Provides the latest RSS feeds for Mexico 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/4b980140662cfc90/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 07:09:17 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:09:17 -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/4b980140662cfc90 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:20:01 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214654509/scat/4b980140662cfc90 The weakness we began to see at the end of 2012 carried over into 2013, and deepened, with domestic demand joining the weakness in global economic growth. The economy posted a growth rate of only 0.8 percent in ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214656582/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:51:21 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214656582/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:57 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214655883/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:37:23 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214655914/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:54:31 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214654183/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mexican army soldiers enter the town of La Ruana, Michoacan, Mexico, Monday, May 20, 2013. Residents of western Mexico towns who endured months besieged by a drug cartel are cheering the arrival of hundreds of Mexican army troops. Hundreds of people in the state of Michoacan have taken up arms to defend their villages against drug gangs, a vigilante movement born of frustration at extortion, ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214654163/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:37:22 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214654163/scat/4b980140662cfc90 I toured several coffee-growing cooperatives in Guatemala today, and one of the surprises I encountered was the prevalence of a certain species of tree used for shade-grown coffee. It used to be in decades past that shade-grown coffee was considered better for the environment. Farmers used numerous kinds of trees to cast shade, providing some diversity. But everywhere I went today, there was ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214654274/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:33:33 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214654274/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:53:24 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214653246/scat/4b980140662cfc90 After being terminated from her job as Medley Assistant Town Clerk two weeks ago, things got better very quickly for Mary Taylor last week when a special meeting was called and she was reinstated to her old ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214652337/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:52:59 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214652337/scat/4b980140662cfc90 The frantic family of a missing B.C. man feared kidnapped in Mexico is praying for his safe return.Diego Hernandez, 22, disappeared in Puerto Vallarta on May 8 along with his American business partner, Craig Silva, 31.Three days before the pair disappeared, Hernandez, a mixed martial arts instructor, had mounted a successful, high-profile MMA event."It was a very exciting time for him," ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214652169/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:39:29 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214652169/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Guillermo ';Memo'; Mayen of Mayen Promotions has decided to leave the comfortable confines of Las Pulgas nightclub on Revolution Ave. in the heart of downtown Tijuana, Mexico, for the Tecate Box Tour tent presently being built at the parking lot of the Caliente Racetrack. Originally set for Wednesday, May 29th, Mayen along with Zanfer Promotions have pushed up the fight card for this ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214652455/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:38:36 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214652455/scat/4b980140662cfc90 WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - High-tech systems for tracking the movements of immigrants and other foreigners when leaving the United States would be installed at major U.S. airports under a plan approved by a congressional panel on ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214652456/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:15:40 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214652456/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Two Countries One Voice and its campaign against Slim in the United States of being a corporate smear campaign as opposed to a grassroots movement against the Mexican billionaire's "monopolistic practices", as the group claimed. In a complaint filed Monday with ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214650086/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:26 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214650086/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:11:07 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214650341/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:21 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214649152/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:12:26 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214649159/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mexico has the highest rate of Caesarean births in the entire Latin America. Women say they are encouraged to choose C-section births despite the risks. Some women, however, are defying the trend, and chosing a more natural form of childbirth. More recently natural birthing boot camps are becoming more popular. Al Jazeera's Rachel Levin reports from Mexico ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214644201/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:07:45 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214644201/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:10:11 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214642810/scat/4b980140662cfc90 MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) - Mexico's peso firmed sharply on Monday, bouncing back from a more than three-week low, after a U.S. central bank official suggested the Federal Reserve has the appropriate level of monetary accommodation in place. ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214642960/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:41:48 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214642960/scat/4b980140662cfc90 By Guillermo Parra-Bernal, Alusio Alves and Natalia Gmez SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian companies could raise between $12 billion and $15 billion from initial public offerings this year, a sign that foreign investors are gradually returning ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214642961/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:41:47 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214642961/scat/4b980140662cfc90 San Diego Young Artists Symphony (soon to be the Mainly Mozart Youth Orchestra) are coming together to form a binational orchestra. Organizers say it's the first such effort between the U.S. and Mexico. The music directors of the Tijuana and San Diego youth orchestras will begin meeting next month to map out their vision for the project. Rehearsals and performances will be held in San ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214641751/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:30 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214641751/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:44 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214641303/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:59:13 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214638929/scat/4b980140662cfc90 MEXICO CITY | Mon May 20, 2013 1:54pm EDT MEXICO CITY May 20 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks slumped on Monday to a six month low, hit by concerns that local stocks were too expensive after weaker than expected growth data on Friday dampened the economic outlook for 2013. The IPC stock index sank more than 2 percent to 40,934 points, a low not seen since November ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214640233/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:54:47 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214640233/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Manchester United's Javier "El Chicharito" Hernandez, Mallorca's Giovani Dos Santos and Valencia's Andres Guardado highlight the Mexican national team roster that has been called in for El Tri's match against African champion Nigeria on May 31 at Reliant Stadium. As promised, Mexican coach Jose Manuel "Chepo" De La Torre will bring El Tri's A-Squad to ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214639107/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:40:06 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214639107/scat/4b980140662cfc90 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Divisions within Mexico's main conservative opposition party have erupted into a bitter public dispute that threatens to undermine the reform agenda of President Enrique Pena ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214638495/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:04 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214638495/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:36 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637532/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:41:51 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637544/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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 ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214638238/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:28:52 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214638238/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:15:28 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637249/scat/4b980140662cfc90 By John Kemp LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Petroleum coke piled up along the banks of the Detroit River has sparked a storm of protest from local residents and environmental campaigners, who claim they are just one more problem associated with ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637697/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:10:50 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637697/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:40:21 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214637555/scat/4b980140662cfc90 (Repeats with no changes to text) By Krista Hughes and Walter Brandimarte MEXICO CITY/RIO DE JANEIRO, May 19 (Reuters) - Foreign investors flocked back to Brazil in early 2013, prompting the strongest stock market inflows in more than two ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214636116/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:07:09 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214636116/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Film stars come to Cannes to promote themselves and their projects - so where better to launch a wry documentary bemoaning the seeming dominance of celebrity pulling-power over ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214636117/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:07:08 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214636117/scat/4b980140662cfc90 By Antonio De la Jara SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Currency strength due to stimulus measures in the developed world is currently Latin America's Achilles' heel, though the region's macroeconomic management is a bright spot, the head of the United ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214636118/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:07:06 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214636118/scat/4b980140662cfc90 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tracfone Wireless, the U.S. unit of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim's phone company America Movil, has made a deal to acquire the assets of U.S. mobile virtual network operator Start Wireless Group, the company said on Monday.America Movil said in a statement that Start Wireless had around 1.4 million subscribers and offered pre-paid plans for voice, messaging and ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634604/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:45:38 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634604/scat/4b980140662cfc90 * Brazilian companies posted avg 12.3 pct drop in Q1 income * Expiration of share options leaves Bovespa volatile * Brazil Bovespa falls 0.76 pct, Mexico IPC down 0.38 pct By Danielle Assalve SAO PAULO, May 20 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks dropped on Monday as investors reevaluated their positions in local shares following a disappointing first-quarter earnings season. Mexico's IPC index ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214635623/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:42:06 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214635623/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:27:29 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634608/scat/4b980140662cfc90 George Bush Intercontinental Airport . She arrived on a United Airlines flight from Quito, Ecuador, and was then heading to Newark, N.J. Cabanillas-Torres said she was paid $4,000 to transport two suitcases with the drugs to Newark to an unidentified contact. The heroin was smuggled inside the walls of the bags. Cabanillas-Torres, who was sentenced Friday, faces possible deportation ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634752/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:26:01 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634752/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:08:03 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634621/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon May 20, 2013 9:50am EDT By Martinne Geller May 20 (Reuters) - Campbell Soup Co reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings and raised its full-year forecast on Monday as strong soup sales more than offset falling drink sales. The robust results were a sign that a turnaround plan led by Chief Executive Denise Morrison was working. The plan includes revamping Campbell's offerings with ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214635216/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:50:08 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214635216/scat/4b980140662cfc90 NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kimco Realty Corp. ( ) today announced it has closed on the sale of a nine-property Mexican shopping center portfolio to a local real estate operator for a gross sales price of 3.35 billion Mexican pesos (US$274 million), including 573 million Mexican pesos (US$47 million) of mortgage debt. Kimco held a 47.6 percent interest in this portfolio which ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214633557/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:22:55 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214633557/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon May 20, 2013 9:14am EDT * Cop-assassin action movie marks festival's halfway point * Twenty films competing for top Cannes prize on Sunday * Polanski, Soderbergh films set to premiere this week By Alexandria Sage CANNES, May 20 (Reuters) - Japanese director Takashi Miike got the final week of the Cannes film festival off to an explosive start on Monday, with big budget cop thriller ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634697/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:14:33 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634697/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon May 20, 2013 9:03am EDT May 20 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) U.S. CREL CDO late-pays remained flat in the month of April at 13.2%, according to the latest index results from Fitch Ratings. Only one new delinquency was reported in the month. This newly matured balloon B-note is secured by a full service hotel located in Los Cabos, Mexico. Further, ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634002/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:03:38 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214634002/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Oscar's Very Mexican Food at 3061 Freeport Blvd. will re-open its fully remodeled Sacramento location in June. Oscars Very Mexican Food at 3061 Freeport Blvd. will re-open its fully remodeled Sacramento location in June. The restaurant closed its Sacramento location in November as it did a complete renovation of the small stand into a restaurant. During the renovation, the kitchen crew has ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214632010/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:45:09 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214632010/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:41:34 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214629877/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:22:27 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214629882/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Singapore's quarterly corporate results season shows that earnings downgrades are coming from most of the externally exposed sectors, CIMB said, and cut its ratings on commodities and transport sectors back to 'underweight', while raising ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214630530/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:08:31 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214630530/scat/4b980140662cfc90 The Rev. Saul Montiel, a U.S. - Mexico border missionary, distributes health kits at the Plaza el Bordo in Tijuana on May 7. UMNS photos by Kathleen ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214627757/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:37:14 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214627757/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Cruz Azul beat nine-man Santos Laguna 2-1 with two goals from striker Javier Orozco, setting up a Mexican Clausura championship final against ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214627756/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:37:05 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214627756/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:16:28 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214627345/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:59:09 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214625498/scat/4b980140662cfc90 The years from 1910 to 1940 were a period of revolution and war in Mexico, which left an indelible mark on the Catholic Church in El Paso. As many as 1 million Mexicans migrated to the United States during this time to escape the violence, economic dislocation, and religious persecution of the Mexican Revolution. The Mexican Constitution of 1917 outlawed parochial schools, closed all seminaries ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214625650/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:50:21 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214625650/scat/4b980140662cfc90 A high-ranking Mexican drug cartel chief has been jailed for 35 years for plotting to smuggle vast quantities of cocaine and marijuana into the United States.Aurelio Cano Flores, described by the Justice Department as a senior member of the Gulf Cartel, was convicted of conspiring to import 'multi-tonne' shipments of drugs into the US following a trial in February.The 40-year-old was ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214624707/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:59:01 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214624707/scat/4b980140662cfc90 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/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:56:57 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214624633/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Singapore shares edged slightly up, with Singapore Telecommunications rising to its highest since January 2008 and Keppel Corporation hitting a one-month high. The Straits Times Index edged up 0.1 percent to an intra-day high of 3,458.04, its ... http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214624359/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:48:47 -0400 http://www.mexiconews.net/index.php/sid/214624359/scat/4b980140662cfc90