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And because wind is a valuable commodity in a world seeking alternative energy, a "wind rush" – reminiscent of the gold and oil rushes of other eras – has swept into the isthmus.
Fox News Latino - Bringing back memories from three years ago, when the swine flu closed Mexico City and caused a global scare, the media is now warning of an alarming increase in flu cases, while the government insists there is no cause for alarm.
Los Angeles Times - Eight men were executed and left on the street early Thursday in downtown Monterrey, in the latest outburst of violence to buffet the industrial northern city.
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Bloomberg - Two forged diplomatic pouches containing a total of 35 pounds (16 kilos) of cocaine were delivered last week to the UN headquarters building in New York, according to a UN official speaking on condition of anonymity.
Dow Jones - Mexican stocks couldn't hold onto strong gains Thursday and ended only marginally higher, as early-session hopes on the U.S. Federal Reserve's low-rate pledge and signs of hope around euro-zone debt talks gave way to disappointing U.S. data points.
Dow Jones - The euro-zone crisis is a ticking time bomb threatening the world economy and the international community must act urgently and aggressively to defuse it, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Thursday.
Bloomberg - Mexico’s coffee crop is escaping the country’s worst drought, with production expected to increase about 8 percent this crop year. “We still have our original estimate of 4.2 million bags,” Rodolfo Trampe, head of Amcafe, said.
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Washington Post - With the Iraq war over and the American presence waning in Afghanistan, U.S. security contractors are looking for new prospects in Mexico, where spreading criminal violence has created a growing demand for battle-ready professionals.
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Dow Jones - Mexico's state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said Wednesday that it had moved forward on a proposed industrial accord with Spanish oil company Repsol after the companies fought a boardroom battle.
Bloomberg - Mexican retail sales rose 7.5 percent in November from the same month last year, the country’s statistics agency said today on its website. Economists had forecast sales would increase 5.8 percent.
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Bloomberg - Empresas Ica, Mexico’s biggest construction company, climbed the most in three months amid optimism the completion of government projects this year will help reduce debt.
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Associated Press — Prosecutors in Mexico have seized an 11th child in the case of an apparent child-trafficking ring in the western city of Guadalajara that aimed to supply babies to Irish couples.
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CTV - An Ontario couple, Scott and Sarah Giddy of Fergus, has come forward with their story of being attacked in Mexico just outside the five-star resort where Sheila Nabb was brutally beaten in the hotel's elevator.
Latin American Herald Tribune - An “active petroleum system” has been found off the coast of the Mexican Gulf state of Veracruz, but it is not yet known how much oil is in the field, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said.
The Morning Journal - Invacare is moving production of its Solara manual wheelchairs to Invamex, an Invacare manufacturing facility in Reynosa, to better respond to violations of FDA regulations, the company said.
The Gazette - The parents of a Canadian woman being held in a Mexico jail under suspicion of trying to smuggle a son of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi into the country, say their daughter has lost 45 pounds and is suffering health problems.
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Bloomberg - Mexico’s peso strengthened after the Federal Reserve said it will keep the benchmark U.S. interest rate low until at least late 2014, bolstering demand for higher- yielding assets. The peso rose 0.6 percent to 13.0190 per U.S. dollar.
National Post - Vancouver-based mining company Fortuna Silver says it has nothing to do with the shooting death of a protester in a town near the company’s mine site in Mexico. Police have arrested the alleged shooter.
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McClatchy Newspapers - Allegations of human rights abuses by Mexico's military bedevil President Felipe Calderón, raising a dilemma familiar to Latin American presidents: Where can he go upon leaving office to stay safe and out of court?
The Daily Caller - House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder owes an apology to the Mexican government and to the families of Operation Fast and Furious victims south of the border.
Dow Jones - Mexico's antitrust commission has rejected a proposed partnership between mobile-phone operator Grupo Iusacell and the country's biggest broadcast and media company, Grupo Televisa, a person close to the transaction said Wednesday.
