United States Consulate General Guadalajara PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO AS MANY AMERICAN CITIZENS AS POSSIBLE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DUE TO BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS Date: September 14, 2010 BEGIN TEXT. In connection with the upcoming bicentennial celebrations, Mexican President Felipe Calderón has declared that Wednesday, September 15 and Friday, September 17 holidays for Mexican federal [...]
Good week for Banderas Bay – President Felipe Calderon visits to unite Nayarit and Jalisco governors.
John Youden’s Puerto Vallarta Real Estate Blog Vallarta Lifestyles Publishing Group There were two events today in Riviera Nayarit that were attended by the President of Mexico; one in the development of Litibú and the other at the Riviera Nayarit Marina. The Litibú presentation was to inaugurate the Greg Norman golf course. The second, however, [...]
Drug war, economy weigh on Mexico midterm election
By MARK STEVENSON MEXICO CITY (AP) — Drug violence, an economic downturn and recent cases of political malfeasance weigh heavily on Mexico’s midterm congressional elections Sunday, a vote that could decide the future of President Felipe Calderon’s anti-crime and economic policies. Calderon’s National Action Party, PAN, hopes its nationwide crackdown on drug cartels will win [...]
Mexico moves quietly to decriminalize minor drug use
President Calderon is set to sign the law, but some fear that letting off users caught with limited amounts of drugs will increase drug use and encourage ‘drug tourists’ from the U.S. By Tracy Wilkinson Los Angeles Times June 21, 2009 Reporting from Mexico City — Could Mexican cities become Latin Amsterdams, flooded by drug [...]
Guns, Germs and Recession: The Curse on Mexican Tourism
Time Magazine By IOAN GRILLO / MEXICO CITY Thursday, Jun. 11, 2009 It was the last image the Mexican government wanted from one of its sunny seaside resorts. In the heart of Acapulco, soldiers fought a blazing battle against drug cartel thugs who sprayed bullets from Kalashnikov rifles and hurled more than 50 grenades. After hours [...]
Mexico Tourism Uses Deep Discounts to Lure Back Travelers
After being battered and beaten down by the swine flu epidemic for almost a month, Mexico is fighting back in an attempt to lure Americans (and other foreign visitors) in and restore the country’s image as a safe place to stay and play. Americans make up 80 percent of the total number of visitors to [...]
Calderon presents the campaign “Vive Mexico” to reactivate the national tourism
Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, met today with entertainment, sports and culture personalities at Los Pinos official residence, during the “Vive Mexico” campaign launching ceremony, aimed to promote and rescue the tourism industry affected by the Influenza H1N1 outbreaks. Calderón announced that the goverment will invest 1 thousand and 2 hundred million pesos in campaigns to promote the country and [...]
Mexico flu response blends into election campaign
Amid midterm electioneering, President Felipe Calderon touts his government’s ‘firm decisions’ and says the world is in Mexico’s debt. But an opposition leader points to a ‘virus of ineptitude.’ By Ken Ellingwood May 9, 2009 LA Times Reporting from Mexico City — Mexican President Felipe Calderon sounded victorious when he went before his nation [...]
The Crisis Came. Mexico Didn’t Fail. Surprised?
By LARRY ROHTER Published: May 9, 2009 New York Times MEXICO CITY – Just for argument’s sake, let’s compare Mexico’s management of the swine flu epidemic that broke out here last month with China’s handling of SARS in 2002. The Chinese initially tried to deny there was an outbreak, were slow to combat its spread [...]
Latin America: Mexico Senate Approves Bill Decriminalizing Drug Possession
The Mexican Senate Tuesday approved a bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs in a bid to undercut Mexican drug trafficking organizations and free police to go after them instead of drug users. The bill was backed by the conservative government of President Felipe Calderon. Under the bill, personal use [...]
Spring-breakers heed call to avoid Mexico
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press Writer Posted: 04/05/2009 08:35:45 AM PDT PLAYAS DE ROSARITO, Mexico—A few years ago, thousands of American college students packed the streets outside Playas de Rosarito’s hottest beach bars during spring break. Cavernous clubs offered concerts, bikini contests and all-night drinking. This year, it is sometimes hard to find any tourist [...]
Who Controls Paradise?
RON STODGHILL The New York Times COSTA Alegre, Mexico CRUISING along the swerving, mountainous roads of Mexico’s western coast, past trees and vines, blue lagoons and scattered wildflowers, Goffredo Marcaccini stops his Jeep and thrusts his head out the window. “Ahhh,” he croons, inhaling the morning air. “The smell of the earth! Nice, like the [...]
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