US-Mexico educational exchange set to explode
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- Published on Friday, 07 February 2014 10:53
- Written by GR Staff
A group of students from Drake University recently completed an 18-day exchange program with the Tec de Monterrey Guadalajara Campus – the first visit of its kind since 2008.
Brits target Mexico trade
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- Published on Friday, 07 February 2014 10:00
- Written by GR Staff
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg led a high-level delegation to Mexico this week in a bid to boost British presence in a country that he said has been “too small, too reticent and too modest for far too long.”
Jalisco's US expats want to vote for governor
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- Published on Friday, 28 June 2013 16:12
- Written by GR Staff
Expatriate Jaliscineses in the United States have filed a petition with the state Congress to change the law so they will be able to vote for the next state governor.
Traveling minors need notarized letters to leave
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- Published on Friday, 24 January 2014 11:18
- Written by GR Staff
As of January 25, young persons aged 17 or under may not enter or leave Mexico on their own without a notarized letter/form signed by their parents or legal guardians.
GDL firms, individuals placed on US Treasury blacklist
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 16:10
- Written by Michael Forbes
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has targeted 18 individuals linked to drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, who is currently serving a 40-year prison term for the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique Camarena in 1985.
North American leaders to talk security, economy; touch on Canada tourism
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- Published on Tuesday, 21 January 2014 14:47
- Written by GR Staff
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto will find himself among friends when he greets the president of the United States and prime minister of Canada at the annual North American leaders' summit in Toluca on February 19.
Virgin in Chicago
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- Published on Friday, 24 May 2013 17:31
- Written by GR Staff
Zapopan’s revered Virgin of Zapopan statue has visited the Windy City for the first time.
Tequila shop to help Mexican spirit flow in China
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- Published on Friday, 17 January 2014 10:33
- Written by Dale Quinn
A pair of young entrepreneurs plans to open the first store selling tequila and agave products in China this September.
Local businessman admits money laundering
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- Published on Friday, 24 May 2013 15:31
- Written by GR Staff
A Guadalajara businessman who plead guilty to money laundering in San Antonio, Texas, invested some of his ill-gotten gains in the film “The Passion of Christ.”
Boaters upset at Mexican government clampdown
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- Published on Friday, 10 January 2014 11:41
- Written by GR Staff
Foreign boat owners are up in arms after officials from a Mexican government agency placed 338 vessels docked in south-of-the-border marinas under “precautionary embargo” for supposedly not having the correct documentation.
US plots path to citizenship for illegal immigrants
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- Published on Friday, 29 March 2013 06:00
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The 11 million undocumented workers residing in the United States – nearly 60 percent of whom are Mexican – could gain citizenship within 13 years under reforms to immigration law being prepared by a bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators.
Mexico tops with US travelers but Panama, Ecuador best places for expats
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- Published on Friday, 10 January 2014 11:37
- Written by GR Staff
Mexico is by far the preferred destination of U.S. citizens traveling abroad but this country does not feature in the top five destinations for good-value living for expats around the world.
Pope Francis dogged by polemic ties to military junta
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- Published on Friday, 15 March 2013 12:47
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Jorge Bergoglio, who became the first Latin American Pope on Wednesday, has long faced accusations of collaborating with the military junta that ruled Argentina with an iron fist from 1976 to 1983.
Canadian consul in conversation
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- Published on Friday, 15 November 2013 20:14
- Written by Michael Forbes
Francis Uy, the recently appointed Canadian Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner in Guadalajara, is looking forward to January 2014.
That’s because this month sees Canada and Mexico commemorate two landmark anniversaries in their relationship.
Latin American pope?
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- Published on Friday, 01 March 2013 11:02
- Written by GR Staff
Six out of ten Mexicans would prefer to have a pope from Latin America, according to a survey conducted by GCE. As well as a younger pontiff, many would like him to be charismatic, humble, intelligent and liberal-minded.
Mexico takes London by storm
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- Published on Friday, 08 November 2013 12:06
- Written by GR Staff
Mexican Tourism Secretary Claudia Ruiz-Massieu hopped aboard a typical London “double-decker” bus this week as she visited the capital of Great Britain for World Travel Market 2013, one of the leading global travel industry events of the year.
US presidential inauguration conundrum
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- Published on Friday, 18 January 2013 11:14
- Written by GR Staff
The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution stipulates when the presidential inauguration takes place. Going into effect after the difficult Depression-era transition from Herbert Hoover to Franklin Roosevelt in 1932, it set the start of presidential terms as noon on January 20. Until then, a president elected in November did not take office until March 4, the date the Continental Congress had set for President Washington’s inauguration in 1788.
The US government shutdown: a nation divided against itself?
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- Published on Friday, 04 October 2013 10:57
- Written by GR Staff
What makes the House Republicans’ decision to shut down the federal government an immoral and unconscionable “threat” rather than an ordinary political disagreement? The answer is simple.
Pope joins Twitter ahead of 12/12/12
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- Published on Friday, 14 December 2012 11:56
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Pope Benedict XVI joined social networking site Twitter last week under the username @Pontifex.
Canadians are happiest people on the continent
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- Published on Friday, 20 September 2013 11:40
- Written by GR Staff
It’s official. People in Mexico are happier than the denizens of the United States – but only by a tiny margin.
US presidential campaign reaches a climax
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- Published on Friday, 28 September 2012 11:39
- Written by GR Staff
After the ballyhoo and hype of the national conventions, the presidential candidates get down to the business end of their campaigns next week with the first of four keenly anticipated – and potentially make-or-break – debates.