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Garnier, Walmart Launch Campaign to Clean up Oaxaca Beaches

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Garnier, a division of L’Oréal Paris, in conjunction with Walmart México and the World Research Institute (WRI), a global environmental organization that works with governments and private organizations to protect nature, launched a Mexico-wide program on Sept. 15 to raise money to clean up a portion of Oaxaca’s beaches. The program consists of Garnier donating 1 peso

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Far from the Madding Crowd … and Covid

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Ever since it first opened its doors as a private hotel for a discerning public in 1957, Las Brisas, Acapulco’s premiere luxury resort destination, has always been about seclusion and indulgence. For decades, the likes of Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Sean Connery, Ringo Starr and even John F. Kennedy would make unpublicized visits to the hotel’s exclusive

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The View from the North: Cancun Not Yet Ready to Reopen

By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Down in Mexico, the government is talking about reopening the economy. But not so fast in Cancun. According to Mexican news reports, Cancun just isn´t ready for its previously projected June 1 reopening. One English-language daily reported: “Quintana Roo Tourism Secretary Marisol Vanegas Pérez burst a few bubbles when she said that ‘it’s not true that

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Playa del Carmen Mayor: Our City is Safe for Tourists

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Despite a recent surge in violence and the shooting death of seven men in a local bar on Jan. 5, Playa del Carmen is a safe destination for tourism, the Mexican Caribbean resort town’s recently instated mayor, Laura Esther Beristáin Navarrete told a small gathering of journalists in Mexico City on Wednesday, Jan. 9. “Yes, we have

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