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U.S. Policies Offending More
 Jeremy Schwartz
Anger in Mexico is growing in the wake of a number of new state laws in the United States, including those in Georgia, Oklahoma and Arizona, considered by critics to be anti-Mexican - a shift reflected in President Felipe Calderón's recent verbal lashing of U.S. presidential candidates.
Mexico's Flood Disaster Attributed To Unfinished $190 Million Levee Project
 Vittorio Hernandez
State officials admitted Friday major flood control projects are still unfinished, resulting to the inundation of one million homes in Tabasco and claiming at least 33 lives.
Bishops Want Mexico Cathedral Reopened
 Associated Press
Latin American bishops are urging church officials to reopen Mexico City's famous cathedral, which was closed five days ago after more than 100 protesters barged into the cavernous building and interrupted Sunday Mass.
Mexico Did Little to Ready for Flooding
 Antonio Villegas & E. Eduardo Castillo
The government knew Mexico's Gulf coast was a disaster in waiting long before three rivers surged out of their banks, flooding nearly every inch of the low-lying state of Tabasco and leaving more than 1 million homes under water.
Mexican Drug Trafficker May Be Extradited to US
 Prensa Latina
The boss of an international drug trafficking network, Sandra Avila, may be extradited to the United States and sentenced to life, according to the General Prosecutor's Office.
Fires Still Burning on Mexican Oil Rig
 Mark Stevenson
Workers were still fighting a nightmarish combination of gas and crude oil leaks, fires and oil slicks at a damaged Mexican oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, almost a month after it was damaged in an accident that killed at least 21 people, an official said.
Mexico Edges Toward Ban on Smoking in Public
 Reuters
A Mexican congressional committee approved on Wednesday a ban on smoking in public places, a first step toward prohibiting the lighting up of cigarettes and cigars in a country of heavy smokers.
Ochoa Puts Charity First
 Jeff Shain
While several players at last week's ADT Championship spoke of jewelry or exotic cars when asked about what they would do with the $1 million winner's share, Lorena Ochoa, the No. 1 women's golfer, is investing in her homeland.
Mexico Ends Search for 9 in Landslide
 Associated Press
Mexican authorities said Tuesday they have called off the search for the bodies of nine people still missing after a mudslide swept away an entire village in southern Chiapas state.
Power Omelettes Kill Mexico's Boozy Business Lunch
 Catherine Bremer
The long Mexican business lunch, a tequila-fueled food orgy that could last past sundown, is on the demise in the capital as a new generation of clean-living executives cuts back on costs and time wasting.
Crowded Mexican Prisons May Hamper U.S. Drug Fight
 Sergio Solache
Dangerous, overcrowded and corrupt prisons raise questions about Mexico's ability to handle a $1.4 billion, U.S.-funded crackdown on drug smugglers that aims to put even more people behind bars.
Child Matadors Draw Olés in Mexico’s Bullrings
 Marc Lacey
Even though some of the school-age children appearing at the country’s scores of bullrings are not much taller than the bulls they confront, these mini-matadors have begun getting top billing from promoters, who view them as a new way to bring people to the arena.
Lopez Obrador Vows to Block Opening of Mexico's Energy Industry
 Patrick Harrington
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a losing candidate in Mexico's presidential elections last year, called on thousands of supporters packing the capital's central square this week to organize street protests against a potential opening of the country's energy industry to private investment.
International Welfare Team Helping Animals Affected by Mexico Flooding
 Horse.com
A coalition of international animal welfare organizations, including Humane Society International, are responding to the needs of animals in the wake of massive floods that left approximately 80% of Tabasco, Mexico underwater.
Mexican TV Network Adding English Classes to Its Lineup
 S. Lynne Walker
As the debate over immigration reform festers in Congress, one message is clear: Americans think people from other countries who live in the United States ought to speak English. Now a Mexican television network is saying it, too. And the network, TV Azteca, is putting its money where its microphone is.
Mexico City Cathedral Closed Over Leftist Protest
 Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Mexico City cathedral was closed Monday after around 100 leftist demonstrators entered the church during a political protest.
Many U.S Retirees Heading South of the Border for Nursing Home Care
 Chris Hawley
As millions of baby boomers reach retirement age and U.S. health care costs soar, Mexican nursing home managers expect more American seniors to head south in coming years.
Drug Hitmen Snatch Buddy's Body From Morgue
 Reuters
Twenty heavily armed drug hitmen snatched the body of a fellow trafficker from a morgue in northern Mexico after he died in a dramatic helicopter crash, police said last week.
Mexico Fumigates Flooded Tabasco to Prevent Dengue
 AFP
Mexican health authorities Saturday began aerial spraying of southern Tabasco state, including its capital Villahermosa, after massive floods earlier this month raised a bumper crop of mosquitos that can spread dengue.
Viva México! Viva La Revolución!
 mexgrocer.com
Celebrated in Mexico every year on November 20th, the Mexican Revolution took place from 1910 to 1920. Pretty much everyone has heard of its most famous hero, Pancho Villa. Well... here's the story behind this holiday.
Mexican Woman Deported From U.S. Vows Hunger Strike In Push for Better Treatment of Migrants
 Associated Press
A Mexican migrant-rights advocate deported from the U.S. said she began a hunger strike Friday to push her government to demand its citizens receive better treatment north of the border.
Mexican Rancher to Clone Prize Fighting Bull
 Reuters
A Mexican cattle rancher aims to clone a fighting bull so brave its life was spared in the world's biggest bull ring. Zalamero fought in Mexico City in 1994 and became an "indultado," one of the few bulls allowed to live because of its bravery.
Indigenous Mexican Language Faces Extinction As Last Two Speakers Stop Talking To Each Other
 Ishita Sukhadwala
The last two speakers of an indigenous Mexican language have stopped talking to each other, raising fears that the language will become extinct.
Driver's Licenses for Migrants? Not in Mexico
 Chris Hawley
The question of whether to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants ignited a national debate in the United States. But in Mexico, the largest source of U.S. immigrants, there's no question: Here, you must be a legal resident to get a driver's license.
Mexican Leader Sees Bias in U.S. Politicking
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
Mexican President Felipe Calderón took the unusual step this week of injecting himself into U.S. presidential politics, calling Mexican migrants "thematic hostages" of the race and urging candidates not to use them as a talking point.
Mexican Electoral Reform Becomes Law, Bans Paid TV and Radio Advertisements
 Associated Press
A broad electoral reform that bars political parties from paying for radio and television advertisements became law Tuesday after it received Mexican President Felipe Calderón's approval.
Mexico Says Rebuilding After Floods Will Take Years
 Indo-Asian News Service
The Mexican state of Tabasco said it will take the administration more than six years to rebuild from the devastations of floods that submerged 80 percent of the region, Spanish news agency EFE reported Tuesday.
 Vallarta Red Cross Gathers Aid for Tabasco
 Ariel Dueñas
The great team at the Red Cross Puerto Vallarta, led by Ing. Uriel Almaraz, are doing all they can to raise awareness and donations for the people of Tabasco and Chiapas - but there are only a few days left to gather all the help they can.
Mexico City Adopts System to Curb Unruly Motorists
 S. Lynne Walker
In Mexico's capital, speed limits and stop signs are seen as mere suggestions, not legal obligations. With more than 3 million cars on the roads, that adds up to chaos.
Shoot Out Blazes in Tampico as Navy Fights Drug Gang
 Reuters
Mexican naval officers fought a ferocious gun battle with suspected drug hitmen outside a shopping center in the northern port city of Tampico on Friday, witnesses and Mexican media said.
Calderon Urges Continued Donations
 Dudley Althaus
President Felipe Calderon, visiting flood-crippled Tabasco and Chiapas states Friday, called on all Mexicans to continue donating aid for months to come and warned officials not to use it for political purposes.
Mexico Raids Money Laundering Ring That Bought Drug Smuggling Planes in US
 Associated Press
Working in conjunction with U.S. authorities, Mexican police arrested Pedro Alatorre Damy and raided a currency exchange business, targeting a ring they said used laundered money to buy airplanes to smuggle drugs.
Mexico Flood Wipes Out Crops
 Associated Press
Massive flooding in the southern state of Tabasco practically wiped agricultural crops from citrus to chocolate, threatening the main source of income for about one-third of the state's 2 million people.
Mexico Mudslide Toll Rises to Eight, 18 Missing
 Reuters
Rescue workers have dug eight corpses from a huge mudslide that hit a small village in waterlogged southern Mexico earlier this week and 18 people are still missing, local government officials said on Friday.
Mexico Orders Extradition of Ex-Governor to U.S.
 Reuters
Mexico has ordered the extradition of a former state governor, Mario Villanueva, to the United States so he can be tried there on drug-smuggling charges, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Best Friends Animal Society First Responders Assessing Animal Rescue Needs in Flood-Ravaged Tabasco, Mexico
 Vocus/PRWeb
A team from Best Friends Animal Society has arrived in the Mexican state of Tabasco to assess the effect of recent floods on the animal population.
 The Faces of a Disaster
 MSNBC.com
Whether you're on the other side of the world - or the other side of town - when a disaster strikes it's hard to imagine what it's like to be someone in the midst of such calamity. Here's a collection of photos that brings the tragic events in Tabasco, Mexico, up close and personal.
Calderón Blames Floods on Climate Change
 Cox News
In one of the country's worst flooding disasters, as many as 500,000 people are homeless and at least 10 are dead after rainwater and swollen rivers washed over 80 percent of Tabasco state last week. But as cleanup efforts finally begin, exhausted residents and angry officials alike are pointing fingers.
Restoring Family Links Following Floods
 ICRC
As a result of severe floods in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco, thousands of persons within Mexico and abroad have lost contact with their loved ones. The aim of the Family Links website is to accelerate the process of restoring contact between separated family members.
Fears Over Aftermath of Mexico Floods
 Elisabeth Malkin
Additional teams of medical workers and police officers from other parts of Mexico flew into the state of Tabasco today as authorities raised concerns about escalating health problems and looting after the five days of heavy rains last week that put much of the low-lying state under water.
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