General News

Foreign boat owners are up in arms after officials from a Mexican government agency placed 338 vessels docked in south-of-the-border marinas under “precautionary embargo” for supposedly not having the correct documentation.

What makes the House Republicans’ decision to shut down the federal government an immoral and unconscionable “threat” rather than an ordinary political disagreement? The answer is simple.

Mexico is by far the preferred destination of U.S. citizens traveling abroad but this country does not feature in the top five destinations for good-value living for expats around the world.

It’s official. People in Mexico are happier than the denizens of the United States – but only by a tiny margin.

Francis Uy, the recently appointed Canadian Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner in Guadalajara, is looking forward to January 2014.  

That’s because this month sees Canada and Mexico commemorate two landmark anniversaries in their relationship.

Expatriate Jaliscineses in the United States have filed a petition with the state Congress to change the law so they will be able to vote for the next state governor. 

Mexican Tourism Secretary Claudia Ruiz-Massieu hopped aboard a typical London “double-decker” bus this week as she visited the capital of Great Britain for World Travel Market 2013, one of the leading global travel industry events of the year.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has targeted 18 individuals linked to drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, who is currently serving a 40-year prison term for the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique Camarena in 1985.