Summer hasn´t brought expected tourism
Printed in La Voz de Michoacan newspaper, July 21, 2013 By Victor M. Alvarado The state secretary of tourism, Javier Aluni Montes, acknowledged that the current summer holiday season has brought fewer tourists than last year. He said: “The number of tourists do not yet cover the expectations of SEFOTUR, we believe that we are...
SECTUR promotes the Paracho Guitar Fair to be held August 3-11
Printed in La Opinion de Michoacan, newspaper, Saturday July, 20, 2013 (SECTUR) promotes the Paracho Guitar Fair to be held August 3-11 By Liliana Ramirez The Ministry of tourism gave promotional materials to the municipality of Paracho, where the 40th edition of the Paracho Guitar Fair will be held next month, August 3...
New proposal to clean up Las Salinas
Printed in La Voz de Michoacan newspaper, 15 July 2013 Laguna de las Salinas is contaminated, new city proposal hopes to stop using it for concerts, clean it up The flora and fauna that surrounds the Salinas lagoon is being impacted due to the activities carried out in that place. Migratory birds come there...
City says money collected for the promotion of IZ will not be paid out
Printed in La Voz de Michoacan newspaper, 15 july 2013 Crisis at City Hall – Promotion funds withdrawn City says money collected for the promotion of IZ will not be paid By Victor R. Alvarado Due to the lack of economic resources the Zihuatanejo City Hall has suspended a payment of approximately 8 million pesos...
Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico’s newly elected president, addresses the nation
Enrique Peña Nieto: The continuing global economic slowdown has taken its toll on world development, severely affecting most advanced economies. According to the International Labour Organisation, 600m productive jobs will have to be created around the world over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion. Whereas growth in...
Mexico Elects A New President and Changes Parties
The Mexican electorate has voted to bring back the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) after twelve years of government by PAN. In elections held July 1, Enrique Peña Nieto, the PRI’s candidate garnered 39.19% of the popular vote. Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador of the PRD party was second with 32.40% of the vote, followed by...
President Calderon Declares G-20 A Success
The G-20, (the Group of Twenty), is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 major economies: 19 countries plus the European Union. The G-20 was proposed by former Prime Minister of Canada Paul Martin as a forum for cooperation and consultation on matters pertaining to the international financial system. The first Summit was held in...
Real Estate in the NAFTA Countries
Each of the three NAFTA countries has a strong real estate association. This helps buyers and sellers be assured of solid, safe, legal transactions. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) is the body governing the industry in Canada. It also owns the trade mark for MLS (Multiple Listing Service) in Canada. In November of...
Mexico Pushes Back Against Texas and U.S. Travel Alerts
We are off to a slow start this year in the Tourism and Real Estate Sectors. Mexico, in large part due to industrial activity, is riding out the global economic crisis. The real estate market in the tourist zone remains soft, but there are some a few bright spots and REALTORS® are entering the year...
Mexican economy faring well
Mexican Housing Industry Predicted to Remain Stable Ariel Cano Cuevas is the Director General of Vivienda, Mexico’s national housing agency. He delivered the key note speech at the recent Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI) Toma de Protesta (Inauguration) in Mexico City. During the presentation he announced new initiatives for two social housing agencies,...
More optimism about Mexico’s economy
Despite the global slowdown, multinational CEOs are generally upbeat on Latin America‘s business outlook this year, according to a Latin Business Chronicle survey. Nissan, the Japanese auto manufacturer, will invest more than 1.9 billion dollars in the construction of a new car plant in Aguascalientes. This could be the most important foreign direct investment (FDI)...
Book events in Zihuatanejo
First presentation of AUTHORS IN ZIHUA, book reading events by local authors. –Monday, Dec. 19 at 6pm. Restaurant El Manglar on Playa La Ropa, LINDA LEONARD- CANADIAN/ZIHUA TRAVEL AUTHOR presenting her 2 books: LIVING THE DREAM IN MEXICO is about RVing, about travel, about Mexico and her people; and LIVING THE DREAM IN EUROPE is a personal...
