Mexico no longer in recession, says president
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Mexican economy grew 2.7 percent in the third quarter and has therefore climbed out of its worst recession in decades, President Felipe Calderon has said.
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Dutch Queen Beatrix visits Mexico
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
President Felipe Calderon on Tuesday welcomed Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands to Mexico at the start of the Dutch royal's five-day visit to the country. Calderon welcomed the queen at a ceremony in Mexico's National Palace, where he will host a dinner in her honor. The queen arrived just before midday for a trip that will include meetings with Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, according to a schedule...
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Buffett, Burlington and the North American Union (BRK.A; BNI)
Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Well it looks like my conspiracy buff buddies are right. The new currency will be called the Amero, the North American Carbon Market will happen and the Illuminati win again. Damn you Queen Elizabeth (II). From John Mugarian's Dynamic Growth: Why Warren Buffett is buying Burlington Northern (BNI) Let us examine a few reasons why the world's greatest investor is buying Burlington Northern (BNI). Does...
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Mexican, Guatemalan presidents inaugurate cross-border power project
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom inaugurated across-border power project in the Guatemalan border state Retalhuleu on Monday, according to news reaching here. "This is the start of a regional electricity market that will boost stability for both nations, creating income for Mexico and supplying Guatemala with the excess generated by dams and wind energy,"...
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The Second American Revolution Breaks Out in 2011
The Freedom Fighter's Journal (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
It is the year 2011. The United States has become saturated with suspicion and unrest. Since early 2010, President Barack Obama, President Felipe Calderon of Mexico, and Prime Minister Stephan Harper of Canada have been conducting private meetings with each other and various political heads of the U.N. None of the meetings are open to the media, let alone the public. Americans, thoroughly disgusted...
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Jeez, Does Barack Whack Off To That Thing?
Right, Wing-Nut! (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
..."that thing" being his ludicrously unearned Nobel Peace Prize. While his team of handlers claim that the president is "quite humbled" by it, you wouldn't know it from some of the press releases and emails being sent out from the White House. And as usual, you need to go to the foreign media to learn about it - Toby Harnden reports : No opportunity to shoehorn in a mention of...
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Calderon's Mexico Utility Shutdown: A Bold Reform Move
Time (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Supporters hail conservative President Felipe CalderÓn's dismantling of an electricity utility as his finest hour, but critics say he's trampling workers' rights
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Obama calls presidents of Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday called his counterparts in Mexico, Costa Rica and Colombia, vowing to strengthen cooperation with those countries on common challenges. According to a White House statement, Obama thanked Felipe Calderon of Mexico, Oscar Arias of Costa Rica and Alvaro Uribe Velez of Colombia for their respective calls regarding the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to Obama...
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Mexico closes state energy company
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Mexico City - The Mexican government on Sunday closed a state-run energy distribution company with about 40,000 employees. President Felipe Calderon said the company Luz y Fuerza del Centro, which provides electricity to the capital, would be closed ...
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Daily Headlines: September 24, 2009
The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
* Panama: In his marathon speech at the U.N. yesterday Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi called for the prompt liberation of former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega. * Argentina: A Dutch-Argentine national has been arrested and accused of involvement in a “Dirty War” operation where political prisoners were dumped at sea . * Cuba: The White House has decided not to change the detention system...
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Mexico attorney general choice comes under fire
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Arturo Chavez Chavez was a Chihuahua state prosecutor during the 1990s, when hundreds of women were slain in Ciudad Juarez. Critics say he should have done more. Calderon stands by his nominee. President Felipe Calderon's pick for attorney general faced questioning in Congress on Monday amid criticism by human rights groups that he failed as a state prosecutor to solve the killings of hundreds of women...
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Mexico's Calderon faces fight over attorney general
Reuters (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon could struggle to win congressional approval of his nominee for attorney general, further hindering his army-led war against powerful drug cartels.
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Attackers hijack passenger plane in Mexico - 2nd Update
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Mexico City - Three unidentified attackers hijacked a passenger plane in Mexico on Wednesday, the authorities confirmed. The three men threatened to detonate a bomb and demanded to talk with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Mexican media reported. ...
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Attackers hijack passenger plane in Mexico - Update
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Mexico City - Three unidentified attackers hijacked a passenger plane in Mexico on Wednesday and threatened to detonate a bomb. The attackers - reportedly three men - demanded to talk with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Mexican radio reported. ...
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Calderon Criticized for Naming Controversial Ex-Prosecutor as Attorney General
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 8 -- President Felipe Calderón plans to replace one of Mexico's top officials in the war on drugs with a controversial former prosecutor who critics say did little during his years in office to solve the killings of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez during the 1990s.