18Jan2013
Scotiabank to Increase Small Loans in Mexico
Bloomberg News
Bank of Nova Scotia says it can boost small loans in Mexico as much as 20 percent in a push for business in Latin America, where lending margins are double the Canadian average.

18Jan2013
Archaeologists Find 1000-Year-Old Skeletons Near Chichen Itza in Yucatan
ArtDaily.org
Twenty kilometers from the Archaeological zone of Chichen Itza in Yucatan, archaeologists from the National Institute of History and Anthropology recovered ten burials, the majority of which were placed inside a casket more than a thousand years ago.

18Jan2013
As Guadalajara Booms, Activists Fight to Find Space on Streets for Humble Bike
Al Jazeera
In Mexico's second-largest city, there is a committed group of activists striving to fight the choking onslaught of automobiles and make the streets safe for alternative and cleaner forms of transportation, specifically the bicycle.

18Jan2013
Critics Gleefully Pounce on Mexican President Pena Nieto for Verbal Gaffe
The Los Angeles Times
In a speech at Mexico City’s National Palace, the president struggled to say the full name of a key public agency that’s most commonly known by its initials, IFAI - and among his detractors there was much rejoicing.

17Jan2013
A Cleaner, Greener Mexico Credited as World Leader in Cutting Pollution
Bloomberg News
Once known as one of the most polluted cities on the planet, Mexico City is being transformed into a cleaner, greener place thanks to a host of ecologically-minded transportation and development measures.

17Jan2013
The Shameful Legacy of the Monroe Doctrine: Militarizing Latin America
CounterPunch.org
Over the next four years the Obama administration has an opportunity to re-write America’s long and shameful record in Latin America and replace it with one built on mutual respect and cooperation. Or it can fall back on shadowy Special Forces, silent subversion, and intolerance of differences.

17Jan2013
VW CEO Martin Winterkorn: Mexico Key in Quest to Become World's Top Carmaker
CNN
Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn cut short his visit to the North American International Auto Show in frigid Detroit this week to head to balmy Mexico. He didn’t go for the weather.

17Jan2013
Is Mexico's President Pena Nieto Setting Himself Up for the Fall?
InSight
Security analyst Alejandro Hope argues that while President Enrique Pena Nieto has presented his security policy as a break from the past, much of what he has rolled out to date will do little to significantly cut back Mexico's violence.


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