A New Wave of Migration Is Changing Mexico
Today’s arrivals range from foreign-born entrepreneurs to those who never intended to make Mexico their final destination.
PUEBLA, Mexico—The fact that the Lebanese-Mexican Center in Puebla seems past its heyday is itself a tribute to the triumph of the diaspora. The Lebanese mostly arrived in Mexico over the first half of the 20th century. Once settled, the community thrived, clinging to its roots via customs, food, family and religion (mostly Maronite Christianity). The 1960s-era building housing Puebla’s Lebanese-Mexican Center is nowadays frequented by only a handful of greying or white-haired regulars. But it's not that the Lebanese disappeared from Mexico. Rather, they became Mexico—or Mexico has...
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