“Muy mal!” proclaimed a smiling Guadalajara waiter when asked about the raging accusations against shoemaker Adidas and its huarache-style design of a new sports shoe, dubbed the Oaxaca Slip-On. 

Cathey Merrill’s stunning book, “Colección de Recuerdos,” is not only a remarkable tribute to Mexican artisans but also a heartfelt love story about a devoted Texan couple who shared incredible experiences as passionate collectors of folk art.

“If you think fentanyl overdoses are a problem, if you think migration across the border is a problem…you should care about stopping the crime gun pipeline to Mexico.” says Jonathan Lowy. “Because all those problems are driven by the supply of U.S. guns to the cartels.”

When Shammah Anu showed up at Saint Mark’s Anglican Church in Guadalajara in the summer of 2018, nobody, including her, guessed that she would eventually become a pivotal leader in the small church, founded in 1967. Nor that everyone would feel so sad when she announced in summer 2025 that work was taking her permanently to the Toronto area. 

By all accounts, Santo Santiago ranks among Mexico’s most popular patron saints. A total of 526 towns and cities across the country bear his name.

The Huichol Indigenous People’s Route, a pre-Columbian pilgrimage that traverses Mexico’s sacred sites in the center and west of the country, has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. This ancestral pilgrimage, covering nearly 550 kilometers, connects 20 sacred sites that are fundamental to the worldview of the Wixárika people (also known as the Huichol).