General News

Many travelers are confused about the difference between Mexico’s Tourism Tax and “Departure Tax,” and often wonder whether they are one and the same thing. 

A shortage of qualified English teachers means that only three percent of students at Mexico’s primary and secondary public schools can actually speak the language to any degree of fluency.  

For the past 15 years, three U.S. airlines have been charging passengers for the Mexican government’s tourism tax even though they are exempt from the fee, a class-action lawsuit in Florida contends.

“Mission accomplished: we have him,” President Enrique Peña Nieto tweeted shortly after Mexican Marines confirmed the capture of fugitive Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on January 8.

Despite the continuing fall in international oil prices, the cost of a liter of Magna and Diesel gas will stay the same in February, Mexico’s Treasury Department has announced.  

Some economists believe the pressure on the peso may continue for at least another six months, possibly provoking an inflationary spiral, especially if wobbly global financial markets fail to stabilize.

The drop in global oil prices may force Mexico to make cuts to sensitive areas, including security funding, that will delay essential anti-crime reforms, geopolitical intelligence firm Stratfor said Thursday.  

Fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been captured, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced Friday.  “Mission accomplished: we have him,” he tweeted.