I’ve only been to Mexico once before — to Tulum and Playa del Carmen on the east coast. We’re talking lush, tropical jungles with plenty of cenotes to explore and bask in while Instagram influencers flood the streets to get their photos taken standing backstage at house and techno parties. It’s fun, to be sure, […]
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Ford Opens Up Applications For Mustang GTD, Increases Price To $325,000
Ford Opens Up Applications For Mustang GTD, Increases Price To $325,000 | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> The ultimate Mustang will also be sold in Mexico, Europe, and the Middle East https://www.carscoops.com/author/bradcarscoops-com/ <!––> by Brad Anderson 5 hours ago <!––> <!– –> Canadian shoppers will have to cough up approximately CAD$440,000 for the limited-run model. Driving […]
Read MoreMexico Ends Chinese Automaker Incentives After US Pressure
Mexico Ends Chinese Automaker Incentives After US Pressure | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> The U.S. doesn’t want Chinese automakers to use Mexico to avoid tariffs 12 hours ago <!––> <!– –> Facing pressure from the U.S., Mexico has reportedly stopped offering Chinese automakers federal incentives to set up manufacturing plants. American officials fear that automakers […]
Read MoreColorado Bill Aims to Protect Consumer Brain Data
Consumers have grown accustomed to the prospect that their personal data, such as email addresses, social contacts, browsing history and genetic ancestry, are being collected and often resold by the apps and the digital services they use. With the advent of consumer neurotechnologies, the data being collected is becoming ever more intimate. One headband serves […]
Read MoreNew Migrants Get Work Permits. Other Undocumented Immigrants Want Them, Too.
Sam Sanchez, a Chicago restaurateur, was incensed when President Biden announced last September that his administration would extend work eligibility to nearly half a million Venezuelans, many of them migrants who had recently crossed the border illegally. What about his undocumented employees like Ruben, a Mexican father of two U.S.-born children who has been in […]
Read MoreHow One Family Lost $900,000 in a Timeshare Scam
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Read MoreWith Brute Force and Steel, This Artist Creates Works of Ephemeral Beauty
Art of Craft is a series about craftspeople whose work rises to the level of art. On a summer day in 2018, Blanka Amezkua arrived in San Salvador Huixcolotla. The southeastern Mexican town is best known as the birthplace of papel picado — intricately cut, colorful tissue-paper banners popular at Mexican festivities — and Amezkua […]
Read MoreMIT-Mexico Program fosters cross-border collaboration
Favianna Colón Irizarry spent last summer at Tecnológico de Monterrey, working alongside Mexican biotechnology researchers to develop a biodegradable coating that prolongs the shelf life of local foods. Assisting in this and other innovative projects at one of Mexico’s top research institutions was the opportunity of a lifetime, for sure. But, for Colón Irizarry, it’s […]
Read MoreIn Latin America, From Nasty Personal Insults to an Embassy Raid
Ecuador was once famous for sheltering a man on the lam: For seven years it allowed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to hole up in its embassy in London, invoking an international treaty that makes diplomatic premises places of refuge. Then, last week, the South American nation appeared to tear that treaty to shreds, sending the […]
Read MoreCould Ecuador’s Diplomatic Spat With Mexico Be a Boon for Noboa?
Ecuador’s decision to send police officers into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a politician who had taken refuge there inflamed tensions between two countries that were already at odds, but it may prove a political boon for the Ecuadorean president. President Daniel Noboa has been faced with flagging approval ratings amid rising violence weeks before […]
Read MoreHouston Police Seize $1 Million In Stolen Cars From Chop Shops
Houston Police Seize $1 Million In Stolen Cars From Chop Shops | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> Authorities say that the sites in question are tied to a violent organized cartel April 7, 2024 at 17:52 <!––> <!– –> A Harris County Sheriff’s Office investigation led to the discovery of three cartel-linked chop shops in Houston. […]
Read MoreWho Is Jorge Glas, an Ecuadorean Politician Arrested at Mexico’s Embassy?
Mexico has severed diplomatic relations with Ecuador after Ecuadorean police officers on Friday arrested Jorge Glas, an Ecuadorean politician who had been granted refuge in Mexico’s embassy in Quito. That arrest, which Mexico described as a “violation” of its sovereignty, capped days of growing tensions between the two Latin American countries. Ecuador has considered Mr. […]
Read MoreMexico Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Ecuador After Embassy Arrest
Ecuadorean police officers entered the Mexican embassy in Quito on Friday night to arrest Ecuador’s former vice president who had taken refuge there, prompting Mexico to suspend bilateral relations. Jorge Glas, the former vice president, had been sentenced to prison and there was a warrant out for his arrest before Mexico granted him asylum, Ecuador’s […]
Read MoreBody of Third Victim in Bridge Collapse Is Recovered, Officials Say
The body of a third construction worker who died in the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore was found on Friday morning, officials said. The man, identified as 38-year-old Maynor Yasir Suazo Sandoval, was discovered by divers, according to a release from local authorities. “The collapse of the Key Bridge is […]
Read MoreWhen Latin America Became the Seat of Modernity
Lina Bo Bardi, the great Italian-Brazilian architect, liked to say we all invent architecture just by climbing a stair, crossing a room, opening a door or sitting down in a chair. All of “these little gestures,” she said, along with the objects they involve, are richly endowed with meaning and memory. Design is life. Life […]
Read MoreThe U.S. Is Rebuilding a Legal Pathway for Refugees. The Election Could Change That.
With national attention focused on the chaos at the southern border, President Biden has been steadily rebuilding a legal pathway for immigration that was gutted during the Trump administration. The United States has allowed more than 40,000 refugees into the country in the first five months of the fiscal year after they passed a rigorous, […]
Read MoreThe Entire Mezcal Los Siete Misterios Line, Power Ranked
Mezcal is a broad category. Small stills dot places like Oaxaca, Mexico — where there can be massive variation in taste, texture, and quality from one still to the next (let alone one distillery to the next). And that’s before you get to the mezcal made in other states across Mexico. The true quality of […]
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