Death on the Border
LEY GENERAL DE POBLACIÓN - Artículo 11: El tránsito internacional de personas por puertos, aeropuertos y fronteras, sólo podrá efectuarse por los lugares designados para ello y dentro del horario establecido, con la intervención de las autoridades migratorias. Artículo 78: …
Mexico: Crony Capitalism and Illegal Immigration
A news item last week in the Tijuana newspaper, Frontera, highlighted a fundamental problem in Mexican politics. It seems the city of Playas de Rosarito ordered construction stopped on a new funeral parlor that was only 15-days from its grand …
The Wanted and the Unwanted
Mexicans have a way of turning a phrase that says so much, with an economy of words. One of the best phrases I have ever heard is their description of the Americans who live in Mexico, especially Baja. Their saying …
A Tale of Two Countries
It seems it has become a national pasttime for Americans to compare Mexico to the United States, with the usual goal of demonstrating how much better the US is than Mexico, and demonstrate that Mexico remains a third world country. …
The Beaches of Baja
Until 2003, there did not exist any national protocols in Mexico to determine the quality of ocean water used for recreation. In 2003, the Mexican secretariats of the Navy, Environment, Tourism and Health established a “Clean Beaches Program,” to evaluate …