Polemic US director criticizes Mexican president over drug war
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- Published on Friday, 22 June 2012 11:56
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Controversial U.S. filmmaker Oliver Stone condemned President Felipe Calderon while presenting his new movie about the Mexican drug war in Los Angeles last Friday.
Mexican director wins at Cannes
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- Published on Friday, 22 June 2012 11:54
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas was named best director at last month’s Cannes Film Festival for his personal, surrealist movie, “Post Tenebras Lux.”
Social networking impacts Mexican election
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- Published on Friday, 08 June 2012 10:35
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Websites such as Twitter and Facebook have already had an impact on Mexico’s first presidential election in the age of the social network.
Feature film of Colosio assassination hits screens
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- Published on Friday, 22 June 2012 11:51
- Written by Duncan Tucker
A new film chronicling the 1994 assassination of an Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) presidential candidate hit 450 cinemas across Mexico last week.
Huicholes unimpressed by government deal
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- Published on Friday, 01 June 2012 11:15
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The indigenous people of the Sierra Madre rejected a government pledge to return land from a Canadian mining company.
Presidential frontrunner snubs student debate
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- Published on Friday, 22 June 2012 11:27
- Written by Duncan Tucker
With just over a week to go before the July 1 elections, three of Mexico’s four presidential candidates took part in a debate organized by the #YoSoy132 student movement on Tuesday night.
Presidential frontrunner sees lead slip
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- Published on Friday, 01 June 2012 10:50
- Written by Michael Forbes
An opinion poll released May 31 by the Reforma newspaper chain shows leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador just four percentage points behind frontrunner Enrique Peña Nieto.
Calderon tells G20 that the future is green
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- Published on Friday, 22 June 2012 11:22
- Written by Duncan Tucker
“The eyes of the world are on us,” President Felipe Calderon announced at the opening of the G20 summit in Los Cabos this week. “As leaders of G20, we have a great responsibility.”
Mexico brags of job gains at G20 meeting
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- Published on Friday, 25 May 2012 12:03
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Employment and quality job creation were the focus of last week's G-20 Labor and Employment Ministerial Meeting.
World leaders to discuss Euro crisis in Los Cabos
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- Published on Friday, 15 June 2012 11:43
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The European economic crisis is expected to dominate the agenda when Mexico hosts the G20 summit in Los Cabos, Baja California next week.
Students rally against Peña Nieto, Televisa
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- Published on Friday, 25 May 2012 11:44
- Written by Duncan Tucker
A string of marches and demonstrations unfolded across Guadalajara and much of Mexico this week, with thousands of young people taking to the streets and finding their voices ahead of the July 1 elections.
Amnesty International slams government over human rights abuses
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- Published on Friday, 15 June 2012 11:41
- Written by Duncan Tucker
President Felipe Calderon has much work to do during his final six months in office if he wants to leave Mexico with a more favorable human rights record, following strong criticism from Amnesty International (AI) in its annual country-by-country report.
Bus passengers fight back, kill assailant
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- Published on Friday, 25 May 2012 11:21
- Written by Duncan Tucker
An attempted robbery on an inter-city bus in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila went horribly wrong early Thursday morning, when the passengers fought back and killed one of the assailants.
Slim calls for 3-day working week
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- Published on Friday, 15 June 2012 11:05
- Written by GR Staff
The world’s wealthiest man Carlos Slim suggested this week that people should work just three days a week but not retire until the age of 70.
Peso slips as economy shows encouraging signs
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- Published on Friday, 25 May 2012 11:12
- Written by GR Staff
The peso closed at a six-month low Thursday as the euro-zone debt crisis, combined with lackluster U.S. economic forecasts, continued to hit currencies in emerging economies across the globe.
U.S. Embassy issues security warning
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- Published on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 16:40
- Written by GR Staff
The U.S. Embassy issued a security warning to U.S. citizens traveling and residing in Mexico on Tuesday, following arrests made north of the border earlier in the day.
McCartney’s free show takes on political edge
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- Published on Friday, 18 May 2012 14:35
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Five days after his well received performance in Guadalajara’s Omnilife Stadium, Sir Paul McCartney staged an enormous free concert in the Zocalo in Mexico City.
Presidential debate stirs emotions in Guadalajara
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- Published on Monday, 11 June 2012 16:11
- Written by Duncan Tucker
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aving recently slipped into third place in the polls, Josefina Vazquez Mota of the ruling National Action Party (PAN) came out swinging in Mexico’s second presidential debate at the Expo Guadalajara on Sunday.
Buyer steps in to rescue troubled airline
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- Published on Friday, 18 May 2012 14:31
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Mexicana Airlines is finally on its way back to the skies. After months of negotiations, Med Atlantic has bought the bankrupt airliner, which suspended all flights in August 2011.
Tourism up
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- Published on Friday, 08 June 2012 10:48
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The Ministry of Tourism revealed this week that 4,098,750 tourists visited Mexico from January to April this year, 5.3 percent more than in the same period in 2011.
Pledges, pledges, and more pledges
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- Published on Friday, 18 May 2012 13:54
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Since the start of their campaigns, presidential candidates Enrique Peña Nieto (PRI), Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (PRD) and Josefina Vazquez Mota (PAN) have all in one form or another vowed to eradicate poverty and corruption, create jobs, clean the environment, improve education and health and make the country safer. So what new promises did they make this week?
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