#expatriates

#expatriates

A 2024 New York Times report notes that Mexico is home to over 1.6 million U.S. citizens - the largest American community abroad. But it's more than Americans: Argentinian, Spaniard, Chinese and Russian populations have all grown significantly, with Mexican authorities reporting a 64% year-on-year increase in Russian migrants in 2024 . The stereotypical CDMX immigrant - a digital nomad typing furiously from a café while nursing the same almond-milk cappuccino for hours (yes, I'm describing myself) - isn't the full story.

The Kuwaiti health ministry reported that 63 individuals suffered from methanol poisoning due to contaminated alcoholic drinks, resulting in 13 deaths and 21 cases of blindness.

"Bocas has long had this old-school 1970s Key West vibe, where nothing feels manufactured," says Richard Kiibler, who arrived in 2006 and opened a hostel there a year later.