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NEWS ABOUT: Mexico

Mexico stories: 346 news summaries

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US Beats Mexico in Gold Cup

Americans rally to make it eight straight at home against southern neighbors

Jun 25, 07 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two second-half goals, including a milestone for striker Landon Donovan, lifted the US over Mexico for its fourth straight CONCACAF Gold Cup, the soccer championship for North and Central America. Donovan's 60th-minute penalty shot gave him 34 career goals for the home team, tying Eric Wynalda's record. The teams did... More »

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Mexico • soccer • Landon Donovan • Gold Cup • Eric Wynalda • Bob Bradley • Bruce Arenas

Globalization Has a Hard Chocolate Shell

Hershey to shutter Calif. operation, cut thousands of jobs

May 31, 07 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a "global supply-chain transformation," Hershey will slash its domestic workforce and build a plant in Mexico. The chocolate giant projects savings of tens of millions of dollars a year, but the numbers don't mean much in Oakdale, Calif., where 575 employees will be our of their jobs... More »

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Mexico • globalization • outsourcing • Hershey • labor • employment • Milton Hershey

Mexico Deploys Soldiers to Fight Drug War

Law-enforcement gaps, budget woes give traffickers upper hand

May 17, 07 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - In its battle against drug traffickers, the Mexican army fights not just the cartels but also a lethal combination of corruption, power vacuums, and even geography. Desertion rates are high, salaries low, and the assignment difficult if not impossible. The LA Times visits Apatzingan, a drug-war hotspot whose police chief... More »

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drugs • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • Mexican army

Mexicans Stand for Art, Nudity

Thousands go au naturel for photo shoot

May 7, 07 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mob of some 20,000 Mexicans stormed the capital yesterday morning not to protest, but to show off their birthday suits. The stark-naked crowd pranced around Mexico City's historic plaza as part of a giant photo shoot orchestrated by New York–based photographer Spencer Tunick, a well-known buff of... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • art • Spencer Tunick • nudity • photography

Mexico City Legalizes Abortion

City leaders defy bitter opposition
from government and church

Apr 25, 07 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico City has passed a law legalizing first-trimester abortions and offering them virtually free. The move by the city's predominantly leftist leadership was bitterly opposed by the Catholic Church and Mexico's conservative government, CNN reports. More »

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abortion • Latin America • Catholic Church • Mexico City • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • rape • pro life • pro choice

Mexican Drug Wars Fought
in Cyberspace

Gangs use Web to recruit, plan, and intimidate rivals; cops are clueless

Apr 9, 07 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are making themselves at home on YouTube, posting music  videos that show off the bloodied bodies of their tortured and executed competitors. The gangs have turned to the Internet to recruit members, plan attacks, and intimidate and threaten rival gangs. The result is an al-Qaeda–like virtual... More »

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Internet • YouTube • War on Drugs • drugs • law • law enforcement • Mexico • organized crime • Mexican drug war • drug cartel

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