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Narcocorrido tribute sparks national outcry

Before last weekend, most expats in Mexico had probably never heard of the band Los Alegres del Barranco, a ranchera outfit from Sinaloa that often performs “narcocorridos” — narrative ballads that recount the exploits of drug traffickers.


Canadian envoy becomes official

Although he received his appointment last November, it wasn’t until this week that Canadian Ambassador to Mexico Cameron MacKay presented his official Letter of Credence to President Claudia Sheinbaum.

Auto tariffs to hit Mexico hard & undermine USMCA

The trilateral United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), negotiated by Donald Trump in 2019, could be facing its demise following his announcement this week that a 25 percent tariff on all vehicles imported into the United States will go into effect on April 2.