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Bilateral challenges are bigger than short-sighted agendas

Education and treatment vs. drugs. Will this month's meeting between Presidents Calderón and Obama favor long-term vision over short-sighted agendas?

La Gloria, Veracruz after the Swine Flu scare

By Lizette Becerra

Journalist Lizette Becerra writes about the complications that remain in La Gloria, Veracruz in the aftermath of the swine flu outbreak.

"We" are immigrants too

By Sheila Croucher

Turning the spotlight on the American and Canadian migration to Mexico.

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OpEd

Northern North Americans are not crossing an ocean to “get culture” and “find meaning,” but rather are moving south for a marvelous variety of personal and family reasons. They are not leaving their continental home, but in a way extending it.

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For the record

By Ceci Connolly

Controversy surrounded the opening of Centro Fox, Vicente Fox's presidential library in Guanajuato. More >>

Adios, Mr. Blair

By Konstantin Kakaes

Konstantin Kakaes opines about ex-British prime minister Tony Blair. More >>

Bilateral challenges are bigger than short-sighted agendas

By José Fernández Ramos

Education and treatment vs. drugs. Will this month's meeting between Presidents Calderón and Obama favor long-term vision over short-sighted agendas? More >>

Berries, Protestants, and Railways

By Dan Lund

Columnist Dan Lund grew up in the Red River Valley of the North, where North Dakota and Manitoba share both geography and history. It was there he learned that before borders came borderlands. More >>

Inside Business

Out of crisis, opportunity

By Inside México

Toda la Prensa's Marc Chassinat delivers your favorite magazines, and advice on surviving hard times. More >>

Mexico: Land of opportunities

By Emilio Betech R.

From environmental technologies to franchising to education, Mexico offers a range of possibilities for starting your own business. More >>

The suite spot

By Inside México

Say goodbye to doing laundry. Extended-stay hotels simplify residents' lives, and prove a bright spot for the hospitality industry. More >>

Perspective

Former US Ambassador to Mexico James R. Jones

On Choosing an Ambassador

By Insidemex.com

Last week, Inside México spoke with former US Ambassador to Mexico James R. Jones. As Ambassador Jones was being interviewed, the Mexican newspaper El Universal reported that the Obama administration had chosen Cuban born diplomat Carlos Pascual to fill the post recently vacated by Ambassador Antonio O. Garza. The report has yet to be officially confirmed. More >>

Hillary Clinton in Mexico: The US and Mexico are "like family"

By Catherine Dunn

Hillary Rodham Clinton's trip to Mexico -- her first visit to Latin America as Secretary of State -- comes at a time of tension between the US and Mexico. Yesterday she addressed Indigenous scholarship winners at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, saying that young people are a "critical aspect" of both countries' "common future." More >>

Looking for leverage: advocating for México's poor

By Inside México

Dr. Robinson discusses his lifetime commitment to activism and (small ¨d¨) democracy, as a professor, researcher and filmmaker analyzing and documenting the lives of poor and indigenous Latin Americans. More >>

Organized Crime an International Problem

By Inside México

Canadian Ambassador Guillermo Enrique Rishchynski on two-way trade, tourism, and south-of-the-border hockey.

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International dateline

By Inside México

Foreign correspondent Dudley Althaus has covered Mexico for over decades. He discusses coverage of the drug wars, the future of international news, and what it means to be an expat.

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México's Border Patrol

Produced By Border Stories

A man from Guatemala is robbed along Mexico's southern border; a Mexican boy is forced into voluntary leave by U.S. immigration authorities and lands penniless in Nogales; a Honduran woman is beaten, raped and abandoned by the guide she paid to help her reach Phoenix. Injured, marginalized, scared, humiliated and exhausted, these are some of the human beings you will meet at a Grupo Beta field office. More >>

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Swine flu protection: A look in photos

Produced By Inside México

Professional photographer, Allen Craig Schlossman, shares with Inside México some of the photos he has been able to capture over the past week while Mexico City has undergone precautions to avoid spreading the swine flu. More >>

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Los Dos Laredos

Produced By Border Stories

It might be difficult to imagine what $347 billion in combined, annual U.S.-Mexico trade looks like, but taking a glance at the World Trade bridge that connects Laredo, Texas to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas is a good place to start. More >>

Blog: Doing Business in Mexico

Inside México Service Star: Dell Computer Mexico

By Margot Lee Shetterly

Who says you can't find exceptional customer service in Mexico? Dell Computer Mexico's serviced my failing hard drive within 24 hours. They were professional and quick and get 5 stars for excellent customer service. More >>