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Vatican Mexicos folk Death Saint is blasphemous
A man carries two statues of the folk saint Santa Muerte, or Death Saint, in Mexico City in 2009. Photo: Dario Lopez-Mills, Associated ...
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EverSpark CEO to be Keynote Speaker at 5th International INVEST Domaining Internet Marketing Conference in Mexico City
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 ...
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Mexico Man Sets Mount Everest Record
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 ...
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More Americans murdered in Mexico than any other country in the world
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 ...
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South American Football - Mexico prepare to try and avoid World Cup humiliation
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 ...
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Canadian and American believed kidnapped in Mexico report
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 ...
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Canadian missing for nearly two weeks in Mexico
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 ...
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Panel Solicits Applicants For New Mexico Insurance Regulator
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 ...
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Mexico stocks fall to 6-month low growth worries weigh
MEXICO CITY | Mon May 20, 2013 11:44am EDT MEXICO CITY May 20 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks fell to a six month low on Monday, hurt by concerns about slower than expected growth in Latin America's second biggest economy. The IPC stock index slumped 1.24 percent to trade at 41,286 points, its lowest since ...
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Mexicos Urbi defaults on interest payment
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 ...
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CORRECTED-REUTERS SUMMIT-Mexico will see bank reform impact in 2-3 years Banortes Ortiz
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 ...
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Ice Industries Mexico Begins Shipments to Major New Customer
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 ...
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Want to retire on the beach Mexico talks of liberalizing land sales
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 ...
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Cruz Azul America to meet in Clausura final
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 ...
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Mexico has more to it than drugs and immigration
As Mexico’s image suffers damage abroad due to increasing levels of violence related to the drug crack-down by government, it may be helpful for Mexicans to remember that there is more to their country than drugs and immigration problems with the US. Some facts may be surprising and even shocking, especially to foreigners.
Mexico has been in the news frequently of late as the government carries out a crack-down on drug cartels and organized crime, the country’s murder rate is up, journalists have been killed for investigative reporting on drug gangs and our image internationally has generally been diminished by the tunnel vision of international news providers. Read more
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