Foreign Native

Mexican tourism officials are reasonably optimistic that the latest U.S. regulations requiring U.S. citizens returning to their country by air to carry a passport won’t come as too much of a blow to the industry – at least not for now. Up until last week, American tourists could visit Mexico using other forms of identification [...]

The main story in the news in the past week has been the rising price of tortillas, brought about by higher corn prices. The sudden jump in price of the country’s most important foodstuff led the government to rustle up a series of short-term and long-term measures in an effort to solve the immediate problem, [...]

Fresh from its record-setting exhibition of simultaneous chess games held in the main square, Mexico City aimed for another one on New Year’s Eve – the world’s biggest ever piñata. The piñata – which was held aloft by a crane – wasn’t exactly filled with fruit and other goodies, just confetti and balloons. It was [...]