By RICARDO CASTILLO Wet Politicking in Dry Chihuahua There was a faceoff this week between farmers and the National Guard (GN) at the La Boquilla reservoir on the Conchos River, which feeds into the Rio Grande at the Ojinaga-Presidio border. The GN, in charge of safekeeping the dam, had to withdraw from the facility on Tuesday, Sept. 8, to avoid
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XINHUA International tourism arrivals in Mexico plummeted 66.6 percent in July compared to the same month last year due to a drop in air traffic, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) said on Thursday, Sept. 10. Just over 1.39 million foreign visitors traveled to Mexico in July, compared to over 4.16 million in 2019, according to the Inegi
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XINHUA Mexico’s government could unveil a key infrastructure investment plan as early as Sept. 15 which would include private sector participation in energy and communications projects, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Monday, Sept. 7. “We have already made significant headway. It’s just a matter of reaching an agreement (as to when) so that the plan is presented here,”
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XINHUA Mexico City’s famed floating gardens, Xochimilco, a major tourist destination and center for the sale of fresh plants, reopened to the public on Wednesday, Aug. 19, Xochimilco’s more than 1,800 shops and tourist boats closed down in early May — just prior to the crucially important May 10 Mother’s Day crowd –due to the coronavirus pandemic, representing a loss
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO and Calderón Exchange Barbs A tit-for-tat rift between former Mexican President Felipe Calderón and the current one, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), has been going on throughout the last week. Accusations galore are flying. AMLO started the verbal spat by saying that during the 2006-2012 Calderón mandate, persons now being accused in the United States of
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO’s Washington Itinerary Here are a few things we know about Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) scheduled visit to the White House on Wednesday, July 8. Previously to his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, the Mexican head of state will visit two monuments: a statue of Benito Juárez and the Abraham Lincoln Monument. Later,
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS For the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, tourism has never been the chief economic engine. In fact, with the sole exception of its world-renowned Barrancas del Cobre (Copper Canyon) — a chasm system that is far larger, deeper and more spectacular than the Grand Canyon — Chihuahua has little to offer in the way of major tourist
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By RICH GRANT At just 36 miles in length, the Niagara is one of the shortest rivers in the world. And one of the most violent. Almost a million gallons of water cascade down the river every second, reaching speeds of 30 miles per hour. The river is actually not a river at all – it is the drainage runoff
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Cancun’s Reopening for Tourism
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Trembling Back to the Workplace Fearing both the covid-19 contagion and not having money to make ends meet, limited numbers of Mexican auto and construction industries workers reported to work on Monday, June 1. The Mexican tourism industry is being more cautious and postponing opening until later in the month. Unions at the auto, construction and mining
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