This section includes information on hotels, government and other listings, alongside useful tips for visitors on topics like currency, visas, language, communications, dress, business hours and electricity.
This section includes information on hotels, government and other listings, alongside useful tips for visitors on topics like currency, visas, language, communications, dress, business hours and electricity.
In addition to an article on the highlights of Mexico City’s vast array of museums, this chapter contains useful information for business and leisure travellers, including a list of hotels, phone numbers for important government ministries and agencies, business associations and foreign missions.
The year 2013 was one of legal reforms in Mexico. The political agreement Pact for Mexico enabled the enactment of a number of key changes since President Enrique Peña Nieto took office in 2012. Featuring a viewpoint from Amílcar Peredo Rivera, Partner, Basham, Ringe y Correa, on what to expect from the recent, wide-ranging legal reforms, this chapter explores the effects of the energy,...
The financial reform that became effective in January 2014 not only increased the tax base but also introduced several changes to the Mexican tax system. Featuring an interview with Carlos Méndez, CEO, PwC México, this chapter provides an overview of the recent tax reform, covering areas such as income tax, taxes on dividends and capital gains, among others.
Despite education spending in line with OECD standards, the quality of Mexico’s school system has lagged significantly behind the organisation’s other members. In large part this has been due to a powerful teachers’ union, which has traditionally stood in the way of efforts to reform the sector. Having made considerable advances in extending coverage, particularly at the basic education level...
In a little more than a decade since the introduction of the Popular Health Insurance Scheme, Mexico has made vast strides in extending coverage and is now closer than ever to attaining universal coverage. Nonetheless, rapidly changing demographics have boosted demand for medical services and put significant pressure on the sector, which is now faced with the task of increasing capacity to...
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