Mexico Senate approves tougher consumer credit rules

Reuters, 12/4/2008
Mexico’s Senate passed a bill on Thursday prohibiting banks from sending clients pre-approved credit cards, extending credit limits without clients’ consent, and other practices that can get people into debt over their heads. Banks in Mexico, mostly foreign-owned, are widely seen as charging excessively high interest rates and service fees.
“In this time of world [...]

Mexico sends Cubans home under new accord

Associated Press, 12/4/2008
Mexico is sending illegal Cuban migrants home for the first time under a new immigration accord. A Mexican immigration official says authorities are preparing to send the Cubans back to the communist island after they were caught in Mexico.
Cuban immigrants trying to reach the United States have turned to Mexico in recent years [...]

Richardson joins Obama team as Commerce chief

Los Angeles Times, 12/4/2008
When Barack Obama said Wednesday that he was naming Bill Richardson as his Commerce secretary, the president-elect noted the New Mexico governor’s many achievements: his stints as a U.S. congressman, United Nations ambassador and Energy secretary. In naming the Democratic governor to the Commerce post, Obama emphasized the importance of the job [...]

Survey: 2009 elections

If the midterm elections were to take place today, the PRI would win more voters than the PAN or the PRD, according to the most recent GEA-ISA poll.
The question asks, “If you were to vote right now for your federal deputy, which political party would you vote for?”