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PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Washington Post: ... After decades of mistrust and sometimes betrayal, Mexican and U.S. authorities are increasingly setting aside their differences to unite against a common enemy. According to interviews in Washington and Mexico City, the two countries are sharing sensitive intelligence and computer technology, military hardware and, perhaps most importantly, U.S. know-how to train and vet Mexican...
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Obama Foodorama (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Ending restrictions on food trade, and some presidential foodie memories Last night, President Obama arrived in Singapore, and attended the Gala Dinner at the APEC Summit.* The attending leaders were given traditional garb for the dinner, and had a choice between red shirts and blue. President Obama, of course, chose blue. APEC is the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and has 21 member countries....
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The Westerner (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The United States, Mexico and Canada for the first time formally agreed to cooperate on wilderness conservation measures across the continent. Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperation for Wilderness Conservation at the opening ceremony of the 9th World Wilderness Congress in Merida, Mexico on Friday. "This Agreement will facilitate the sharing...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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.