The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic reported this week that Jeremy Corbyn, the left-of-center leader of the United Kingdom’s opposition Labour Party, spent Christmas and the New Year in Mexico with his Mexican wife Laura Alvarez.
In an election year, the specter of rising prices is never good news for the ruling party.
Employees in Mexico will be expecting a little extra in their pay packet prior to Christmas. The aguinaldo (Christmas bonus) is a long-standing tradition in Mexico and is specified in Article 87 of the Federal Labor Law.
In spite of the rising price of agave, 2017 has witnessed a record production of tequila, which, according to the Tequila Regulatory Council (CRT), peaked at 254.1 million liters at the end of November.
The Mexican Senate is debating a new “internal security” law that has human rights advocates concerned that the measure could lead to the militarization of the country’s public security forces.
A tour bus carrying 27 tourists of various nationalities flipped over on a highway in the state of Quintana Roo Tuesday, killing 12 people.
Foreigners who plan to travel outside Mexico while their residency visas are en trámite (in process) with the Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) must obtain authorization ahead of time.
In less than six months Mexico will go to the polls to elect a new president. And December is traditionally the month when parties roll out their candidates, setting the scene for a campaign that kicks into top gear in early February.
Foreigners living in Mexico under resident immigration permits run the risk losing their status unless they go strictly by the book every time they exit and reenter the country, Florencia Vega Mendez, head of the Chapala branch of the Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM), is warning.
