Binational Seawater Desalination project
By Adina Moloman Sources: www.sdcwa.org, SANDAG A Binational Seawater Desalination plant between Mexico-USA as a public-private partnership is the first attempt of its kind worldwide, in which both countries would be advantaged. Everything started in 2005, when the San Diego County Water Authority evaluated the feasibility of a binational seawater desalination facility. There are different […]
Bio-Manufacturing business in Tijuana- San Diego
By Adina Moloman www.biomansummit.com The 5th Annual Bio manufacturing Summit 2013 was recently held in San Diego. The Bio manufacturing Summit, held annually in North America, brought together the world’s leading biopharmaceutical companies to network, learn and conduct business related to their different fields of expertise. During the event both sponsors and attendees exchanged information and […]
Latin America and European geo-economic strategy in the region
By Adina Moloman Sources: www.europa.eu ; www.brookings.edu In the past years the Latin America countries have played a more active role in international affairs, for instance on global economic issues. This year the EU community for the first time is giving full credit to Latin America community especially to Mexico, Brazil and Colombia for their […]
Tijuana- San Diego- cross-border economic interdependence
By Adina Moloman Sources: The New York Times, UT San Diego The San Diego-Tijuana region has many shared assets. San Diego is well known for the development of important economic sectors such as defense, telecommunications and biotechnology; the international trade and visitors industry. Tijuana, has a growing industrial base and in the last couple of […]
America Movil-business diversification in Latin America
By Adina Moloman Sources: Finanz Nachrichten, Reuters América Móvil—Latin America’s leading mobile phones company has announced a new acquisition. This Mexico Corporationthat belong to Grupo Carso, SA de CV, owned by the Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, with a vast interest in the fields of communications, retailing, and finance is ready to takeover the media-and-advertising unit […]
Expansion of Hours for Otay Mesa Ready Lane – Ready Lanes Will Remain Open 24 Hours
Sources: Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce Welcome news to the Mexican Manufacturing Industry: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced today that the vehicle Ready Lanes at the Otay Mesa port of entry would now be open 24 hours a day, seven days per week, starting Sunday, January 27. “We are opening the Ready Lanes at […]
San Diego Mayor official visit to Tijuana
By Adina Moloman Source: San Diego Reader, UT San Diego On January 21, San Diego mayor Bob Filner had his first official meeting in Tijuana with Mayor Carlos Bustamante and border entrepreneurs, representatives of the Tijuana Maquiladora Industry. This is not Filner’s first appearance in Tijuana, last year he visited the organizers of Tijuana Innovadora […]
The first Recycling Compost center in Tijuana
By Adina Moloman Source: Waste& Recycling News, EPA TIJUANA CALIDAD DE VIDA is a Mexican non-profit group that is leading a small pilot project of organic waste recycling in Tijuana. This project consists in creating landscape-grade compost from organic waste: discarded fruits, vegetables and yard waste supplied by the city. There are other non-profit agencies […]
San Diego’s border affairs office in Tijuana
By Adina Moloman Sources: KPBS, UT San Diego Bob Filner won election as mayor of San Diego in November 2012 and took office in early December 2012. He becomes the first Democrat elected mayor of San Diego since Maureen O’Connor in 1988. Starting his election campaign he showed a high commitment to cross-border cooperation. He […]
2013 Mexican Federal Revenue Law
By Adina Moloman Source: PWC The 2013 Mexican Federal Revenue Law was published in December 2012 and entered into force on January 1, 2013. This is the first Federal Revenue Decree issued by President Enrique Peña Nieto’s new Mexican government, it will maintain the current tax structure and implemented a delay to the proposed cut […]