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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 ...

  • Family of B.C. man missing in Mexico fear for his safety

    The family of a B.C. man who has gone missing in Mexico says it is terrified for the safety of the 22-year-old.Diego Hernandez, 22, and his American business partner Craig Silva, were last seen in Puerto Vallarta on May 8, according to family and local media reports.Mr. Hernandez had moved to the country less than two years ago and had worked as a martial arts instructor. Mr. Hernandez's ...

  • Mexico Man Sets Mount Everest Record

    The north face of Mount Everest (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia) David Liao, a Mexican mountain climber, reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time at 4.30am yesterday. In doing so, the 33-year-old became the first person in history to scale both the northern and southern sides of the world's tallest mountain during one climbing season. Liao reached the peak of Mount Everest ...

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  • Mexicos peso firms sharply after Fed official comments

    MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) - Mexico's peso firmed sharply on Monday, bouncing back from a more than three-week low, after a U.S. central bank official suggested the Federal Reserve has the appropriate level of monetary accommodation in place. ...

  • Credit Suisse turns more optimistic on Brazil IPOs this year

    By Guillermo Parra-Bernal, Alusio Alves and Natalia Gmez SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian companies could raise between $12 billion and $15 billion from initial public offerings this year, a sign that foreign investors are gradually returning ...

  • San Diego-Tijuana To Have Binational Youth Orchestra

    San Diego Young Artists Symphony (soon to be the Mainly Mozart Youth Orchestra) are coming together to form a binational orchestra. Organizers say it's the first such effort between the U.S. and Mexico. The music directors of the Tijuana and San Diego youth orchestras will begin meeting next month to map out their vision for the project. Rehearsals and performances will be held in San ...

  • More Americans murdered in Mexico than any other country in the world

    More Americans have been murdered in Mexico than in any other part of the world in the past decade. According to an Agence France Press analysis of U.S. State Department figures, at least 648 American citizens were murdered in Mexico between October 2002 and December 2012. This represents more than 40 percent of the almost 1,600 American victims worldwide over the same period. Three of the top ...

  • Canadian and American believed kidnapped in Mexico report

    Mexican media are reporting that a Canadian and an American have gone missing from the resort city of Puerto Vallarta.The online newspaper Noticias PV says Diego Hernandez, a Canadian martial arts instructor, and his friend Craig Silva vanished on May 8.The paper says Puerto Vallarta's director of public safety, Silvestre Chavez, didn't learn of the men's disappearance until five ...

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