Despite Violence, Mexico Still Attracts Young Expats in Search of Jobs, Investments Manuel Rueda and Rafael Fernandez De Castro - Fusion
go to original December 8, 2014

Mexico gets a lot of bad press, but not everyone is scared off by the headlines. In recent years, amid an escalating drug war, tens of thousands of young foreigners — including waves of Latin Americans — have moved to the Aztec nation in search of job and investment opportunities not afforded in their home countries.

Most recently Mexico has absorbed more than 7,000 Venezuelans who left the unrest and economic turmoil in that South American nation. Prior to that, Mexico received similar groups from Argentina and Spain. But immigrants in Mexico City come from all over the world.

“[Mexico City] is truly one of the great cities in the world,” former U.S. Ambassador Antonio Garza, who now works for Mexico City-based law firm White & Case, told Fusion. “If I were a young man I’d be looking at Mexico as an emerging market of unlimited potential, fully aware of the challenges that entails.”

Fusion talked to some of these expats that saw and continue to see great potential in Mexico. We interviewed nine young professionals residing in Mexico City, from a passionate chef to a savvy tech entrepreneur. They all have strong opinions on the nation’s current crisis and why in spite of this, Mexico remains the ideal place for them and their respective careers.

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