Mexico Alert
Four Firms Seek to Bid for Additional Riviera Maya Airport
Date: 10/08/2007
October 8, 2007
Riviera Maya, Mexico
Mexico's much-ballyhooed Riviera Maya airport project continues to have problems getting off the ground, so to speak.
Read OnRetail Giant Wal-Mart to Open Banking Operations in Mexico
Date: 10/05/2007
October 5, 2007
Mexico City
No matter how you feel about Wal-Mart, you have to admire their persistence. Now this: Mexico banking authorities have approved Wal-Mart's request to operate as a bank in Mexico, the company announced Tuesday. Its bank will operate under the name Banco Wal-Mart de Mexico Adelante.
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This "Working" Vacation Could Change Your Life
Date: 10/04/2007
October 4, 2007
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
I'm just back from the International Living Live and Prosper in Mexico seminar in Puerto Vallarta, where a good time was had by all. Even I (who tends to think she knows everything) learned some new things about Mexico. I'll be sharing some of those nuggets with you in future alerts.
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Mexico Bets Cultural Tourism Will Pay off Big
Date: 10/03/2007
October 3, 2007
Monterrey, Mexico
Mexico plans to invest $90 million in cultural tourism, say sources in the Ministry of Tourism, to attract more high-end tourists. Cultural tourism, which includes visits to archaeological sites, museums, historical cities, cultural events and the like, currently brings in $5 million annually in Mexico.
Read OnExhibits Around the World Honor Influential Muralist Diego Rivera
Date: 09/27/2007In June we wrote about the opening of a new museum exhibition in Mexico City honoring the centenary of the birth of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
Read OnBureaucracy in Both the U.S. and Mexico Impedes War on Drugs
Date: 09/25/2007Mexico is now the main conduit of illegal drugs entering the U.S., says a new report released last week by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Read OnMexico Tax Reform Diversifies Tax Base
Date: 09/19/2007Will Mexico stop relying on Big Oil? Analysts have long warned of Mexico’s dependence on oil revenues to keep its federal budget afloat—and now it seems Mexico may finally be doing something to change that.
Read OnAfter Legal Wrangling, Mexican Trucks Ready to Roll Into U.S.
Date: 09/06/2007Long-haul Mexican trucks may begin rolling into the U.S. as early as this week, after a U.S.
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