The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Although the peso lost some ground midweek (it was trading at 12.40 to the dollar at Wednesday’s close), Mexico’s often-maligned currency has been on a roll recently, bringing with it both positive and negative fallout.
In recognition of her work uncovering Wal-Mart’s corrupt practises in Mexico, Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab has become the first Mexican woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.
Reto Mexico 2013 aims to gather more than the 2,753 sky gazers who set the record for simultaneous telescope observation in 2011.
From 2006 to 2011, Mexico dropped two places – from eighth to 10th – in World Tourism Organization rankings for the most visited countries.
Any business that wishes to open an account with HSBC must now show proof that it has paid its annual taxes, according to a report in a Guadalajara Spanish-language daily.
Cardinal Jose Francisco Robles Ortoga, the archbishop of Guadalajara, revealed this week that the Mexican Catholic Church has formally invited Pope Francis to visit Mexico at “the time that he deems appropriate.”
The former archbishop of Guadalajara, Cardinal Juan Sandoval, believes Pope Francis 1 may make a detour to Mexico after he visits Rio de Janeiro in July to mark World Youth Day.
Distinguished Mexican academic and award-winning media commentator Leo Zuckerman provided a well-rounded analysis of Mexico’s economy to an attentive crowd of lakeside expats attending a March 20 conference sponsored by the banking and investment outfit Grupo Financiero Multiva.
Owners of Mexican-plated cars who missed out on the 30-percent discount on their annual registration fee (refrendo) offered during the first three months of the year have until May 31 to get 15 percent off the tax.
