Juan Pablo Valderrama doesn’t wear his clerical collar outside church. So on the streets of Guadalajara, the Anglican priest doesn’t look different from any 50-ish Mexican man. 

U.S. ambassadors have often played significant roles in trying to shape Mexico’s political, economic and security policies, usually justifying their actions as part of their diplomatic mandate to serve U.S. strategic interests.

“More Americans are renouncing their citizenship,” a headline in a recent Fortune magazine article read.

As shoppers flock to Feria Maestros del Arte this weekend to buy exquisite pieces from scores of talented Mexican artisans, many may not consider the deeper significance of this extraordinary marketplace.

For those who believe in magic, this is a 100-percent true story of real magic in Ajijic, the magic town by the magic lake in Magic Mexico. I often hear the phrase, “Only in Mexico,” and it’s true.

When Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas, he failed to find the gold he had promised the Spanish Crown.