For Karin Miles, her Buddhist practice is first and foremost all about meditation. At the same time, she admits that being a Buddhist is more than just sitting in contemplation.

In a quirky historical twist, two celebratory days in the first week of May (Dia del Trabajo and Cinco de Mayo) had their origins in the United States and Mexico respectively, but are today more widely observed in the other country.

As if scorching temperatures weren’t enough, it’s also time to confront man’s greatest challenger for control of the Earth – the cockroach.

“I doubt if anybody would call me boring,” quips Kelly Hayes-Raitt, after making a presentation to some 50 people at a meeting of Democrats Abroad in Ajijic. 

A mini-series on the life of drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will air on Spanish-language network Univision starting April 23. 

Enter “Jerry Brown Travels” into your search engine and you will come up with a site of nearly 160 YouTube videos that Jerry Brown and his wife Lori have compiled over the last two years during their travels throughout Mexico and Southeast Asia.