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November 5, 2009
In Mexico, fears of a ‘lost generation’ – Violence among young soars as drug cartels recruit more minors
The Prevention Research Center (PRC) in St. Louis is launching a multinational research project focused on preventing the leading causes of death in Hispanics in the United States and Latin America. – will conduct a four-year, $2.8 million effort to apply and adapt evidence-based strategies for preventing heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity in the United States, Mexico and Brazil
3 doctors and a nurse have been arrested for allegedly selling newborns after telling mothers their babies had died at a private hospital in Mexico City
November 4, 2009
Pain Of Global Downturn Persists In Mexico
U.S. Woes Cut Cash Flow From Mexican Migrants
Quepasa and Mexico’s Tourism Board Announce Social Media Marketing Initiative
Flooding after days of heavy rain along Mexico’s Gulf Coast has forced more than 44,000 people from their homes
November 2, 2009
Reeling Mexico hopes travel deals bring back the tourists
Grasshoppers? Eew! But chocolate? Yum! – The youngsters get a taste of multicultural Mexico in Oaxaca.
A little more than 1 million people work in the illegal drug trade including “around 200,000” women, according to the COCyP association of peasant organizations, based on police estimates.
The leader of a Mexican farmworkers’ organization and 14 other people were killed in a mass shooting in the northern Mexico state of Sonora
Mexico’s death museum lives up to morbid name in Aguascalientes, Mexico
Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate migrants who have died trying to cross.
Mexico reaches record 100 extraditions to US
Ten Thousand Dives Under the Sea – Spotlight on Scuba-Mex Dive Shop in Paamul, Q.R. Mexico
October 30, 2009
Mexican Political Prisoner Gloria Arenas Released
Mexican golfer Lorena Ochoa will tie the knot on Dec. 4 with airline executive Andres Conesa in a family ceremony in her native Guadalajara
October 29, 2009
As scientists race the clock to increase food production worldwide, new trials to plant genetically-modified maize have stoked anger in Mexico, the cradle of corn.
Levelup.com Selected as Content Partner for Yahoo! Mexico
October 28, 2009
Paulina Rubio Named La Mujer del Año by GQ Mexico
New Perils In Mexico For U.S.-Bound Migrants
Mexico’s America Movil 3Q profits up 50.6%
Mexico’s pink taxis cater to fed-up females – In colonial city of Pueblo, these cabs don’t stop for men
We Sometimes Experience Irrational Fear Traveling to Countries Where Violence Occurs Far Away from Touristed Areas – Arthur Frommer on Mexico
Mazatlán’s Old Town Is Spry Again
October 27, 2009
Latina’s ‘Viva Mexico’ Special Issue Debuts Custom Covers and Generates Additional Revenue, Advertisers
New book gives author’s take on increasingly volatile relationship between United States and Mexico – In Wakeup Call From Mexico, first-time author Wilson Beck gives his analysis on how Mexico’s struggles with emigration, drugs, weapons and kidnapping are affecting the American economy and security
October 26, 2009
Mexico’s Union Bust Reveals Flaws in NAFTA
In Mexico, An Eritrean Man Sets His Sights On U.S.
Recession Squeezes Mexican Workers In U.S.
October 17, 2009
Cuidad Juárez killings: Women victims are new aspect of ongoing violence across border
Tens of thousands of people have marched to protest Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s decision to disband a public electricity company.
Children sang, soldiers paraded and crowds cheered during the historic pageantry of the first meeting of the presidents of the United States and Mexico 100 years ago today in El Paso and Juárez. – The meeting between U.S. President William Howard Taft and Mexican President Porfirio Diaz will be commemorated by events and an exhibit at the El Paso Museum of History that opens Saturday to the public.
Endangered Sea Turtles Return To Mexico’s Beaches
Mexico City Puts Overweight Cops on a Diet
October 14, 2009
Batanga Opens Mexico Office
MEXICO: Rural Poverty Has a Woman’s Face
Decapitated body among 100 girls, women killed in Cuidad Juárez in ‘09 – “first time a woman has been decapitated and her body displayed in this manner” – (NOT GOOD but nothing seems to change) + The death toll in Juárez has surpassed the 1,900 mark for the year over the weekend, according to a tally kept by the El Paso Times.
Mexico’s automotive industry saw production plummet 37.7% during the first nine months of this year, while exports plunged 35.5% and domestic sales dropped 30.6%
October 13, 2009
Calderon Government Sends in Police to Take Over Electrical Company and Bust Union
October 11, 2009
José Víctor Villareal Esparza, brother of norteno singer Alicia Villarreal was kiiled in an early morning car accident in Monterrey, Mexico.
October 9, 2009
Natalia Jimenez on The Cover of GQ Mexico
Mexico aims to make Baja safer for U.S. tourists – Task force will be made up of bilingual officers; primarily will serve Americans – Initial plan is to create a force that patrols a 50-mile tourist corridor of Baja
October 7, 2009
Mexican Health Minister Visits Washington to Discuss H1N1
Mexico will outperform Brazil the next five years, while Panama will lead Latin America in GDP growth, the IMF forecasts.
Amid an overall drop in arrests of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S-Mexico border, an intriguing anomaly has cast a new light on human smuggling: Authorities report an almost tenfold spike in the number of Chinese people caught in the southern Arizona desert, the busiest smuggling corridor on the international line.
Killings in Cuidad Juárez: Girl, 9, among 35 homicides in first 4 days of October
Assailants armed with assault rifles burst into a hospital in the northern Mexican state of Durango and killed three men being treated for gunshot wounds
Efforts to film Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s latest novel are meeting resistance in Mexico, where an anti-prostitution group is seeking to block production, charging the movie will promote child prostitution. – “Memories of My Melancholy Whores”
A Chihuahua state human rights commissioner investigating accusations against police and soldiers in this violent border city revealed that he fled several weeks ago to El Paso, Texas, in the face of death threats. – Gustavo de la Rosa
From Mexico to NYC stage – For director and choreographer Edgardo Lar, the challenges he faced were many when staging a musical in Spanish about a 16th-century French massacre with a cast of 25 high school and college students from Mexico. – “Anjou, A Tale of Horror”
October 6, 2009
Mexico’s Real War: It’s Not Drugs – The article explains the struggle of Mexico’s middle- and lower-classes to retain jobs and opportunities for upward mobility. Kotkin also considers what this long-term problem could mean for the US if it remains unaddressed.
Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho to receive the University of Michigan Wallenberg Medal
October 5, 2009
Mexico Tourism: Strong Decline – International tourism receipts in Mexico will decline by 16% in dollar terms in 2009.
Eduardo Matías López Ferrer, abogado cubano residente en México, lleva dos décadas asesorando legalmente y ofreciendo albergue y apoyo a los indocumentados cubanos que llegan al país por diferentes vías
The Juanito show: ‘He’s crazy’ – Rafael “Juanito” Acosta
Consul stresses link between California, Mexico – Juan Marcos Gutierrez sets out to build ‘a better understanding between our countries.’
October 2, 2009
Mexico’s Ferocious Zetas Cartel Reigns Through Fear
Political scheme turns Mexican into odd celebrity – Rafael Acosta strode into Mexico City’s legislature with his arms raised triumphantly and was sworn into office. Immediately after the ceremony, he requested a leave of absence – part of an elaborate political scheme that has captivated Mexico.
United States and Four Latin American Countries Partner to Battle Cancer
October 1, 2009
1st 9 months of 2009 = 441,942 repatriated Mexicans :: Durante los primeros nueve meses de 2009 fueron repatriados desde Estados Unidos 441 mil 942 mexicanos a través de los 26 puntos fronterizos y el Programa de Repatriación Voluntaria al Interior firmado por los gobiernos de México y Estados Unidos, informó ayer el Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM)
Mexico’s ‘Familia’ Cartel Mixes Spiritualism, Violence
A 20-year-old American tourist was attacked by a crocodile in the Mexican Caribbean resort city of Cancun on the edge of the Nicupte lagoon
September 30, 2009
California website draws United States residents with Mexico oriented forum – MiAltos.com
Mexico policy unlikely to relieve poverty
Experts compare Mexico’s battle with drug cartels to Colombia’s
Tiene Panda debut Poetico en México
September 29, 2009
For the Love of ‘Sacred’ Chilaquiles
A total of 67 of the 78 undocumented Mexicans who were fired upon by U.S. Customs agents last week at a California border crossing accepted voluntary repatriation to Mexico
Police have arrested five men accused of dozens of murders, including two mass killings at drug treatment centers in this northern Mexico border city.
September 28, 2009
The Dubai Mall, a leading shopping and entertainment centre in Dubai, is set to open KidZania, one of Mexico’s most popular children’s entertainment brands.
Franc Contreras comments on Journalism in Mexico.
September 24, 2009
The Life and Death of a Mexican Environmental Prophet – Felipe Arreaga Sanchez, leading environmentalist from
the Sierra Madre in Guerrero
Cubans tell of capture and torture on Mexican journey
Mexico’s attorney general nominee draws fire for his former job as prosecutor in Juarez
Mexico’s unemployment rate rose to 6.28% in August, the highest rate in more than 13 years.
Mexican federal prosecutors said Tuesday they are investigating a claim that more than 1,000 items attributed to artist Frida Kahlo were forged.
Breaking the Silence: The Mexican Army and the 1997 Acteal Massacre
Most Mexicans See Better Life in U.S. – one in three would immigrate to the United States if they could – new Pew Research report
White House takes two different stands for Mexico and Honduras and neither one makes sense
Mysterious ruins may help explain Mayan collapse – the ancient site of Kiuic (KIE-yuk) was one of dozens of ancient Maya centers abandoned in the Puuc region of Mexico’s Yucatan
San Ysidro Border Shooting: U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing Closed
September 22, 2009
California medical tourism association formed to promote Baja – Baja California Medical Tourism Association (BCMTA)
Mexico’s violent drug gangs are increasingly kidnapping illegal migrants for ransom and forcing them to carry narcotics into the United States as they muscle into the lucrative trade of smuggling people across the border.
Jimena Navarrete, originaria de Jalisco, fue elegida anoche como Nuestra Belleza México.
Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho seeks protection for new threats
South of Guadalajara, the town of Tizapán el Alto, in the state of Jalisco, Celebrates its ‘October Festival’ in celebration of El Templo de San Francisco de Asis, Sept 26 – Oct 4, 2009
Juanes ya trabaja por concierto en frontera entre EE.UU. y México
The countdown has begun for Mexico’s 2010 bicentennial, but efforts to celebrate with a massive public-works campaign are mired in problems.
Mayans ‘played’ pyramids to make music for rain god
September 21, 2009
Mexico could see up to 5 million cases of swine flu during this winter’s flu season, a higher projection than officials had previously given
Por causas naturales, ayer falleció en Juárez la gloria del deporte mexicano, Bertha Chiu Núñez, de 76 años y cuyos restos será sepultados hoy viernes, en el cementerio Jardines Eternos. – La prensa mexicana la calificó como la “Deportista del Milenio” y dos veces fue electa “Deportista Femenina del Año”
Ciudad Juarez has passed 1,700 murders this year, topping the number for last year with three months to go. Rather horrifically, of the 3,200 people killed in Juarez over the past two years, 500 of them have been drug addicts or those in addiction recovery programs.
September 17, 2009
Mexico water shortage becomes crisis amid drought
Crops are wilting in the countryside, and the capital’s water shortage has turned dire as Mexico grapples with its worst drought in more than half a century.
Mexico Taught the World About Pandemic Preparedness
Gunmen burst into a drug treatment center in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and shot to death 10 people, the 2nd such mass killing this month.
The 12th edition of Lincoln Center’s Latinbeat Film Festival is underway at the Walter Reade Theater, featuring 21 films, more than half of them from the healthy movie industries of Argentina and Mexico.
September 15, 2009
Eight members of the norteño band Los Tecateros were arrested on charges of selling drugs and beating up a man, Mexico City police said Monday.
September 11, 2009
Border mothers angry over Mexican nominee for AG – say Arturo Chavez, did little to solve dozens of rapes and murders of women in Cuidad Juarez when he was Chihuahua state attorney general from 1996 to 1998.
September 10, 2009
Rehab Clinics Targeted In Mexico’s Drug War
