Mexico Insight

Before WiFi (wiki) became a house-hold name and available in public spaces and homes across the world, the wireless technology that was expected to make “the Internet go mobile” was known as third-generation cellular telephones: “3G“, or broadband on your cell phone.
European governments, particularly the UK and Germany, excited in the late 90’s by dot-com mania and the euphoria of […]

Wireless Internet Access — WiFi (wiki) – is the technology which transformed the way in which people communicated with each other across the Internet while on the move.   The service began to appear at airports and other public spaces and, with the advent of high-speed internet access at home, manufacturers began to sell WiFi-enabled modems so that […]

Most industrialized countries have an embassy and/or consulate based in Mexico.  Embassies, and their Consular sections, are set up principally to facilitate trade and diplomatic relations in a foreign territory, and the consular sections also provide a number of services in support of their citizens abroad.
The United States, Canada, the UK and other European countries, […]

Just before 7am this morning, an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale was felt in Mexico City.   The epicenter of the earthquake was registered about 30 miles southeast of the town of Union Hidalgo, in the southern state of Oaxaca.  Only minor damage has been reported in the state.
There are no reports of any […]

Monarch Butterflies are one of the most well-known butterfly species in North America.  They are renowned for their long migrations south, usually beginning in August or September, to warmer climes.  Millions of Monarch Butterflies migrate from Canada and the USA to arrive in Mexico each year, settling in the mountains in the state of Michoacan, just a couple of hour’s drive west of […]

Today, Monday February 4th, Mexico is enjoying a national holiday to mark the enactment of its Constitution, Dia de la Constitucion.
Mexico’s Constitution was drafted in the colonial city of Queretaro, north of Mexico City.   It was legalized on February 5th, 1917, by the country’s Constitutional Congress. Venustiano Carranza was the first President to serve under the […]