Topic - Economy

The Mexican government has been getting a head start on celebrations of the bicentennial anniversary of the Independence from Spain, and the centennial anniversary of the 1910-1917 Revolution. Preparations are already under way for major events next year.
Among them is the construction of the Bicentennial Monument which began this week with the ceremonial laying of […]

Some people have an annoying habit of resettling already settled matters through the use of unnecessary analogies.
This isn’t limited to politicians  and conference speakers, just about anyone, having explained a situation in perfectly clear terms, and their case being, a priori, incontestable, will suddenly launch into “it’s as if your neighbor had a dog and […]

A fair rule about torn banknotes is that if you have more than half of the note, then it’s valid, but less than half isn’t. In Mexico merchants of all kinds will reject banknotes that have any part missing, and many will refuse to receive bills that are torn in any way, taped together, or […]

A study from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Mexicans make up by far the largest foreign-born population group  in the country, with 11.7 million Mexican-born people living in the U.S. in 2007.
Mexicans have long been migrating to the U.S. in search of work, and the money they send home each year - $25 billion […]

With the change in the weather come the coughs, colds and sneezes which are impossible to dodge when you live in a city of 20 million.
The capital’s army of independent  vendors are quick to catch on to the pecuniary opportunity afforded by the suffering, adding individual packets of Kleenex - two for the price of […]

Someone once wrote of John Steinbeck that he was the sort of man who would rather be duped out of a dollar by someone with a sob story than risk refusing the money to someone with a genuine need.
In Mexico, there are plenty of opportunities to test the dilemma of the author of  Tortilla Flat. […]

Mexico’s flirt with low-cost airlines could be coming to an end not too long after it got off the ground. The main reason is the high cost of jet fuel, which has led a number of airlines to cut back on flights, and several have been grounded for one reason or another - mostly involving […]

For a country where people read notoriously few books, and not too many newspapers, Mexico has a reasonably large number of newsstands and vendors - on just about every street corner, in fact.
The larger stands sell more than just newspapers. They usually stock a variety of magazines, and also sell “special” collections of DVDs, books, […]

If you spend some time in Mexico, sooner or later  you’ll come across the word chilango, probably in some derogatory way, such as “¡típico chilango!” or ” ¡tenía que ser chilango!”
Chilango is the name given to inhabitants of Mexico City, who are notorious in the provinces for being obnoxious when they venture out of town. […]

An important part of Mexico’s past and present are its bread shops, which are found on many busy corners of its towns and cities. When you’re hungry, there’s nothing quite as enticing as the smell of fresh baked bread wafting out from the local panadería.
It’s not unusual in the evenings to see people hanging […]