General News

There is sometimes confusion among visitors to Mexico about the difference between Semana Santa and Semana Pascua.

Jonás Rincón Bañuelos, 8, and  Axel Gabriel Franco Marín, 9, pose proudly with their robots after representing Mexico at the 2025 Robomatrix tournament in Quito Ecuador.

Foreigners new to Mexico are often surprised at the difference in how Easter is celebrated here—not least for its contradictions.

The trilateral United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), negotiated by Donald Trump in 2019, could be facing its demise following his announcement this week that a 25 percent tariff on all vehicles imported into the United States will go into effect on April 2.

Before last weekend, most expats in Mexico had probably never heard of the band Los Alegres del Barranco, a ranchera outfit from Sinaloa that often performs “narcocorridos” — narrative ballads that recount the exploits of drug traffickers.

Mexico’s Ministry of Health reported this Tuesday that the country has detected 43 “imported” cases of measles, as well as 288 cases of whooping cough so far this year.

In response to shifting global trade dynamics, Russia is seeking to expand its economic relationship with Mexico.

Mexico City legislators have approved a citizens’ initiative to transform bullfighting into a non-violent, bloodless activity.