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November 22, 2017 Descacharrización ! Bring out your junk ! For newbies, this means you can put out your junk, crockery, plastic trash on your Merida street corner for FREE disposal … Put out your trash for pickup before Saturday … Continue reading →

November 22, 2017 Despite last month’s early higher ‘predictions’ (aka rumors), the Mexican minimum wage for Mexico is increasing to only $88.36 pesos diarios. Effective Dec. 1, 2017,  the daily salario minimo for Mexico increases just 3.9%, while inflation has … Continue reading →

December 27, 2022 UPDATE: Rather than the previous minimum 6 legally required paid-vacation days off work for Mexican workers, it’s now 12 “continuous” total paid-vacation days off work for all employees in 2023. D.O.F. 12/26/2022 (Diario Official de la Federacion) … Continue reading →

October 27, 2017 Public Service Announcement: We now know why some flu vaccinations have not been working at all, against the important H3N2 Flu virus. ** Flu vaccines: Why egg-based vaccine production is causing problems By using eggs, the H3N2 … Continue reading →

October 27, 2017 It’s time again to turn back the clocks in Mexico, this coming Sunday AM Oct. 29, 2017. The U.S. will wait another week … so TV schedules for people watching the World Series & other USA or … Continue reading →

October 17, 2017 The Diario de Yucatan just announced that our “Peninsular” office of CFE has changed Merida & its comisarios from the more expensive Tarifa Zone C, down to the cheaper Tarifa Zone D. Sorry … This does not … Continue reading →

October 16, 2017 With the MXN Peso breaking $19, we’ve reached a point that the “experts” did not predict until next year, 2018. In another very big bet on a forward-look, the Mexican Government just made the biggest bet ever … Continue reading →

Sept. 25, 2017 Coming soon to a ~ Walmart … Target … Home Depot ~ in your area … There are whole new generations of credit card skimmers at Walmart et al that are surprisingly good… What Can We Do? … Continue reading →

Sept. 19, 2017 Let’s begin with a few general principles:   Local Mexican used cars pricing can seem to be all over the map, unless you first check out Kelley Blue book values from the USA & check Mercado Libre … Continue reading →

Sept. 16, 2017 Update Taxes and death are the two things most people want to avoid, but here at Yucalandia we suffer from a peculiar malady of grimacing and facing-off with distasteful-but-necessary issues.  We recently addressed Death** ,  so, now … Continue reading →

Sept. 10, 2017 Aduana agents at various US-Mexico border crossings are shifting their stance on whether the US state registration paper is sufficient to get a Temporary Import Permit for US-plated vehicles.  In the past, US state registration paperwork was … Continue reading →

Sept. 9, 2017 **See the end of the article, and the comments for new updates about a class action lawsuit and other new details on protecting our rights.  e.g.  The NY Atty General today asked Equifax to remove their buried … Continue reading →

Sept. 7, 2017 Update For people who do not track multiple expat forums from around Mexico, there are some real-world updates  that are worth noting regarding both ~ taxes on Mexican sourced income~ and on “tourist” visas. Example:  An acquaintance … Continue reading →

August 27, 2017 Update** Public Service Announcement For anyone who is concerned about specific Houston areas with family~friends, check out this map of red, yellow & green locations and their bayou water levels. Now (9:40 pm Sat.): About 20 points … Continue reading →

August 21, 2017 Today’s eclipse was totality cool.   Scenic Bartlett Ranch NE of Torrington, Wyo had it all: (Fotos below) ~ Temperatures fell 7 degrees. ~ This spring’s calves & their cow-moms quietly got up as totality approached, started … Continue reading →

July 27, 2017  Shipping Medical Items into Mexico: Shipping drugs, medications, medical equipment etc require an import permit from COFEPRIS (Federal Commission for Protection Against Health Risks). A copy of the COFEPRIS approved permit must be in the package with … Continue reading →

July 17, 2017 We’d like to share a quick foto-tour of Mexico, where photographer Arturo Ortiz matches the images on our currency to the actual locations … paired with Yucalandia’s thumbnail descriptions of the places & people. ¡ Mil Gracias … Continue reading →

June 21, 2017 Life in Mexico Mexican electricity is it’s own special thing, working reliably for years, and then getting flakey as all-get-out, as some ground on the CFE transformers goes bad, or the transformers go bad, or the tap … Continue reading →

June 13, 2017 Updates ~ INM has changed their policy on Residente Temporal visas with permission to work for a company who have changed to being self employed, as INM now denies renewals when someone changes to self-employment.   INM … Continue reading →

June 13, 2017 In addition to resurrecting deadly Spanish Flu viruses from human bodies …  frozen in the Arctic a mere 100 years ago, plus nasty anthrax from frozen caribou carcasses in the Arctic …  there are some additional interesting … Continue reading →