Posted on December 10, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
El Norte, 12/10/2008
It has not officially been recognized as recession, but data released yesterday show an unprecedented drop of 205,000 jobs in Mexico, inflation of 6.23% and a nearly 20% drop in auto sales.
Data from the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) show that, in just the month of November, 205,698 members of the Institute were [...]
Filed under: Economic Integration | Tagged: Auto, Banco de Mexico, Banxico, Car, Economy, Employment, IMSS, Inflation, Jobs, Mexican economy, Mexico, Recession | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 10, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
Los Angles Times, 12/10/2008
Despite recent improvements, Latino and black students continue to lag behind whites and Asians in becoming academically eligible to enter California’s two public university systems, according to a state report released Tuesday.
Murray J. Haberman, the commission’s executive director, said he was pleased by the improved eligibility rates for African Americans and Latinos [...]
Filed under: Migration and Migrants | Tagged: African-American, Black, California, California Postsecondary Education Commission, California State University, College, Education, Hispanic, Immigrants, Latino, Mexico, Murray J. Haberman, University, University of California | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 10, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
The Associated Press, 12/10/08
Only three of 25 reporters who died violently in the last two years in Mexico were killed because of their work, the country’s special prosecutor for crimes against journalists said Tuesday. Octavio Orellana said most of the reporters who died were bystanders in attacks against other people, were killed in accidents or [...]
Filed under: Media and Society, Security and the Rule of Law | Tagged: Committee to Protect Journalists, Journalists, Mexico, Octavio Orellana, Security | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 10, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
Associated Press, 12/10/2008
A senior Mexico City police commander was slain in a drive-by shooting outside his home, officials said Tuesday.
Victor Hugo Moneda, who led the city’s investigative police, was killed as he was getting out of his car Monday night. No arrests have been made.
Elsewhere, in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco, soldiers detained 11 [...]
Filed under: Security and the Rule of Law | Tagged: Mexico, Mexico City, Police, Rule of Law, Security, Tabasco, Victor Hugo Moneda, War on drugs | Leave a Comment »
