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13/02/2025

How much will car prices rise in the United States after the increase in tariffs?
According to the study carried out by the investment bank Benchmark Company, the automotive sector will be the most affected by Trump's tariffs.
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How much will car prices rise in the United States after the increase in tariffs?

13/02/2025

The Tragic Ten: One of the Most Controversial Political Betrayals in Mexico
The betrayal of the Tragic Decade marked a before and after in the Mexican Revolution, in addition to being one of the bloodiest battles in the capital.
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The Tragic Ten: One of the Most Controversial Political Betrayals in Mexico

13/02/2025

San Miguel de Allende
The magic town

13/02/2025

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12/02/2025

Why More Americans Are Seeking Pet Care in Mexico
A growing trend of pet medical tourism is emerging along the southern border.
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Why More Americans Are Seeking Pet Care in Mexico

12/02/2025

Hecho en Mexico: the local consumption initiative of the 70s that Sheinbaum seeks to revive
The "Hecho n Mexico (Made in Mexico)" logo was created by Mexican designer Omar Arroyo Arriaga in 1978.
The "Made in Mexico" logo has been engraved in the Mexican imagination for the last 4 decades, appearing on different national products. This seal would have responded to a protectionist measure, but why did it arise and who promoted it?
The "Made in Mexico" seal emerged in 1978 during the PRI government of Emilio López Portillo (1976-1982), this distinctive had and has the purpose of identifying products made in the Republic, to differentiate them from foreign products. The Ministry of Economy (SE) sought to strengthen the local market for national products and promote their consumption.

12/02/2025

White House correspondents protest reporter's exclusion for use of Gulf of Mexico name
An Associated Press reporter was notified that he would be barred from the White House unless he aligned his editorial standards with Trump's executive order.

11/02/2025

Carlos Slim:
“What the U.S. has to do is regain global leadership,” he said.

“It would be interesting if he did a sort of double play, let’s say on one side reduce the costs of certain things and on the other channel it toward investment.”

On tariffs
Slim said bluntly that tariffs don't work. "They increase inflation … the interest rate doesn’t go down … tariffs don’t solve problems.”

He said Trump's tariff threats are simply a negotiating tool.

11/02/2025

Google Maps already showing Gulf of America in the U.S.
The change will only apply in the United States, while in the rest of the world two denominations will appear: Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of America.
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Google Maps already showing Gulf of America in the U.S.

10/02/2025

Tulyehualco, Xocimilco
Working with amaranto.

08/02/2025

Zarandeado Fish
Manzanillo, Colima

07/02/2025

What do you think?
The U.S. Attorney General's Office issued a memo setting guidelines for fulfilling President Donald Trump's mandate.
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U.S. seeks to wipe out cartels and criminal organizations in Mexico

05/02/2025

Mexican troops arrive at the U.S. border

By Tuesday afternoon, the Mexican government confirmed more than 7,000 troops were en route north, redeployed from southern and central states to 14 northern border cities from Tijuana on the west coast to Matamoros in the east.

The two countries had reached a similar deal in 2019, after Trump threatened tariffs amid rising illegal migration and Sheinbaum Pardo's predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador responded by sending the then-newly formed National Guard to the border.

"It’s a pattern of issuing a threat and claiming a victory but it’s unclear if anything changes," said Stephanie Brewer, director for Mexico at the Washington Office on Latin America, a left-leaning think tank in Washington, D.C.

05/02/2025

San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco keeps one of the saddest and most beautiful legends in the region
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San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco keeps one of the saddest and most beautiful legends in the region

03/02/2025

03/02/2025

The Profeco did an analysis of 45 olive oils and found that some of them do not meet the parameters set in the standard.

Some of the worst brands in olive oil being sold in Mexico:
- El Olivo
- Golden Hills
- Inés
- La Española
- Misión
- Olivo del Cielo
- Sevillano
- Ybarra

03/02/2025

Dollar exceeds 21 + pesos after announcement of U.S. tariffs
The U.S. government's imposition of tariffs on Mexican imports has begun to wreak havoc on the exchange rate.

02/02/2025

The painter Arturo Estrada, a student of Frida Kahlo, will be 100 years old. His story ...
The artist is one of the last two students of Frida Kahlo, a group of students who in the 40s were known as "Los Fridos"
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The painter Arturo Estrada, a student of Frida Kahlo, will be 100 years old. His story ...