By: Mario Beltrán Mainero Consul for Community and Political Affairs at the Consulate of Mexico in Calexico I had the “luck” of being born on December 25. This meant that my birthday always coincided with Christmas. Fortunately, my mother always threatened my relatives that it was important for my personal …

-Editorial The closure of a successful year for Beyond Borders Gazette had to be celebrated in its annual Christmas dinner-toast as we did it last year and since we started with our monthly publication, almost 4 years ago. As it has become a tradition, part of the team gathered to …