Tequila Chamber pushes extra añejos
The National Tequila Industry Chamber (CNIT) brought new extra añejo tequilas to the annual beverage festival held this year in New Orleans. Brands brought out for tastings at the Hotel Royal included Arette, Centinela, Don Julio, Cava de Oro, San Matias, Dos Armadillos, Herradura, Sauza, and Orendain. Extra añejos are aged for more than three years.

Mexican musical icon Isabel “Chavela” Vargas died at the age of 93 from heart and respiratory problems in a Cuernavaca hospital on Sunday.
Defeated presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reiterated his call for the outcome of the July 1 election to be annulled at a rally in Mexico City’s Zocalo on Sunday.