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Part of our team’s passion for journalism extends to making sure that we do our part to help inspire the next generation of journalists. This summer, the MND team had two students working with us in our San Miguel office — Jared and Zella. The two have completely different life experiences, different personalities and different passions, so it was fun to have them both on the team. Jared grew up in the Chicago area and is about to start his senior year at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is a journalism major and is passionate about sports journalism. Although he had been to Europe several times with his family, he had never been to Mexico. Despite having taken five years of Spanish in school, his speaking skills were quite “rusty” (to put it mildly). Jared is very much a self-proclaimed introvert. Zella was born in Manhattan and moved to San Miguel with her family when she was six months old. She then lived in SMA until she was 15 years old, though her ...

September can be a strange month in Puerto Vallarta . The summer crowds have thinned, the heat and humidity are still very much with us, school’s back in session so traffic picks up, and it can be tempting to spend the month hiding indoors with the air conditioning on. But there’s still plenty happening around town, and some of it offers a chance to experience the city as something more than a tourist destination. September is a good time to slow down, explore local neighborhoods, support small businesses and take part in traditions that have little to do with beaches or resort pools. Naturally Mazcal Weekend Market If you’re looking for something a little more local and a little less polished, the Naturally Mazcal Weekend Market is a good place to start. Held on Saturdays at the east end of Isla Cuale, the market brings together local makers, small producers, food vendors and wellness businesses. It runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and offers the kind of relaxed, neighborhood atmosphe...

Mexico’s economy grew three times faster than the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average in the second quarter of the year, making it the sixth fastest-growing OECD economy, according to preliminary figures published Monday by the 38-member group of mostly high-income democracies.  The Mexican economy grew by 1.4% from April to June, according to Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), much higher than the OECD average of 0.5%, which itself had risen slightly from its 0.4% rate in the first quarter.  Primary activities, such as farming, led the second-quarter expansion that lifted Mexico into the OECD’s top 10 second-quarter growth economies. (Meg Pier / Unsplash) In the second quarter, 27 OECD member states recorded growth rates, with Ireland’s being the highest at 3.9%, followed by Israel at 3.6%. Switzerland, Slovenia, Lithuania and Mexico followed, while Austria, Belgium and Chile reported no change in their GDP.  Se...

The U.S. government issued a security alert late Monday due to a potential “August 25 threat in Mexicali,” but no major security incidents were reported in the northern border city on Tuesday. The U.S. Mission to Mexico issued the alert , announcing that due to “threat information,” U.S. government activities in, and travel to, Mexicali had been suspended for Aug. 25. US issues security alert concerning area of Mexicali The diplomatic mission advised U.S. citizens to “avoid government buildings in Mexicali” on Tuesday and “seek shelter in the event of an incident.” It didn’t specify the nature of the potential threat. On Tuesday morning, President Claudia Sheinbaum said the U.S. security alert was issued due to the possibility that a criminal group could pose a danger in Mexicali, the capital of Baja California. The criminal group was identified as “Los Rusos,” which is affiliated with the Sinaloa Cartel. Mexican a...

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) presented an initiative today to reform the General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection (LGEEPA), which is Mexico’s main environmental legal framework.   The proposal, spearheaded by Minister Alicia Bárcena, aims to update a regulation created in 1988 in response to new challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, pressure on water resources and conflicts arising from infrastructure, industry and urban development projects . As Minister Alicia Bárcena mentioned on Wednesday, Mexico’s environmental protection law has not been updated since 1988. (Saúl López/Presidencia) Presented at President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Wednesday morning press conference, the bill includes 10 policy principles that seek to prevent and repair ecological damage, protect communities and make economic development compatible with environmental justice and nature conservation.   According to Sheinbaum, the ob...

The arroyo mural project is finally dedicated, a botanical sculptor reveals his latest project, a partial lunar eclipse is on its way, a spreading social phenomenon is coming to town and registration is open for the 2027 writers’ conference. Read on about some of the many community activities happening in and around San Miguel de Allende this month. Mural project dedicated along the Las Cachinches Arroyo The arroyo mural inauguration on Aug. 1 drew artists and patrons of the project. (Credit: Geoff Nilsen) A dozen new large-scale murals were dedicated Aug. 1 along 90 meters of the Las Cachinches Arroyo just west of Calzada de la Aurora and across from Fábrica La Aurora. The mural corridor project, coordinated by Audubon de México , was designed to transform the previously neglected area into an open-air gallery celebrating the arroyo’s history, ecology and enduring presence. “A lot of people don’t even know it’s there,” said Audubon de México President April Gaydos. “It will be a...