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 News Around the Republic of Mexico
Fierce Electoral Kickoff in Mexico
 Prensa Latina
Strained activity by main presidential candidates marked the first two days of the campaign for the July 2 elections in Mexico. Like a race against time, nominees opened the electoral campaign Thursday seeking to sway voters with recorded messages and political rallies.more »»»
Mexican Peasants Fight Power Dam Project in Court
 Reuters
Mexican peasants are taking their fight against a new hydroelectric dam to the courts, hoping to avoid more bloodshed as thousands in one of Mexico's poorest corners fear they will be forced off their land.more »»»
Candidates Begin 5-Month Campaign
 Mark Stevenson
Mexico's top three presidential candidates kicked off the nation's five-month presidential campaign Thursday, with leftist front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador traveling by dirt path to one of the country's poorest towns and promising to govern for the forgotten.more »»»
Reform, Stability Vie in Mexican Race
 Hugh Dellios
Some believe the race for the presidency in July may be even more important than Fox's breakthrough in keeping Mexico on a true democratic course and empowering it to adopt badly needed reforms, tackle drug violence and create jobs so its workers don't flee to the US.more »»»
Illegal Migration to U.S. Dominates Presidential Campaign
 Will Weissert
Mexico's presidential campaign is focusing on the millions who leave for better-paying jobs in the United States, with candidates promising to create better opportunities at home while railing against American immigration policies.more »»»
Mexico City Police Stumped by Serial Killer Targeting Elderly Women
 Ioan Grillo
Mexican police believe the so-called "Mataviejitas," or "Little Old Lady Killer," has killed at least seven elderly women in the country's bustling capital of 20 million, although they are investigating whether 22 other slayings of older Mexico City women since 2003 are also related.more »»»
Mexico, US Reach Tequila Agreement
 Jenalia Moreno
Tequila trade talks ended on Tuesday with Mexican officials agreeing to allow U.S. distributors and bottlers to continue importing the libation in bulk for bottling later in the United States.more »»»
Populist Leading Presidential Race
 Alan Stoga
Although the Mexican presidential election is not until July, the dynamics of the contest already seem set: the election is Andrés Manuel López Obrador's - to lose. His personality, his vision and his ambition are defining the race, with other candidates following in his wake.more »»»
Small Spill from Grounded Ship Contained
 Sandra Dibble
A small fuel spill this week from the grounded container vessel APL Panama was quickly controlled, and it appears to have caused no significant environmental damage, a Mexican official said yesterday morning.more »»»
Mexico Wants Friendly Ties With Bolivia
 Lisa J. Adams
The Mexican government said again it has a "deep friendship" with Bolivia and is prepared to work closely with its new president, downplaying a recent testy exchange between the countries.more »»»
Cancun Lags as Nearby Resorts Recover
 Will Weissert
Five-star resorts stand battered and broken, crawling with construction crews that hammer and bulldoze, weld and re-plaster long into the night. Two-plus months after Hurricane Wilma, Cancun remains a shattered, shadow of itself.more »»»
Ambassador Carlos de Icaza Argues Against Wall
 El Universal
In an online chat session, Mexico´s Ambassador to the United States said last week that instead of building walls to halt illegal immigration, Washington should extend bridges to integrate the economies of the nations of North America.more »»»
Mexican Drugstore Magnate Vows to Forge Ahead with Surprise Presidential Candidacy
 Mark Stevenson
Discount drugstore chain owner Victor Gonzalez came a step closer to winning recognition for his quixotic presidential bid last week, when he accepted the nomination of a small party which has split bitterly between him and another candidate.more »»»
Reishee Sowa: A Man and His Island Dream
 Suzanne Bandick
It looks like an island, it feels like an island, it has the beautiful vegetation of a tropical island, but it just happens to be made of spiraling pop bottles. Who would have known, and more importantly, who would have thought it possible?more »»»
Mexico's Absentee Voter Drive Flops
 S. Lynne Walker
Mexico's historic decision to give citizens living abroad the right to vote by mail in the July presidential election has drawn so little interest that critics are calling the effort a costly failure.more »»»
Tugboats Can't Pull Cargo Ship Stuck Off Ensenada
 Sandra Dibble
A container ship and its cargo remained stranded in the surf south of the harbor yesterday, despite major efforts by a half-dozen tugboats over the past four days to pull its bow away from shore.more »»»
Zapatistas Push for National Movement
 AP
Amid a rising leftist tide in Latin America, Mexico’s Zapatista rebels have come out of their jungle hideouts calling for a national movement to fight for social justice for the 50 million Mexicans living in poverty.more »»»
Mexico Fights Back as U.S. Proposes More Wall to Bar Immigrants
 Bloomberg
About 500 Mexicans died last year trying to cross illegally into the U.S. Mexican officials say the number of dead will increase if the U.S. approves a bill to construct 700 miles of wall along the southern border.more »»»
Calderon Turns to Mexican Poor in Presidency Bid
 Lorraine Orlandi
After racing from behind to become the presidential contender for Mexico's ruling conservative party, Felipe Calderon appealed to the poor on Wednesday to carry him to victory in the July election.more »»»
Derbez Criticizes Morales for Inviting Zapatistas to Inauguration
 Associated Press
Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez slammed Bolivia President-elect Evo Morales for inviting the Zapatista rebels to his inauguration. "There should be one invitation to the Mexican government, which represents the Mexican state," Derbez said.more »»»
Mexican Supreme Court Reject Case Against Echeverria
 VOA News
Mexico's high court has rejected the latest effort by federal prosecutors to try former President Luis Echeverria in connection with a 1968 massacre of student protesters.more »»»
Cuban Youth Delegation Continues Visit to Mexico
 tribuna.islagrande.cu
A delegation of Cuban young people who travelled to Mexico to pay tribute to the founder of the Federation of University Students (FEU by its Spanish acronym) of the Island, Julio Antonio Mella, continues to develop an intense program of activities.more »»»
Mexican Zoo Plans to Borrow Giant Panda from China
 Xinhuanet
Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo is trying to borrow a male giant panda from China and breed him with three females, reported Fernando Gual Sill, general director of Mexico City's public zoos.more »»»
Fox Strains Bolivia-Mex Relations
 Prensa Latina
Mexico and Bolivia, two of the Latin American countries with most issues in common, are witnessing upset relations Wednesday after Mexican President Vicente Fox´s unusual statements against Bolivia.more »»»
6 Tugs Move Grounded Ship a Few Feet During High Tide
 Sandra Dibble
For the first time since the container ship ran aground Christmas Day, its bow budged a few feet yesterday as six tugboats pulled on it with a combined 40,000 horsepower.more »»»
Mexico to Demand Headdress
 Newswire
Mexico will again ask Austria to return a traditional headdress worn by Aztec Emperor Moctezuma that is being kept by the ethnographic museum in Vienna, a National Action Party (PAN) deputy said.more »»»
Zapatista Leader Says Mexican First Lady has Overstepped Her Office's Political Bounds
 Manuel De La Cruz
Ski-masked Zapatista rebel leader Subcomandante Marcos criticized Mexican first lady Marta Sahagun, suggesting she has seized too large a role in government despite not being elected by the public.more »»»
Obrador Says Fox Soft on US Over Border
 Alistair Bell
The leftist favored to win Mexico's presidential election in July accused President Vicente Fox on Sunday of being too soft in opposing Washington's tough new efforts to prevent illegal immigration.more »»»
Guns Flow South Across Border
 Hector Tobar
The most popular instruments of robbery, torture, homicide and assassination in the violence-racked border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, are imported from the United States.more »»»
Obrador Seeks the Center to Regain Lead
 Mark Stevenson
Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sought to position himself firmly as a moderate while officially registering his presidential candidacy Sunday, an apparent bid to avoid being labeled part of the rising leftist tide in Latin America.more »»»
The Return of the Rebel
 Monica Campbell
Twelve years ago this month Subcomandante Marcos burst into world headlines as the head of an indigenous rebellion in the Mexican state of Chiapas. His insurrection stunned the government in Mexico City and left 150 people dead before a hastily arranged ceasefire quelled the bloodletting.more »»»
Patricia Mercado Registers Presidential Campaign
 Associated Press
Acknowledging she has little chance of winning, a feminist and little-known presidential candidate registered her campaign with electoral officials Saturday, vowing that "as a Mexican woman, I know how to battle adversity."more »»»
Female Mexican Zapatista Leader Dies at 47
 Associated Press
Comandante Ramona, a leader of Mexico's Zapatista rebel movement and an advocate for women's rights, died on Friday after a decade-long struggle with a kidney disease, rebel leader Subcomandante Marcos said. Ramona was believed to be about 47 years old, but like most of the rebel leaders she did not reveal her age or name.more »»»
Mexico Denies High Numbers Of Deserters
 Alfredo Corchado & Irene Barcenas
Mexico's military denied that its soldiers are deserting in high numbers and joining organized crime groups and said that low pay plays no role in any such defections, and that desertion rates in Mexico are no different from what they are in other countries, including the United States.more »»»
Zapatista Leader Attacks PRD
 Wire services
Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) leader Marcos turned his criticism on the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) in a rally in Chiapas on Thursday. The EZLN launched a national tour on New Year´s Day for what they call "The Other Campaign," which aims to call attention to the plight of indigenous communities.more »»»
Shooting Puts Pressure on Fox
 Héctor Tobar
Mexican President Vicente Fox was under increased criticism here Thursday for his government's response to the shooting last week of a Mexican national during a confrontation with the U.S. Border Patrol just a few yards north of the international frontier near San Ysidro.more »»»
Crews To Take A Load Off
 Sandra Dibble
Salvage crews working to float the APL Panama, an 880-foot container vessel that ran aground last month, are planning their next attempt when bimonthly high tides hit the region around Jan. 14.more »»»
Mexico Furious over Proposed American Wall
 Lamia Oualalou
The American Congress has voted in the most restrictive anti-immigration law of recent decades. The text provides for the erection of walls along certain parts of the border. At this point it's only a sketch on the map, but it has succeeded in poisoning relations between Washington and Mexico as never before.more »»»
Cancun Has A Long Recovery Ahead, But Other Resorts Nearing Full Recovery
 Will Weissert
Five-star resorts stand battered and broken, crawling with construction crews that hammer and bulldoze, weld and re-plaster long into the night. The discotheques are dark, many shopping centers and restaurants remain smashed, and the beaches have lost much of the sugar-white sand that made them famous.more »»»
18 Cubans In Homemade Boat Rescued
 Associated Press
Mexican port authorities and a U.S. boater rescued 18 Cubans from a rickety, homemade boat off Mexico's Caribbean coast yesterday. The boat, made of doors, planks and other materials, was first spotted by the American sailing off Isla Mujeres in a sailboat.more »»»
Mexico Opens Investigation Into U.S. Shooting Of Migrant
 Will Weissert
Mexico took the unusual step of opening an investigation into the killing of a man officials said was shot while sneaking into California, using the death to again draw attention to a contentious U.S. anti-immigration measure.more »»»
Mexico Welcomes Zapatistas' Tour
 BBC News
Mexico's government has welcomed a nationwide political tour by the Zapatista rebel movement, saying it will boost the county's democracy. A spokesman for Mexico's president made the comments as the Zapatistas arrived in the southern city of San Cristobal de las Casas to address local groups.more »»»
Mexicans Commemorate Third Anniversary of Deadly New Year's Eve Fireworks Explosion In Veracruz
 Associated Press
Residents of this Gulf coast city this weekend commemorated with a religious service the third anniversary of a deadly fireworks New Year's Eve fireworks explosion that killed 29 people.more »»»
Mexico Peasants Take Up Machetes Against Acapulco Dam
 Catherine Bremer
Due to be completed in 2012, La Parota will be one of Mexico's biggest dams, flooding swathes of forest and subsistence farmland around the Papagayo River with a basin ten times the size of Acapulco's famous bay. The $1 billion project has sparked violent clashes, leaving at least two reported dead.more »»»
A Market Comes To Life
 Eliza Barclay
There was plenty to toast here this New Year's Eve - if you happened to have profited from Mexico's thriving stock market, that is. Mexico gained ground in 2005 - with Mexico's IPC stock index closing up nearly 38 percent for the year.more »»»
Mexico's Zapatista Rebels Leave Jungle, Start Worker Campaign
 Bloomberg
Mexico's Zapatista rebel movement, led by the ski-mask wearing Subcomandante Marcos, kicked off a nationwide campaign today aimed at uniting Mexican groups that support worker and indigenous rights under a single banner.more »»»
2006, A Complex Year for Mexico
 Prensa Latina
Mexico has begun a year that promises to be a complex one on the political field with one of the most disputed electoral campaigns, while very discouraging economic predictions are raising people´s concerns.more »»»
Grounded Ship Draws Curious
 Sandra Dibble
It's a curious sight: a container vessel grounded like a wounded giant, dwarfing the crowds who gawk from a broad swath of beach just south of Ensenada. Since it ran aground Christmas Day, the APL Panama has created a sensation in this laid-back port city.more »»»
Exorcisms Rise in Mexico, Keeping Father Mendoza, Healers Busy
 Bloomberg
Father Pedro Mendoza Pantoja, the Roman Catholic Church's highest-ranking exorcist in Mexico City, has never been busier. Mendoza, 70, takes 15 phone calls a day from people who say they are possessed by the devil and sees about five of them for in-office consultations.more »»»
Tugboats Work On Container Ship Stuck Off Ensenada
 Sandra Dibble
A container vessel on a trans-Pacific route that ran aground Christmas Day outside Ensenada was expected to continue its journey after tugboats worked yesterday to pull it off the sandy bottom near shore.more »»»
Mexico's Zapatista Rebels Begin Long Road To Democracy
 Pravda.ru
Soon after pledging to shift their political tactics in an attempt to break a long term political isolation, Mexico's Zapatista rebels in Chiapas began preparing a nationwide tour to drum up support ahead of the 2006 presidential race.more »»»
Daunting Shell Game
 Sean Mattson
The poachers rode horses across a starlit beach. The man trying to thwart them followed. Toño Romero had a score to settle. Poachers beat him to four of five clutches of sea turtle eggs the night before. He wasn't about to let that happen again.more »»»
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