12Dec2012
Mexico at Heart of HSBC $1.9 Billion US Settlement
McClatchy Newspapers
British bank HSBC will pay $1.26 billion to settle U.S. charges of laundering Mexican drug money and another $665 million for violating sanctions on Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Burma, U.S. authorities announced Tuesday.

12Dec2012
The Breakneck Pace and Big Ambitions of Mexico's New President Pena Nieto
America Economia/Worldcrunch
Since he took over as president of Mexico, two weeks ago, Enrique Pena Nieto has signed enough documents and made enough promises to keep his government busy for the whole six years they have in front of them.

12Dec2012
Mexican and Mexican-Americans Celebrating The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Hispanically Speaking News
Today is the feast of the Patroness for millions of Mexican and Mexican-Americans, Our Lady of Guadalupe, who appeared to the humble St. Juan Diego in 1531 on the hill of Tepeyac near Mexico City.

12Dec2012
Clean-Up Makes Gulf of Mexico Spill More Toxic
domain-b.com
If the 4.9 million barrels of oil that poured into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill was an ecological disaster, the two million gallons of dispersant used to clean it up apparently made it even worse - 52-times more toxic.

12Dec2012
The Most Outlandish Stories from the Drug War in Mexico in 2012
The New Yorker
It was a colorful year in 2012, due to the systematic, try-anything-once eclecticism of the smugglers, and the antic game of Tom-and-Jerry escalation that they tend to play with law enforcement on both sides of the border.

12Dec2012
Mayan Prophecy Sparks Dread, Hope as World Gears Up for Supposed End of Ancient Calendar
Associated Press
The clock is ticking down to Dec. 21, the supposed end of the Mayan calendar, and from China to California to Mexico, thousands are getting ready for what they think is going to be a fateful day.

12Dec2012
Reason Foundation: Tight Gun Control Hasn't Meant Compliance in Mexico
Reason Foundation
Mexico is sometimes held up as an example of exemplary gun laws. Despite a sort-of constitutional guarantee of the right to bear arms, Mexico has only one army-run gun store, and severe legal restrictions on gun ownership. So, the country is largely disarmed, right? Not so much.

12Dec2012
Ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party Chooses Cesar Camacho as New Leader
Reuters
Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party picked a new chairman on Tuesday, handing the task of steering the centrist party through a series of key reforms to a close ally of President Enrique Pena Nieto.


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