18Apr2012
Obrador Wants a Democratic Media
Rumbo de Mexico
The presidential candidate for the Progressive Movement, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, said that if he becomes president he will work toward the democratization of the media and encourage the creation of new radio and television channels.

18Apr2012
Mexican Seeds, the New Spoils for Food Corporations
Inter Press Service
Biodiversity and small and medium farms are threatened in Mexico by the looming approval of a reform of the law on plant varieties that will extend patent rights over seeds, activists and experts warn.

18Apr2012
Making It on Mexico Time!
MexicoOnMyMind.com
I recall my first few months in Mexico as being filled with excitement, wonderment, confusion and an avalanche of culture shock. Most gringos go through this same period of adjustment. Some people can deal with the changes and some cannot.

18Apr2012
Poll Points to Big Win for PRI's Pena Nieto
Reuters
Mexico's presidential front-runner, Enrique Pena Nieto, has extended his lead and the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) he represents could gain an absolute majority in the lower house of congress, a survey showed.

18Apr2012
Leaders Say LatAm Should Boost Trade and Investment
Exchange Magazine
Latin America must address pressing economic and social challenges to ensure that it can attract the trade and investment it needs to drive growth, government leaders stressed in the opening session of the seventh World Economic Forum on Latin America.

18Apr2012
Can 80 Percent of Mexicans be Poor? The Debate over Poverty
Council on Foreign Relations
So how should we define who is and isn't poor? The World Bank includes everyone that earns more than two dollars a day; an expansive view that likely rings false for those scraping by just above this bare minimum.

18Apr2012
Amid the Violence, Soccer Lifts a City
Associated Press
Torreon's Territorio Santos Modelo complex — opened in 2009 — is one of the most modern sports facilities in Mexico. The city has had past problems linked to the drug war, but next week the stadium will be the main stage for a big moment in Mexican sports.

18Apr2012
Presidential Campaign Turns Into Street Fight
Associated Press
The race for Mexico's July 1 presidential election is becoming a street fight. The two leading parties have agreed to debate about an unfinished roadway that the conservative National Action Party calls the Bridge to Nowhere.


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