Deborah Bonello in Mexico

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Mexico suspends diplomatic visa exemption for Canadians

on July 17, 2009 5:43 PM | 0

Mexico's foreign secretary has announced the suspension of a visa exemption for Canadian diplomats and officials working in Mexico the country. The decision comes in response to the announcement late Monday by the Canadian government that it was introducing a new......more

Money from Mexican migrants to Mexico continues to fall

on July 2, 2009 6:48 PM | 0

The money that Mexicans living abroad send home to their families here in Mexico fell again in May, in what the Associated Press calls the biggest monthly decline on record."Money sent home by Mexicans working abroad fell by 19.9 percent......more

Gabriel Orozco opens first solo show in three years in Mexico City

on May 8, 2009 8:22 PM | 0

Gabriel Orozco, the Mexican contemporary artist, has opened his first solo show in three years in Mexico City. Crowds turned up last month to the unveiling at the Kurimanzutto art gallery despite the H1N1 flu alert alarming the city at......more

Taxi-driver conspiracy theory on swine flu outbreak

on May 4, 2009 4:56 PM | 0

If you've spent any time in Mexico, especially Mexico City, then you'll be acquainted with Mexicans' love of conspiracy theory. As Ken Ellingwood wrote last year, "many Mexicans feel their leaders have lied so many times about so many things......more

Video: Swine flu outbreak brings quiet to Mexico City

on May 4, 2009 1:09 AM | 0

  -- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City for La Plaza.......more

Hospitals are my new Mexico City hangout

on April 29, 2009 2:24 PM | 0

Given the local and international media coverage of Mexico's current flu outbreak, I was expecting to find lines of people, all of them coughing into their government-issued face masks, winding around the block. Not so....more

Video: Mexico City vendors feel the effects of swine flu

on April 27, 2009 7:43 PM | 0

Swine flu outbreak isn't just taking its toll on people's health. Local businesses are also starting to suffer as customers stay away. Watch the video for more....more

Filming the knock-on effects of swine fly in Mexico City Sunday

on April 27, 2009 3:16 PM | 0

I was out shooting all day in downtown Mexico City Sunday, trying to get a sense of how the swine flu outbreak is affecting local businesses....more