Last week, I spent a few days at the MTW Mexico retreat near Cuernavaca in a beautiful ex-hacienda called Cocoyoc. A pretty incredible place - you wonder what it must have been like back in the days of Cortes! I got back on Friday, and hope to do a lot of catching up here in […]
From the Philidelphia Inquirer (free subscription required):
MEXICO CITY - As sales gimmicks go, “11.3 pesos” doesn’t quite have the ring of “99 cents.”
But Mexican shoppers such as Jaime Plata do not seem to care. Savings, not slick marketing, draw him to Waldo’s Dolar Mart de Mexico, this nation’s largest chain of so-called dollar stores.
On a […]
From the Houston Chronicle:
REYNOSA, MEXICO - After two months of dodging thieves and thundering trains during the perilous journey from Honduras, Marco Antonio Vasquez has finally reached the Rio Grande.
Now plotting his next move, the 26-year-old displaced factory worker sits on the steps of a Reynosa church and worries aloud that, if the Border Patrol […]
And with the lowest in Latin America and Europe in unemployment? These are some of the claims made by President Fox in a recent speech at the Fifth International Tourism Conference.
America, the Mexican soccer team, that is. The city is full of “Americanistas”, which has been dominant for a long time. The other favorites are probably Cruz Azul and the Chivas, although in my part of town certainly the UNAM makes a good showing.
MEXICO CITY - Unfashionable Chiapas ended America’s 28-match unbeaten domestic run […]
Reforma reports on the “Plane-Library Lift Off”:
The leader of the capital city government, Alejandro Encinas, inaugurated this Tuesday a plane refitted as a library and installed in the promenade of Delegation Venustiano Carranza. The plane-library has approximately 30 computers inside with an internet connection and about 1000 library books.
The plane was donated by […]
Reforma reports that “As Mexicans we like to save for emergencies, for old age and for education. But banks are not the preferred option…”
Here are the stats from the recent survey of about 1500 Mexicans (2.5% margin of error):
The percentage of people who said that they save went up from 47% in 1997 to 52% […]
I can’t really post too specific stuff here, so I’m going to send something out via my “supporter update” list. Sigh - going back to the old technology. The other option was to put a password on this update blog, also a possibility.
PWD
Bloomberg reports:
The hurricane likely will dump 5 to 10 inches of rain in parts of southeastern Mexico, the center said. Rainfall of 10 to 15 inches, with 20 inches in some places, is possible in mountainous areas of Veracruz and Puebla states. This rain could cause “life-threatening’’ flash floods and mudslides, the hurricane center said.
Life […]
De las 70 mil motocicletas que circulan en el Distrito Federal, 24 mil han sido llevadas a distintos corralones en lo que va del año por cometer infracciones al Reglamento de Tránsito, informó este lunes la SecretarÃa de Seguridad Pública.
Of the 70,000 motorcycles that circulate in the Federal District, 24,000 have been taken to different […]