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How to properly prepare a check in Spanish in Mexico
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- Published on Friday, 01 March 2013 19:21
- Written by Sean Godfrey
Recently, I went to a casa de cambio (money exchange house) in downtown Guadalajara and started to write out a personal check to cash. Before I realized what I was doing, I had written the date and amount in Spanish. The clerk said, “No problem. The U.S. banks accept checks written in Spanish.”
Consumer survey - Feb. 23, 2013
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013 19:53
- Written by GR Staff
FIESTAS CALENDAR 2013
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- Published on Friday, 28 December 2012 17:50
- Written by GR Staff
There’s a fiesta, fair or major happening going on somewhere in Mexico every day of the year. The Reporter has compiled a month-by-month run down of major dates to mark on the 2013 calendar.
Season of abstinence begins on February 13
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- Published on Friday, 08 February 2013 18:03
- Written by GR Staff
Lent is the season of penance and prayer for Christians before Easter.
Consumer survey - December 22, 2012
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- Published on Friday, 21 December 2012 18:54
- Written by GR Staff
Love & friendship abounds on February 14
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- Published on Friday, 08 February 2013 18:00
- Written by GR Staff
Few people in Mexico refer to Valentine’s Day as Dia de San Valentin; most prefer the commonly used Dia del Amor y la Amistad (Love and Friendship Day), which is popular throughout Latin America.
Holiday closings & other useful information
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- Published on Friday, 21 December 2012 17:25
- Written by GR Staff
With Christmas Day falling on a Tuesday this year, routines will not be put out of kilter significantly over the holidays. Apart from most supermarkets and convenience stores, shops will be closed on December 25, as will all banks, government offices, post offices and diplomatic missions (including the U.S. and Canadian consulates). Hospitals will maintain skeleton staffs and will only attend to emergencies. Both Red Cross and fire services will be operational.
Consumer survey - January 26, 2013
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- Published on Friday, 25 January 2013 20:15
- Written by GR Staff
Old scams never die
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- Published on Friday, 14 December 2012 17:45
- Written by Elaine Halleck
The popular Plaza Galerias area in the western fringes of Guadalajara, with its adjacent Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Costco and myriad stores and restaurants, continues to be a favored site for elaborately choreographed petty crimes. Despite reports in the Guadalajara Reporter and other media exposing them over the years, these rip-offs live on and claim new victims, some of them middle-aged and elderly foreigners.
