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Absentee Voting Information for US Citizens in Mexico

See Full Article at: “Absentee Voting Information for US Citizens in Mexico – The Article “ Here’s a blurb passed along by the Merida Men’s Club: The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City encourages U.S. citizens to register to vote and … Continue reading

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New (Limited) Vehicle Importation Rules for Mexico

New Vehicle Import Laws Allow 8 – 9 Year Old Big Vehicles in a Special Northern Mexico Zone As of Friday, July 1, Mexico allows the importation of 8-9 year old NAFTA approved large vehicles like combis, trucks, buses, etc … Continue reading

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New Rules of the Road for Yucatan and Merida

New Transit Law Taking Effect in Yucatan State Yucatan has just become less interesting place to drive.  Every passenger has to wear a seat belt.   No more small dogs or toddlers in the driver’s laps.   Gotta have at least … Continue reading

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New Immigration Law Published for Mexico

See Full Article at: “New Immigration Law Published for Mexico – The Article” Abstract: The web is abuzz with sketchy information about the new Ley de Migración. President Calderon signed it into law on May 24, 2011, along with several … Continue reading

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Time to Buy Pesos? $2 Trillion of New Money Printed by Geitner & Treasury

See Full Article at: “Time to Buy Pesos? $2 Trillion of New Money Printed by Geitner & Treasury” Abstract: Last week, we reported how Obama’s & Congress’s new “$40 billion in Budget Cuts” actually cut only $380 million out of … Continue reading

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US Income Tax Filing Information for Ex-Pats

See Full Article at: US Income Tax Filing Information for Ex-Pats Abstract: Since we US Expats are still within the time-frame allowed for filing US tax returns on time for 2 more months (as of today 4/22/2011), Yucalandia will use … Continue reading

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FBAR’s and Fideicomisos: To File or Not to File, That is the Question

See the full article at: FBAR’s and Fideicomisos: To File or Not to File, That is the Question * * * * To file or not to file, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer … Continue reading

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MXN Peso vs. US Dollar or “Saving 19 Cents on a $1000 Debt”

Read the full article at: MXN Peso vs. US Dollar or “Saving 19 Cents on a $1000 Debt Abstract: People around the Web have recently asked about the effects of inflation on life here in Mexico, along with the effects … Continue reading

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Phone Calls To and From and Within Mexico

See full article at: https://yucalandia.wordpress.com/living-in-yucatan-mexico/phone-calls-to-and-from-mexico-dialing-made-easy/ Abstract: Dialing and Calling Into and Out of Mexico: Imagine you are enjoying Merida and want to call a friend here in Mexico or back in the USA or Canada. The prefixes you need to … Continue reading

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Economic Recovery? The US Role in Worldwide Stagnation

More bumpy economic weather ahead? or Why the Markets fell last week? This seems to be a good time to evaluate/assess what’s going on, since we’ve now gotten a bunch of key 1’st half of 2010 data to evaluate. US … Continue reading

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US Healthcare Insurance Requirements for US Expats

Many expats have been discussing the likely impacts of the recently passed US health-care legislation on people who live and work outside the USA. The law now requires that US Citizens meet several requirements to be exempt from getting health … Continue reading

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Economic IQ & Political Ideology

Econ Journal Watch reports some interesting findings from a 2008 survey of 4,835 American adults:    Economic Enlightenment … The surveyors asked randomly selected adults a series of 8 questions to  determine correlations between economic knowledge and: * 2008 presidential vote, … Continue reading

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Satellite TV Information June 2 Update

Update: The changeover from Echostar 7 to Echostar 14 at the 119W satellite position has continued to whack some US Dish Network clients with a big stick, eliminating access to many channels across much of Mexico, and now shifting local … Continue reading

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Satellite TV Info

Recent News: The changeover from Echostar 7 to Echostar 14 at the 119W satellite position has whacked some US Dish Network clients with a big stick, eliminating access to many channels across much of Mexico. After moving Echostar 14 satellite … Continue reading

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US – Mexico – China Oil Policies and the Peso

How many of us noticed Feb. 24, 2010? “Linked In” reports nothing much of note: http://events.linkedin.com/2010-02-24 The Black Eyed Peas had a concert at Madison Square Garden. Dilbert found new ways to report on American management practices: The New York … Continue reading

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Genetic Changes In People with PTSD

People diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been found to have genetic changes in their DNA, making them different from healthy people, (see online May 3 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences). The researchers found that … Continue reading

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Mexican Oil Production: Past, Present, Future

This article is a reply to some questions asked about the impacts of leaking deep water oil wells. Here are the questions: “. . .I am curious about about oil drilling off Mexico’s coast.   Would that be Pemex who is … Continue reading

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DEET Causes Problems in Humans

An article on some potential problems with using DEET, especially when combined with sunscreenand various medications. It includes information on how to use DEET properly and offers alternatives for equivalent mosquito protection. Continue reading

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Mexico Driving: What would you do?

A few oddities of driving in Merida, Yucatan. Continue reading

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Driving in Mexico (cruising?)

Driving in Mexico is like a prolonged game of whack-a-mole.
To maneje or not to maneje, yeah, that’s the question.

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