Mexico is taking 55 people per day for ‘humanitarian reasons’ after they were booted from the US

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United Nations refugee agency closes 4 offices in Mexico due to US funding cuts

The United Nations refugee agency has shuttered four offices in Mexico and laid off 190 employees amid a severe funding crisis tied to U.S. aid cuts under President Donald Trump, officials announced this week. The closures mark a dramatic setback for …

Mexico avoids technical recession with 0.2% GDP growth in Q1

Mexico’s GDP grew 0.2% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the final three months of last year, according to preliminary data from the national statistics agency INEGI. The modest growth allowed the Mexican economy to avoid a technical recession after …

What should you expect on Labor Day in Mexico?

On May 1, Mexico celebrates Labor Day, or as the locals call it, Día del Trabajo. This is not to be confused with Cinco de Mayo, which is also in May and which you may be familiar with as involving U.S. beer commercials and confused Americans in sombreros. …

Cuetzalan and Copper Canyon among ‘Best of Mexico’ tourism destinations for 2025

Each year, the Mexican travel magazine México Desconocido announces the “Best of Mexico” in several tourism categories at the Tianguis Turístico, Latin America’s largest tourism industry event. The event is underway in Rosarito, in the border state of Baja …

Mexican airline works out kinks to start flying direct to Mexico out of CCIA as soon as July

Viva Aerobus' and Aerus' agreement allows the latter, smaller company to accept dollars, and issue tickets in time measurements that work with US ticketing systems. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Fasten your seatbelts, Corpus Christi: A new agreement is …

This Mexico City Speakeasy Was Just Named North America’s Best Bar for 2025

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Mexico's Pemex swings to $2 billion loss as production, sales slump

By Ana Isabel Martinez and Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Pemex, Mexico's heavily indebted state energy company, reported an 11.3% drop in first-quarter production of crude and condensate on Wednesday as falling sales and foreign-exchange …

Josh Byers returns to New Mexico as El Rito publisher

Josh Byers returns to New Mexico as El Rito publisher

Adrian Hedden Carlsbad Current-Argus achedden@currentargus.com Josh Byers got his first reporting gig in fifth grade, starting the “JJ Times” with his neighborhood pal Jay Murphy in Byers’ hometown of Syracuse, New York. He remembers that summer fondly, …