Reconsidering and understanding border relations
Reconsidering border relations, these neighbors depend on each other for economic vibrancy, personal relationships and cultural attachment.…
Where is Mexico’s high-speed rail?
Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto's vision of high-speed rail seems to be stuck in the tracks. Four months after, he announced his first infrastructure project: a high-speed rail across the Yucatan Peninsula, from Merida to…
Mexico City is losing its tortillerias and panaderias
Mexico City is losing its mom and pop stores and restaurants, U.S. businesses are moving in, and this is hurting Mexico more than it might realize.…
Mexico City a new hip destination
Mexico City is a great destination for those who enjoy chilling in hip places, and whose definition of cool is not tied to an advertisement.…
Houston, Texas: A vibrant city of immigrants
Houston, Texas, has evolved over the years, from being a city intolerant of immigrants, to becoming "the city of the future."…
Immigration reform and the changing of America
A discussion of the changes the U.S. will go through once immigration reform passes. Not only is the U.S. becoming multicultural, but so is the world.…
Mexico’s boom is leaving behind 30 million young people
According to Judit Magdalena Guerrero Lopez, a deputy with Commission for Public Education and Education Services, (PVEM), 30 million Mexicans over the age of 15 lack basic education.…
Is Mexico’s growing agricultural industry threatening small farmers?
the government of Enrique Peña Nieto positions itself to make dramatic changes to modernize the country, there is still no word on what changes might come about to the laws that prevent corporate farming and…
Mexico reforms its public school system
With a corrupted politician out of the way and a reform program law in place, Mexico is poised to change the poor state of its public school system.…
Is Mexico’s economic boom trickling down to all Mexicans?
There is no doubt that growth is a good thing for Mexico, but the focus of the economic boom is based on low-wage jobs in manufacturing and a new poor class.…