Posted on December 8, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
Mercury News, 12/8/2008
A new border crossing will be built between San Diego and Baja California, Mexico—the first crossing there in more than a decade.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Monday that construction is scheduled to start in 2012 and the new entry will open in 2014.
Read more…
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Posted on December 8, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
New York Times, 12/8/2008
Killings linked to Mexico’s drug war have more than doubled this year compared with 2007 and are likely to grow even further before they begin to fall, Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora said Monday. The prosecutor tied the sharp increase in deaths to a battle for control among cartels and a power vacuum [...]
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Posted on December 8, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
International Herald Tribune, 12/8/2008
Mexico says the U.S. crackdown and economic crisis so far aren’t convincing large numbers of migrants to return home. Last month, the Mexican government said the number of people trying to sneak into the U.S. illegally has dropped 42 percent over the last two years.
Many have assumed that more and more Mexicans [...]
Filed under: Migration and Migrants | Tagged: Economic downturn, Immigrants, Immigration, Immigration policy, Mexico, Migrants, Return home | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 8, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
New York Times, 12/8/2008
If Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona is confirmed as homeland security secretary, she will leave behind a state in full Republican control, with immigration zealots embedded in both houses of the Legislature, and not enough moderates to go around.
That is the down side of President-elect Barack Obama’s decision to bring Ms. Napolitano [...]
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Posted on December 8, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
Milenio, 12/8/2008
The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) will ask citizens on television for forgiveness for its internal conflict, having extended for more than eight months.
This week the PRD will begin transmitting four TV spots. The first two will refer to the results achieved by the energy reform. In another, different party leaders will appear [...]
Filed under: Energy and Natural Resources, Media and Society, Politics and Elections | Tagged: 2009 Elections, Alejandro Encinas, AMLO, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Carlos Navarrete, Dolores Padierna, Energy Reform, Graco Ramirez, Guadalupe Acosta, Horacio Duarte, Hortensia Aragon, Jesus Ortega, Left, Martha Dalia Gastelum, Mexican Politics, Mexico, Partido de la Revolucion Democratica, PRD, Spots, TV | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 8, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
La Crónica de Hoy, 12/8/2008
The President of the National Action Party (PAN) Commission on Elections, José Espina, rejected the possibility that his party would create electoral alliances for 2009.
“We do not need to worry about being a political party in the shadows of other parties. As a political party, we will continue to be independent [...]
Filed under: Politics and Elections | Tagged: 2009 Elections, Jose Espina, Mexican Politics, Mexico, PAN, Partido Accion Nacional, Partido de la Revolucion Institucional, PRI | Leave a Comment »
