Mexico City hosts chili pepper festival

Chili peppers and sauces will take centre stage at a festival being held this week in Mexico City, where the spicy plant, one of the pillars of Mexican cuisine, will be honoured, organizers said. The first Chilis, Sauces and Mortars Festival, which will be held Friday to Sunday, is being organized by the Enchilada Fair, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said. Mexico ...

Mexican Mafia Boss Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Extortion

The leader of a Mexican Mafia that operated in San Diego’s North County pleaded guilty to conspiracy and drug trafficking charges on Thursday, the office of U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy ...

Latin Americas free trade bloc lifts tariffs eyes Asian markets

* Latin America seeks integration, yet divided in terms of trade * Pacific Alliance advocates free trade, foreign investment * Tariff elimination begins in July By Eduardo Garcia BOGOTA, May 23 (Reuters) - A Latin American bloc that ...

UPDATE 1-Cannes auction of space trip with DiCaprio raises 1.2 mln euros for charity

Thu May 23, 2013 9:18pm EDT (Adds dropped word "New" to 3rd paragraph and reference to DiCaprio's film) By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES May 24 (Reuters) - A trip to space with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio raised 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million) for charity at a glitzy fundraiser at the Cannes film festival on Thursday. At the 20th annual event organized by amfAR, the Foundation for ...

Ancient cave paintings found in northeastern Mexico

A detail from a copy of the more than 17,000 year old Swimming Stags Frieze from the famed cave paintings of Lascaux is seen during a media preview on March 19, 2013 in Chicago. (Mira Oberman/AFP/Getty ...