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 News Around the Republic of Mexico
US, Mexico Set Plan to Battle Border Violence
 AFP
The United States and Mexico agreed on an action plan to confront violent activity along the two countries' shared border, with the aim of breaking up criminal groups operating on the frontier.more »»»
Mexico Rape Victims Often Denied Right To Abortion
 Lorraine Orlandi
When Sandra Rodriguez, a mentally handicapped live-in maid, was raped by her boss and left pregnant in 2002, Mexican courts stopped her from having an abortion although it was her legal right.more »»»
Mexican Workers Plan March to Support Miners' Union Leader
 Bloomberg
Mexican union leaders will hold a march in Mexico City to support the leader of the miners and steelworkers union, who kicked off a two-day strike last week after the government recognized an opponent as head of the union.more »»»
U.N.: Mexico Must Form Alliances with Other Latin Nations to Make Trade Headway in China
 Associated Press
Mexico must form strategic alliances with other Latin American nations if it wants to better penetrate China's dynamic commercial markets, whose rapid growth has generated a need for raw materials and food, a U.N. commission said this week.more »»»
Mexican Politico Finds Nich
 Kevin G. Hall
Under a big-top tent, hundreds of Mexicans hold their palms skyward. Although it might look like a Baptist revival, it is a political rally for presidential candidate Felipe Calderón, who calls himself Mr. Clean Hands and vows to rid Mexico of corruption.more »»»
Recovery of Bodies from Site of Coal Mine Explosion Could Take Months
 Mark Stevenson
It may take months to recover the bodies of 65 miners trapped in a Feb. 19 explosion at a northern Mexico coal mine, but authorities are committed to digging the bodies out, presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar said Monday.more »»»
More Mexican Voters Pick López Obrador
 Angus Reid
Former Mexico City mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador is still the top contender in Mexico’s presidential race, according to a poll by GEA-ISA. 41 per cent of respondents would support the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) member in this year’s election.more »»»
Presidential Hopeful Up in Polls
 Will Weissert
Presidential candidate Felipe Calderon was barely off the jetway when a mariachi band filled this desert city's tiny airport with trumpet-blaring ballads and dozens of political supporters converged on the scene.more »»»
Workers Look for Bodies of 65 Mexican Miners
 CNN.com
Dozens of workers dug through tons of earth and debris Friday to recover the bodies of 65 miners killed when an explosion two weeks ago collapsed their coal mine, officials said.more »»»
U.S., Mexico Discuss Migration, Security
 Jason Lange
U.S. and Mexican lawmakers met to discuss migration, security and trade on Friday, and U.S. legislators called on Mexico to do its part to help stem undocumented border crossing.more »»»
Strike Virtually Shuts Down Mexico's Mining Industry
 Olga R. Rodriguez
Mexico's mining industry virtually shut down Wednesday when thousands of miners went on strike to support their union boss, who may be ousted amid accusations he responded poorly to a mining tragedy that left 65 coal miners dead.more »»»
Mexico City Officials Now Say U.S.-Owned Hotel Will Not Be Closed
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Mexico City officials said they would not immediately close a major U.S.-owned hotel for alleged code violations – a sharp reversal that sent a wave of relief over tourism and government officials who feared the shutdown would cost jobs and hurt investment.more »»»
U.S. Will Need More Mexican Workers, Fox Says
 Kevin G. Hall
In an interview Wednesday, Mexican President Vicente Fox said that in a few years the United States may be begging Mexico for the very workers it's now trying to keep out by building a wall along the border.more »»»
Hotel's Mexican Stand-Off an Open-and-Shut Case
 Hector Tobar - LATimes
Of the many things the swank Maria Isabel Sheraton Hotel aspires to be, an unwitting symbol of US imperialism is not one of them. But such has been the case since February 3, when staff at the US-owned hotel just across from the American embassy politely suggested that 16 visiting Cuban officials check out.more »»»
Ready For Takeoff?
 Larry Smith
If he’s lucky, self-taught Mexican rocket scientist Juan Manuel Lozano will someday become one of just a handful of people in history to make an untethered flight with a rocket belt. And if he’s very lucky, he’ll do all this without breaking any bones - or blowing himself up.more »»»
Mexican Presidency Says It Does Not Endorse Draft Report On Country's 'Dirty War'
 E. Eduardo Castillo
The Mexican presidency said Tuesday it does not endorse a leaked draft of a government report on Mexico's “dirty war” alleging the government ordered soldiers to torture, rape and execute people as part of its counterinsurgency campaign from 1960 to 1980.more »»»
Tourism Officials Criticize Mexico City For Closure Order Against U.S. Hotel
 Mark Stevenson
Business groups and the federal government criticized a Mexico City official's decision to slap a temporary closure order on a major U.S.-owned hotel for alleged code violations, after the hotel expelled a delegation of Cuban government representatives on Feb. 2.more »»»
Mexican Mining Strike Spreads to 70 Companies, Union Says
 Alex Emery
A Mexican miners' strike expanded nationwide as about 60,000 workers joined to pressure for union independence, social benefits, and improved security after a Feb. 19 blast killed 65 workers at a coal mine, a union official said.more »»»
López Obrador: Reliance on U.S. Gas to Stop
 Wire services
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the frontrunner in presidential polls for more than two years, pledged to halt natural gas and gasoline imports from the United States.more »»»
Mexico's Former Ruling Party Stumbles on the Road Back to Power
 James C. McKinley Jr.
A year ago, the party machine that ruled Mexico for seven decades appeared poised for a comeback. But today, the Institutional Revolutionary Party is deeply divided after a bloody, internal fight for the presidential nomination.more »»»
Probe of Mining Disaster Launched
 Wire services/El Universal
Federal authorities have begun an investigation into a Feb. 19 explosion that killed 65 miners, which could lead to the permanent shutdown of the mine owned by Grupo Mexico SA, the country's largest mining company.
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$1 Billion is Raised from Sale of Government Stake
 Diane Lindquist
Mexico raised about $1 billion from its largest initial public offering in a decade with the sale Friday of the government's 85 percent stake in Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, the enterprise that runs Tijuana International Airport and 11 other central and northwestern Mexican airports.more »»»
López Obrador Rally Fills Zócalo
 Wire services
Tens of thousands filled Mexico City´s Zócalo on Sunday to hear presidential frontrunner Andrés Manuel López Obrador´s pledge to distance himself from United States policies.more »»»
New Details of Mexico's 'Dirty War'
 Héctor Tobar
The Mexican government and military committed "crimes against humanity" through a "scorched-earth" campaign against rural guerrillas in the 1970s, according to a draft report of the first official investigation into Mexico's "dirty war" against leftist rebels and activists.more »»»
Families Vow To Keep Vigil At Collapsed Mexican Mine
 Olga R. Rodriguez
Relatives vowed to keep vigil outside a collapsed coal mine in northern Mexico until the remains of 65 missing miners are recovered following last week's mine explosion.more »»»
López Obrador Steady, Rivals Drop Back
 Angus Reid
Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) remains the frontrunner in Mexico’s presidential race, according to a poll by Consulta Mitofsky. 39.4 per cent of respondents would vote for the former Mexico City mayor in this year’s ballot. more »»»
Mexico-Cuba Solidarity Strengthened
 Prensa Latina
Indestructible friendship between the peoples of Mexico and Cuba has been strengthened in this capital, where representatives of more than 20 organizations held the 11th Meeting of Solidarity with the Island.more »»»
Survey Reveals Outrage
 Diana Zavala Rojas
Nine out of 10 Mexicans think the nation´s problem with drug traffickers and organized crime is serious or extremely serious, according to a recent poll conducted by El Universal and The Dallas Morning News/Al Día.more »»»
Latest Plan: A Channel Along Stranded Ship
 Sandra Dibble
Over the past two months, they've pulled at its bow, drilled holes in its hull, used cranes and helicopters to lighten its load. But the APL Panama, an 874-foot container ship, still clings to the sandy beach where it has sat since Christmas Day.more »»»
This Week in Mexico
 Union-Tribune
Here's a quick look at some of the top stories in Mexico this past week, compiled by Foreign Editor David Gaddis Smith at the San Diego Union-Tribune.more »»»
Company Says Mexican Miners Could Not Have Survived
 Olga R. Rodriguez
Survival was impossible for 65 coal miners trapped underground by an explosion that burned away oxygen and left toxic gases a week ago in northern Mexico, mining company officials announced today.more »»»
Solidarity with Cuba Meeting Opens in Mexico
 Prensa Latina
The 11th National Solidarity with Cuba Meeting in Mexico will open at the Workers´ University, in the historic heart of the capital,and will be attended by representatives from all over the country.more »»»
Calderon Would Share Power to Win Reform
 Lorraine Orlandi
Mexico's ruling party presidential candidate would form a Cabinet including opposition leaders to win fiscal and energy reforms that eluded President Vicente Fox, but he would drop Fox's controversial plan to tax food and medicine, a top aide said Friday.more »»»
Rescue of 65 Trapped Mexican Miners Halted
 Xinhuanet
Rescuers suspended the search for 65 men trapped since Sunday inside a coal mine in northern Mexico because of dangerous gas levels, government and mine officials said late Friday.more »»»
Binational Accord Targets Sexual Exploitation
 Anna Cearley
Baja California's attorney general signed an agreement yesterday to work more closely with a binational group that is attempting to combat the sexual exploitation of children and women along the United States and Mexico's border.more »»»
Methane Levels Dim Hopes for Mexican Miners
 Ioan Grillo
Rescuers searching for 65 trapped coal miners broke through an enormous wall of debris Thursday, finding high levels of methane gas but no sign of two workers who were thought to be there.more »»»
They're Building in Baja, and Boomers Are Buying
 Evelyn Iritani
Long considered a weekend party destination for Southern California students and a low-rent getaway for American and Canadian retirees on a budget, the northern Baja coastline is undergoing a real estate boom fed primarily by Americans who are tapping their equity back home to buy a weekend getaway south of the border.more »»»
Rescuers Get Closer to Site of Mexican Mine Disaster
 Olga R. Rodriguez
More than three days of backbreaking labor brought rescuers close to the site where two of 65 trapped coal miners are believed to be located, a federal official said Wednesday.more »»»
Mexico Leery of Giant U.S. Telescope
 CNN.com
In the biggest joint Mexico-U.S. scientific venture ever, builders are finishing a monster telescope on top of a volcano that will let astronomers look back 13 billion years and uncover secrets about the creation of the universe.more »»»
Mexican Presidential Race Tightens
 Lennox Samuels
Mexico's presidential race is tightening between the longtime frontrunner, former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and Felipe Calderon of President Vicente Fox's party, a new poll shows.more »»»
Judge Allows U.S. Hotel to Remain Open
 Associated Press
udge Luz Maria Diaz ruled that Mexico City's Sheraton Maria Isabel did not violate Mexican trade regulations on Feb. 2 when – under pressure from the U.S. Treasury Department – the hotel's administration kicked out 16 Cuban officials who were attending a meeting with American energy executives to discuss possible investment opportunities.more »»»
Trapped Mexico Miners' Families Cling to Faint Hope
 Catherine Bremer
Shivering against the cold, relatives of 65 Mexican miners trapped in deep coal shafts for more than two days clung to threads of hope on Tuesday the men could be found alive despite painfully slow rescue efforts.more »»»
Officials Worry About Spreading Violence in Acapulco
 Hugh Dellios
With spring break coming and college students making plans, tourism officials in Acapulco, Mexico are worried that the resort city's image may now include bloody shootouts along with the beach, bikinis and beer parties.more »»»
López Obrador Ahead of Calderón in Mexico
 Angus Reid
Former Mexico City mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador is the top contender in Mexico’s presidential race, according to a poll by CEMO. 34.2 per cent of respondents would vote for the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) member in this year’s election.more »»»
Rescue Workers Desperately Try to Free 65 Workers Trapped in Mexican Coal Mine
 Olga R. Rodrigue
Rescue workers burrowed through debris clogging a Mexican coal mine early Monday, trying to free 65 miners trapped for more than a day by a gas explosion. Families of the miners said they were growing desperate as time passed.more »»»
Zapatistas Warn of Rise in Tension
 Prensa Latina
Subcomandante Marcos, Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) leader, warned Friday that the country is on the verge of bursting with increasing tension and social disenchantment.more »»»
Crime-Wracked Mexican State Wants Loan to Buy Guns
 Reuters
Wracked by violent drug crime and too poor to arm its police properly, the Mexican state of Guerrero is seeking a $24 million bank loan to buy more guns and security equipment.more »»»
Mexican Migrants Blame Government for Meager Results in Absentee Ballot Program
 Mark Stevenson
Fewer than 57,000 Mexican migrants have requested absentee ballots for the presidential election, officials said Thursday – a showing many say reflects serious flaws in the effort to include millions living abroad in the vote.more »»»
US-Owned Hotel Caught in the Middle
Jonathan Roeder
The venerable Hotel Sheraton María Isabel is one of the Mexican capital's oldest five-star hotels, on its main Reforma Avenue and next to the city's emblematic Angel of Independence monument.more »»»
Acapulco's Loss of Innocence
 S. Lynne Walker
This seaside resort was once a place of fairy tales, where the world's rich and famous vacationed in villas while their yachts bobbed on the waves of Acapulco's bay. Even Mexico's drug traffickers played a role in the illusion. But a broad-daylight shootout between drug traffickers and police shattered the last vestiges of its idyllic image.more »»»
Fox Under Fire
 Associated Press
President Vicente Fox came under fire this week for announcing that he would accept a lifelong pension from the government, a privilege previously enjoyed by Mexico's leaders during seven decades of one-party rule.more »»»
Census: Mexico has 103.1 Million People
 Associated Press
The number of Mexicans rose to 103.1 million people last year, according to preliminary results of Mexico's census. That's up from 97.5 million residents counted during the 2000 census.more »»»
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