Posted on January 7, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
La Opinión, 1/7/2009
Access to college is key for a society to move forward. It is an investment in our youth, and in our state, which provides lower cost tuition to students who attend for several years—and then graduate from—California’s high schools.
This is the basis, in broad strokes, of state law AB540, which allows undocumented students [...]
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Posted on January 7, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Jorge Castañeda, Reforma, 1/7/2009
Yesterday, Reforma circulated the results of the National Drug Threat Assessment published annually by the National Drug Intelligence Center of the U.S. Department of Justice. Although the report congratulated the Calderón government – as it did with the Fox and Zedillo administrations – for drug seizures, the price of cocaine and methamphetamines [...]
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Posted on January 7, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Los Angeles Times, 1/7/2009
Mexican media giant Grupo Televisa on Tuesday accused its longtime television partner, Univision Communications Inc., of heavy-handed tactics and financial shenanigans during the opening day of a high-stakes trial in Los Angeles. The outcome of the court case, expected to unfold over the next three weeks unless there is a surprise settlement, [...]
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Posted on January 7, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
BBC News, 1/7/2009
Masked gunmen in Mexico have fired several shots and thrown a grenade at a television station as it broadcast its main evening news bulletin. No-one was injured in the attack on the Televisa network’s station in the northern city of Monterrey. A note was left nearby, reading “Stop just reporting on us, report [...]
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Posted on January 7, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Bernd Debusmann, Reuters, 1/7/2009
What do Pakistan and Mexico have in common? They figure in the nightmares of U.S. military planners trying to peer into the future and identify the next big threats.
The two countries are mentioned in the same breath in a just-published study by the United States Joint Forces Command, whose jobs include providing [...]
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Posted on January 7, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Reforma, 1/7/2009
A variety of private and public organizations today will sign the National Agreement in Favor of Family Business and Employment. The document will be a compromise, according to the executive branch, between governors, legislators, the federal government, and the private sector on subjects from price stabilization to financial support for businesses. President Calderón will [...]
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