By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Uber exists in over 100 countries around the world, and it is pretty much the same everywhere: Click on the app, get from point A to point B, and evaluate the trip. That is basically true in Mexico as well, but some interesting undercurrents are happening that might not be apparent. When Uber made the
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE An interesting dichotomy has been going on in Mexico since the summer of 2020 at the intersection of Mexico City’s two most prominent avenues: Reforma and Insurgentes. The large white building on that corner is the Mexican Senate, both the symbol and space to deliberate and pass laws that take into account the common good
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE When you think of popular retirement communities for foreigners in Mexico, what cities come to mind? Lake Chapala, outside of Guadalajara? San Miguel de Allende with its six-to-one ratio for women to men over 60? The perfect weather of Cuernavaca? Surprisingly, these cities did not even make it to the list. Of 15 cities compared
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE If you are a digital nomad, with some or all of your income coming from outside of Mexico, right now might be the time to consider some financial “hedging” While many are familiar with hedging in a stock fund, for the international citizen, a different kind of hedging is at play that has nothing to
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE It seems like Mexico City and Paris are in a constant toe-to-toe competition to determine which city has the greatest number of museums. Independent of which is in first place, if you live in or are close to Mexico City, you know the great luxury of being in a city of museums. Mexico’s museums were
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE In 421 municipalities across Mexico, the Constitution is in effect, but federal and state statutes do not necessarily apply. These independent communities, made up primarily of indigenous people, are allowed, due to a change in the Mexican Constitution in the late 1990s, to self-govern with the official designation as a “community of traditions and customs.”
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE So you finally made it to Mexico. You have a real adult job, a decent income, legal status as a resident, an RFC number, a CURP number, a residency card and you have navigated the multiple trips to open a bank account. You feel like you won a Nobel Prize by completing the process. But what
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Back in 1952, when U.S. TV news was dominated by men, long before the days of Barbara Walters, Carol Reed was the first weather girl on the CBS local news in New York City. By the time the mid-1960s rolled around, stations across the United States were competing against each other with their respective weather
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE As April and May approach and transnationals begin discussions with their employees about relocation to Mexico (or any other country), the big question of “what about school for the kids?” ranks right up there with safety. (The same applies for digital nomads who see Mexico as a great place to work at a distance with
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Call me crazy, but I love driving in Mexico. Whenever the topic comes up, I tell people that, and the usual response is, “Are you a glutton for punishment?” or some more colorfully worded reaction. I have never been to India. Driving in India is supposedly truly intense. Rome was crazy and I survived. Nairobi
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