Foreign boat owners are up in arms after officials from a Mexican government agency placed 338 vessels docked in south-of-the-border marinas under “precautionary embargo” for supposedly not having the correct documentation.

Mexico is by far the preferred destination of U.S. citizens traveling abroad but this country does not feature in the top five destinations for good-value living for expats around the world.

Francis Uy, the recently appointed Canadian Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner in Guadalajara, is looking forward to January 2014.  

That’s because this month sees Canada and Mexico commemorate two landmark anniversaries in their relationship.

Mexican Tourism Secretary Claudia Ruiz-Massieu hopped aboard a typical London “double-decker” bus this week as she visited the capital of Great Britain for World Travel Market 2013, one of the leading global travel industry events of the year.

What makes the House Republicans’ decision to shut down the federal government an immoral and unconscionable “threat” rather than an ordinary political disagreement? The answer is simple.

It’s official. People in Mexico are happier than the denizens of the United States – but only by a tiny margin.