The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payment services, today announced it will launch international direct to bank money transfers to Mexico from the United States via the Grupo Financiero Banorte’s UniTeller network. An agreement recently signed between Western Union and UniTeller, will allow Western Union customers in the US to send...Read More
Mexico is desperately trying to avoid a bioterrorism takeover by Big GMO, which is insistent upon ushering in genetically modified (GM) maize to replace the dozens of native corn varieties already grown throughout the country. The Mexican Chapter of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal has issued an urgent plea to the Mexican government to once and...Read More
Hyundai Mobis, an automotive parts affiliate of Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors, said it has signed a deal to build a $417.71 million factory in Mexico to meet demand from the South Korean automakers. The plant, which will be constructed near the city of Monterrey in the state of Nuevo Leon, will commence production of automotive...Read More
Mayor Ramón Guerrero Martínez has named Óscar Ernesto Pérez Flores as the city’s new Director of Tourism after the resignation of Carlos Gerard Guzman last week. Pérez is a Puerto Vallarta native who has worked in public and private institutions along with community service, education, and social issues in the city. From October 2012 to June 2014, Pérez...Read More
The company is seeking local partners to join it in a consortium, three people with knowledge of the matter said. It has already secured up to several billion dollars of financing from Chinese state-controlled banks, including the China Development Bank, for the project, which Mexico estimates will cost $10 billion over 10 years, one of...Read More
Montaño says that the growing number of US states legalizing marijuana could be the driving force for policy change in Mexico. Mexico has been fighting a violent war on drugs for nearly a decade in an attempt to stop the trafficking of drugs between the US and Mexico, however the legalization of marijuana in many...Read More
Grand Luxxe is a development by Grupo Vidanta, a visionary group that for more than 35 years has contributed to Mexico’s socioeconomic development, with the creation of new tourist destinations, urban infrastructure and real estate development. “Grand Luxxe is the pinnacle of luxury within the resort group. From the moment you arrive, you’ll sense the...Read More
If there is a book inside you bursting to get out, the ninth Puerto Vallarta Writers’ Conference will be the place to release it. The joint venture of Puerto Writers Group and Biblioteca Los Mangos on March 6-8 weekend at the library will concentrate on helping writers get their ideas from their brain to the...Read More
