Provides the latest RSS feeds for Mexico News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Mexico Star.com http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/cat/4b980140662cfc90/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 05:37:59 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:37:59 -0400 30 MEXICO CITY--When Malcolm X’s grandson was beaten to death in a seedy Mexico City bar last week his name joined the hundreds of US citizens who have been murdered in this country in recent years. Excluding terror attacks and US soldiers killed in action, Mexico has seen more homicides of Americans than any other part of the world in the past decade, according to an AFP analysis of US State ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214599026/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:10:37 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214599026/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Beijing, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Jose Antonio Meade, will start Sunday a two-day official visit to China, said the Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei. Meade meets an invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Those nations last year celebrated four decades of the establishment of diplomatic relations, which rose to strategic partnership in 2003. ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214596269/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:09:48 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214596269/scat/4b980140662cfc90 MEXICO CITY - Mexico's government says it will create a special investigative unit to search for the missing, heeding a request by relatives of the disappeared who have been on a hunger strike for nine days. Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam made the announcement Friday after meeting with a group of parents who have been on a hunger strike and living in tents outside his office. Murillo ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214594831/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:29:08 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214594831/scat/4b980140662cfc90 MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- The Mexican contender for top honors at this year's Cannes Film festival is a brutal depiction of the country's poverty and the gangland carnage it's helped spawn. The initial signs have been good: Director Amat Escalante's latest film "Heli" received a 15-minute ovation when it was shown in ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214593052/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:31:19 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214593052/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos (L) receives a document from Jose Miguel Insulza, General Secretary of the Organization for the American States (OAS), during a meeting at presidential palace in Bogota May 17, ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214593020/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:13:40 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214593020/scat/4b980140662cfc90 By Dave Graham and Lizbeth Diaz, Reuters MEXICO CITY -- A gas tanker truck exploded on a highway north of Mexico City early on Tuesday, killing at least 19 people and injuring 36 others as a fireball tore through cars and homes.Pablo Bedolla, mayor of the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec, said 19 people died in the blast that engulfed early morning ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214593076/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:05:03 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214593076/scat/4b980140662cfc90 MEXICO CITY - Barely a quarter-century ago, Mexico’s all-powerful presidents could run any of the nation’s 31 governors out of office at will. Then the pendulum began to swing. In the last decade, the power of governors grew to such levels that they became known by the moniker “little viceroys.” Now the pendulum is swinging again, with Mexican President Enrique Pena ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214591610/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:25:04 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214591610/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Reuters © The Yahoo logo is shown at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California April 16, 2013. The company will release its quarterly results on Tuesday. REUTERS/Robert ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214590706/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:22:19 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214590706/scat/4b980140662cfc90 MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mexico cut its 2013 growth forecast on Friday after the economy expanded less than expected in the first quarter due to slumping industrial production and near stagnant exports.Latin America's second biggest economy after Brazil is now expected to grow by 3.1 percent this year instead of 3.5 percent, the finance ministry said.The forecast was revised after Mexico posted ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214590728/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:48:35 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214590728/scat/4b980140662cfc90 By Alice Baghdjian ZUG, Switzerland, May 17 (Reuters) - Transocean Ltd said shareholders voted out Chairman Michael Talbert at the annual meeting on Friday and backed a nominee of activist investor Carl Icahn to replace him on the board of ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214591361/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:40:19 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214591361/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Ratings agency Standard & Poor's affirmed India's sovereign rating at "BBB-minus" with a "negative" outlook, reiterating there was a one-in-three chance of a ratings downgrade over the next 12 months, a statement said on ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214590869/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:39:21 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214590869/scat/4b980140662cfc90 - I appreciate a CEO who answers his own phone. Robert Willis, CEO of San Marco Resources (TSX-V: SMN), is one of that kind. I spoke with him for the first time Friday to get an update on San Marco's Angeles project in Sonora State, northern Mexico. It's drilling virgin gold-polymetallic territory at Angeles according to Willis. Hence the interest here. Angeles is a project on ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214589493/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:04:13 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214589493/scat/4b980140662cfc90 MEXICO CITY | Fri May 17, 2013 3:29pm EDT MEXICO CITY May 17 (Reuters) - Mexican homebuilder Geo said on Friday the Mexican branch of Canadian lender Bank of Nova Scotia has begun legal proceedings to seek payments it is owed. Geo, which is struggling with weak home sales, said the payments to Scotiabank were worth less than 0.5 percent of the debt the company is trying to restructure, ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214590688/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:29:00 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214590688/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mexico's economy grew 0.8 percent in the first quarter compared to a year earlier, lower than the government forecast amid a drop in industrial activity, official figures showed Friday. The government had predicted a rise of 1.0 percent in the first three months of the year compared to the first quarter of 2012. Latin America's second biggest economy after Brazil also posted growth of ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214588515/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:36:48 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214588515/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Image credit: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images Bill Gates has regained his title as richest man in the world after five years out of the top spot, beating Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. The net worth of Gates, founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, hit a five-year high on Thursday at $72.7 billion, topping that of Slim, 73, according to Bloomberg Billionaires ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214588041/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:25:08 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214588041/scat/4b980140662cfc90 * GDP growth 0.45 pct in Q1 vs Q4 2012, beating forecast * Annual growth slows to 0.8 pct, weakest since 2009 * Economists looking for interest rate cut later By Krista Hughes and Alexandra Alper MEXICO CITY, May 17 (Reuters) ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214588308/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:14:58 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214588308/scat/4b980140662cfc90 LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Sugar refineries are expected to slow down activity after a drop in the whites-over-raws premium due to increased supplies of white sugar to the international market. Refineries had responded to a surge in the ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214588309/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:14:55 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214588309/scat/4b980140662cfc90 * ECB signals it intends to keep monetary policy loose * US consumer confidence highest in almost six years * Brazil Bovespa gains 0.43 pct, Mexico IPC adds 0.48 pct By Asher Levine and Danielle Assalve SAO PAULO, May 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks rose on Friday after a pledge from the European Central Bank to support economic growth through loose monetary policy boosted shares of commodities ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214588149/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:33 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214588149/scat/4b980140662cfc90 LAS CRUCES, N.M. -; A 50-year-old man goes on trial Monday in Las Cruces in the 2010 killings of a New Mexico couple and their business partner from ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214586713/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:42:55 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214586713/scat/4b980140662cfc90 The indigenous people of Mexico are being shown in a different light, held within a black-and-white landscape, unable to speak but having so much to say. They are the people of photographer Alejandra Platt's exhibit that is currently visiting the Yuma Art Center, 254 S. Main St. In her exhibit called "En el Nombre de Dios," Platt sets out to give voice through visuals to ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214586715/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:36:00 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214586715/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Blog del Narco , a chronicle of Mexico’s drug-related violence, has reportedly fled the country after receiving a telephone call telling her to run for her ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214586716/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:33:08 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214586716/scat/4b980140662cfc90 New corruption probe for Italy's Silvio Berlusconi MILAN - The nightclub dancer at the centre of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s "bunga bunga" sex trial told a court on Friday that guests at the media tycoon’s parties dressed as nuns, nurses and U.S. President Barack Obama. Karima El Mahroug, better known by her stage name "Ruby the ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214586140/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:13 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214586140/scat/4b980140662cfc90 NEW YORK, May 17 (IFR) - Homex may join the growing ranks of Mexican homebuilders trying to restructure their debt, in the latest bit of bad news for a stumbling sector that has inflicted severe losses on ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214587384/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:13:36 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214587384/scat/4b980140662cfc90 The Superior Court of Justice for the Federal District in Mexico agreed to overturn awards against Yahoo and Yahoo Mexico after Yahoo ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214586670/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:10:21 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214586670/scat/4b980140662cfc90 By Michael O'Boyle MEXICO CITY, May 16 (Reuters) - Spain's Telefonica (TEF.MC) expects Mexico's new government to quickly implement new regulations designed to challenge billionaire Carlos Slim's dominance in the local ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214585254/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:36:23 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214585254/scat/4b980140662cfc90 A Mexican appellate court has thrown out a $2.75 billion ruling against Yahoo Inc. and Yahoo Mexico, Reuters reports. The ruling late last year was reported to equal as much as 40 percent of Yahoo's 2012 cash balance. The case involves two Mexican companies that allege Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) breached a contract related to an online yellow pages ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214583379/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:29:33 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214583379/scat/4b980140662cfc90 (The writer is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his own) By Chris Taylor NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - In the financial world, arbitrage is a trading strategy that earns profit by exploiting price differences between markets. By ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214583593/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:17:30 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214583593/scat/4b980140662cfc90 By Paul Kilby Fri May 17, 2013 10:15am EDT NEW YORK, May 17 (IFR) - By raising a combined US$14.25bn in one day, Brazil's Petrobras and Indonesia's Pertamina underscored the enormous bid for emerging market credits. The two oil trades generated nearly US$60bn in demand between them, endorsing the asset class's place in a global credit market that was once the sole domain of G7 ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214584158/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:15:15 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214584158/scat/4b980140662cfc90 LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Hear the word museum and odds are you conjure up an image of portrait halls and sculpture gardens - the traditional home of traditional art. However, the world is a huge, creative and even quirky place. So to satisfy those offbeat tastes online travel adviser Cheapflights.com (www.cheapflights.com) has come up with its Top 10 quirky museums. Reuters has not endorsed ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214581537/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:57:23 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214581537/scat/4b980140662cfc90 (Repeats to reach more customers) By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS, May 16 (Reuters) - The deadline for claims against BP Plc in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims said ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214580843/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:50:40 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214580843/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mexican mega-mogul Carlos Slim just lost the world's richest man title to Bill Gates. Will President Enrique Pea Nieto's reform agenda whittle down other ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214579602/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:15:11 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214579602/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mexico is too dependent on oil and environmental degradation has accounted for a drop in gross domestic production, the OECD said. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said overhauling the country's energy sector is a top priority for his administration. Reforms under consideration include letting national oil companies partner with their foreign counterparts to open the country to new ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214579615/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:47:52 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214579615/scat/4b980140662cfc90 MEXICO CITY, May 16 (Reuters) - Mexico state oil monopoly Pemex said on Thursday it has found "clear indications" of light crude at its ultra-deepwater Maximino well. The 9,515-foot well makes the third such find in the Perdido Fold Belt, located ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214579759/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:42:34 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214579759/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena will visit China from May 19 to 20, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced at a regular press conference Friday in Beijing.According to Hong, the visit paid by Kuribrena, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Relations, is at the invitation of the Chinese Foreign ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214578816/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:06:43 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214578816/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Albuquerque police officers search for a suspect who apparently kidnapped a five year old near Near Indian School Wednesday afternoon, May 15, 2013. The mother of the kidnapped victim chased the kidnapper to Southeast Albuquerque where she struck his car near the corner of Kathryn and Ortiz. The man had pushed the girl out of the car shortly after grabbing her. The girl was not injured. (AP ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214577774/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:49:26 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214577774/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Mexico City - A Mexican general took over all police and military operations in a chaotic western state on Thursday in a test run of President Enrique Pena Nieto's new security strategy to tame raging drug ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214577776/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:46:00 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214577776/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri May 17, 2013 4:14am EDT By John Kemp LONDON May 16 (Reuters) - Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques could boost U.S. domestic oil production by 4 million barrels per day for 50 years, while storing all the emissions from 93 large coal-fired power plants, at a price of just $85 per barrel, according to an estimate published by the U.S. Department of Energy. By injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214577969/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:14:37 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214577969/scat/4b980140662cfc90 The following Spanish stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Friday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy: BANKS The Bank of Spain reports the March's non-performing loans ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214575986/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:10:46 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214575986/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Unlike the small, clandestine labs we see in Oklahoma, Mexican meth is made in super labs, where they don't produce grams or pounds, but tons of ... http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214573561/scat/4b980140662cfc90 Thu, 16 May 2013 23:24:25 -0400 http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/sid/214573561/scat/4b980140662cfc90