New York Times, 11/2/09
MEXICO CITY — Two teenage girls slurped iced coffee drinks at a sidewalk cafe the other afternoon and chatted away about boys, clothes, their weekend plans, whatever seemed to pop into their heads. They were clearly friends, but repeatedly referred to each other with a Spanish word meaning “ox” or “steer” or [...]
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BBC, 11/2/09
Arturo Chavez and US Attorney General Eric Holder are expected to discuss further co-operation in the extradition of suspected criminals to the US.
Eleven fugitives were transferred over the Mexican border on Sunday, bringing the total extradited this year to 100.
The US says this is a sign of increased co-operation between the two countries.
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El Universal, 11/2/09
The economic crisis and unemployment buried the hopes that consumer spending would revive during Dia de Muertos celebrations.
The forecasts of small businesses foresee a small 4% increase in sales compared to the same period in 2008, but the figure could be less, in terms of unemployment, as new, informal competitors joined the Día [...]
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Los Angeles Times, 11/2/09
By Gregory Rodriguez
Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, has introduced legislation that, if passed, would instruct the U.S. Census Bureau not to take into account illegal immigrants and other noncitizens in the 2010 census. I’m all for it. Furthermore, I propose that the government no longer recognize deficits in budgets, record violent [...]
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Bloomberg, 11/2/09
Mexico has a “long way to go” in its effort to strengthen the economy by reining in its budget deficit and boosting investment in the oil industry, said Tony Garza, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico.
The tax increases that President Felipe Calderon pushed through congress yesterday form part of a reform plan aimed at [...]
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BBC, 11/2/09
Arturo Chavez and US Attorney General Eric Holder are expected to discuss further co-operation in the extradition of suspected criminals to the US.
Eleven fugitives were transferred over the Mexican border on Sunday, bringing the total extradited this year to 100.
The US says this is a sign of increased co-operation between the two [...]
Filed under: Media and Society, Politics and Elections, Security and the Rule of Law | Tagged: Criminal Extradition, U.S.-Mexico Cooperation | Leave a Comment »
