Brown-Forman Corporation announced plans to expand its Casa Herradura tequila distillery in Jalisco, Mexico. The roughly $200 million investment will fund a multi-phase project that includes adding to the brand's distillery operations, bottling, maturation and processing areas. Construction is expected to begin in July.
Ian Emmanuel González Santos from Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, isn't your average teenage boy. At 13 years old, his profound interest in biology allowed him to break some serious records. The Mexican child genius is the youngest molecular biologist in the world, and is preparing to receive another degree from UdeG on May 31.
Taiwan's Quanta Computer, the world’s leading computer manufacturer, plans to invest an additional US$1 billion in Nuevo León to expand operations in the northern Mexico state, where the company has already invested nearly $500 million and generated 2,500 jobs.
Fine-art photographer Gray Malin traveled to the highlands in Jalisco to capture once-in-a-lifetime aerial images over Tequila Don Julio's iconic agave fields. Merging his passion for photography with a spirit of travel and adventure, Gray’s images capture the legacy of one of Mexico's most beloved tequila brands.
Mexico’s cruise industry has hit a new milestone, with an unprecedented 2.9 million passengers arriving in the first quarter of 2023, according to the Ministry of Tourism. This impressive figure marks an increase of more than 80% compared to the same period in 2022 and of nearly 10% compared to the first quarter of 2019.
In Commemoration of Teacher's Day (Día del Maestro), on Monday, May 15, 2023, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced an 8.2% increase in the salary of teachers and other workers in the education sector, an increase that, he pointed out, will be retroactive from January 2023.
Mexico’s official national emergency for the Covid-19 pandemic came to an end on May 9, 2023 after three years that have seen the virus claim nearly 334,000 lives in the country, a death toll exceeded only by the United States, Brazil, India and Russia.
From May 29-June 6, some of Mexico's largest online retailers and e-commerce sites are participating in the country's biggest Internet shopping event. The annual 'Hot Sale,' a 9-day version of 'Cyber Monday,' offers online shoppers incredible discounts and deals.
Twelve scientists from Mexico, the United States and Canada began a scientific expedition on Wednesday in an effort to locate the few remaining vaquita marina, the world's most endangered marine mammal, in the Gulf of California. The results of the search expedition are expected to be shared with the public in about 4 weeks.
Fourteen Mexican bars were recognized at the second annual North American 50 Best Bars awards ceremony, held at Hacienda Los Picachos in San Miguel de Allende on May 4. Awards were given to eight bars in Mexico City, one in Playa del Carmen, one in Tulum, two in Oaxaca, one in Guadalajara and one in Tijuana.
