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• Mexico City becomes first Latin American capital to legalise gay marriage

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 683
  Mexico City has become the first capital city to legalise gay marriage in South America. Same sex couples have been allowed to enter civil partnerships since 2006 but the new legislation will give gay couple equal rights when it comes to family social security benefits and loans.
  2 days ago

• Drug Cartel Wars in Mexico: Worse in 2009

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 593
  Mexico has been besieged by gigantic drug cartels that have been causing widespread violence in the country. Drug violence in Mexico has been particularly alarming in 2009 . It is said that there are two kinds of cartel wars in Mexico: the government of Mexico vs. drug cartels and the various cartels fighting one ...
  4 days ago

• Top Drug Lord Gun Down

  
  Hip Hop Honey Online Magazine — Authority: 160
  The “War on Drugs” continues to rage into yet another decade, with drug czars reigning supreme over those that do not have enough support, will, or authority to do anything about their violent antics. In an increasingly bloody affair, Mexican President Felipe Calderón is making good on his promise to increase ...
  5 days ago

• Two out of ten, if he’s lucky

  
  The Mex Files — Authority: 475
  The (Mexico City) News : The problem with the 10-point political reform proposed on Tuesday by President Felipe Calderon is that it is headed towards “The Shredder,” namely the two houses of Congress. Some of the points made by Calderón certainly aim at breaking up a political system in effect since 1933, when ...
  6 days ago

• Latino Celebrity Sightings: Lorena Rojas + Niurka Marcos + Bárbara Bermudo + Ilia Calderon and More at Qiu’s Salon Yellow Night

  
  Hissip — Authority: 437
  Last night a bunch of Latino celebrities decided to use their fame for a good cause. They attended Qiu’s Salon “Yellow Night,” a fundraising even for the Lance Armstrong Foundation sponsored partly by AXE Hair in Miami last night. Bárbara Bermudo showed up with her sexy and curvy self. Mrs. Mario ...
  6 days ago

• Top Cartel Lord Killed in Mexico

  
  Alterdestiny — Authority: 137
  I dont follow Mexican politics or the nuances of the drug war as closely as I probably should, but this is big news : Two hundred sailors raided an upscale apartment complex and killed a reputed Mexican drug cartel chief in a two-hour gunbattle, one of the biggest victories yet in President Felipe Calderons drug ...
  6 days ago

• Arturo Beltran Leyva Mexican Drug Lord Killed

  
  Homeland Security News — Authority: 528
  Mexican security forces have killed drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva, one of the most wanted traffickers in both Mexico and the United States, in a victory for President Felipe Calderon’s war on drug cartels.Beltran Leyva, a drug lord dubbed “The Boss of Bosses,” was killed on Wednesday by Navy forces in a luxury ...
  1 week ago

• Those devilish details: Calderón’s 10 reforms

  
  The Mex Files — Authority: 475
  Perhaps seeking to make the last half of his term relevant, Felipe Calderón has made ten proposals for radically restructuring the Mexican political system.  While so far, the proposals are getting a good reception from foreign observers (and seem to be widely supported in Mexico) there are, of course, some ...
  1 week ago

• Church: we support the troops — in their barracks

  
  The Mex Files — Authority: 475
  Although the Church (and any religious body, for that matter) cannot, as an organization, take a position for or against any political issue (the Church cannot lobby the Chamber of Deputies, or support any candidate, for example), nor can a church be used for political activity, clerics can express an opinion outside ...
  1 week ago

• More institutional reform in Mexico?

  
  Alterdestiny — Authority: 137
  On Monday, President Felipe Calderón announced plans form some major structural reforms to Mexico’s political system (more here , here , and here ). Among the numerous reforms announced, there are two I find both interesting and troubling. First, Calderón is going to try and push for allowing the immediate ...
  3 weeks ago

• Proclama a los Pueblos de México!

  
  The Unapologetic Mexican — Authority: 492
  Proclama a los Pueblos de México para organizar la revocación de mandato a Felipe Calderón De nueva cuenta nuestra nación se debate en una crisis que sólo es comparable a las que dieron paso a la Revolución de Independencia, las Guerras de Reforma y a la Revolución Mexicana. Hoy como ayer, la crisis es total ...
  3 weeks ago

• Troop withdrawal

  
  The Mex Files — Authority: 475
  Gancho this Sunday : In a speech marking his first three years in office, Calderón said the army will remain on the streets for the immediate future. At the same time, the chairman of the National Defense Committee in the Chamber of Deputies, Ardelio Vargas, said that the money budgeted for military ...
  3 weeks ago

• Plan Merida: lose-lose for U.S. and Mexico

  
  The Mex Files — Authority: 475
  Mexico is the United States’ closest Latin American neighbor and yet most U.S. citizens receive little reliable information about what is happening within the country. Instead, Mexico and Mexicans are often demonized in the U.S. press. The single biggest reason for this is the way that the entire binational ...
  4 weeks ago

• Mexicos Economic Crisis

  
  From Xico — Authority: 461
  I am posting below Laura Carlsens artice which gives an excellent summary of the economic situation here in Mexico.  Americas Program is the group I sometimes translate for.  Felipe Calderón received degrees in Mexico as well as a Masters in Public Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.   ...
  4 weeks ago

• A Rumor of War

  
  The Mex Files — Authority: 475
  Philip Caputo has been writing about war and the corruption of war since his Vietnam memoir, A Rumor of War , first appeared in 1977.  As a Chicago Tribune reporter, that includes the generally bloodless — but highly corrupting — world of Chicago politics. In the December 2009 The Atlantic Caputo turns his ...
  4 weeks ago

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