More and more foreign second-home buyers and retirees are entering the Mexican real estate market because it has something for everyone. Mexico's diverse landscape offers sun-drenched beaches, mountainside lakes and colonial-style cities. Add to that a cheaper cost-of-living, a relatively low crime-rate and a quality of life-style unmatched in any other part of North America, and you begin to understand the wide appeal that this country has to offer.
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According to FONATUR, Mexico's tourism investment agency, the second-home buyer market consists of up to 2 million Americans and 1 million Canadians. This same agency estimates that 30 percent are retirees.
The whole market currently represents US$1.5 billion annually and is growing fast. SolutionsAbroad offers you the exclusive opportunity to tap into this group via our Service Provider program.
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Agustin Barrios Gomez, president of SolutionsAbroad.com, has been commissioned by the newly-relaunched English-language daily The News to produce a weekly opinion column on Mexican current affairs.
What to Make of Carlos Salinas de Gortari
In order to understand today's Mexico, you have to understand Carlos Salinas de Gortari's presidency (1988-1994). His reign was a watershed period in Mexico's modernization. Vilified by many (mostly on the left) and adored by some (mostly on the right), President Salinas is no doubt a brilliant, if often devious, man. The latest accusations regarding his role in bringing to light videos that discredited former presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, have brought everybody's favorite conspiracist back into the limelight. People may well be doubting the veracity of Mr. Ahumada's claims, but not that Carlos Salinas would be capable of such a thing. Read more ...
President Felipe Calderon called a major press conference this week to revitalize the Mexican tourism industry which has suffered from the after affects of the H1N1 flu virus outbreak that so far has been responsible for 68 deaths in Mexico and has infected 12,500 people worldwide. Surrounded by a host of local celebrities including actors, singers, atheletes and intellectuals, the president announced the Vive Mexico (Mexico Lives) campaign which will see the government injecting over US$1.2 billion into the tourism sector to safeguard businesses at risk from the steep dip in tourism as well as promoting Mexico as a prime holiday destination.Read more ...
Mazamitla - like nearby Tapalpa - is another pine forest wonderland set in the heart of Jalisco. Located 122 km to the south of the state capital Guadalajara the town has been built high up in the mountain ranges of the Sierra de Tigre - 2,200 meters above sea level. The name of the town comes from a Nahuatl word meaning “the place where arrows are made for hunting deer” and even today mountain lions, deer and golden eagles can still be found among the pine and oak-covered hills which have been called (at least in the tourist brochures) “the Switzerland of Mexico.” Read more ...
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The American Society of Mexico is holding a special race day track event at Mexico City's Hipodromo de las Americas at the Restaurante de la Terraza. All our welcome!
Hello! Although the H1N1 flu virus might be now contained, the effect it's had on Mexico's tourism industry is bordering on the catastrophic. Hotels, beach resorts, and nature parks have all seen a huge dip in the influx of tourists coming from abroad and at home. To counter this, President Felipe Calderon has launched a massive publicity campaign called Vive Mexico (Mexico Lives) to reassure foreigners that Mexico is a safe and beautiful place to visit. Meanwhile, the much maligned former President Carlos Salinas Gortari (1988-1994) reared his head in the news recently after some jaw-dropping revelations were made by his predecessor Miguel de la Madrid (1982-1988) in an interview with CNN Español's Carmen Arestegui. Our Opinion Column examines the legacy of Salinas and why he's seen both as a hero and as a villain. In our continuing series on Pueblos Magicos we travel to Mazamitla which is a must if you enjoy camping and the outdoors. And finally, our Guest Blogger is Bruce D. Greenberg who examines the economic impact of the flu virus on Mexico and applauds the way in which the government handled the outbreak.
Agustin Barrios Gomez, president of SolutionsAbroad.com, has been commissioned by the newly-relaunched English-language daily The News to produce a weekly opinion column on Mexican current affairs.
What to Make of Carlos Salinas Gortari
In order to understand today's Mexico, you have to understand Carlos Salinas de Gortari's presidency (1988-1994). His reign was a watershed period in Mexico's modernization. Vilified by many (mostly on the left) and adored by some (mostly on the right), President Salinas is no doubt a brilliant, if often devious, man. The latest accusations regarding his role in bringing to light videos that discredited former presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, have brought everybody's favorite conspiracist back into the limelight. Read more...
Mazamitla - like nearby Tapalpa - is another pine forest wonderland set in the heart of Jalisco. Located 122 km to the south of the state capital Guadalajara the town has been built high up in the mountain ranges of the Sierra de Tigre - 2,200 meters above sea level. The name of the town comes from a Nahuatl word meaning “the place where arrows are made for hunting deer” and even today mountain lions, deer and golden eagles can still be found among the pine and oak-covered hills which have been called (at least in the tourist brochures) “the Switzerland of Mexico.” Read more...
President Felipe Calderon called a major press conference this week to revitalize the Mexican tourism industry which has suffered from the after affects of the H1N1 flu virus outbreak that so far has been responsible for 68 deaths in Mexico and has infected 12,500 people worldwide. Surrounded by a host of local celebrities including actors, singers, atheletes and intellectuals, the president announced the Vive Mexico (Mexico Lives) campaign which will see the government injecting over US$1.2 billion into the tourism sector to safeguard businesses at risk from the steep dip in tourism as well as promoting Mexico as a prime holiday destination. Read more...
The Mexican people should be commended and congratulated by the international community for placing the health and safety of its citizens and the world first, regardless of economic impact. Through the leadership of its government and the strength of its community, Mexico successfully slowed the advancement of the A(H1N1) virus through a Federal public health declaration that required both private and governmental to close their doors to the public and limit physical interaction. Read more ...
Half an hour south of the metropolitan zone, grand, cloud-tipped Lake Chapala and its diadem of shoreline villages—Chapala, San Antonio, Ajijic, San Juan Cosala, and more—make up the celebrated Chapala Riviera. Lake Chapala’s colony of permanent North American and well-to-do Mexican residents supports a bounty of amenities. These include comfortable lodgings and restaurants, handicrafts and fine-arts shops, music and dramatic events, social and charitable organizations and plenty of swimming, tennis, golf, walking and hiking opportunities. Read more...
More and more foreign second-home buyers and retirees are entering the Mexican real estate market because it has something for everyone. Mexico's diverse landscape offers sun-drenched beaches, mountainside lakes and colonial-style cities. Add to that a cheaper cost-of-living, a relatively low crime-rate and a quality of life-style unmatched in any other part of North America, and you begin to understand the wide appeal that this country has to offer.
In order to understand today's Mexico, you have to understand Carlos Salinas de Gortari's presidency (1988-1994). His reign was a watershed period in Mexico's modernization. Vilified by many (mostly on the left) and adored by some (mostly on the right), President Salinas is no doubt a brilliant, if often devious, man. The latest accusations regarding his role in bringing to light videos that discredited former presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, have brought everybody's favorite conspiracist back into the limelight. People may well be doubting the veracity of Mr. Ahumada's claims, but not that Carlos Salinas would be capable of such a thing. 
President Felipe Calderon called a major press conference this week to revitalize the Mexican tourism industry which has suffered from the after affects of the H1N1 flu virus outbreak that so far has been responsible for 68 deaths in Mexico and has infected 12,500 people worldwide. Surrounded by a host of local celebrities including actors, singers, atheletes and intellectuals, the president announced the Vive Mexico (Mexico Lives) campaign which will see the government injecting over US$1.2 billion into the tourism sector to safeguard businesses at risk from the steep dip in tourism as well as promoting Mexico as a prime holiday destination.
Mazamitla - like nearby Tapalpa - is another pine forest wonderland set in the heart of Jalisco. Located 122 km to the south of the state capital Guadalajara the town has been built high up in the mountain ranges of the Sierra de Tigre - 2,200 meters above sea level. The name of the town comes from a Nahuatl word meaning “the place where arrows are made for hunting deer” and even today mountain lions, deer and golden eagles can still be found among the pine and oak-covered hills which have been called (at least in the tourist brochures) “the Switzerland of Mexico.” 
Half an hour south of the metropolitan zone, grand, cloud-tipped Lake Chapala and its diadem of shoreline villages—Chapala, San Antonio, Ajijic, San Juan Cosala, and more—make up the celebrated Chapala Riviera. Lake Chapala’s colony of permanent North American and well-to-do Mexican residents supports a bounty of amenities. These include comfortable lodgings and restaurants, handicrafts and fine-arts shops, music and dramatic events, social and charitable organizations and plenty of swimming, tennis, golf, walking and hiking opportunities. 
