Mexico Alert
Soderbergh Film on Che Guevara Set in Campeche
Date: 11/07/2007
November 7, 2007
Campeche, Mexico
“It looks like a war zone,” says our colleague Glynna Prentice of her new home town, Campeche. One of the prettiest cities in the Yucatán Peninsula and one of Mexico’s 27 World Heritage sites, Campeche has deliberately turned itself ugly—all for the sake of Hollywood. Starting this week, Campeche will stand in for 1950s Cuba in the filming of Steven Soderbergh’s The Argentine, which narrates Che Guevara’s days fighting alongside the young Fidel Castro.
Read OnWorst Flooding in Half a Century Swamps Southeast Mexico
Date: 11/06/2007
November 6, 2007
Villahermosa, Mexico
All eyes in Mexico are turned toward the southeast this week, riveted by images of destruction. Torrential rains last week left the low-lying Gulf state of Tabasco largely under water, with upward of a million people displaced by the worst flooding in over half a century. Rains and flooding also affected the neighboring state of Chiapas, leaving at least four dead there.
Read OnWorried About U.S. Health Care? Consider Mexico
Date: 11/01/2007At IL’s Ultimate Event in Panama last week, health care concerns were a big issue among U.S. attendees. Now I see that a new seven-country health care survey by the Commonwealth Fund validates everything our attendees told us. The New York-based Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation focused on promoting better health care systems, asked adults about their health care experiences. The data they compiled largely support that nasty, widespread suspicion that U.S. residents pay the most and get the least in terms of health care.
Read OnDocumentary Film Explains Why Some Expats Are Moving to Mexico
Date: 10/30/2007Why are so many expats finding a more satisfying life in Mexico? That’s the question behind a documentary film produced by Caren Cross. And one that many of us living in Mexico ask ourselves all the time.
Read OnReal Estate Auction in Cozumel a Great Chance for Bargains
Date: 10/29/2007Foreclosure auctions are becoming a hot new way of buying property in Latin America. People aren’t losing their properties because they can’t make mortgage payments, though. Instead, it’s because they are delinquent on property tax payments…decades overdue in some cases.
Read OnMexico Politician Stripped of Marathon Title for Taking Shortcut
Date: 10/15/2007Naughty, naughty. A Mexican politician is taking a ribbing from the global press for apparently cheating in an international sporting event. He says he didn’t—but like Shakespeare’s lady, he seems to protest too much…
Read OnA Tasty and Authentic Treat in Puerto Vallarta
Date: 10/12/2007In Puerto Vallarta for the International Living Live and Prosper in Mexico seminar recently, we tried a variety of great restaurants—there’s an endless number to choose from. In fact, there are close to 1,000 restaurants that feature nearly every cuisine of the world.
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