Mexico: The Land of Opportunity

Some of us have known the attractions of Mexico for years.  Now the rest of the nation, and the world, are catching on.

“Mexican migration to the United States has reached an equilibrium, with about as many Mexicans moving north from 2005 to 2010 as those returning south. The number of Americans legally living and working in Mexico grew to more than 70,000 in 2012 from 60,000 in 2009, a number that does not include many students and retirees, those on tourist visas or the roughly 350,000 American children who have arrived since 2005 with their Mexican parents.”

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Pretty amazing.  There are mixed signals, certainly, but the fact they are mixed and not simply negative is already an improvement.  If Mexico is on your mind, read this.

Carlos Fuentes: Passing On

Many obituaries for Mexico’s famed novelist and social critic, Carlos Fuentes. Here is what the Washington Post writes.

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