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Favorite Artists: Daniel Rueffert
Galeria La Fama by Daniel Rueffert. Used with permission. Our old friend Dan Rueffert makes San Miguel magically appear before your eyes. For more of his Mexico paintings, check out his website. He...
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Mexico’s Lake Chapala and Ajijic:
The Insider’s Guide to the Northshore for International Travelers By Teresa Kendrick Review by Carl Franz Printed in the Guadalajara Reporter After decades of neglect, major publishers have finally...
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If you are interested in studying, volunteering or interning in Latin America, you may want to check out Go Overseas!, which includes reviews of language schools and volunteer opportunities in Mexico,...
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Best of Mexico in Pictures: Mazatlan
Rich in parking lot of Hotel Belmar Mazatlan, Mexico I wrote a long post about my poetic and undying love for the Hotel Belmar, located at...
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Recommended Spanish Language Schools
Fenix Language Institute in Zacatecas was recently recommended to us as “awesome!” From the website: “Fenix Language Institute was founded in 1973 with a firm commitment to perfecting strategies for...
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Change in Mexican Real Estate Laws?
A reader writes: “I read that the Mexican camara de diputados approved a bill in April ’13 that would amend the constitution to allow foreigners to own land along the coasts. I haven’t heard anything...
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New San Miguel Art Center Honors Jon Schooler
Gentleman rancher Hugo Granados is opening a contemporary art museum, the Casa Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, on former ranch lands just outside San Miguel de Allende, Gto. Described as a “handsome...
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Nogales or Agua Prieta? Which is Safer?
A reader writes: Hello, This year my fiance will be released from prison and deported back to Mexico (6yrs in). He has been in the US since he was 5. All of his family is here, but he doesn’t want to...
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Letter from a Reader: Retire in Baja?
editor’s note: A reader named Sarah wrote us with the subject line “retire to baja.” Of course I passed this on to our resident retirement/baja expert El Codo, who demanded to know more about Sarah’s...
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Mazatlan Community?
Mazatlan’s Beautiful Historic District A reader named Jerry is interested in retiring to Mazatlan. His house is on the market, and when it sells he plans on spending a month in Mazatlan to check it...
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