Mexican cell phones and sim cards have completely changed the game for travelers. While you can still use your home cell phone (and pay roaming charges, etc), you can also, assuming you have an unlocked phone, purchase and use a Mexican sim card very inexpensively. Dialing within Mexico, all telephone numbers in the country, whether […]
Continue ReadingA business visitor is a person who is involved in any of the following: research and design – market research business transactions for manufacturing and production (management & personnel) sales and purchasing for an enterprise located in the U.S. or Canada (other than direct sales) distribution and after sales services (general services) A professional is a person […]
Continue ReadingGetting married in Mexico In Mexico only civil marriage is recognized as legal. Persons wishing to get married in Mexico may also have a religious ceremony, but it will have no legal implications. A civil wedding in Mexico is fully valid for legal purposes worldwide. However, a religious wedding without a civil ceremony is not. […]
Continue ReadingPosted by Rafa Gonzalez on Julio 04, 2000 Hello, My name is Rafael Gonzalez, I currently live in San Diego, CA and Pili Trabado is my sister in law. By her request I will try to give you some information about Ensenada, Baja. I lived there for a great part of my life and I […]
Continue ReadingLa Ceiba is a small town in the state of Puebla on the highway between Mexico City and Poza Rica, Veracruz. It’s about 45 minutes from Poza Rica. The town was named after a large ceiba tree that once grew in the plaza. The name of the town has actually been changed to that of […]
Continue ReadingI rented a small house in La Gloria, in the hills between Rosarito Beach and Tijuana. It was a cozy place. I had painted inside and out and landscaped the yard. A willow tree shaded the back patio and there were a couple more trees. The architectural design was pretty neat and there was a […]
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A funny thing happened the other day to one of my favorite Mexicans. He was invited to speak at a college, which, once upon a time, slammed the front door in his face. Deep in the MexConnect archives is a previous story about Rodolfo Calva Marquez, migratory worker without proper papers, who had the good fortune […]
Continue Reading“But I haven’t played bridge since college.” “The last time I played bridge, Ely Culbertson was the authority.” “I’ve just been too busy earning a living to find time for Bridge.” Sound familiar? Well, join the club. The local Bridge Club, that is. The game of Contract Bridge (and its “big brother,” Duplicate) is experiencing […]
Continue ReadingPosted by Jim on Marzo 28, 2000 This very interesting article appeared the other day in the Toronto Star Mexico’s Indians target of sterilization `sweep’ Villagers recall threats, gifts by No. 3 Brigade By Linda Diebel Toronto Star Latin America Bureau (Jump to Forum Comments) AYUTLA DE LOS LIBRES, Mexico – Jose Toribio, a Mixtec […]
Continue ReadingAfter nine years in Jalisco, my infatuation with the Mexico that visitors experience had long since become the Mexico where I worked for a living-where I filed taxes, met deadlines and had the oil changed in my car. I’d come to Mexico for a thirty-day visit in 1994 and stayed when a well-paying position, tailor-made […]
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