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July 2, 2009
Is there a lot of “cantinfleando” happening in Mexico? - Midterm elections
July 1, 2009
Mexico: The Zapatista “Brand” and Tourism in Chiapas
June 29, 2009
Mexican Man Allegedly Tries To Sell Woman, 4 Kids To U.S. For $2,000 Each
Mexico’s 10 most romantic honeymoon hideaways
June 25, 2009
Journalists reporting, and surviving, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Mexico President Felipe Calderon says drug war threatens democracy
Narcocorridos and Nightlife in Mexicali
Mexico fights resurgent dengue fever - on the rise in Mexico and elsewhere in the Americas.
Mexico’s anti-monopoly agency, the CFC, said Wednesday that it imposed fines totaling 419 million pesos ($31 million) on railways owned by magnate Carlos Slim and mining giant Grupo Mexico.
June 24, 2009
The U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission has announced that obesity and diabetes are its top priorities for 2009-2010. - Approximately 1.5 million adults in the border region are overweight or obese and another 1.2 million have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
June 23, 2009
Mexico investigators search for 9 in day care fire
Mexican Cartels Lure American Teens as Killers
New Book Surveys Oaxaca Uprising to Teach Rebellion - Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca.
Will Mexico lead U.S. into drug decriminalization?
Mexico moves quietly to decriminalize minor drug use - President Calderon is set to sign the law, but some fear that letting off users caught with limited amounts of drugs will increase drug use and encourage ‘drug tourists’ from the U.S.
June 22, 2009
Mexico has deployed 1,500 more troops to the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, where homicides related to the drug trade have surged in recent weeks.
Drug cartels in Mexico killing street dealers - In Tijuana, they fill at least 90 percent of the body bags, according to top law enforcement officials.
Restoring Natural Life on the Border - (with video)
June 20, 2009
Promise of holistic healing draws cancer patients to Mexico clinics
June 19, 2009
More jump ship at Mexico City’s English-language newspaper
The federal government has failed to develop a coordinated strategy to stop the illegal trafficking of firearms into Mexico, according to a new government report.
A Small Town Cop, Out-Gunned by Traffickers - Ascension, Mexico
Border Companies Thrive on Mexican-Americans - Exports and imports between Mexico and the United States have grown rapidly in the last decade, to close to $400 billion annually.
Mexican State Election: Drug War Plays Big Public Role For First Time
Tata Consultancy Services, India’s largest outsourcing firm, has opened a new center in Queretaro, Mexico, the company said Thursday - a reflection of the growing move to diversify offshore locations.
Mexico levied organized crime and drug charges Thursday against seven mayors, the former state attorney general and 19 other officials in the western state of Michoacan for allegedly aiding a drug cartel.
June 18, 2009
The Town of Lonely Dentists - Palomas, Mexico — This is the little border town that discount
dentistry built. (with video)
June 17, 2009
Two undocumented workers from Mexico and one from Ecuador injured in construction accidents in New York were awarded settlements totaling $3.85 million in the past two weeks, lawyers said on Wednesday.
Mexico: Water Shortages Affecting Nearly 2 Million Residents
The Mexican Navy says it has seized more than a tonne of cocaine hidden inside the carcasses of frozen sharks.
France and Mexico are to launch a joint observatory to unite scientific work on the environmental impact from humans and climate change on Mexico’s coastlines
June 16, 2009
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim presented Monday the first “smart freeway” in the country, the Arco-Norte capital bypass, which will cross four states with a ring road 223 kilometers (139 miles) long.
Follow 2 Washington Post journalists on twitter as the navigate the Mexican border #mexborder or just visit the site
In Juarez, A Trail of Drugs and Violence
A Rare Night Out in Juarez
In Mexico, the U.S. Downturn Hits Home - Poor Towns Especially Hurt as Immigrants’ Money Transfers Drop Sharply
Mexico report: 9,758 migrants mainly Central American were abducted in just 6 months
Art in Los Cabos: ruining the secret for everyone
June 15, 2009
Many U.S. media are ignoring the real story - that Mexico is changing for the better despite drug wars and the swine flu.
Rogelio Mora-Tagle is back at Telemundo. Starting today, he will be a freelance correspondent out of the network’s Telemundo bureau in Mexico City.
Cuidad Juárez: 100 killed since June began; 18 slain on Friday, Saturday
June 12, 2009
The Western Union Foundation and Irv Barr Management Donate $90,000 to Confederation of Mexican Federations
June 11, 2009
A nearly 100-year-old Mexican university was awarded Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities on Wednesday in recognition of its role in providing Latin America with outstanding intellectuals and scientists. The National Autonomous University of Mexico
June 9, 2009
17,000+ kids left their homes by themselves in Mexico in 2009 to look for work in the US according to this article from El Universal and Mexico’s Foreign Ministry :: 17 mil niños migraron solos a EU en 2008 Miles de menores de edad arriesgan su vida al cruzar de manera ilegal a EU cada año, no por la necesidad de ir al reencuentro con sus padres, sino por trabajar, menciona un informe de Relaciones Exteriores
June 8, 2009
Mexican day care deaths stir anger at safety rules
In macho culture, gays find acceptance in Mexico City district
June 7, 2009
Grieving parents buried their children Sunday after a devastating daycare fire killed 38 infants and toddlers in a tragedy that stunned Mexico and prompted its president to promise a thorough investigation. - Hermosillo
16 Dead in Acapulco:: Soldiers fought for two hours with armed men apparently holding police hostage at a house in Acapulco, leaving one soldier and 15 gunmen dead, a military official said Sunday.
June 6, 2009
La cantautora colombiana Shakira fue el centro de atención al ser captada por los fotógrafos, durante su estancia en Los Ángeles, California, luciendo una camiseta en apoyo a México.
June 5, 2009
Mexican drug gangs are moving operations to Guatemala, where weak law enforcement and deep-rooted corruption provide fertile ground, officials and analysts say.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim on Thursday launched a joint 100 million dollar project to protect Mexico’s environment with the government and the World Wildlife Fund.
Agencias del orden a nivel local y estatal de Arizona y Sonora (México) acordaron en Tucson trabajar conjuntamente para combatir el tráfico de armas a ambos lados de la frontera.
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, anunció este jueves oficialmente el nombramiento de Carlos Pascual como próximo embajador estadounidense en México, cuyo gobierno dio su beneplácito al cargo en abril pasado.
Carlos Pascual nominated as U.S. ambassador to Mexico - The Cuban-born diplomat, an expert in ‘failed states,’ would take over one of the largest American embassies and confront a host of complex bilateral issues.
Mexican police found 11 bodies - most with their hands and feet cut off - inside an abandoned car in the border state of Sonora Thursday in violence attributed to drug traffickers battling for control of the region.
June 4, 2009
Mexico is failing to stop deforestation, despite planting millions of trees, Greenpeace said here Wednesday, two days before the country hosts the UN World Environment Day.
THE HOLA MEXICO FILM FESTIVAL USA ’09 FEATURES THE BEST OF RECENT MEXICAN CINEMA - Hollywood and International celebrities will attend the opening night red carpet and film screening of ARRANCAME LA VIDA (TEAR THIS HEART OUT) at the Arclight Cinemas on June 9, 2009
June 3, 2009
Mexico’s only national English-language daily newspaper, the News, based in Mexico City, was bought by a Mexican media company, and dozens of staffers were laid off over the weekend
Mexican officials say kidnappings have jumped 8.7 percent over an eight-month period despite stepped-up arrests.
Mexican truckers have filed a lawsuit against the United States seeking $6 billion in compensation for losses they claim to have suffered since Washington banned them from crossing the border in violation of a trade pact, an attorney said Tuesday.
Mexican emigration drops 13 percent in 1st quarter
Activists call on Mexican voters to annul their ballots for July 5th mid-term elections
Los presidentes Mauricio Funes, de El Salvador, y Felipe Calderón, de México, acordaron “empujar” la reforma migratoria para buscar beneficio para los ciudadanos mexicanos y salvadoreños que de forma ilegal residen en los Estados Unidos, así como otros temas que podrían establecer ambas naciones.
The rounding up of thousands of suspects in Mexico’s drug war has left the already unruly prison system overwhelmed with jailbreaks and struggling to contain deadly riots between inmates from rival gangs.
Mexican Bands Find Success via Cellphones
June 2, 2009
A university professor was among more than 20 people killed as the violence in Juárez surged over the weekend.
Mexico detains 29 police officers for drug ties
American retirees make a life in Mexico, cheaply
Nearly 1 million Californians seek medical care in Mexico annually - Health services sought equally by Mexican, non-Mexican residents
June 1, 2009
Mexico remittances plunge in worst fall on record - plunged in April by more than 18 percent compared to the same period last year
Journalists covering Mexico get survival training
Mexico City museums ask for help after influenza
May 31, 2009
Hoping to remain productive, Mexico searches for solutions
May 30, 2009
Lots of people without water in Mexico City this weekend - Se quedan al 50% de agua por 48 horas - Preparan pipas para surtir líquido a miles de afectados
May 29, 2009
Mexico’s top prosecutor on Thursday offered a $380,000 reward for information in the kidnapping and murder of a newspaper reporter who was found beaten and dead in an irrigation canal in northern Mexico this week.
Mexico: Television Comedy Show Makes Light of Actor’s Mental Disability
America’s ‘Invasion’ A new book shows how modern Mexico has become increasingly Americanized, and how relations may go in the Obama era. - In the Shadow of the Giant: The Americanization of Modern Mexico by Joseph Contreras
May 28, 2009
Mexico Tourism Board Targets Advertising at … Mexicans - $92 Million Effort Will Try to Spark Positive Word-of-Mouth After Swine-Flu Outbreak
May 26, 2009
Federal forces detained 10 mayors and 17 state and municipal officials for alleged drug ties Tuesday in an unprecedented anti-corruption sweep in the Pacific coast state of Michoacan.
May 21, 2009
AeroMexico, Mexico Tourism Board and Other Travel Industry Partners Promote Safe, Enjoyable Travel to Mexico
May 18, 2009
The United States Abandons the “War on Drugs” Model at Home, Exports It to Mexico - US House and Senate Pass New Military Aid to Mexico
May 7, 2009
Mexico’s forbidden songs - narcocorridos
Mexico, Once in Demand, Loses Its Brides and Grooms
April 30, 2009
Unless it is contained shortly, the Mexican swine flu outbreak that is sounding alarm bells across the world is likely to have long-term economic, law enforcement and political consequences on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.
April 29, 2009
Mark Daniel Lyttle, 31, is mentally handicapped, suffers from mental problems, requires insulin for type II diabetes and has depended on others to care for him his entire life. A U.S. Citizen, he was wrongly determined to be a Mexican, deported to Mexico
April 28, 2009
Swine Flu Puts Brakes on AT&T Shoot, P&G Conference - Marketers, Agencies Cancel Plans in Mexico City
April 27, 2009
Mexico City-based English-speaking bloggers/media help keep us all informed about swine flu epidemic
SWINE FLU: Mexico Faces Criticism Over Response
U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Slicing Through Fragile Ecosystems
Mexican Tourism, Already Hurt by Violence, Bears Blow of a Health Scare of Swine Flu
April 22, 2009
Former U.S. officers to train Mexican police in cartel fight
April 20, 2009
Mexico has approved a Cuban-American with expertise in conflict management as the new U.S. ambassador, the Foreign Relations Department said Monday. - Carlos Pascual
April 11, 2009
About five million people in Mexico City woke up Thursday with dry taps/no water.
April 3, 2009
Austin anchor Fred Cantú runs online Mexico media directory
April 2, 2009
Mexico tightens border crossing - Mexico currently checks only 10 percent of the 230,000 vehicles that cross the border each day
March 30, 2009
In Drug War, Mexico Fights Cartel and Itself
Mexico’s drug gangs drive film crew out of town - Escalating violence is forcing Hollywood and US tourists to stay away - roducers of a film about the murder of a cocaine smuggler, which would have starred Eva Mendes, Josh Hartnett and Sir Ben Kingsley, have been forced to abandon filming on the Mexican coast after the movie-makers received death threats.
March 27, 2009
Drug wars have helped turn Mexico into dysfunctional state
March 26, 2009
Secretary of State Clinton reaches out to Mexico - She is 1st in wave of U.S. leaders traveling to discuss drugs, trade, migration
Meet the Volkswagen Hotshop That Isn’t Crispin - A Mexican Agency That Knows the Hard Sell and Branding Work Together - Arrechedera Claverol
