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Roberto Mena El Economista.com.mx Talk about inconsistency. When Felipe Calderón kicked off his administration four years ago, he sought to eliminate the Tourism Secretariat. Late last year, he declared 2011 to be the Year of Tourism, and on Monday he pompously launched something called the National Tourism Agenda. Over the years, Mexico became a veritable [...]

Bad Guys v. Bad Guys: guardian.co.uk DATABLOG: Mexico drugs war murders data mapped

guardian.co.uk DATABLOG Murders in Mexico’s drug wars have been detailed in a huge new release of crime data – see how they look. The Mexican government has released a database it says covers all murders presumed to have a link to the country’s drug wars in which at least seven different cartels are fighting each other [...]

Mexico rising – Travel Weekly

By: Arnie Weissmann August 02, 2010 I was dismayed last year when I heard that Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderon, had proposed that his country’s ministry of tourism be abolished and that tourism interests be moved within Mexico’s equivalent of our Department of Commerce. We’ve seen how that has worked here in the U.S., and the [...]

Obama attending first US-Canada-Mexico summit

By JENNIFER LOVEN Associated Press (AP) WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama visited Mexico in April, the now-global swine flu epidemic — unbeknownst to the White House — had just begun there and an Obama aide returned home sick. What could have become a diplomatic downer, however, ultimately turned into a bright spot. Obama was [...]

Mexico and Canada Tussle Over Immigration Ahead of Summit

By MARC LACEY NY Times August 9, 2009 GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Ahead of President Obama’s arrival in Mexico on Sunday night for a summit meeting of North American leaders, immigration was prompting significant behind-the-scenes debate. But it was Mexicans entering Canada, not the United States, that was the contentious issue. Too many Mexicans, the Canadian government complained, were fraudulently claiming [...]

Obama to Meet Leaders of Mexico, Canada

Summit Will Discuss ‘Buy American’ Trade Provisions By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON and DAVID LUHNOW The Wall Street Journal President Barack Obama will travel to Mexico on Sunday to attend his first summit with his Canadian and Mexican counterparts, in a meeting that the latter hope will shed light on how the U.S. plans to address trade [...]

Mexico says ‘no’ to deal with cartels

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government is vowing never to cut deals with drug traffickers after a man claiming to be the leader of a violent cartel called a television station to suggest a pact. A man who identified himself as drug cartel leader Servando “La Tuta” Gomez called a [...]

The Mexican Evolution

By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Published: March 23, 2009 NY Times Op-Ed Contributor AMERICA’S distorted views can have costly consequences, especially for us in Latin America. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s trip to Mexico this week is a good time to examine the misconception that Mexico is, or is on the point of becoming, a “failed [...]