Saturday, May 31, 2025

MND_MEXICO LIVING

A Young woman in a gray sleeveless top and a black skirt and carrying a white messenger bag over her shoulder walks past a telephone booth in Mexico City that has a sign urging Mexico City residents to vote in the upcoming judicial election on June 1, 2025.

Electing vs. nominating judges? Meh

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As Mexico prepares to elect its judges for the first time, Sarah DeVries weighs the promise of democratic reform against the reality of systemic corruption.
A Mexican flag flies in front of the Burj Al Arab in Dubai

Why I feel more Mexican living abroad

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A move to the Middle East left one writer feeling twice as Mexican as she had done before she left.
A hurricane with its eye on Earth, seen from outer space.

How to deal with hurricane season in Mexico

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With more storms and stronger hurricanes forecast for 2025, now’s the time to review your safety plan for Mexico’s rainy season.
Sunset over the ocean in Cabo San Lucas with sailboats in the water

Why I still love Los Cabos

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Sun, sea, sand and a slice of paradise rarely found elsewhere turned writer Chris Sands' short vacation into a lifetime of pleasure on Baja California's southern tip.
Donald Trump

The remittance tax in the United States: A bad, cruel idea

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A five percent tax on remittances sent from the United States would be a cruel policy inflicted on people who are already being squeezed, says columnist Sarah Devries.
An elderly woman in a rustic backyard pottery workshop forms a ball of clay into a large bowl by hand without a potting wheel. The photo is a triptrych that shows different stages of her process in making the bowl.

The last potter: Nicanora Valdez’s vanishing legacy in clay

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Nicanora Valdez carries on a pottery tradition her grandfather taught her father and her father taught her. But now in her eighties, she's facing the end of her family's legacy.
A crowd in St. Peter's Square watching the first public address of Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Above their shoulders, an exuberant Mexican man holds a Mexican flag in front of his chest as he watches.

The new pope, Mexico and me

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Meet the new boss, same as... wait. What do Pope Leo XIV's Latin American credentials mean to a deeply religious nation like Mexico?
Tropical Storm Carlotta satellite image

Preparing for hurricane season in Baja California Sur

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Is your trip threatened by a storm? Here's a local's guide to how to prepare.
A yellow Jeep on a beach

Why are Mexican cars so expensive?

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Isn't it weird that Mexico produces so much oil but charges so much at the pumps? Sarah DeVries talks about why.
A sunrise over Cabo San Lucas

How the map of Los Cabos has changed over the past 40 years

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It's hard to state just how different Mexico's modern party capital has become since it first began to grow in the 1980s — take a look for yourself.
A Mexican oceanside town in Baja California

5 things I wish I knew before moving to Baja California

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Moving south of the border may not be quite what you thought, as one expat discovered for herself.
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