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  • Mexican twice summits Everest in one climbing season

    Mexican David Liao Gonzalez Sunday became the first climber to double summit on Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, in the same season, the climb's organizers said. Liao Gonzalez reached the top of the world via both the north and south sides of Everest, Asian Trekking said. The 33-year-old Liao Gonzalez reached the summit of Everest Sunday via the Tibetan north side after climbing to ...

  • Mexico aims to boost trade with Brazil

    Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Jose Antonio Meade visited his Brazilian counterpart, Antonio Patriota, with whom he agreed to promote a series of business meetings to boost bilateral trade. Meade told a press conference that, on the topic of trade, "right now that is Mexico's goal", but that at present there is no intention to negotiate free-trade agreements with Brazil. "There's a mutual ...

  • Nestle invests $130 mn in Mexico plant

    Mexican President Enrique Pea Nieto inaugurated a 1.6-billion-peso ($130-million) expansion of a Nestle instant coffee factory in the central city of Toluca. The project has boosted the plant's productive capacity by 30 percent, making it the world's biggest facility of its kind, Nestle Mexico CEO Marcelo Melchior said during Friday's ceremony. The factory, which covers a 14-hectare area, will ...

  • GDP growth in 1Q13 tops expectations in Mexico

    GDP growth in Mexico in the first quarter came out above our expectations, but still registered a 2.2% YoY growth rate, the lowest since 2009. Meanwhile, in Colombia, March manufacturing and retail numbers produced a mixed picture, although we expect a decisive recovery in April. Today all eyes will be on 1Q13 growth in Chile, expected to show a slowdown in domestic ...

  • STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Go with the flow dont fight the market - CIMB

    Singapore's quarterly corporate results season shows that earnings downgrades are coming from most of the externally exposed sectors, CIMB said, and cut its ratings on commodities and transport sectors back to 'underweight', while raising ...

Movie Review

The Italian Job [DVD]

The Italian Job [DVD]

The best heist movies are never about the heist itself, but rather about the motivations behind it. The usual motivation is the last big score, an aging criminals final, brazen attempt to pull off one final job before retiring or going legit. Sometimes, the criminal has been brought out of retirementhaving gone legit years ago, he is brought back into the fray because he owes someone a favor or b ... ...

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  • Tijuana Where the world’s migrants wait

    The Rev. Saul Montiel, a U.S. - Mexico border missionary, distributes health kits at the Plaza el Bordo in Tijuana on May 7. UMNS photos by Kathleen ...

  • Concacaf Football - Cruz Azul to meet America in Mexican final

    Cruz Azul beat nine-man Santos Laguna 2-1 with two goals from striker Javier Orozco, setting up a Mexican Clausura championship final against ...

  • Mexico Guatemala collaborate to strengthen border security

    Mexican President Felipe Calderon (L) and his Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom arrive at a joint press conference at the official residence Los Pinos, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on July 27, 2011. (Xinhua/David de la ...

  • Mexicos most active volcano continues to emit smoke rocks

    Mexico's most active volcano Popocatepetl Sunday registered 24 low-intensity eruptions and glowing rocks were seen on the rim of the crater, official sources said. The National Disaster Prevention Center (Cenapred) said on its website that the volcano, located to the south of Mexico City, caused a series of strong tremors starting from 2:37 am local time (0837 GMT) until almost 7 am (1300 ...

  • Mexican revolution left mark on El Paso diocese

    The years from 1910 to 1940 were a period of revolution and war in Mexico, which left an indelible mark on the Catholic Church in El Paso. As many as 1 million Mexicans migrated to the United States during this time to escape the violence, economic dislocation, and religious persecution of the Mexican Revolution. The Mexican Constitution of 1917 outlawed parochial schools, closed all ...

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