Business in Mexico As a result of the personality inventories I use for my seminars, I have been able to get a glimpse of the modern Mexican professional, both at the executive and managerial levels. This data shows an emerging shift in the way Mexicans operate within today’s challenging and changing organizational environment. Before getting […]
Continue ReadingMOVING TO MEXICO CHECKLIST & COUNTDOWN The big day is getting closer! Before you leave, many things need taking care of. You’re worried about forgetting something? Well, Don’t worry! For your serenity and peace of mind, here is a detailed checklist. This checklist will help you plan all that you need to take care of whilst preparing […]
Continue ReadingPosted by Steve L. on Marzo 15, 2000 After driving down from Memphis, I broke my foot in Puerto Vallarta in December…the doctor felt that I shouldn’t spend 4 days riding back to Tennessee in a car, so I flew back and my wife drove home with our daughter and our dogs. Figuring that we […]
Continue ReadingYou are entitled to bring/take/send the following items, depending upon your immigration status. Under the FMT you can bring in: -Articles for your personal use, such as clothing, footwear, grooming and toiletry articles in reasonable amounts. – Photographic, movie or video camera including its power source, and 12 rolls of film. – Sports equipment for […]
Continue ReadingPosted by Ernie Gorrie Nov 1999 As some of you know, Glenna and I bought a building lot just north of Zihuatanejo. We were thinking we wanted to build a little house (600 – 900 sq ft) in a few years. But with the peso appearing to stabilize,inflation projected at 20-30% for the next year, […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains a listing of the Méxican Trade Commission offices around the world. Canada United States Argentina (including: Uruguay) Brazil (including: Paraguay) Chile (including: Bolivia) Colombia (including:Ecuador, Peru) Costa Rica (including: Nicaragua, Panama) Cuba France (including: Algiers, Morocco, Tunis) Germany (including: Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, Switzerland) Great Britain (including England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales) Guatemala (including: Belize, El Salvador, Honduras) Hong Kong (including […]
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Many Mexicans, especially campesinos, who are closer to the land than most, believe that the weather during the month of January serves as a long-range forecast for the entire year. The precise prediction system is thought to be based on long cycles of observations carried out in an age when people depended far more on […]
Continue ReadingThe oral contraceptive pill, often referred to simply as “the Pill” was officially fifty years old on October 15, 2001. In the words of The Economist: it “was arguably the first lifestyle drug to control a normal bodily function – fertility – rather than a dread disorder. It transformed the lives of millions and helped reshape […]
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Early one morning in late July, after being awakened by the infernal POP POP POP of today’s Mexican alarm clock, I arose reluctantly from the warmth of my bed, determined to find the true story of cohetes, the thundering skyrockets that blaze through my dreams with a din loud enough to awaken me and perhaps even the […]
Continue Reading“It’s this heat… this heat… that scorches every cell of my body that kills me about this place,” the Texan says while sipping his drink. “I’m going to be a linguistic genius with that phrase ‘Hace mucho calor’ [It’s very hot] before I leave Carmen.” Located on the Gulf of Mexico off the Yucatan peninsula, lies the […]
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