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Workers build a 45-meter-high Christmas tree in Mexico city, capital of Mexico Nov. 24, 2008. (Xinhua Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Mexican billionaire invests in Citigroup Nov 26, 2008
MEXICO CITY: The investment firm owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has purchased a one percent stake in Citigroup, the financial giant recently rescued by the US government, an analyst close to the transaction said on Tuesday. The stake - amounting to around 26 million shares, worth around 150 billion dollars - is "a portfolio investment of Grupo Financiero Inbursa," the analyst told, requesting anonymity. (India Times)
Mexican soccer owner charged with trafficking drugs to Atlanta Nov 26, 2008
MEXICO CITY (AP) A judge charged the alleged owner of third-division Mexican football club Mapaches and four other team members with drug trafficking ... The group was taken into custody in October at the Aguilas del America training facility in Mexico City. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Bill Seeks to Curb Polluting Mexican Trucks Nov 26, 2008
It s all political, said Guillermo Berriochoa, who owns a trucking company north of Mexico City ... Leonardo Gomez Vargas, director general of the National Private Transport Assn., a Mexico City-based industry group, said the measure had more to do with U.S. trucking companies wanting to protect their profit margins than with preserving the environment ... Bustillo reported from Los Angeles and Dickerson reported from Mexico City. (Yahoo News -- Transportation Issues)
Daredevil Sets New Record With Jet Pack Nov 26, 2008
"It's pretty much incomparable to anything I've done in the past," Scott said last week via cell phone from Mexico City, where he was performing similar -- though not quite as daunting -- feats with the jet pack. "I've never done a distance that long, and then there's such a huge gap below.". (Click2Houston, TX)
The World's Biggest Sports Stadiums Nov 26, 2008
Examples include soccer palace Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, which housed the 1968 Summer Olympics, and the Melbourne Cricket Grounds in Australia, home base of the 1956 Games. The three biggest: Rungrado May Day Stadium in Pyonyang, North Korea; Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, India; and Penn State's Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. (Forbes -- Business)
* Slims Inbursa Bank pays US$134 million for Citigroup shares Nov 26, 2008
Inbursa, based in Mexico City, bought 9. 63 million shares last Thursday as Citigroup fell 26 percent in New York to US$4. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Journalists targeted in Mexicos drug war Nov 25, 2008
Forensic team members move thebody of Armando Rodriguez, a journalist for the newspaper El Diario, who was murderedwhen leaving his house inCiudad Juarez, north of Mexico City, on Nov. 13 ... A correspondent for the Mexico City-based Reforma newspaper also left the city. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Infotainment Nov 25, 2008
A Japanese tourist liked Mexico City airport so much when he arrived that hes still there - after three months. Hiroshi Nohara decided to make Terminal 1 of the Benito Juarez International Airport his new home, reports the Daily Mail. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Cablemas Will Hold its Third Quarter 2008 Conference Call at 11:30 AM ET on November 28, 2008 Nov 25, 2008
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Cablemas, S.A. de C.V., (Cablemas), the second-largest cable television operator in Mexico based on number of subscribers and homes passed, will hold its fiscal 2008 third quarter conference call Friday, November 28, 2008 at 11:30 am U.S. ET (10:30 am Mexico City Time). ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Running Hard Nov 25, 2008
That's why the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, held at an elevation of 7,500 feet, produced world records in some events and debacles in others. According to the , "The altitude was an advantage in the events which needed a brief but intense effort but a handicap for efforts lasting longer than two minutes." Advantage. (Slate)
Mexican Gang Leaves Funeral Wreaths for Policemen Nov 25, 2008
MEXICO CITY A gang of drug hitmen is leaving funeral wreaths with death threats directed at local policemen in the northern Mexico city of Hermosillo. State police say six of the wreaths were left on the city's streets, along with hand-lettered posters signed by the Gulf drug cartel. (Newsmax)
Hatton 'rolls with it' on Oasis' tour of Mexico alongside the ... Nov 24, 2008
Now Hatton, who still drinks in a local pub near his home in Manchester and eats at his mother's house many nights each week, is set to join Oasis on stage for all three of their gigs in Mexico beginning on Wednesday in Mexico City ... The three working-class heroes from Manchester will fly to Mexico City today in preparation for the first of three gigs that end on Saturday in Monterrey. (Independent)
Football: Blanco shines as Santos beats San Luis Nov 24, 2008
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Cuauhtemoc Blanco marked his return to Mexico by taking a hand in two goals in Santos' 3-1 win over San Luis in the Apertura quarterfinals Sunday. Blanco, who is on a loan from Major League Soccer's Chicago Fire to play for the Mexican champion in the playoffs, helped force Jorge Mascorro to concede an own goal in the 17th minute, then set up a goal by Argentine midfielder Emmanuel Luduena in the 34th, before Matias Vuoso sealed the victory in the 78th. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
In Mexico's Drug War, Bad Cops Are a Mounting Problem Nov 24, 2008
Last month five top officials at the federal organized crime task force were collared for the same crime after being fingered by an informant who, astonishingly, worked for both the U.S. embassy in Mexico City and Days later the federal police chief, Gerardo Garay whose predecessor, Edgar Millan, was murdered by narco hitmen last May, allegedly with the aid of a federal cop resigned after being linked to a Sinaloa capo ... "This is Calderon's Iraq," says Sergio Aguayo, a security expert at the... (Time.com)
Mexico's ex-drug czar suspected of cartel ties Nov 23, 2008
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican authorities have detained the country's former drug czar on suspicion that he may have accepted $450,000 a month in bribes from drug traffickers, Mexico's attorney general said Friday. Noe Ramirez Mandujano was in charge from 2006 through August of fighting organized crime in Mexico. (CNN -- International)
Mexican government looking beyond remittances Nov 23, 2008
"They've tried to take a much more proactive stance with these communities, with the recognition that they might not be coming back," Guti;rrez said in a telephone interview from Mexico City. The institute supports education and cultural programs for Mexican immigrants and their families in the U.S., including Spanish classes, a program that sends Mexican teachers to U.S. districts with a shortage of bilingual educators, donations of Spanish language materials to U.S. schools and libraries, and... (NJ.com -- News)
Former drug czar allegedly took bribe Nov 22, 2008
MEXICO CITY - Mexico accused its former drug czar yesterday of taking $450,000 from a cartel he was supposed to destroy, going public with a scandal that deals a serious blow to the country's US-backed drug war. Noe Ramirez is the highest-ranking law enforcement official detained yet as part of Mexico's sweeping effort to weed out officials who allegedly shared police information with violent drug smugglers. (Boston Globe)
Mexico: Ex-drug czar took cartel money Nov 22, 2008
MEXICO CITY - Mexico accused its former drug czar Friday of taking $450,000 from a cartel he was supposed to destroy, going public with a scandal that deals a serious blow to the country's U.S.-backed drug war ... Medina said Ramirez met twice with his Pacific cartel contact in Mexico City, and brought two other directors of his agency's organized crime division to the second meeting. (MSNBC -- International)
Stinky Man Lives 'The Terminal' With 3-Month Layover Nov 22, 2008 Mexican Oil Production Down Nearly 10 Percent Nov 22, 2008 I-Team: The Mysterious Mr. Ye Nov 22, 2008 World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Nov 22, 2008 Mexico's Former Drug Czar Ramirez Accused of Taking Money From Traffickers Nov 22, 2008 Mexican growth slows to 1.6 pct, lowest since 2003 Nov 22, 2008 Pirates bolster defences around hijacked tanker Nov 22, 2008 Former Mexican anti-drug official charged Nov 22, 2008 Japanese man makes Mexico City airport home Nov 22, 2008 Mexico: Ex-Drug Czar Took $450,000 Bribe Nov 22, 2008 In Mexico, "The Terminal" Come To Life Nov 21, 2008 What American Dream? Mexican Emigration Down Nov 21, 2008 PepsiCo to Invest up to $3B in Mexico in 5 Years Nov 21, 2008 Mexico's Peso Slides as Demand for Dollars Overwhelms Central Bank Sales Nov 21, 2008 Fire loans Blanco to Santos for Mexican playoffs Nov 21, 2008 Beijing's thrust into Latin America Nov 21, 2008 Fight Schedule Nov 21, 2008 Paths cross for a second time Nov 21, 2008 PepsiCo to invest up to $3B in Mexico Nov 21, 2008 Mexico emigration falls 42% over past 2 years Nov 21, 2008 Peter Matthiessen, Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, Paris Hilton Nov 21, 2008 Ten Reasons Why the Auto Bailout Is a Bad Idea Nov 21, 2008 * Taiwan eyes top-eight spot at World Baseball Classic Nov 21, 2008 Mexico arrests Interpol liaison Nov 20, 2008 Local leaders plan trade mission to Mexico Nov 20, 2008 Mexican Local Peso Bonds Rise on Mounting Bets Fed to Cut Interest Rates Nov 20, 2008 And then there were two... Nov 20, 2008 Too low flying altitude possible factor in plane crash: TSB Nov 20, 2008 Bush lays into the left at Americas summit but agrees concessions Nov 20, 2008 Bill Seeks to Curb Polluting Mexican Trucks Nov 20, 2008 Apocalyptic sect in Mexico being reshaped Nov 20, 2008 Gandhi, Travlos Named Longstreth/NFHCA All-West Region Selections Nov 20, 2008 UNDP: 2009 to be "very hard year" for Latin America Nov 20, 2008 Mexican Department of Public Health to Launch Screening for Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Cause of Cervical Cancer Nov 19, 2008 RUETH McCARTNEY ENGLISH passed away Nov. 14, 2008, Nov 19, 2008 World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Nov 19, 2008 Mexico's Tellez Says Wake Turbulence Probably Caused Deadly Plane Accident Nov 19, 2008 Chihuahua-ABQ flights get green light Nov 19, 2008 Quiet rise of Latin America's center Nov 19, 2008 Argentina coach Diego Maradona still firing from the lip Nov 19, 2008 US museum head says Mexico should get Mayan jade Nov 19, 2008 International students bring cultures to local campuses Nov 19, 2008 OMA Will Develop Commercial Areas At the Mexico City International Airport's Terminal 2 Nov 19, 2008 Mexican scholar: L America should learn from China Nov 19, 2008 A Lost Masterpiece, Now Found in Tokyo's Metro Nov 19, 2008 TJ police taken off patrols Nov 19, 2008 Political Grapevine Nov 18, 2008 Shows of the week: Nov 18, 2008 Traffic Pollution Worsens Symptoms In Asthmatic Children Nov 18, 2008 'Yanni Voices and Special Guests' Debuts at the Forum at Mundo Imperial in Acapulco Nov 18, 2008 4 divers die while cleaning duct Nov 17, 2008 Table Mountain Casino Brings World Champions for Big Night of Boxing! Nov 17, 2008 Turbulence cause of Mexican jet crash (2) Nov 17, 2008 Toluca defeats San Luis, Tigres beat Morelia Nov 17, 2008 Southwest agreement adds flights to Mexico Nov 17, 2008 For Mexico's wealthy, expenses include guards Nov 17, 2008 Latin jitters over Obama's free-trade policies Nov 17, 2008 Terps Field Hockey Takes Down Albany in NCAA First Round, 4-2. Nov 17, 2008 The Next Page: The biggest mouths in sports history and quiet champions worth celebrating (Yesterday) Nov 17, 2008 For wealthy Mexicans, bodyguards are a necessary expense Nov 17, 2008 Kidnapped physician is released unharmed Nov 17, 2008 Wake turbulence eyed in Mexican jet crash Nov 16, 2008 Chronicle news quiz Nov 16, 2008 3 Tijuana officers trying to enter U.S. seized Nov 16, 2008 Turbulence likely caused Mexican crash Nov 15, 2008
Nov. 20: Hiroshi Nohara in Benito Juarez International airport in Mexico City ... Nov. 20: Hiroshi Nohara in Benito Juarez International airport in Mexico City ... MEXICO CITY Hiroshi Nohara is on a layover at the Mexico City airport. (Fox News)
MORE TROUBLES FOR THE CITI... Nov 22, 2008
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel and Dan Wilchins; Additional reporting by Jennifer Ablan, Megan Davies, Joseph A. Giannone and Ciara Linnane in New York and Noel Randewich in Mexico City; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe, Bernard Orr, Gary Hill and Ben Tan). Email Story. (The Drudge Report)
MEXICO CITY November 21, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press FONT SIZE. America's third-largest oil supplier has exported 17 percent less crude this year. (ABC News -- Wire)
Even the veteran DEA Agents and Mexican Federales who stormed into a Mexico City mansion in March 2007 were stunned by what they found ... Ye built a massive pharmaceutical plant in Toluca, near Mexico City, supposedly to manufacture cold medicine. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
o Paolo in Brazil will reach just under 20m and Mexico City 19m ... It has been a process driven largely by Asia - the continent boasting 10 mega cities by 2000, while North America had managed three (Mexico City, New York City and Los Angeles). (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
Ramirez, who turned himself in on Nov. 19, has been charged with tipping off the Pacific cartel of drug smugglers to police activity in Mexicos airports, Attorney General said today in a news conference in Mexico City ... El Universal newspaper reported that one cartel informant claimed to have infiltrated the U.S. embassy in Mexico City ... To contact the reporter on this story: in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
MEXICO CITY Mexico says its yearly growth rate dropped to 1. 6 percent in the third quarter, its slowest rate since 2003, as the U.S. economy stalls. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
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MEXICO CITY - In a spiraling probe into corruption at top levels of Mexican law enforcement, authorities said Friday that the nation's former anti-drug chief had accepted $450,000 to tip off traffickers. Noe Ramirez Mandujano, a veteran federal prosecutor who headed an elite organized-crime unit known as SIEDO, was arrested on suspicion of passing intelligence to drug gangsters based in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora said. (AZCentral -- News)
MEXICO CITY - Hiroshi Nohara is on a layover at the Mexico City airport ... Hiroshi Nohara is seen in Benito Juarez International airport in Mexico City. (AZCentral -- News)
(MEXICO CITY) Officials say Mexico's former drug czar took $450,000 to leak information to a powerful cartel. Noe Ramirez is the highest law enforcement official detained yet as part of Mexico's sweeping effort to weeding out authorities who allegedly shared police information with violent drug smugglers. (Time.com)
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 20, 2008 ... Nohara has been living in Benito Jurez International Airport in Mexico City since Sept. 2, 2008, relying on public restrooms and food from strangers and airport workers, in a real-life version of the Tom Hanks film "The Terminal." (CBS) ... (CBS) Hiroshi Nohara, a 41-year-old man from Tokyo is delighting tourists and travelers in Mexico City, simply by calling its international airport his home, as CBS News' Susana Seijas reports. (CBS News)
MEXICO CITY Mexican emigration has dropped 42 percent over the last two years, a government study released Thursday showed, confirming that America has become less appealing amid an economic downturn and stepped up raids against illegal migrants ... Mexico City's municipal government has predicted that up to 30,000 more immigrants than usual will return from the U.S. over the next few months. (Fox News)
PepsiCo Americas Foods Chief Executive Officer John C. Compton tells executives at an event in Mexico City Thursday that the company will spend the remaining $1 billion on marketing and advertising for Pepsi's beverages in the country. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. (ABC News -- Wire)
To contact the reporters on this story: in Mexico City at ; in New York at. Last Updated: November 20, 2008 18:02 EST. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Veteran striker Cuauhtemoc Blanco is going to play for defending champion Santos Laguna in the playoffs of the Mexican Apertura tournament. The Chicago Fire player will replace Ecuadorean Christian Benitez, who will be out with an injury for several months. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Only two bona fide university programs in Chinese studies exist in the region - Mexico City and Buenos Aires. Beijing's community of Latin American experts in universities, think tanks and government far outstrip their Latin counterparts, and the dearth of expertise means that Latin governments lack Chinese speakers and specialists to cope with Beijing's blitz into the region. (International Herald Tribune)
At Mexico City, Edgar Sosa, Mexico, vs. Juanito Rubillar, Philippines, 12, for Sosa's WBC light flyweight title. At Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, Calif. (International Herald Tribune)
Montgomery not only made the final roster, but helped the team win the gold in Mexico City. Morris did not make the cut. (The Daily Campus, CT)
PepsiCo Americas Foods Chief Executive Officer John C. Compton told company executives at an event in Mexico City that the company will spend the remaining $1 billion on marketing and advertising for Pepsi's beverages in the country. Mexico is considered a key market for the company, Compton said in a news release, and PepsiCo has been there for the last century. (AZCentral -- Business)
MEXICO CITY - Mexican emigration has dropped 42 percent over the past two years, a government study released Thursday showed, confirming that America has become less appealing amid an economic downturn and stepped up raids against illegal migrants. About eight of every 1,000 Mexicans emigrated between February and May of this year, according to the survey conducted by the National Statistics and Geography Institute. (AZCentral -- News)
Malkovich, of "Burn After Reading," is in Mexico City directing the play "The Good Canary." The play opens Nov. 26. (AP). (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
In May, Ford agreed to build $3 billion auto plant in suburban Mexico City and upgrade two other Mexican plants, the largest foreign investment in Mexican history. 6. (Newsmax)
The second World Baseball Classic will start on March 5, with the preliminaries being played in Tokyo, Toronto, Peurto Rico, Mexico City, San Diego and Miami. The finals will be played from March 21 to March 23 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
MEXICO CITY - Interpol is sending a special investigative team to Mexico to determine whether sensitive information from its database on criminals and terrorists was leaked to drug cartels, the agency said Wednesday. Interpol launched the probe after Mexican federal police official Ricardo Gutierrez Vargas was placed under house arrest as part of an investigation of law enforcement officers who allegedly shared police information with traffickers. (MSNBC -- International)
Local officials are taking an international delegation of business leaders from San Antonio, Laredo, Corpus Christi and Austin as well as Monterrey, San Luis Potosi and Mexico City and Hong Kong to Michoacan on Thursday. Some of the confirmed attendees include CEO David Mak, Laredo Development Foundation Chairman Alfonso Arguindegui, broker Terry Warth and Chairman Martin Weiss. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Inflation reports are confirming that the Fed will cut rates'' and that is helping buoy Mexican bonds today, said , a fixed-income strategist in Mexico City at Actinver SA. That ``doesn't guarantee that we will see a short-term improvement in Mexico's economy ... To contact the reporter on this story: in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Guess it s time to bomb Mexico City. By Suburban Mother. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
A couple from Comox, B.C., say they were not permitted to board a Vancouver-bound Mexicana Airlines flight in Mexico City Sunday because they didn't have their Canadian passports even though they are not required. A deal to use two cruise ships as accommodation for police officers during the 2010 Winter Olympics Games has broken down, security officials said late Wednesday. (CBC.ca)
Wednesday January 14 2004 14. President George Bush was forced to make several concessions to his Latin American colleagues yesterday when they concluded their two-day summit with only a vague commitment to a controversial pan-American free trade area. (Yahoo News -- Summit of the Americas)
It s all political, said Guillermo Berriochoa, who owns a trucking company north of Mexico City ... Leonardo Gomez Vargas, director general of the National Private Transport Assn., a Mexico City-based industry group, said the measure had more to do with U.S. trucking companies wanting to protect their profit margins than with preserving the environment ... Bustillo reported from Los Angeles and Dickerson reported from Mexico City. (Yahoo News -- Transportation Issues)
by Chris Hawley - Nov. 20, 2008 12:00 AM Republic Mexico City Bureau. NEW JERUSALEM, Mexico - The bell towers and domes rise like a vision out of the sugarcane fields, a medieval city sprouting from the hills of western Mexico. (AZCentral -- News)
The honor is even more impressive considering Gandhi missed two games in early October as she led the USA U-21 National Team to a gold medal at the 2008 Junior Pan American Games in Mexico City. Tabbed to the All-West Region squad for the second straight year, Travlos also earned All-NorPac First Team honors for the second consecutive season. (Gostanford.com)
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean will face "a very hard year" in 2009, a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) official said Wednesday. "The main factors that will affect the economy in this region are the high prices of food and power, the financial crisis and the climate change," Rebeca Grynspan, the UNDP director for Latin America and the Caribbean, told a press conference during the "Latin America and the Millennium Development Goals"... (Xinhuanet, China)
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, November 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a campaign to significantly reduce the most common cancer affecting Mexican women, the Mexican Public Health Agency (Secretaria de Salud or SSA) has announced it is launching the first phase of a program that will offer testing for human papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical cancer, to low-income women age 35-65. The cost of the testing will be covered by the agency. (PR Newswire)
She also studied at the University of Quito, Ecuador and at the University of Mexico City, Mexico. Rueth was a dedicated and talented teacher who loved the Spanish language and Hispanic culture. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
o Paolo in Brazil will reach just under 20m and Mexico City 19m ... It has been a process driven largely by Asia - the continent boasting 10 mega cities by 2000, while North America had managed three (Mexico City, New York City and Los Angeles). (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
There is an 80 percent to 90 percent probability that the crash was an accident, probably caused by turbulence created by a Boeing plane that was flying ahead of Mourino's Learjet 45 before it plunged into a Mexico City office district on Nov. 4, Tellez said today in an interview on the Televisa television network ... To contact the reporter on this story: in Mexico City at ; in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Chihuahua will be a link between Albuquerque and the industrial centers of Monterrey and Mexico City, as well as Guadalajara, which is Albuquerque s sister city. Chihuahua is also a gateway to the Copper Canyon. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Mexico City - The leftward tilt of Latin America has dominated headlines over the past five years, but during the same time, more of the region has moved toward the political center. The number of Latin Americans identifying themselves as moderates grew from 29 percent in 2003 to 42 percent this year, according to the annual survey by Latinobarometro, a Chile-based polling group. (Christian Science Monitor)
He coined the phrase himself in Mexico City when, with England vanquished in a World Cup quarter-final only an hour before, he told assembled journalists at the Azteca Stadium that his outrageous first goal had been scored "con la mano de Dios". So when asked if he felt the faintest touch of remorse, he treated the temerity of the reporter English, of course with a curled lip of contempt. (Telegraph.co.uk)
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The director of Harvard's Peabody Museum said Tuesday he wants to return about 50 ancient carved Mayan jade pieces to Mexico, almost a century after a U.S. consul dredged the artifacts from the sacred lake at the ruins of Chichen Itza. The artifacts were among hundreds of pieces taken to the United States by American consul Edward Herbert Thompson, who dredged up the bottom of the sacred lake between 1904 and 1910 to recover offerings deposited there by the Mayas. (KHOU.com, TX)
Holdorf, from Mexico City, Mexico, was among a number of Western students sharing her culture during a celebration as part of federal International Education Week. WTC students Amanda Rumbaugh, left and Karly Stapelton learn some facts about the Hmong from Laos during Western Technical College International Day at the school. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
MONTERREY, Mexico, Nov. 19, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA, announces the acquisition of 90% of the shares of Consorcio Grupo Hotelero T2, S.A. de C.V. (the Consortium) in order to develop and operate an NH-branded hotel and commercial areas inside the new Terminal 2 of the Mexico City International Airport ... With the acquisition of the shares of the Consortium, OMA joins with international hotel operator NH... (Primezone Releases)
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- China has accomplished unprecedented achievements during its 30 years of reform and opening-up, and Latin America should learn from its experience, a Mexican scholar says. Enrique Dussel Peters, coordinator of the China/Mexico Studies Center at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, recalled his March trip to southern China's booming coastal city of Shenzhen during a recent interview with Xinhua. (Xinhuanet, China)
" "Myth of Tomorrow" depicts the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, drawing comparisons by some critics to Picasso's "Guernica," which illustrates the 1937 fire-bombings of that Spanish city. (In fact, the two were contemporaries, and Okamoto is often compared with Picasso.) The white tile station wall has thus transformed into a burning landscape, swirling with hues of red, yellow and black. Though the mural was begun nearly 40 years ago, this week's installation is the first... (Time.com)
Many held key positions in the 2,200-member department, and federal investigators are questioning them in Mexico City. No matter what the outcome, Ramos has said they will not be returned to their posts. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Mexico City will begin handing out free impotence drugs to men aged 70 and older ... Mexico City's health secretary says the handouts of one or two Viagra, Levitra or Cialis pills will begin December 1. (Fox News)
Any band named after a coffee shop in Mexico City has got to have plenty of energy. Caf Tacuba fits that bill with its rock en espaol sound, which melds Latin and rock influences. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
147 asthmatic children and 50 non-asthmatic children, between the ages of 6 and 14, were recruited through a paediatric hospital in Mexico City ... Atmospheric levels of the pollutants ozone, nitrogen dioxide and diesel particles were recorded in Mexico City during the study ... Traffic-related air pollution and respiratory symptoms among asthmatic children, resident in Mexico City: The EVA Cohort Study. (Science Daily)
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Mundo Imperial, the new resort, convention & entertainment complex in Acapulco celebrated the grand opening of the Forum at Mundo Imperial with the worldwide debut of "Yanni Voices and Special Guests," November 13-16, 2008. Capacity crowds from over 20 countries attended Yanni's much-anticipated return to the stage. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
TOLUCA, Mexico - Four scuba divers died while performing maintenance in an aqueduct that supplies Mexico City, authorities reported Sunday. The Security Agency of Mexico State, which border Mexico City, said the men were experienced divers maintaining a huge underground line just west of the capital ... Mexico City relies on huge tunnels to pump clean water in and sewage out of its closed mountain valley. (MSNBC -- International)
The Main Event will pit Honorio of Mexico City against Archuleta from New Mexico. Both champion warriors have records that will mix it at the highest level, but only one will leave the ring as the IBA Jr. Lightweight Champion of the World. (PR Newswire)
A preliminary investigation found the jet s pilots didn t immediately follow instructions to slow down and appeared to be nearly one nautical mile too close behind a Boeing 767-300 on the same flight path to Mexico City s international airport, Luis Tellez announced at a news conference ... A black box recording revealed the pilots lost control seconds before the jet smashed into rush-hour traffic on Nov. 4, narrowly avoiding tall office buildings in a posh Mexico City business district. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Toluca defeated San Luis Potosi 1-0 and the Tigres of Nuevo Leon beat Morelia 2-1 on Sunday to knock one of Mexico's most popular clubs, Chivas of Guadalajara, out of contention for the Mexican Apertura playoffs. National team player Antonio Naelson Sinha gave Toluca its only goal when he outmaneuvered defenders and scored in the 32nd minute. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
The Mexican airline serves cities including Mexico City, Tijuana, Cancun, Guadalajara, Mexicali and Acapulco. Southwest has hubs in U.S. markets including Baltimore, Phoenix, Chicago and Dallas. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
For Mexico's wealthy, expenses include guards - International Herald Tribune. For Mexico's wealthy, expenses include guards. (International Herald Tribune)
Bogot, Colombia; and Mexico City - As a "citizen of the world," Munir Rodriguez says he was thrilled to see Barack Obama win the US presidency. But as a consultant for Colombia's fresh-cut-flower industry, which has been counting on the approval of a free-trade deal between the two counties, the election outcome means uncertainty for the future of his clients. (Christian Science Monitor)
The Blue Devils claimed a 3-2 victory at Maryland in October on a day when the Terps were playing shorthanded, as three Terps were representing the United States at the Junior Pan-American Games in Mexico City. Maryland and Duke will play for a berth in the Final Four at 2 p.m. Sunday. (Umterps.com)
Steroid use by female sprinters was not prevalent in the 1964 Tokyo Games, where Szewinska won a gold medal in the 4x100 relay, or the 1968 Mexico City Games, where she set a world record in winning the 200-meter dash. But by the 1972 Olympics in Munich, the ethical code in women's athletics had broken down. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Published: November 17, 2008. hops into his Ferrari, presses his Ferragamo loafer to the floor and fills the night air with a deep roar, his bodyguards hustle into a black sport utility vehicle with their weapons at the ready, tailing their fast-moving boss through the streets. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Also Sunday, a federal judge in Mexico City ordered 21 municipal and state police officers detained in Tijuana last month to remain in custody for 40 more days. The Baja California attorney general's office confirmed that 19 municipal and two state officers would stay in Mexico City under custody of the federal organized-crime unit SIEDO.. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- The Lear jet that crashed on landing last week in Mexico City, killing all aboard, including Mexico's interior minister, may have been felled by the turbulence from a large passenger jet it was following too closely, the nation's transportation secretary said Friday, citing results of a preliminary investigation. The scene of the plane crash in Mexico City was one of panic and confusion, witnesses said ... The flight controller in Mexico City recognized that the... (CNN -- International)
2A small jet crashed in Mexico City and sent the country into a tizzy. Why. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
The first two were detained Monday and are among the 20 municipal officers being held for questioning in Mexico City by the federal organized-crime unit, known as SIEDO. Many of the detainees in that group held top positions. At least two who were detained at the border had crossing cards, Mack said, but their names were on a list provided by the Mexican military. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
MEXICO CITY - The turbulent wake of a large passenger plane likely caused the fatal crash of a government jet carrying Mexicos second-most powerful official, the transportation secretary said Friday ... A preliminary investigation found the jets pilots didnt immediately follow instructions to slow down and appeared to be nearly one nautical mile too close behind a Boeing 767-300 on the same flight path to Mexico Citys international airport, Luis Tellez announced at a news conference... (MSNBC -- International)
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