The internet and your tech-savvy friends may be singing the praises of a smartphone application, BilletesMX, touted as a great tool for distinguishing genuine, new 200- and 500-peso bank notes from the counterfeit ones that have been popping up.

There’s no need for Canadians craving some homegrown culture to head back north any time soon. Just pop over to Guanajuato in October!

A famous, diminutive statue of a urinating boy in Brussels, Belgium was decked out in a special Mexican costume this week, as many nations around the world gave a nod to Mexican Independence.

Mexico has many heroes from the Independence era, some well-known, other less so.

Apparently resting on the twin pillars of innovation and safety in numbers, a tony high-rise business tower and airy, two-story food court is making a respectable showing a stone’s throw from the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara.

Residing in an area of Guadalajara that is full of amazing restaurants of all price ranges, I still like to find a good, new one (and hope it doesn’t go out of business with all the competition).