Anyone who follows the American news media’s coverage of Mexico recently knows that the news hasn’t been pretty. The peso is trading weakly against the dollar, making daily life harder for Mexico’s middle class and near impossible for Mexico’s poor. (The recent exchange rate has been between 13 and 15 pesos to the dollar. Good [...]
Posts Tagged ‘safety’
The Art of the Bribe
Everyone seems to have their own “the time I bribed a cop in Mexico City” story, so I figured it was time to add my own to the fray. The culture around bribes and cops is so different here than it is in the United States, and, like other bloggers, I left the interaction feeling [...]
A Macha’s Guide to Taxis
Rush hour gropings not withstanding, the metro in Mexico City is a clean, cheap, and efficient mode of transportation. There are those times, however, when the subways just won’t do. Maybe you’ve got heavy bags to carry, maybe you’re going to one of those corners of the city not easily accessible by public transportation, maybe [...]