Felipe Calderon

DISPATCH FROM MEXICO | Todd Haynes, "Wadley," Christian Mungiu, and Mexico's First Lady at Morelia Fest

On The Scene (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago

by Eric Kohn (October 12, 2008) curity measures suddenly became intense on Thursday at the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), but not due to a looming threat. Quite the opposite, in fact: The wife of Mexican president Felipe Calderon paid a visit to the small town and spent the day watching films, bringing a protective army in tow. Her presence attracted a swarm of media attention, while...

Calderon urges calm as Mexico moves to secure peso

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008

Mexico's government spent $6.4 billion from its dollar reserves to buy pesos Friday in an attempt to shore up the currency, as President Felipe Calderon tried to calm the country's mounting anxiety over the global financial crisis.

Daily Headlines: October 10, 2008

The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

* Latin America: Stocks throughout the region continued to tumble yesterday while Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced emergency measures to combat the growing financial quagmire. * U.S.: The New York -based Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund will change its name and mission in order to better help the city’s Latino community. * U.K.: Testimony continued in the trial of a Brazilian...

Mexico unveils crisis spending plan

BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

Mexican President Felipe Calderon announces plans to spend $4.3bn on infrastructure projects amid the world economic slowdown.

Mexican president announces measures for possible economic contraction

People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced a series of measures on Wednesday to tackle a possible crisis of economic contraction in the country amid the U.S. financial crisis. The plan seeks to create more employment and to protect the work of productive sectors, Calderon said in a message to the country at a time when the bourse and the exchange markets are registering high volatility. The program,...

Mexico unveils emergency spending to combat crisis

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday unveiled plans for 53 billion pesos ($4.4 billion) in emergency spending on roads, schools, hospitals and an oil refinery next year to help Mexico combat the world financial crisis.

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Mexico unveils emergency spending to combat crisis

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday unveiled plans for $4.4 billion in emergency spending on roads, schools, hospitals and an oil refinery next year to help Mexico combat the world financial crisis.

Mexico unveils emergency spending to combat crisis

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday unveiled plans for $4.4 billion in emergency spending on roads, schools, hospitals and an oil refinery next year to help Mexico combat the world financial crisis. In a televised address, Calderon assured Mexicans the...

Mexico unveils emergency spending to combat crisis

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday unveiled plans for $4.4 billion in emergency spending on roads, schools, hospitals and an oil refinery next year to help Mexico combat the world financial crisis.

Mexico unveils plan to stave off crunch

CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

Mexican President Felipe Calderon laid out a plan Wednesday to help his country avoid or mitigate the effects of the economic uncertainty besetting other nations.

Mexico mayor's slaying seen as gang threat

Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The drug gang slaying of a prominent mayor has sent shudders of fear through Mexico's political elite, observers say. While the vast majority of the more than 3,000 people killed this year in the wake of Mexican President Felipe Calderon's crackdown on traffickers have been either drug cartel members or police fighting them, the weekend slaying of Ixtapan de la Sal Mayor...

• Mexico mayor's slaying seen as gang threat - Moldova.org

Mexico launches construction of new Cancun

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008

Mexico City - Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched in late September the construction of a large tourist resort on the coast of the Mexican Pacific state of Sinaloa, in a move similar to the creation of Cancun 25 years ago on the Caribbean. The...

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The Mex Files (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

The one event that marked the beginning of the end of the “perfect dictatorship” has been noted by everyone in Mexico, and most of the rest of the planet… with one glaring exception. The (Mexico City) News: President Felipe Calderón made no statement about the Tlatelolco massacre on Thursday in spite of mounting calls from rights groups [...]

President Calderón of Mexico Says He Will Not Allow Mexican Children to Become Enslaved to Drugs

Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

Addressing hundreds of children in the Adolfo López Mateos Hall at the official Los Pinos Residence this week, President Felipe Calderón declared that his government will not allow a new form of slavery, namely drug use, to be established in Mexico. During the meeting with members of the Sixth Mexican Children’s Parliament 2008, the President explained [...]

Mexican drug initiative easier on users, harsher on dealers

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

Turning to Mexico's increasing narcotics consumption, President Felipe Calderon has proposed stiffer penalties for small-time drug dealers while suspending punishment for addicts who agree to enter rehabilitation.