General News

The American Society of Jalisco (AMSOC), the well-known Guadalajara-based organization that welcomes people of all nationalities, is holding the first election for its board of directors for five years. 

Weary journalists frequently trot out the expression “a week is a long time in politics” instead of taxing their brains to offer more precise analysis.

Employers in Mexico are required under labor laws to pay salaried workers, including domestic help, an annual year-end “bonus” called the aguinaldo.

U.S. President Joe Biden has thanked his Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, after Mexican security forces November 22 captured Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas (“El Nini”), the notorious head of security for the Chapitos wing of the Sinaloa Cartel. 

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned three Mexican individuals and 13 Mexican companies it says are linked, directly or indirectly, to timeshare fraud led by the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).

Colder winter weather is being felt in many parts of Mexico, including Jalisco, where temperatures will continue to dip throughout next week, forecasts predict.

The latest hike in Mexico’s minimum wage—20 percent to kick in January 1, 2024—may not be the panacea that the country’s lowest income earners require, some economic analysts are reflecting.

The first stage of the Mayan Tourist Train route, approximately 470 kilometers running from Campeche to Cancun, will begin operations on December 15, Óscar David Lozano Águila, the director general of the service, announced this week.