Passport rules change: You need one for Mexico, Canada, Caribbean

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BY TERESA MCUSIC Dallas – ft. Worth Star-Telegram Denise Iglesias has been hearing from a lot of desperate travelers lately. On Monday, the rules changed regarding U.S. citizens traveling to Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Bermuda. Under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, travelers need either a passport or a passport card to visit those places [...]

Fearless travelers can cash in on Mexico’s post-flu deals

Christine Delsol, Special to SFGate.com The San Francisco Chronicle Wednesday, May 28, 2009 It’s been two weeks since the State Department and the Centers for Disease Controllifted their travel warnings on travel to Mexico, and the deals are rolling in. The CDC lifted its recommendation against nonessential travel to Mexico on May 15, citing evidence that Mexico’s flu [...]

W.H.O. to Rewrite Its Pandemic Rules

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Published: May 22, 2009 Bowing to pressure, the World Health Organization announced Friday that it would rewrite its rules for alerting the world to new diseases, meaning the swine flu circling the globe will probably never be declared a full-fledged pandemic. Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the deputy director general making the W.H.O. announcement, said that he [...]

Swine flu travel warning lifted for Mexico

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LA TImes The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC,  Friday lifted its recommendation that U.S. citizens avoid nonessential travel to Mexico because of the swine flu outbreak there, and the U.S. State Department followed suit. Cruise and tour operators wasted no time trumpeting the news, although port calls may not resume immediately. In lifting its warning, the CDC [...]

U.S. tightening re-entry rules, requiring passports at land and sea checkpoints

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  April 22, 2009  BY LORI RACKL Travelers, it’s time to get your paperwork in order. As of June 1, the rules are changing when it comes to entering the United States through a land or sea border. Driving back from Canada? Walking over the border after gulping a few margaritas in Tijuana? A regular [...]

Mexico: The elusive truth about safety

Posted by: Tom Foster, Monday, Mar 30, 2009, 10:15 AM If you happened to watch the news or pick up a newspaper (or even just leave the house) this past week, you probably got hit with the flood of news about escalating violence in Mexico’s drug war. CNN sent Anderson Cooper to El Paso, Texas, where he [...]

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