Provides the latest RSS feeds for Mexico City News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Mexico News.net http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/cat/968d25eaf1a5e264/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 06:35:26 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:35:26 -0400 30 Economic activity associated with tourism grew 4 percent in 2012 compared with the year before, Mexico's INEGI statistics service said. Spending by foreign and domestic tourists increased by 4.7 percent last year. In the fourth quarter of 2012, tourism activity topped the same period in 2011 by 4 percent, INEGI said Monday. By segments, spending by domestic tourists rose 4.8 percent, while ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214654509/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:20:01 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214654509/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Coffee lovers probably won't hear much about la roya in the United States, but this fungal disease is decimating thousands of coffee farms across Mexico and Central America.Pete Rogers isn't the average American coffee lover. He travels to Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and other exotic locales to find and purchase green coffee beans for his family's company, Rogers ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214655883/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:57 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214655883/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 A Navajo reservation near Gallup, N.M., had a 20 percent increase in HIV diagnoses in 2012 from 2011, a doctor says. Dr. Jonathan Iralu, an infectious disease specialist who runs an HIV clinic in Gallup, said he compiled the report for the federal Indian Health Service because he used to treat a small number of Navajo men with human immunodeficiency virus each year. However, the 47 new cases ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214655914/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:37:23 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214655914/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 MEXICO CITY — The owners of the 18 Mexican first-division soccer clubs voted Monday to bar one person or one company from owning more than one team. The vote was an apparent move to stop tycoon Carlos Slim from expanding his growing influence in Mexican soccer. Mexico's largest broadcasters, Televisa and TV Azteca, have in the past owned multiple first-division teams but the issue ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214654183/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:54:31 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214654183/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mexico's attempt to solve the country's housing shortage by constructing millions of new homes far from city centers has crippled the ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214654408/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:45:29 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214654408/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday presented a five-year plan, aimed at combating violence and improving administration."Mexico has the historic opportunity to launch a national transformation," Pena Nieto said at an event to announce the plan, adding that for the first time, the government has devised a development plan that includes the periodic evaluation of its ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214653246/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:53:24 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214653246/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Manchester United forward Javier "El Chicharito" Hernandez, Mallorca midfielder Giovani Dos Santos and Valencia midfielder Andres Guardado highlight the Mexican national team roster that has been called in for the match against Nigeria on May 31 at Reliant Stadium. As promised, coach Jose Manuel "Chepo" De La Torre will use Mexico's A squad in preparation for three World ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214652626/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:37:20 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214652626/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) - Mexico's state electricity company CFE announced on Monday the purchase of nine shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for delivery through 2014 from British oil firm BP ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214650670/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:26:06 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214650670/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 US civil rights activist Malcolm X (1925-1965) speaks during a rally in Washington, circa 1963. Malcolm X was later assassinated. Malcolm Shabazz, his grandson, was killed Thursday, May 9, in ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214650341/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:11:07 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214650341/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 RedMas, the digital advertising arm of the Cisneros Group, has opened offices in Chile and Mexico, the company announced Monday.The new offices are part of a $2 million expansion plan that soon will have RedMas offices in Brazil and Colombia. The offices join a network of subsidiaries that include offices in Argentina, Peru and Venezuela, along with the Miami office in the United States. The ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214649152/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:21 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214649152/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks slumped to a six-month low on Monday, hurt by weaker than expected growth data last week that dampened the economic outlook for 2013, while Brazilian stocks rose. Mexican stocks have slumped about 11 percent from a record high hit in January, while Brazil has mounted a more than 5 percent recovery from a 9-month low it hit in late April. * The IPC ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214649159/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:12:26 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214649159/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 A man carries two statues of the folk saint Santa Muerte, or Death Saint, in Mexico City in 2009. Photo: Dario Lopez-Mills, Associated ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214644382/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:06:53 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214644382/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Jason Hennessey will be a featured keynote speaker at the 5th International INVEST Domaining & Internet Marketing Conference in Mexico City. EverSpark is an Atlanta-based search engine optimization ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214644383/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:06:51 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214644383/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 The family of a B.C. man who has gone missing in Mexico says it is terrified for the safety of the 22-year-old.Diego Hernandez, 22, and his American business partner Craig Silva, were last seen in Puerto Vallarta on May 8, according to family and local media reports.Mr. Hernandez had moved to the country less than two years ago and had worked as a martial arts instructor. Mr. Hernandez's ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214642802/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:22:25 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214642802/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 The north face of Mount Everest (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia) David Liao, a Mexican mountain climber, reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time at 4.30am yesterday. In doing so, the 33-year-old became the first person in history to scale both the northern and southern sides of the world's tallest mountain during one climbing season. Liao reached the peak of Mount Everest ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214642810/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:10:11 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214642810/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 More Americans have been murdered in Mexico than in any other part of the world in the past decade. According to an Agence France Press analysis of U.S. State Department figures, at least 648 American citizens were murdered in Mexico between October 2002 and December 2012. This represents more than 40 percent of the almost 1,600 American victims worldwide over the same period. Three of the top ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214641303/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:44 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214641303/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Having backed coach Jose Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre, struggling Mexico need to show improvement in next month's make-or-break World Cup qualifiers or they risk missing out on the 2014 finals in ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214640715/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:52:05 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214640715/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mexican media are reporting that a Canadian and an American have gone missing from the resort city of Puerto Vallarta.The online newspaper Noticias PV says Diego Hernandez, a Canadian martial arts instructor, and his friend Craig Silva vanished on May 8.The paper says Puerto Vallarta's director of public safety, Silvestre Chavez, didn't learn of the men's disappearance until five ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214638929/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:59:13 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214638929/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mexican media are reporting that a Canadian and an American have gone missing from the resort city of Puerto Vallarta.The online newspaper Noticias PV says Diego Hernandez, a Canadian martial arts instructor, and his friend Craig Silva vanished on May 8.The paper says Puerto Vallarta's director of public safety, Silvestre Chavez, didn't learn of the men's disappearance until five ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637532/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:36 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637532/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico -- Mexican media are reporting that a Canadian and an American have gone missing from the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. The online newspaper Noticias PV says Diego Hernandez, a Canadian martial arts instructor, and his friend Craig Silva vanished on May 8. The paper says Puerto Vallarta's director of public safety, Silvestre Chavez, didn't learn of the ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637544/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:41:51 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637544/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Former State Insurance Superintendent Chris Krahling has been named to a panel that will select New Mexico’s top insurance regulator. A nine-member committee will select the next superintendent of insurance, who starting in July will be in charge of an independent office regulating insurance rates and policies. The committee meets Tuesday in Albuquerque, and is accepting applications for ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637249/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:15:28 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637249/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 MEXICO CITY | Mon May 20, 2013 11:41am EDT MEXICO CITY May 20 (Reuters) - Mexico's third-largest homebuilder, Urbi Desarrollos, on Monday said it will not meet a $6.4 million interest payment due since last month. The company had previously sought a 30-day grace period to make the payment on its 2016 bonds, but that expired on May 19. Urbi, which is already facing lawsuits for missed ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637556/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:41:10 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637556/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon May 20, 2013 11:40am EDT (Corrects attribution of quote in 8th paragraph to President Enrique Pena Nieto Mexican, not Guillermo Ortiz) By Tomas Sarmiento and Krista Hughes MEXICO CITY May 20 (Reuters) - Mexico's banking reform will take two or three years to have an impact on credit and access to financial services, said the chairman of Mexico's largest locally-owned bank, Grupo ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637555/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:40:21 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637555/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Ice Industries recently began shipping to a major new business furniture customer from its newly expanded Monterrey/Apodaca, Mexico production facility. As a market leader, the customer's efficiency goals were best achieved by outsourcing ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214636356/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:28:07 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214636356/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 METRO VANCOUVER -- The family of a Coquitlam man who went missing in Mexico is desperately seeking information about what they now believe is a ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634608/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:27:29 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634608/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Supporters say the change could help Mexico compete with Central America for US retirees seeking spots in the sun. But could it hurt Mexican access to prime real ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634621/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:08:03 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634621/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 MEXICO CITY -- Mexico City rivals Cruz Azul and America will meet in the final of Mexico's first division Clausura tournament after victories in weekend semifinals.Javier Orozco scored twice in the opening 25 minutes as Cruz Azul defeated Santos 2-1 on Sunday for a 5-1 aggregate victory, while America's 2-1 win over Monterrey on Saturday gave them a 4-3 aggregate win.America would equal ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214633732/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:21:49 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214633732/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Bieniek shared the story of Amelia, a woman from Mexico who moved to California expecting a house on the ocean and palm trees. In reality, the Desert Palms apartment complex where her brother lives isn’t as nice as it sounded.Amelia sleeps on a couch in the dumpy, windowless apartment and finds a job as a maid, which she doesn’t like at first. But she works hard and gets promoted to a ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214631509/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:24:11 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214631509/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mexico City, May 20 : Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto inaugurated a 1.6-billion-peso (USD130-million) expansion of a Nestle instant coffee factory in the central city of ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214629877/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:41:34 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214629877/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Santa Teresa's industrial park is booming because of trade with Mexico, particularly serving the maquila industry. Construction of the $400 million Union Pacific railroad intermodal facility is seen under way earlier this month. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214630190/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:27:52 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214630190/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 GDP growth in Mexico in the first quarter came out above our expectations, but still registered a 2.2% YoY growth rate, the lowest since 2009. Meanwhile, in Colombia, March manufacturing and retail numbers produced a mixed picture, although we expect a decisive recovery in April. Today all eyes will be on 1Q13 growth in Chile, expected to show a slowdown in domestic ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214629882/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:22:27 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214629882/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 ), where its habitat has been greatly reduced. Don’t let this bear’s cute and cuddly appearance fool you, as pandas have been known to attack people, out of sheer ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214628958/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:32:26 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214628958/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mexican President Felipe Calderon (L) and his Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom arrive at a joint press conference at the official residence Los Pinos, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on July 27, 2011. (Xinhua/David de la ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214627345/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:16:28 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214627345/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 MEXICO CITY – Arturo Sandoval, 25, a homeowner in one of Mexico’s low-income developments outside the capital, commutes two hours each way to his job at a Mexico City soap factory.In the Parque San Mateo community where Sandoval bought his home from builder Desarrolladora Homex for about $29,000, neighbors play soccer in the street between rows of abandoned properties.His commute starts ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214626508/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:43:08 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214626508/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mexico's most active volcano Popocatepetl Sunday registered 24 low-intensity eruptions and glowing rocks were seen on the rim of the crater, official sources said. The National Disaster Prevention Center (Cenapred) said on its website that the volcano, located to the south of Mexico City, caused a series of strong tremors starting from 2:37 am local time (0837 GMT) until almost 7 am (1300 ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214625498/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:59:09 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214625498/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 The Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City is still rumbling. Mexico's National Disaster Prevention Center says seismic activity shook the area early on Sunday. And the 5,450-meter mountain also emitted gas, ash and glowing-hot rocks.The snow-capped volcano has been erupting periodically since 1994 and eruptions began strengthening about two weeks ago.Mexican authorities raised the alert ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214624633/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:56:57 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214624633/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Jones Day said it added two new partners, Alejandro Chico and Antonio Gonzalez, to its Mexico City office, marking the fifth new hire for the office this year and bringing the total number of lawyers there to 37. Chico will join the firm's Banking & Finance practice, moving from Bufete Robles Miaja, where he was a partner in that firm's capital markets practice, according to ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214624218/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:06:09 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214624218/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mexico national team head coach Jose Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre named a 23-man roster for his team's upcoming World Cup qualifiers, the Confederations Cup and an earlier friendly against Nigeria.Once ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214623552/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:14:12 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214623552/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 The Mexican government under recently empowered President Enrique Pea Nieto has gone to great lengths to promote the nation as a rising economic contender while downplaying the disastrous war on drugs -- which, to date, has led to more than 125,000 homicides in Mexico since the bloodshed began to escalated in late 2006. From the vantage point of the Mexican citizens, this public relations ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214623031/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:21:38 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214623031/scat/968d25eaf1a5e264