Play, Mexico's week was anything but quiet.
water crisis in Guadalajara

On the ground with the Guadalajara water crisis

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Protests continue in Guadalajara, despite the recent firing of the head of Guadalajara's water agency amid an ongoing water crisis.

MND Tutor | Procesión

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With Easter Sunday just around the corner, the latest edition of MND Tutor takes a look at a unique Mexican religious ceremony.

Help: The canine plague is now sweeping Mexico

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When did people forget common sense and decide to take their pets everywhere, whether other people are bothered by it or not? In Mexico, just now.

How safe really is Mexico for expats? A message from Travis Bembenek, CEO of Mexico News Daily

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Mexico News Daily introduces a new initiative to provide real answers to the perennial question of safety in Mexico, based on the experiences people who actually live here.

Campo Alto at Querencia: How a golf course is built in Los Cabos

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Great golf courses take time, but Querencia, a luxurious community in Los Cabos, is expecting its second to open later this year.

The MND News Quiz of the Week: April 4th

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Measles, manufacturing and mislabeling: Have you been paying attention to the headlines this week?

Holy Week altars keep San Miguel de Allende natives connected in a gentrifying city

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In this tight-knit city that's rapidly embracing outsiders, San Miguel's centuries-old tradition of creating a homemade Friday of Sorrows altar for public viewing is a community constant.

Dueling skyscrapers: Monterrey’s Torre Rise will soon pass the T.OP Tower 1 as Mexico’s tallest building

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The newcomer, still growing, has equaled the height of Mexico's current tallest building on its way to reaching 101 stories and 484 meters, making it the second tallest in the Americas.

Mexico rejects UN findings that country’s enforced disappearances are crimes against humanity

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The report found no evidence of a deliberate federal policy to commit disappearances, but said that public officials at all levels of government have participated in or allowed the crimes to take place.

Highest housing prices in Mexico? That would be Mexico City, Baja California Sur and Querétaro

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The average price of a house in Mexico is 1.86 million pesos (US $104,323). In Mexico City, that average more than doubles. And if you really want to live in a beach resort community, well, those averages don't apply.

Iztapalapa’s 183-year-old annual Passion Play returns with its new UNESCO World Heritage status

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The traditional Holy Week event balances world-class recognition with local energy and pride to turn an often marginalized urban area into the center of attention in the nation's capital.