Back-to-school costs rise almost 14%
Back-to-school expenses in Mexico will rise 13.8 percent in 2026, averaging 12,422 pesos per student, up from 10,916 pesos last year, according to the National Alliance of Small Traders.
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Back-to-school expenses in Mexico will rise 13.8 percent in 2026, averaging 12,422 pesos per student, up from 10,916 pesos last year, according to the National Alliance of Small Traders.
The Trump administration has delivered a stunning blow to the heart of Mexico’s ruling party.
On August 13, Andrés “Andy” Manuel López Beltrán — the son of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and a key political operator within the Morena party — announced that the United States had revoked his entry visa.
Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, a retired general and former Sinaloa State Public Security Secretary, is reportedly negotiating with U.S. federal prosecutors in the explosive U.S. case against a sitting Mexican governor.
The 49th Premio Nacional de Cerámica, Mexico’s most prestigious pottery and craft competition, concluded in record-breaking fashion in Tlaquepaque at the end of July.
The staggered cutoff schedule this month for mandatory cellphone-line identification takes effect next week.
The United States is gradually restoring its avocado inspections in Michoacan after a security threat halted all exports, while reiterating its Level 4 travel advisory for the violence-plagued state.
Mexico has begun requiring a sanitary inspection certificate for dogs and birds entering from the United States, as part of a bilateral agreement to strengthen controls against the New World screwworm, the parasitic fly whose larvae infest livestock and other warm-blooded animals.