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  • Mexico reforms knock Slim off worlds richest perch

    Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim held the title of the world's richest man for the past three years until a new president rolled into town with a vast economic reform agenda. Enrique Pena Nieto's push to overhaul the telecoms industry, a sector dominated by Slim, has weighed down on stock prices of the billionaire's America Movil phone empire, analysts say. Three weeks after Congress ...

  • Friendly Culture Fair in Mexico with 86 Nations

    Mexico, May 26 (Prensa Latina) With the participation of 86 countries and the European Union as an organization attend the Fifth Friendly Culture Fair shows in Paseo de la Reforma, in Mexico City, the cultural richness and attractive of different regions. The Lions Gate in Chapultepec Forest was this Sautrday the venue of the inaguration ceremony, conceived by the Government of the Federal ...

  • On the crime beat in Mexico danger lies in knowing too much

    ACAPULCO, Mexico -- — It is a sultry morning in this crime-ridden resort, and little movement occurs at the main police headquarters. Francisco Robles, a freelance news photographer, glances down at an incoming text message on his phone. “Four dead. Let’s go,” he says, heading for the door as the words trail from his mouth. Chasing after is Carlos Alberto Carbajal, a ...

  • Few convictions for Mexico’s special prosecutor for crimes against journalists

    The special prosecutor for such cases says Mexican law gives her office only the “most feeble” tools to prosecute crimes against ...

  • Life in the slow lane at Mexico beach town of Troncones

    Planning a return trip to my favorite beach in the world, I was almost as apprehensive as I was excited. The last time I visited Troncones - a town of some 600 people pushed up against the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains on the Pacific coast of Mexico - was five years earlier. At the time, we’d been living in San Miguel de Allende, and we occasionally drove down with our two sons and two ...

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Machete

Machete

In a strange case of faux sleaze-art imitating faux sleaze-art imitating real sleaze-art, Machete unwittingly proves one of the fundamental truisms of exploitation cinema: The trailer is always better. As most know, Robert Rodriguezs new Mexploitation action epic is based on a fake movie ... ...

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  • Lost in time at Mexican beach town of Zipolite

    "You’re going to like it here in Zipolite," Daniel Weiner, the owner of Brisa Marina hotel, said with a wry smile as he handed me the keys to my quarters. "You’re not going to want to leave in five days." A few lazy days later, I began to realize why so many guests rent their rooms by the month. Whether it’s the laid-back vibe or the tranquil setting, ...

  • In Mexico fears for democracy as threatened journalists curtail coverage

    Rogelio Elizondo’s son went to buy a used car in Nuevo Laredo two years ago. He never came back. In much of Mexico, Elizondo’s tragedy would remain the anguish of a solitary family in a country where the problem of ‘disappeared’ people is worse than anyplace else in the Western Hemisphere. But a slightly more positive story is unfolding. Elizondo joined with scores of ...

  • Grandson of Malcolm X killed in Mexico

    US civil rights activist Malcolm X (1925-1965) speaks during a rally in Washington, circa 1963. Malcolm X was later assassinated. Malcolm Shabazz, his grandson, was killed Thursday, May 9, in ...

  • Cambodian Documentary Wins Cannes Prize for Innovative Cinema

    CANNES -- A documentary using small clay figurines to tell the story of how Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's family perished under the Khmer Rouge regime won the top prize in the second most important competition at ...

  • Tijuana River mouth clean as long as it doesn’t rain

    While the organization gave the majority of San Diego County high grades for beach quality, during wet weather the Tijuana River mouth was given a grade of ...

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