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Mexican Catholics Protest Abortion Bills
Lisa J. Adams

Reciting the rosary and chanting prayers, several thousand abortion opponents summoned by Mexico's Roman Catholic Church marched through the capital to oppose a proposal to legalize the procedure in the first three months of pregnancy.

Vatican Pushing Mexico in Abortion Fight
Julie Watson

The Vatican on Friday sent in its top anti-abortion campaigner to kick off the Roman Catholic Church's aggressive campaign against plans to legalize abortion in Mexico.

Mexico Fights Oil Privatization
Prensa Latina

The 2nd Assembly of the National Democratic Convention (CND) will end on Sunday with a huge rally to denounce government attempts to privatize the oil industry. Former candidate to the presidency in last July's elections Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is expected to close the CND meeting.

Mexican Church Voices Anger
totalcatholic.com

Mexico President Felipe Calderon has backed the Catholic Church's stance on abortion and declared himself against a change in the country's strict abortion laws. Speaking ahead of efforts to legalise abortion in the first 13 weeks of pregnancy, the president declared his own pro-life credentials.

Mexican Drug Cash Seizure Recalculated
E. Eduardo Castillo

The world's largest drug cash seizure just got bigger. The Mexican federal Attorney General's office said a new count of the Mexican pesos seized in a luxury home in Mexico City found 17.3 million pesos — not the 157,500 originally reported — a difference worth about $1.5 million.

Mexican Cartel Behind Cocaine Seizure
Kathia Martinez

Mexico's powerful Sinaloa drug cartel was behind the record 20-ton cocaine shipment that was seized by the U.S. Coast Guard off Panama's Pacific Coast last weekend, officials said Thursday.

Brutal Violence Plagues Mexico
Associated Press

Assailants killed a man and left a note with the body threatening authorities in northern Mexico, the second such case in less than 24 hours. And the U.S. Embassy issued a warning yesterday about rising violence across Mexico.

Mexico to Keep Corn Prices Down: Calderon
Reuters

Mexico will control domestic corn prices further to make sure rising global costs do not push inflation up and hurt consumers, President Felipe Calderon said on Thursday.

Mexico's Senates Considers Legalizing Abortion Across Nation
Ioan Grillo

Senators from Mexico's largest leftist party this week sent a bill proposing to legalize abortion across the entire country, a measure that is stridently opposed by the nation's conservative and Roman Catholic leaders.

Chinese Leader Meets Calderon on Strategic Partnership
Xinhua

Li Changchun, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said Wednesday that China is ready to work with Mexico to lift their bilateral strategic partnership to a new level. During talks with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Li said China and Mexico are both developing countries that share complementarity in many areas.

Authorities Restrict Access at Popular Mexican Tourist Site
Oscar Avila

For the first time, Mexico's federal authorities have acknowledged the Pyramid of the Sun's steady deterioration by restricting access on the most popular week of the year.

Clerics Unite Against Abortion Bill
E. Eduardo Castillo

Religious leaders said Wednesday they have formed a united front against bills to legalize abortion in Mexico, an issue that has divided the nation and drawn in conservative President Felipe Calderon.

Kin of New York Journalist Visit Mexican Site Where He Was Killed
Jose Maria Alvarez

The parents of slain New York journalist and activist Bradley Roland Will visited the poor Mexican neighborhood where he was fatally shot in October and blamed police henchmen for his death.

Mexico Seizes $205.6M From Luxury House
Ioan Grillo

The $205.6 million seized from a luxury Mexico City house was the largest drug cash seizure 'the world has ever seen' and resulted from U.S.-Mexico cooperation, the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said this week.

Mexican Bishops Denounce Program of Extermination
CNA

The Mexican bishops' conference expressed rejection of a "program of extermination" now being debated in Mexico City's assembly that would allow abortion up to the 14th week of gestation and open the door to RU-486 pill.

Mexico’s “Meritorious” President and His Legacy
Allan Wall

In the gallery of Mexican historical heroes, none loom larger than Benito Juarez. His birthday (March 21) is a national holiday in Mexico, and to make a three-day weekend out of it schools and government offices are closed on the 3rd Monday of March, which this year falls today.

Mexican Soldiers Take Over Tabasco State Police
Reuters

Hundreds of Mexican soldiers and federal officers seized the police headquarters of Tabasco state over the weekend following a surge of violence in the tropical region, local media reported.

Mexican Lawmaker Favors Ties with Cuba
Prensa Latina

Higinio Martinez, a lawmaker for the state of Mexico, said Friday that he favored rapprochement between his country´s government and Cuba´s, and called to back the island nation at international forums.

Mexico's Largest Oil Field in Trouble
Lisa J. Adams

While Petroleos Mexicanos executives and union leaders prepare to deliver patriotic speeches and sing the national anthem at Sunday's 69th anniversary of the nationalization of Mexico's oil sector, energy experts say Pemex needs to stop looking backward.

Corruption in Mexican Custom Offices
Prensa Latina

Corruption in Mexico increased 5 percentual points in the 49 custom offices in the country Friday, and is now at 30 percent.

Drug Violence Surges in Mexico
Alfredo Corchado

A Monterrey police officer was gunned down in her patrol car Friday, hours after a state police commander was killed nearby. But the violence this week was not limited to Monterrey.

First Gay Couple Unites in Mexico City
Lisa J. Adams

An economist and a journalist became the first couple united under Mexico City's new gay civil union law, kissing while an orchestra played "Besame Mucho" and police cordoned off streets around a white wedding tent filled with guests.

Police Find $206M Drug Cash in Mexico City House
Reuters

Police have found $206 million in cash, belonging to drug smugglers who imported chemicals used to make methamphetamines, piled inside a mansion in a wealthy Mexico City neighborhood, officials said on Friday.

In Mexico, Gay Couples Ready for Civil Unions
Laurence Iliff

Like many getting hitched for the first time, Antonio Medina is more than a little nervous about Friday's ceremony - not to mention the intense media scrutiny. Because unlike any other Mexico City resident before him, Medina is joining in a civil union with another man.

Mexican Abortion Proposal Stirs Opposition
citizenlink.org

The Mexico City Legislature is considering legalizing first-trimester abortions in the capital, which could be the first place in Mexico to allow the practice. The city of 8.7 million people is a federal district like Washington, D.C., with its own Legislature.

Mexico Rights Chief Blames Govt for Oaxaca Abuses
Reuters

The Mexican government was an accomplice in the killing of 20 people in last year's conflict in the tourist city of Oaxaca and permitted torture and illegal arrests, a rights watchdog said on Thursday.

Mexico City Debates Abortion Measure
Istra Pacheco

Mexico City legislators are debating a bill that would legalize abortion during the first three months of pregnancy, a measure that would be the first of its kind in this heavily Roman Catholic nation.

Leaky Mexico-Belize Border
Prensa Latina

Trafficking with people, drugs, arms and Central American women is commonplace in Quintana Roo, at the southern Mexican border with Belize. Hundreds of places are unguarded at what El Universal daily defines as a liquid, unmarked, imaginary border along the 112 mile Hondo river.

Calderón Confides His Kin Work in U.S.
S. Lynne Walker

When President Bush and Mexican President Felipe Calderón talked about the thorny issue of immigration yesterday, the conversation turned deeply personal.

Mexico Presses Bush Over Immigration
Steve Holland

President George W. Bush was pressured by Mexico on Wednesday to ease U.S. immigration laws, at the end of a Latin American tour marked by street protests and sniping from Venezuela's leftist leader.

Bush Protesters, Police Clash in Mexico
Peter Orsi

Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, attacking riot police with concrete blocks, metal bars and firecrackers and tearing down barricades to protest the visit of President Bush.

Mexico City Plans to Legalize Abortion
Reuters

A bill that would allow abortions in the first three months of pregnancy is making its way through the capital city's assembly and supporters say they have well over the majority needed to pass it despite threats of protests by the Catholic Church.

Lopez Obrador Warns Bush off Mexican Oil
Prensa Latina

Mexican opposition leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador warned US President George W. Bush Mexican oil belongs to the whole country, and will not be given to private or foreign companies.

Calderon Tells Bush Mexico Needs More
Deb Riechmann

President Bush, working to rebuild strained U.S.-Mexico relations, promised Tuesday he would do his best to get a deeply divided U.S. Congress to change American immigration policies that are hated south of the border.

Calderón Gains Mexico's Approval
Laurence Iliff

President Felipe Calderón had to outsmart legislative opponents just to physically enter Congress and take the oath of office after last year's razor-close election. Now 100 days later, he's flying high in the polls and doing surprisingly well even with those who say the vote was fraudulent.

Mexico Not Changing Clocks Until April 1
Associated Press

While Americans will be turning their clocks ahead for daylight-saving time Sunday, Mexico won't until Apri1 1. That means three weeks of confusion for those whose lives are in two countries.

Calderon: Threats Won't End Drug Crackdown
Associated Press

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Saturday that drug traffickers' threats against his government would not stop a military crackdown against them, and he demanded that the United States do more to fight the sale and consumption of drugs domestically.

Before Bush's Visit, Locusts Plaguing State of Yucatan
S. Lynne Walker

Three days before President Bush meets with Mexican President Felipe Calderón in the tropical state of Yucatan, everything is under control. Everything, that is, except a plague of locusts.

Mexican Leader Proposes Justice Reforms
Mark Stevenson

President Felipe Calderon on Friday proposed sweeping reforms to Mexico's justice system, including U.S.-style trials and a unified criminal code. Antiquated procedures and a lack of transparency in Mexico's legal system make it hard for officials to imprison criminals and fire corrupt police.

Mexico Exhumes Elderly Woman's Body
Associated Press

Specialists from the National Human Rights Commission exhumed the body of a 73-year-old woman allegedly raped by four Mexican soldiers last month, amid claims that state investigators committed errors in handling the case.


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