Mexico Essentials

Mexico Essentials

Articles and insights about essential things you need to know as you make your Mexico lifestyle and leisure plans

Travelers at an airport

Your Safety in Mexico

Notwithstanding the drug-related problems, the overwhelming majority of foreign visits to Mexico remain trouble-free.
US Dollars

Mexico Modifies Dollar Cash Restrictions

In an effort to stem the flow of illegal cash funds passing through Mexican banks and businesses, Mexico introduced a series of measures to limit the amount of foreign...
Currency Exchange Booths at Mexico City's Airport

The Value of Mexico’s Peso

Mexico's peso has had a rocky history against the US dollar. Periods of stability have been followed by periods of great turmoil and resulting devaluations.
Mural of Miguel Hidalgo - Government Palace Guadalajara

Mexico Celebrates 200 Years

On September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla freed the prisoners in the town of Dolores who had been locked up by the Spanish authorities and called on the...
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Sending Email from Mexico

In a bid to clamp down on email spam, Telmex and other major internet companies running WiFi spots in Mexico have shut down access to Port 25—the port most...

Carlos Slim

The latest survey published by Fortune has named Carlos Slim, Mexico’s foremost business mogul, as the world’s richest man, ‘dethroning’ Bill Gates. Carlos Slim’s fortune is now valued...
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Impede Telemarketing Calls

Although middle-class households in Mexico don’t receive as many publicity offers as their American, Canadian and European counterparts, direct marketing has started to gain some traction here; telemarketing is...
Mosquito On Skin

Sweet Sorrow for Mosquitoes

One of the more common annoyances experienced by people visiting or living in Mexico is the presence of mosquitoes