Belmond to Open Third Luxury Property in Mexico
The new property will be immersed in lush mountainous jungle along a pearly-white beach stretching over two kilometers
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Places to Go in Mexico During the Easter Break
The most important place in Mexico City for Semana Santa celebrations is in Iztapalapa
Read moreWalking and Drinking Cervezas on the Road to Mexico’s Revolutions
By RICH GRANT By a stroke of good fortune for the Mexican tourism office, both of Mexico’s revolutions began 100 years apart – in 1810 and 1910 . Routes that follow the various military campaigns have been laid out with one leaving from Guadalajara that goes to the three most historic towns of Mexico’s 1810 revolt (against the Spanish rule,
Read moreMexico City Experiences Rapid Influx of Foreign Remote Workers
By KELIN DILLON While Mexico City (CDMX) and the nearby Mexican cities of Cuernavaca and San Miguel de Allende have long been known for their flourishing expat communities, economic hardships brought forth by the covid-19 pandemic has prompted a new influx of foreigners into the Mexico City metropolitan area who look to match their high-income remote jobs with Mexico’s low
Read moreSan Miguel de Allende Arts Fest Opens with Street Carnival
PULSE NEWS MEXICO The first-ever edition of the San Miguel de Allende Arts Festival (FASMA) opened with a spectacular citywide street carnival on Friday, Aug. 12. The 10-day festival in the Mexican state of Guanajuato located just 274 kilometers from Mexico City, is intended to showcase the San Miguel’s premiere artists and cultural performers for both national and international visitors.
Read moreCanelo Needs to Understand His Limitations
By RICARDO CASTILLO Maybe Mexican boxer Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez never saw the saga of movies on trigger-happy detective “Dirty Harry,” as wonderfully portrayed by that always-well-admired actor Clint Eastwood. In several of those movies, somewhere near the end, after beating an apparently unbeatable criminal, Dirty Harry would tell the previously invincible crook: “A man’s gotta know his limitations.” Bang! Actually,
Read moreNomadic Work-from-Homers Raising Rental Prices in Mexico
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Thanks to international work-from-homers, about 3 million of whom have chosen Mexico as their remote office destination-of-choice since the outbreak of the global covid-19 pandemic, the cost of rents have grown exponentially in some parts of the country. In Mexico City alone, rents have increased by as much as 20 percent in some areas,
Read moreNavigating Mexico: Not Your Grandma’s Grandparents
By JUAN DE JESUS BREENE PUERTO, VALLARTA, Jalisco — When most people think of retired expats living in the likes of Lake Chapala, San Miguel de Allende or Puerto Vallarta, they tend to image well-heeled seniors who live several months of the year in high-end condos and villas. Retired grandparents — abuelos, in Spanish — typically do not begin charities
Read moreSan Miguel Fashion Fest Slated to Help Local Charities
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After nearly two years of lockdown due to the covid-19 pandemic, San Miguel de Allende is set to host the eighth edition of the Dress to Give Fashion Days from Wednesday, Nov. 3, through Friday, Nov. 5. A total of 16 different designers, including one from Argentina, will participate in the three-day fashion events that is intended
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By RICARDO CASTILLO New Mexican Tourist Resort Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Saturday visited the largest of the three islands, popularly known as “Las Marías,” off the coast of Nayarit in the Pacific Ocean. During his visit, AMLO announced that in three months the archipelago, which once served as a federal prison, would open up to tourists as
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