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The answer may lie in the virus's possible origin: a giant Veracruz pig farm that raises almost a million pigs a year. According to Devlin Kuyek of GRAIN, an environmental organization, reports have been coming in for months of the appalling conditions in the Perote Valley, where the farm is located. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Wage a global war against flu, while refraining from diplomatic row May 8, 2009
Even in response to the irresponsible remarks made by Fidel Herrera, governor of Mexican State of Veracruz, saying the virus came along with the Chinese tourists, the Chinese Foreign Ministry had no intention to launch a tit-for-tat diplomatic battle against Mexico's illogical accusations of China. This is also a goodwill gesture the Chinese side has thus far made to keep in line with the time-honored China-Mexico friendship. (People's Daily Online, China)
* The Web site for tracking the next pandemic May 8, 2009
For example, with the swine flu outbreak one of our earliest reports of an unidentified respiratory illness in Veracruz, Mexico, came from a local Spanish news site. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Is Google Any Help in Tracking an Epidemic? May 8, 2009
says it picked up the first signs of H1N1 in La Gloria, in Veracruz state, Mexico, as early as April 6, when it received reports of a "strange" respiratory illness there some 18 days before the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the rest of the country, was alerted to the existence of the new virus. "How useful this surveillance is, no one knows for sure," says Dr. Douglas Owens, professor of medicine at Stanford University. (Time.com)
Mexican food, for real May 6, 2009
It s all about fish in Veracruz, the southeastern state in the Gulf of Mexico. Grasshopper tacos. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Don't Blame the Pigs May 6, 2009
The post, by James Wilson, chief scientist of , which tracks disease outbreaks, cited local media reports of increased illness in Veracruz ... Pope said that Smithfield's tests of hogs and workers at its Veracruz site have turned up no infections ... Further results "should be available in a few days." And health officials from Mexico and the United States "have also inspected our farms in Veracruz and found no evidence of H1N1 flu at all." The company continues to note that it regularly... (Slate)
Q&A : Swine flu facts and fiction May 6, 2009
This year s virus apparently jumped from a pig to a 5-year-old boy in Veracruz, Mexico, who passed it on to other humans. Q: What does H1N1 stand for. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
To Thwart the Next Swine Flu, Better Testing of Animals Needed May 5, 2009
Pigs at the Granjas Carroll de Mexico pig farm in Perote, Veracruz, Mexico. Adriana Zehbrauskas / Polaris. (Time.com)
How swine flu hopscotched the globe May 5, 2009
Mexico;s Veracruz state authorities say the boy survived the swine flu ... And then on April 27, the Veracruz governor swooped in by helicopter to La Gloria to tell Edgar's mother what medical experts already know - the kindergartner was Mexico's first confirmed case of swine flu ... It came from the Mexican state of Veracruz - a region that includes a high plain that supplies Mexico with much of its cured pork products and has many villages that are surrounded by pig-breeding farms. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Olympian flown home May 5, 2009
Mitcham and teammate Alex Croak were first evacuated to the coastal city of Veracruz but with the threat of the border being closed, the NSW Institute of Sport decided to fly them home. Source. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
As Swine Flu Eases Mexicans Ask: Was Government Lucky or Good? May 4, 2009
Still, the Mexico City daily Reforma on Sunday quoted a report from the World Health Organization, based in Geneva, Switzerland, suggesting that Mexican officials should have sent samples from flu patients including the first Mexican believed to have contracted A/H1N1, 5-year-old Edgar Hernandez of Veracruz state, and the first to die from it, Adela Maria Gutierrez, 39, of Oaxaca to labs in Canada and the U.S. sooner than April 22 ... (Until late last week, most media reports speculated that... (Time.com)
Not a Starbucks in sight! May 4, 2009
Southern Mexico is the 7th largest coffee producer in the world, with Chiapas (known for Tapachula and Huixta brands), Oaxaca (home to organically grown Pluma), and Veracruz (Altura Orizaba and Altura Huatusco) leading the pack. You can travel quickly next door to Guatemala, the 8th largest producer in the world, and visit the primo growing areas of Antigua Huehuetenango and the Sierra Madre mountains. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Mexican boy, world's first patient infected by A/H1N1 flu, recovered May 3, 2009
Four-year-old Edgar Hernandez (L) who has recovered from the A/H1N1 flu influenza recently, and his mother rest in a free dining room at his hometown in Veracruz state in Mexico May 2, 2009. Hernandez is the first patient who was infected by the A/H1N1 flu influenza in Mexico. (Xinhuanet, China)
H1N1 flu: Reconstructing a puzzling outbreak May 3, 2009
They included one from Gutierrez, the dead census worker, and 30 from La Gloria, a village in the southern state of Veracruz, where hundreds of people had developed a respiratory illness over the previous month but that federal authorities had viewed as nothing more than a bad seasonal flu. The outbreaks in Mexico had barely registered with U.S. health officials. (Honolulu Advertiser)
In outbreak, who are the victims? May 3, 2009
Five-year-old Edgar Hernandez lives in La Gloria, a mountain village in the southern state of Veracruz where the swarms of flies and stench from nearby massive hog farms have become part of daily life. The angelic kindergartner shares neatly kept one-story, three-room house with his parents field laborer and sometime bricklayer Edgar Sr. and Maria, a homemaker and his 3-year-old brother, Jonathan Francisco. (MSNBC -- Health)
Polk Readies As Flu Scare Nears May 3, 2009
Mexican newspapers are reporting that a U.S.-owned hog farm in Veracruz is where the illness was first incubated and spread to humans. The paper, la Jornada, claims the virus can be traced to Granjas Carroll, a Veracruz hog farm operated by U.S. food giant Smithfield Foods. (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)
Living With Swine Flu: Mexico City Under the Cloud May 2, 2009
In rural states and Oaxaca and Veracruz, where Mexico's first swine-flu cases are believed to have emerged in late March and early April, access to physicians and nurses is even more threadbare. The nation's public health budget is about 3% of GDP, again about half the OECD average; and its per capita health spending of $675 is a quarter of that average. (Time.com)
Afraid for family: 'Day by day it's turning into chaos' May 2, 2009
The professional musician and dancer said he was also worried about his brother, sister and parents, who live near his children in Veracruz in southern Mexico, and who farm pigs. Mr Valdes' girlfriend's family is also in Monterrey, Mexico. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Swine flu reshapes Mexican tourism (23) May 2, 2009
When Mexico first confirmed an outbreak of acute respiratory infections in the state of Veracruz on April 12, WHO headquarters was notified automatically, spokesman Daniel Epstein said in Washington. The next day, PAHO asked Mexico for permission to alert other countries to the outbreak, which local media had blamed for three deaths, but Mexico did not reply, Epstein said. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
3 E.C. schools closed over flu May 2, 2009 Mexico shuts nonessential services amid swine flu May 1, 2009 Flu talk: Lots of rumors, no cases in area May 1, 2009 First Mexico flu deathignited desperate hunt May 1, 2009 Swine flu outbreak ruins area colleges’ study abroad plans May 1, 2009 - 3 E.C. schools closed over flu (8) May 1, 2009 Google mines online searches to map flu in Mexico Apr 30, 2009 On guard against illness Apr 30, 2009 WHO: Global Flu Pandemic Imminent Apr 30, 2009 Will you avoid Mexico as tourist? Apr 30, 2009 U.S. flu spreads to 10 states Apr 30, 2009 Meet the boy believed to be 'patient zero' Apr 30, 2009 Have Doctors Found Swine "Patient Zero?" Apr 30, 2009 * Boy may be key to understanding flu outbreak Apr 30, 2009 Who was the patient zero? Just check out this farm Apr 30, 2009 WHO raises global alert level on swine flu (43) Apr 30, 2009 Swine flu takes toll on U.S. pork industry Apr 29, 2009 New limits on Mexico crowds; flu crosses frontiers Apr 29, 2009 Swine Flu Fear Catching Fast in Weak World Economy Apr 29, 2009 Mexico's Mystery: Why Is Swine Flu Deadlier There? Apr 29, 2009 * Mexico faces heat over flu response Apr 29, 2009 All Mexico weekend football will be without fans Apr 29, 2009 Flu crosses new borders Apr 29, 2009 Little boy at the center of a viral storm Apr 29, 2009 Australia orders diving champ to leave Mexico Apr 29, 2009 Swine Flu's Ground Zero? Residents Say Nearby Farm Apr 29, 2009 A timeline of events in the swine flu outbreak Apr 29, 2009 13 cases of swine flu confirmed in Canada Apr 29, 2009 To Panic or Not To Panic Apr 29, 2009 Patient zero? Mom of first confirmed case talks Apr 29, 2009 Israel, N.Zealand latest countries hit by swine flu Apr 28, 2009 Developments on swine flu worldwide Apr 28, 2009 Global Concern Over Possible Pandemic Surges Apr 28, 2009 Lax Mexican Response May Have Worsened Epidemic Apr 28, 2009 Some Mexican ill say docs turned them away Apr 28, 2009 WHO raises pandemic alert level Apr 28, 2009 Swine flu death toll rises Apr 28, 2009 Some Mexican ill say doctors turned them away Apr 28, 2009 Mexico: Swine flu deaths now at 149 Apr 28, 2009 Europeans Urged To Avoid U.S., Mexico Apr 28, 2009 Mexico criticized Apr 28, 2009 Tulsa's Brugues and Diaz-Barriga Named to the C-USA All-Aca... Apr 16, 2009 Obama goes big for 1st official Mexico trip Apr 15, 2009 Regional news: Crocodile kills swimmer in Australia Apr 14, 2009 Clean Water Expert Monitors Farm Runoff In Gulf Apr 11, 2009 AP Executive Morning Briefing Apr 10, 2009 Deported man, wife work for his return Apr 5, 2009 Mexico announces 'super-max' prisons Apr 1, 2009 Kayaking in a little discovered part of Mexico's Baja California Mar 28, 2009 Mexico becomes viable option for energy needs Mar 27, 2009 Haute tamale: Chefs look beyond burritos Mar 27, 2009 Manning the stoves Mar 23, 2009 Xtreme Coil Crosses Another Border in 2008 Mar 17, 2009 And He No Longer Speaks Up In Meetings Mar 4, 2009 Tenaris May Cut 2009 Spending by 50% to $600 Million on Lower Steel Prices Feb 27, 2009 Gonzalez, Galarraga land in opportunity Feb 27, 2009 Rancheras Superstar Paquita la del Barrio Coming to Spotlight 29 Casino Feb 26, 2009 * Mexican protest demands army pullout, blocks roads Feb 19, 2009 Mexico says US firm can't explore shipwreck Feb 19, 2009 Marchers block US border to protest army presence Feb 19, 2009 Mexican Protesters Demand Troops Leave Border Feb 18, 2009 Tasty meals at neighborhood gems Feb 17, 2009 Mexican mayor aims to add spark to flagging sex lives Feb 13, 2009 - Serie del Caribe: Did it pay off for Valley? 0 Feb 8, 2009
The "zero patient" may not be that boy in Veracruz. It may be the 9 year old girl that came down with H1N1 last month, March 28, right here in Imperial County. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Mexico stabilizes May 1, 2009
By March 9, the first symptoms were showing up in the Mexican state of Veracruz, where pig farming is a key industry in mountain hamlets and where small clinics provide the only local health care. The earliest confirmed case was a 5-year-old Veracruz boy, one of hundreds of people in the town of La Gloria whose flu symptoms left them struggling to breathe. (AZCentral -- News)
China has gone on a rhetorical offensive to squash any suggestion it's the source of the swine flu after some Mexican officials were quoted in media reports in the past week saying the virus came from Asia and the governor of Mexico's Veracruz state was quoted as saying the virus specifically came from China ... By March 9, the first symptoms were showing up in the Mexican state of Veracruz, where pig farming is a key industry in mountain hamlets and where small clinics provide the only local... (Globe and Mail -- International)
The outbreak has been tracked to a village in Veracruz, Mexico, the CDC and the World Health Organization said. The majority of cases have been in Mexico, primarily in states in the interior, but others have been reported worldwide: At least 40 in the U.S., six in Canada and one in Spain. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
That woman had a bad cough, her family said, and was from Veracruz, the state where Mexico's earliest case of swine flu was confirmed. About 450 people had been diagnosed in the Veracruz town of La Gloria with acute respiratory infections, but only 35 were tested for the new virus. (MSNBC -- International)
Four UW-L students now are in Mexico on a University of Veracruz program. The school is closed and students all are safe and healthy, taking proper precautions and staying inside their host families homes, said Kouba. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Erik wrote on May 1, 2009 12:50 AM:" Marcus, here's a real jaw-dropper for you:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124113696409275445.html?mod=googlenews_wsjThe "zero patient" may not be that boy in Veracruz. It may be the 9 year old girl that came down with H1N1 last month, March 28, right here in Imperial County!And the mystery of the Eurasian genetic footprint of the virus - I can't help thinking about all the GIs around here coming and going to the ME and Central Asia. ". marcusjayshapiro wrote... (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Google's new Mexico Flu Trends map indicated "moderate" levels of flu activity in about a half dozen spots including Oaxaca, Veracruz, Tamaulipas and Jalisco. Google Flu Trends estimates of flu activity in the United States continued on Wednesday to be rated "low" but the engineers said they are vigilantly "keeping an eye on the data to look for any spike in activity.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Mexican health officials report three separate events began in March, but the Associated Press reported Wednesday that a boy from the Mexican state of Veracruz developed swine flu in February. How does it spread. (Erie Times-News, PA)
By March 9, the first symptoms were showing up in the Mexican state of Veracruz, where pig farming is a key industry in mountain hamlets and where small clinics provide the only health care ... Neighbors of the inspector, Maria Adela Gutierrez, said Wednesday that she fell ill after pairing up with a temporary worker from Veracruz who seemed to have a very bad cold ... Monica Gonzalez said her husband, Alejandro, already had a bad cough when he returned to Mexico City from Veracruz two weeks ago... (Click2Houston, TX)
Look a little farther out and states such as Guanajauto, Veracruz, and Gurrerro (home of Acapulco) have few, if any, cases ... Cancun and Veracruz are wonderful destinations. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Veratect says it posted a report to clients on April 6 describing an unusual number of respiratory illnesses in the Mexican state of Veracruz, then sent an e-mail on April 16 to the CDC pointing to an outbreak of atypical pneumonia in Oaxaca state, after officials there issued an alert. A key clue came in Mexican media reports on April 6 indicating a Veracruz community called La Gloria now considered a swine flu hot spot was starting to point fingers. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
His family lives in the 3,000-population village of La Gloria in the state of Veracruz, where a flu outbreak was reported on April 2 ... Lab tests confirmed that Edgar was the only patient in Veracruz to test positive for the swine flu virus; the others had contracted a common flu. (CNN)
Veracruz, Mexico Boy May Be The First Case; Pigs in Vicinity ... Edgar Hernandez, 4, right, survived swine flu, according to Mexico's Veracruz state Governor Miguel Herrera ... (CBS) "Patient zero" - the first person to contract swine flu - may be a four-year-old boy in a small, rural town in the Mexican state of Veracruz. (CBS News)
For the final couple of kilometers, the tarmac turns to gravel as the road begins to wind a little on its way into the village in the southern Mexican state of Veracruz ... Four-year-old Edgar Hernandez, who according to Veracruz state Governor Miguel Herrera recovered from the swine flu, poses at his home in La Gloria village in Mexico on Monday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Edgar Hernandez at his home in La Gloria, in Mexico s state of Veracruz, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 ... Edgar Hernandez, left, gets a close inspection from his brother Jonathan, at their home in La Gloria, in Mexico s state of Veracruz, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 ... No one told Hernandez that her son had become Mexico s earliest confirmed case of swine flu until the Veracruz governor helicoptered in on Monday. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
He said tests show a 4-year-old boy contracted the virus before April 2 in Veracruz state, where a community has been protesting pollution from a large pig farm ... Mexico s Agriculture Department said Monday that its inspectors found no sign of swine flu among pigs around the farm in Veracruz, and that no infected pigs have been found yet anywhere in Mexico. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Virginia-based Smithfield, which operates two pork plants in Sioux City and one each in Denison and Sioux Center, Iowa, owns 50 percent of a swine farm in the Mexican state of Veracruz, which has been linked to the start of the flu outbreak. But Mexico's Agriculture Department said its inspectors found no sign of swine flu around the farm, or infected pigs anywhere in Mexico. (Sioux City Journal)
Cordova said a sample taken from a 4-year-old boy in Mexico s Veracruz state in early April tested positive for swine flu ... April 2: A 4-year-old boy contracted the virus before this date in Veracruz state, Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova later said citing test results ... A community in Veracruz has been protesting pollution from a large pig farm. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Pigs are seen on a farm run by Granjas Carroll de Mexico on the outskirts of Xicaltepec in Mexico's Veracruz state, Monday, April 27, 2009. Mexico's Agriculture Department said Monday that its inspectors found no sign of swine flu among pigs around the farm in Veracruz, and that no infected pigs have been found yet anywhere in Mexico. (ABC News -- Wire)
Epidemiologists appear to be homing in on a possible ground zero in the Mexican Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, in a town called Perote, which is home to a large pig farm owned by the U.S. company Smithfield Foods. Flu-like cases began popping up there in early April, before the first confirmed case in Mexico on April 13. (Time.com)
Cordova confirmed on Monday that a four-year-old boy who was part of an outbreak in eastern Veracruz state that began in February had swine flu. He later recovered. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
The move involves games in Torreon, Minatitlan, Saltillo, Veracruz, Quintana Roo, Yucatan and Nuevo Laredo. Volleyball's world governing body said it was considering moving, postponing or canceling the women's junior world championship set for Tijuana from July 16-25. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Pigs are seen on a farm run by Granjas Carroll de Mexico on the outskirts of Xicaltepec in Mexico's Veracruz state, Monday, April 27, 2009. Mexico's Agriculture (Alexandre Meneghini / AP). (Albany Times Union)
Five-year-old Edgar Hernandez left, who was the first confirmed swine flu case in Mexico,is seenwith his relatives at his home in La Gloria village, Veracruz state, Mexico, on Monday ... Although authorities have not determined that swine flu started in La Gloria, a village of about 2,500 people in the state of Veracruz, dgar, who got sick in late March, is the earliest confirmed case of the virus in Mexico. (MSNBC -- Race)
Mitcham and his Australian teammate Alexandra Croak competed at a World Diving Series meet in Mexico City last weekend and then returned to training camp at the coastal town of Veracruz. Mitcham, who has been in Mexico for more than two weeks, told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio on Wednesday he had concerns about being on a long-haul flight in confined conditions with people possibly infected with the flu. (MSNBC -- Sports)
As far back as late March, roughly one-sixth of the residents here in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz began complaining of respiratory infections that they say can be traced to a farm that lies upwind five miles (8 ... 00002988 Mexican Agriculture Department officials said Monday that its inspectors found no sign of swine flu among pigs around the farm in Veracruz, and that no infected pigs have been found yet anywhere in Mexico ... Dr. Alejandro Escobar Mesa, deputy director for the control... (CBS News -- World)
April 2: A 4-year-old boy contracted the virus before this date in Veracruz state, Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova later said citing test results. A community in Veracruz has been protesting pollution from a large pig farm ... April 6: Local health officials declare a health alert due to a respiratory disease outbreak in the Mexican town of La Gloria in Veracruz state. (Honolulu Advertiser)
As far back as late March, roughly one-sixth of the residents in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz began complaining of respiratory infections that they say can be traced to a farm that lies upwind 8. 5 kilometres to the north, in the town of Xaltepec. (Globe and Mail)
People who live close to the animals are particularly susceptibleindeed, Mexican authorities said the earliest known case involved a who lived near a pig farm in Veracruz. Mexico now looks like what "we might expect for an outbreak of a major human-to-human pandemic in its earliest stages." But experience has also shown that attempts to prevent an outbreak from spreading can actually make matters worse. (Slate)
No one told Hernandez that her son had become Mexico's earliest confirmed case of swine flu until the Veracruz governor helicoptered in on Monday ... Hernandez said doctors came from Jalapa, the state capital, and Veracruz city to see Edgar in the weeks after he was tested ... Mexican Agriculture Department inspectors found no sign of swine flu among pigs around the farm in Veracruz, and say that no infected pigs have been found yet anywhere in Mexico. (MSNBC -- International)
Mexican media have speculated the flu may have originated at a pig farm in the southeastern state of Veracruz. But Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said the first case that alerted authorities to a possible rogue flu strain was in the southern state of Oaxaca. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Locations in Mexico: 17 states, including Mexico City, Mexico State, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Baja California and San Luis Potosi. Some, including Oaxaca, Mexico City and Baja California, have tourist areas but authorities have not said where in these states the outbreaks occurred. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
He said tests show a 4-year-old boy contracted the virus before April 2 in Veracruz state, where a community has been protesting pollution from a large pig farm ... Mexico's Agriculture Department said Monday that its inspectors found no sign of swine flu among pigs around the farm in Veracruz, and that no infected pigs have been found yet anywhere in Mexico. (Click2Houston, TX)
Cordova confirmed Monday that a 4-year-old boy who was part of an outbreak in eastern Veracruz state that began in February had swine flu. He later recovered. (Newsmax)
Locations in Mexico: 17 states, including Mexico City, Mexico State, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Baja California and San Luis Potosi ... Cordova confirmed Monday that a 4-year-old boy who was part of an outbreak in eastern Veracruz state that began in February had swine flu. (MSNBC -- Race)
Locations in Mexico: 17 states, including Mexico City, Mexico State, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Baja California and San Luis Potosi ... He said tests show a 4-year-old boy contracted the virus before April 2 in Veracruz state, where a community has been protesting pollution from a large pig farm. (MSNBC -- Race)
Cordova said a sample taken from a 4-year-old boy in Mexico's Veracruz state in early April tested positive for swine flu. However, it is not known when the boy, who later recovered, became infected. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Locations in Mexico: 17 states, including Mexico City, Mexico State, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Baja California and San Luis Potosi ... Cordova confirmed Monday that a 4-year-old boy who was part of an outbreak in eastern Veracruz state that began in February had swine flu. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
The first death was April 13 in the southern state of Oaxaca, but Cordova said Monday that a 4-year-old boy in the east coast state of Veracruz appeared to have caught the virus as early as April 2. The boy recovered. (USA Today -- News)
some theories pit the epicenter of the outbreak at an american owned company whose massive farm in mexico by the name of Smithfiield foods in the state of Veracruz. is at fault. (CBS News)
The first death was April 13 in the southern state of Oaxaca, but Cordova said Monday that a 4-year-old boy in the east coast state of Veracruz appeared to have caught the virus as early as April 2. The boy recovered, he said. (AZCentral -- News)
The Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico native sits in second place on the school's all-time career doubles wins list with 86 career wins and in fourth place on the all-time career singles wins list with 81 career victories. Diaz-Barriga owns a 22-11 singles record this season, marking the third straight season that she has won 20 or more singles matches. (Tulsahurricane.com)
Not far away is a monument commemorating the 1914 U.S. invasion of Veracruz. There's even a National Museum of the Interventions, which chronicles the invasions, political meddling and assorted humiliations that Mexico has suffered at the hands of the United States and other countries. (AZCentral -- News)
Bill Deutsch said colleagues in Veracruz, Mexico, are partners in the three-year effort to monitor water flowing into the Gulf. Crocodile kills swimmer in Australia DARWIN, Australia Police found the remains of a 20-year-old man who was taken by a 14-foot (4-meter) crocodile when he went for a nighttime swim in a river in northern Australia, an officer said Saturday. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Bill Deutsch said colleagues in Veracruz, Mexico, are partners in the three-year effort to monitor water flowing into the Gulf ... Deutsch said his project will also help livestock producers in Alabama and in Veracruz develop management practices to limit Gulf pollution. (KWTX.com, TX)
Bill Deutsch said colleagues in Veracruz, Mexico, are partners in the three-year effort to monitor water flowing into the Gulf. . (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Eduardo Vielma and his two friends made a 12-hour bus journey to Veracruz, on Mexico's eastern coast, to meet a man named Miguel. He was a "coyote," or human smuggler, whom Mr. Vielma's aunt had paid several thousand dollars. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
In Mexico City, the federal Public Safety Department announced the opening of a "super-maximum" security prison to hold Mexico's most dangerous criminals in Veracruz state. Another prison will be built in Sinaloa state featuring a special section for kidnappers. (FOX 11, AZ)
Boats were hauled up, tents erected and the group was soon devouring a dinner of fish Veracruz on rice, washed down with tequila sunrise. Then Prichard gave us the bad news. (Globe and Mail)
Veracruz Gov. Fidel Herrera Beltran calls his state the energy state of Mexico. Like Motta, Beltran has also been busy drumming up interest in Mexico. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
"It feels like coming back to my hometown," says Guzman, who was born and raised in a small village in Veracruz. Despite Nopalito's focus on traditional Mexican foods, chef-owner Jossel still likes taquerias. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Over the years, cooking for one another, the men have had a Passover Seder with matzo ball soup and gefilte fish terrine; a Danish smorrebrod; French coq au vin; a summer barbecue with baby back ribs, beans and cornbread; and a Mexico City-themed dinner with duck mole verde and snapper Veracruz style. The men say they rarely experiment on one another, preferring to rehearse each dish beforehand. (San Francisco Chronicle)
During 2008 3Q, Xtreme Coil established offices in Houston, Texas and near Poza Rica, in the state of Veracruz, Mexico ... The Corporation has established a corporate office in Houston, Texas, United States and has field offices in Casper and Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States, and near Poza Rica in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
(03-03) 13:12 PST VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) ... The man used a needle and thread to put five stitches through his lips in front of the water company headquarters in the eastern city of Veracruz ... Mexican worker sews his lips to demand promotion Articles (03-03) 13:12 PST VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) -- A Mexican state water company worker has sewn his lips together to draw attention to his five-year fight to get a promotion. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Tenaris will delay plans to expand production of steel products at a steelmaking plant in Veracruz, Mexico, Rocca said ... 6 billion to increase pipe output at a plant in Veracruz, he said. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
He made his way to Veracruz and spent two seasons playing for the Peloteros de Minatitlan in the Mexican Summer League. He eventually became a citizen of the country. (MLB.com -- Oakland Athletics)
Born in Alto Lucero, Veracruz, Mexico, Paquita has developed a fervent fan base who pack her concerts and sing along joyfully to songs they love by the singer they adore. Paquita started her career in Mexico City in the early 1970s, and ever since has been popularizing songs that take a stance against Mexico's sexist male culture, perhaps most notably "Rata De Dos Patas," which translates as "two-legged rat." She often playfully teases her male audience members with her signature phrase "Me... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Demonstrators blocked city hall and a main avenue in the northern industrial city of Monterrey and roads in the Gulf state of Veracruz. It was the largest display of discontent against the armys role in an anti-drug crackdown since Mexican President Felipe Calderon began deploying soldiers across the country two years ago to fight cartels. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
The Our Lady of Juncal set sail from the Gulf coast port of Veracruz on Oct. 14, 1631, as part of a 19-ship fleet bearing what the Institute described only as "a valuable shipment of the goods obtained by the king's ministers to feed the Spanish empire." Most of the fleet never made it. Galleons returning to Spain in that era commonly carried large amounts of silver and lesser amounts of gold from mines in Mexico, Peru and elsewhere. (FOX 11, AZ)
Demonstrators blocked city hall and a main avenue in the northern industrial city of Monterrey and roads in the Gulf state of Veracruz ... Associated Press writers E. Eduardo Castillo in Mexico City, Jorge Vargas in Nuevo Laredo, Marina Montemayor in Ciudad Juarez, Miguel Angel Hernandez in Veracruz and Christopher Sherman in Reynosa contributed to this report. (FOX 11, AZ)
Similar protests broke out on bridges in the border cities of Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa, while demonstrators blocked roads in the northern industrial city of Monterrey and the Gulf state of Veracruz ... Protesters also blocked two highways in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and one road outside the state capital, Jalapa. (Newsmax)
Outstanding main dishes include ropa vieja, rockfish Veracruz, pollo Cubano and a first-rate paella. Everything's even better when washed down with homemade sangria. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
One of Ebrard's long-shot rivals for the presidency, Fidel Herrera, 59, the governor of Veracruz State from the Institutional Revolutionary Party, dismissed the Viagra handouts as ridiculous. "What's the point of encouraging old people to have sex?" he asked in a recent interview. (International Herald Tribune)
I just had people in here from Cancun, Veracruz, Tabasco, Culic;n, they came in from all over Mexico here, he said. Without the exclusive right to sell Serie del Caribe merchandise in the Valley, though, he said the impact would have been minimal. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
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