US drug package to help Mexico find fake passports

Mexico has a new specialized laboratory to detect fake immigration documents thanks to a U.S. anti-drug aid package…..More

In capital, catch world-class art, nightlife, cuisine for a few pesos

Move over greasy tacos and tacky trinkets: Mexico City is home to a vast network of chic museums, top-notch restaurants and trendy nightclubs. There’s even an Icebar. …..More

Mexico searches for abducted U.S. anti-kidnap expert

Mexican officials on Tuesday were investigating the presumed abduction of a U.S. expert in kidnapping in northeastern Mexico. …..More

$2.7 Billion Mexico Border Fence Now at 500 Miles

The U.S. government has completed 500 miles of fencing along the border with Mexico, which is just 170 miles short of its goal. …..More

San Francisco - Mexico's Low Key Hot Spot

San Francisco, Nayarit, Mexico - Majestic Pacific waves slid up the ivory sand as my boyfriend and I walked barefoot down the long beach, nearly deserted except for two young Mexican women watching the surf. Just behind us in a palm grove, a waiter was setting up brightly painted tables and chairs on the sand under a restaurant's thatched palapa for lunch….More

Mexico's Involvement in Efforts to Combat Climate Change

Mexico agreed with the World Bank that Latin America and the Caribbean have the resources and leadership to be part of the global solution required to lead the world towards development with low carbon emission, since several of the countries in the region have sought innovative approaches and experimented with new technologies to reduce their emissions…..More

The Spanish Wine Revolution and its Mexico Connections

The Mexican wine industry was originally created by our Spanish ancestors in the sixteenth century, when they planted the first vineyards in America right here in Mexico. From those early vineyards of Mission grapes, Jesuit missionaries sent vines and cuttings to Peru, Argentina and Chile. By 1701, the first hybrid cuttings of Vitis vinifera (European stock) were planted in Baja California at Mission San Javier, near Loredo Bay…..More

Travel rules to Canada, Mexico tighten

This winter may be an opportune time to apply for a U.S. passport, a new option for people who travel a lot to Canada or Mexico….More

Falling Fortunes, Rising Hopes and the Price of Oil

Oil prices have now dipped — albeit only briefly — below US$40 a barrel, a precipitous plunge from their highs of more than US$147 a barrel in July. Just as high oil prices reworked the international economic order, low oil prices are now doing the same. Such a sudden onset of low prices impacts the international system just as severely as recent record highs…..More

In a Troubled Time, Mexicans Turn to the 'Mother'

More Than 5 Million Pilgrims Converge at Virgin of Guadalupe Basilica in the Capital….More

Prominent death highlights Mexico's kidnapping woes

The president of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies has asked authorities to shed light on the kidnapping and slaying of Silvia Vargas Escalera, daughter of the former head of the National Commission on Sports and Physical Fitness. ….More

Mexican Playboy Magazine Apologizes for Nude Virgin Mary Cover

Playboy magazine apologized for a controversial cover featuring a scantily-clad woman resembling the Virgin Mary, Reuters reported. ….More

Scientists: act now on Gulf of Mexico's dead zone

Scientists have issued a report urging immediate government action to reduce urban and Midwest farmland runoff blamed for feeding an 8,000-square-mile dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. ….More

Mysterious Mexican pyramid may have been built by newfound ancient culture

Archaeologists have said that several stone sculptures that were found in central Mexico 15 years ago, point to a previously unknown culture that likely built a mysterious pyramid in the region. According to a report in the National Geographic News, archaeologists first found the objects about 15 years ago in the valley of Tulancingo, a major canyon that drops off into Mexico's Gulf Coast. ….More

Mexico toughens consumer credit rules for banks

Mexico's Congress passed a law on Tuesday that will stop banks sending clients pre-approved credit cards, automatically extending credit limits and other practices that can tempt people to get into debt over their heads. ….More

Safe and soundly delighted with Mexico City's colorful colonias

Mention Mexico City and almost everyone asks the same question: "Is it safe?" The answer comes easily in chic, tree-lined neighborhoods such as La Condesa, Coyoacán and San Ángel. ….More

Processions, songs, Masses to honor the Virgin of Guadalupe

Tooth tourism booms as dental patients flock abroad

Drug Plane Pilot Captured In Mexico

Tickets are now available for the Second Annual “Fiesta La Peñita” - a gala fundraising event in support of Los Amigos de La Peñita to be held on Sunday, February 8 from 2:30 to 6:00 at the award-winning home of Thomas Bartlett in La Peñita.

This extravaganza will include a tour of Thomas Bartlett’s fabulous home, an open bar and hors d’oeuvres.  Entertainment will feature live music and dancing from a variety of musicians.   There will be a live and silent auction featuring a host of valuable items.

Los Amigos de La Peñita is a community service organization comprised of residents and members of the local community and exists to serve and advocate for the people of La Peñita, the surrounding Colonias, and the community at large.  Every dollar raised at the event will go to support Los Amigos projects.   Projects include an expansion of our recycling program, support for a children’s park, beach cleanup and educational programs.

Tickets are now available for a donation of 750 pesos per person.  Last year’s event sold out and this year’s promises to be even better.   Tickets are non-refundable and this is an adults only event. 

To buy tickets, donate an item for our auction, volunteer to help with the event – or simply for more information -  please go to the Los Amigos de La Peñita website.  (www.losamigosdelapenita.com)

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