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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 ...

  • RedMas opening offices in Chile and Mexico

    RedMas, the digital advertising arm of the Cisneros Group, has opened offices in Chile and Mexico, the company announced Monday.The new offices are part of a $2 million expansion plan that soon will have RedMas offices in Brazil and Colombia. The offices join a network of subsidiaries that include offices in Argentina, Peru and Venezuela, along with the Miami office in the United States. The ...

  • EMERGING MARKETS-Mexico stocks fall to 6-month low Brazil up

    MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks slumped to a six-month low on Monday, hurt by weaker than expected growth data last week that dampened the economic outlook for 2013, while Brazilian stocks rose. Mexican stocks have slumped about 11 percent from a record high hit in January, while Brazil has mounted a more than 5 percent recovery from a 9-month low it hit in late April. * The IPC ...

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  • Mexican women embrace natural childbirth

    Mexico has the highest rate of Caesarean births in the entire Latin America. Women say they are encouraged to choose C-section births despite the risks. Some women, however, are defying the trend, and chosing a more natural form of childbirth. More recently natural birthing boot camps are becoming more popular. Al Jazeera's Rachel Levin reports from Mexico ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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