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By Linda Ellerbee, Sometimes I've been called a maverick because I don't always agree with my colleagues, but then, only dead fish swim with the stream all the time. The stream here is Mexico. You would have to be living on another planet to avoid hearing how dangerous Mexico has become, and, yes, it's true drug wars have escalated violence in Mexico, causing collateral damage, a phrase I...

New rules requiring passports or new high-tech documents to cross the United States' northern and southern borders are taking effect Monday, June 1, 2009, as some complain the tightening of security and others applaud it as long overdue. The rules are being implemented nearly eight years after the Sept. 11 attacks and long after the 9/11 Commission recommended the changes. They were delayed by...

Americans for Medicare in Mexico, A.C. (AMMAC) is a legally chartered Mexican non-profit organization based in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. AMMAC was formed in April, 2009, in order to coordinate a campaign to obtain U.S. Congressional authorization for a Medicare Demonstration Project, benefitting eligible seniors residing in Mexico.AMMAC is urging expatriates to write to their elected...

Through selective reporting, presenting information without context and insufficient analysis, U.S. media outlets have helped perpetuate the mistaken perception about Mexico. READ IT AT: http://www.boomersabroad.com/blogs/impact-of-us-media-in-mexico-without-context-and-insufficient-analysis.html

By Patrick Osio, You're planning a vacation trip; you want to stay relatively close to home, no overseas travel, not this year. Maybe Mexico or in the U.S. – but it has to be affordable and with plenty to do. So you’re reading about some cities. You find one of interest, but on reading other information lo and behold you find that the chances of becoming a crime victim in that city are 1 out...

What is The meaning of Social Media for Baby Boomers looking forward to live abroad, travel...

Three Baby Boomers in Mexico "The Tall Boys Band" While many in...

VIVA MEXICO!... It was on this day in the early hours of September 16, 1810 when Father Miguel...