Category: Mexico

Catrina, Guadalajara, Mexico La Calavera Catrina (‘Dapper Skeleton’, ‘Elegant Skull’) is a 1910–1913 zinc etching by famous Mexican printmaker, cartoon illustrator and lithographer José Guadalupe Posada. The image depicts a female skeleton dressed only in a hat befitting the upper class outfit…

Mexico sends in the navy to combat giant seaweed Thursday, October 29, 2015, 3:37 PM – Seaweed has been choking some of the Caribbean’s most beautiful beaches since July. Mexico has been particularly hard hit, with authorities spending the equivalent to $12…

Catrina Guadalajara Photograph by Bill Bell

Mexican gas pump prices to climb in 2016   Beginning Jan. 1, 2016, Mexican motorists will have to pay between 3.52 and 4.58 pesos (USD $0.21 to $0.28) per liter of gasoline or diesel they buy, in addition to the current price of…

Americans are renouncing citizenship at an all-time high rate  According to Robert W. Wood, tax lawyer based in San Francisco (www.WoodLLP.com), and Forbes.com contributor, there is another spike in the quarterly name and shame list of those who renounced their U.S. citizenship or terminated long-term…

Mexico seizes planes, homes in search for drug lord read the original Mexico City (AFP) – Mexican authorities have searched several homes in three states and seized 11 small airplanes in their hunt for fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, prosecutors…