General News

A bout of Montezuma’s Revenge, the severe gastric upset many foreigners experience while traveling in Mexico, is almost a rite of passage for first-time visitors, especially for Americans, whose immune systems are no match for, say, four or five street tacos inhaled in a frenzy of post-club hunger at 2 a.m.

Mexico marked World Population Day (July 11) with an update from the National Statistics Institute (INEGI) on the number of people currently living within its borders.

The United Kingdom may be going through turbulent political times, but its relationship with Mexico is “getting better all the time,” Duncan Taylor, the U.K. ambassador in Mexico, has confirmed.

Mexico’s teacher training colleges, known as “Normales,” are to be transformed as of 2018 with a major focus placed on creating bilingual teachers.

The Trump administration this week announced that the opening round of negotiations to upgrade the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) will be held in Washington from August 16-20. 

The entire world seemed to be on the side of justice, compassion and tolerance in Mexico City during the Pride celebrations two weeks ago, inflicting, one fondly imagines, a rebuke to those who view the enjoyment of basic human rights to be a privilege only to be availed of by the slender pie wedge of humanity left after the rest has been carved away for the commission of a myriad of perceived moral trespasses.

You’re never too old for a new challenge! Alberto Chávez, 82, from Michoacan, ran Virgin Sport’s London 10k Race last weekend in a remarkable time of 1 hour 15 minutes, finishing in 9th place. 

In the first five months of 2017, construction materials have risen by a yearly average of 15 percent, a hike not seen since 2008. Expect rents and housing prices to rise considerably this next year.