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Carlos Slim firm files California complaint against detractors
SACRAMENTO -- Mexican telecom billionaire Carlos Slim is punching back at an advocacy group that's been criticizing him across the country and on the steps of the California Capitol building. Slim's Miami-based subsidiary, TracFone Wireless Inc., on...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Bill Gates, Lobbying, Career and Workplace, Carlos Slim
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Mexico: Hands-on kitchen and spa, for $300
If you look — and feel — like you need a massage and a day at the spa, Rancho La Puerta has a deal for you. The Baja resort, an hour’s drive south of San Diego, is offering Saturdays at the Ranch, a one-day visit that includes...
Tags: Personal Service, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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What to drink with a chicken in Oaxacan yellow mole? Something that takes the edge off
Recently, I was invited to a friend’s house in Patzcuaro (Michoacan), Mexico, and we spent the week madly cooking. The market there was so fantastic -- fat yellow chickens, fresh chayote, baby jicama, a rainbow of fresh and dried chiles, heaps of...
Tags: Garlic, Beef Brisket, Green Beans, Rick Bayless
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Guatemalan court action revives questions about Rios Montt's fate
MEXICO CITY— The Guatemalan high court’s decision to overturn the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt and restart his trial has revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic...
Tags: Xi Jinping, Justice and Rights, Heads of State, Genocide, Hate Crimes
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Mexico launches military push to restore order in Michoacan state
MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government poured army troops -- and high-level delegations -- into western Mexico on Tuesday in a bid to take back control of a region long besieged by a deadly drug cartel. The operation in the Pacific state of Michoacan...
Tags: Armed Forces, Eurovision Song Contest (tv program), Methamphetamine (drug), Felipe Calderon, Drug Trafficking
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Guatemala full of questions after genocide conviction annulled
MEXICO CITY — The Guatemalan high court's decision to annul the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Tuesday revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. The...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Heads of State, Genocide, Punishment, Hate Crimes
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Opposition dispute rivets Mexico, threatens reforms
MEXICO CITY -- A dramatic rupture in Mexico’s main opposition political party has aired the group’s dirty laundry and also could trip up President Enrique Peña Nieto’s ambitious agenda of reform. The political fireworks riveted Mexicans...
Tags: Elections, Felipe Calderon, Media Industry, Politics
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In a border town, a newspaper forced to be silent
LAREDO, Texas -- A recent wave of kidnappings in Nuevo Laredo was prominently featured in a recent Sunday edition of El Mañana, one of the largest and most long-standing Spanish-language newspapers on the border. But the story carried no byline, and...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Journalism, Censorship, Freedom of the Press
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Prosecutor retaliated against Fast and Furious whistle-blower
WASHINGTON — The former top federal prosecutor in Arizona retaliated against the lead whistle-blower in the Fast and Furious gun-smuggling scandal by leaking an internal report that suggested the whistle-blower once favored allowing illegal gun...Tags: Government, Operation Fast and Furious, Fox News Channel (tv network), Prosecution, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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A Carlos Fuentes boom on the anniversary of his death
The Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes is the subject of a small, literary boom on the anniversary of his death. Fuentes died one year ago, May 15, 2012, at the age of 83. This week his North American publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, released more...
Tags: Literature, Mexico City, Arts and Culture, Book, Authors
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Mexico president fires agency head over restaurant scandal
MEXICO CITY -- He’s got to be wishing that his daughter had just ordered takeout and gone home. The head of Mexico's consumer protection agency, Humberto Benitez Treviño, was fired Wednesday by President Enrique Peña Nieto, nearly three weeks...
Tags: Mexico City, Venezuela, Television Industry, Twitter, Inc.
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Mexico: St. Anthony's Chapel to celebrate 100 years
Desperate to find your great-grandmother’s wedding ring -- the one you lost while cleaning house one day? You might try asking St. Anthony, the patron saint of lost items, to help. Or take your plea one step further and visit the good friar&...
Tags: Ceremonies, Arts and Culture, Landforms, Culture, Volcanoes
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