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Mexico News and Mexico Tax Tips

Welcome to our Fourth Edition of Tax Tips and Mexico News. In this edition, prominent U.S. Tax Attorney outlines items that can cause IRS audits. Since the rental tax item in the last edition prompted such great interest, it is being repeated. Two major take aways are: a) Taxes paid on your Mexico income can...

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Mexican winemakers bring home 18 medals

Six gold medals won at the Brussels World Wine Competition Source: Mexico News Daily | Saturday, May 27, 2017                                     Mexican wineries submitted 18 wines to the Brussels World Wine Competition and came home with 18 medals, six...

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Mexican Port Expands – Again

Mexican Port Expands – Again

Lazaro Cardenas (L.C.) is a deep sea port on the Pacific coast of Michoacán in Mexico. A gateway to Asia and South America it is closer to the North Eastern U.S. A. and Canada than either Los Angeles or Long Beach. It rivals those ports for tonnage. For more than a decade it has been...

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New AMPI President Installed

New AMPI President Installed

For the second time in AMPI’s 60 year history, a female has been installed as President of the national association..  Beatriz Gamboa Lago was installed recently at a ceremony in the Mexico City’s  spectacular Sumaya Museum. Along with the new President and Vice President,   20 members of the new Advisory Council took the oath of...

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Finding your Happy Place in Mexico!

Happy Planet Index ranks Mexico as 2nd happiest country Source: Mexico News Daily You won’t find many countries happier than Mexico. In fact, there’s just one and that’s Costa Rica, according to the Happy Planet Index. Mexico has been ranked No. 2 in the world by the index, described by its creator as a measurement...

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Daytripping in Michoacan

Daytripping in Michoacan

Uruapan, Michoacan, is a short three hour trip from Zihuatanejo and in addition to being a great place to visit in itself, the surrounding villages offer a wide variety of fascinating daytrips. Many visitors have come to Uruapan and using it as a base, have hired a bi-lingual taxi driver to take in the local...

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Real Estate News - July 2016

Real Estate News – July 2016

Welcome to the Second Quarter, 2016 Newsletter. In this edition we look at Mexico’s economic relationship with the U.S.A. and we check out Canada’s new immigration law. In addition to the VISA regulation, covered in the article below, Canada is seeking an increase of Mexican students for scholarships and an increase in temporary agricultural workers....

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Uruapan, Michoacán – Pearl on the Rio Cupatitzio (Part 1)

Uruapan, Michoacán – Pearl on the Rio Cupatitzio (Part 1)

Uruapan, Michoacán was founded in 1547 by Fry Juan de San Miguel. The sixteenth century city results from the amalgamation of nine barrios. Today, there are six, since San Lorenzo dropped out many years ago. The barrios are; La Trinidad, San Francisco, San Juan Evangelista, San Pedro, Santa Maria Magdalena and San Miguel. Each barrio...

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Global Mexico Comes to Banderas Bay

INSTITUTO IMOBILIARIO GLOBAL MEXICO A.C. (IIGM) was officially founded in 2014, in Mexico, by four real estate professionals, with more than 120 years in the Global real estate arena. The group has always believed that PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION for real estate agents in Mexico should be the foundation for anyone wanting to work or invest in...

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Mexico Resort Real Estate Update

Mexico Resort Real Estate Update

From The Settlement Company®   Welcome to our Second Quarter, 2015 Newsletter. In this edition, we bring you a Los Cabos market report courtesy of Martin Posch of Windemere realty, a report from the National Association of Realtors® and economic news from Mexico   President Peña Nieto wraps up state visit as relations thaw Mexico...

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Semana Santa in Uruapan

Semana Santa in Uruapan

  For 55 years the artisans of Michoacán have come to Uruapan for the largest event of its kind in Mexico.  This year more than 300 came from forty-seven pueblos. Michoacán handcrafts and folk art is a Mexican regional tradition centered in the state of Michoacán, in central/western Mexico. Its origins traced back to the...

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Global Real Estate Institute in Mexico

Global Real Estate Institute in Mexico

Global Mexico Real Estate Institute was recently formed by a group of high profile Mexican REALTORS®. It is a bi-lingual, bi-cultural organization dedicated to delivering international education to the Mexican real estate industry. The four founders have a combined experience of more than 120 years in the international real estate arena. Having searched for courses...

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