A Newspaper for Expats in Mexico
Imagine a 40-page newspaper in English and written for the expatriate community in Mexico. Inside México has been available for just a few months free of charge in coffee shops and places travelers and expats congregate in Mexico City and around the country.
The weekly is modeled on alternative papers such as the Village Voice and the Chicago Reader. Some 20,000 copies are printed.
Publishers Aran and Margot Shetterly describe their intentions: “With Inside México and insidemex.com, we plan to create a first-rate, English language periodical for the more than 1 million English speakers who have made their homes in México. Inside México aims to reflect, celebrate, question and demystify México for the river of migrants flowing from North to South. In short, it will try to make México more accessible to our readers.
Perhaps just as important, however, Inside México will also examine us, México’s English speaking residents. What are our interests, needs, biases and blind spots? What practical information do we need to build a new life in our new country? How do we fit here in this land of cactus and salsa?”
An estimated half million U.S, expatriates and about as many Canadians make their homes in Mexico and these numbers are almost certain to increase.