Govt flying high on hog
To avoid a fuel stop on the way to Europe, Mexico’s Department of Defense plans to replace current presidential Boeing TP01 and TP02 jets, with a new, as-yet-unnamed aircraft, costing 757 million dollars.
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
To avoid a fuel stop on the way to Europe, Mexico’s Department of Defense plans to replace current presidential Boeing TP01 and TP02 jets, with a new, as-yet-unnamed aircraft, costing 757 million dollars.
Insuring a car in the metro areas of Guadalajara, Monterrey or Mexico City costs double what it would in smaller cities like Merida or Aguascalientes.
Having effectively vetoed a bill to support victims of organized crime earlier this month, President Felipe Calderon is under renewed pressure from Congress to pass the act.
The June 5, 2009 fire at the ABC Kindergarten in Hermosillo, Sonora killed 49 children and severely injured many more. A Federal judge has ruled that nine state and city functionaries serve jail time for their negligence.
In what critics are calling a “sneaky” move, Mexico this week signed a polemic international anti-piracy trade agreement that seeks to protect intellectual property rights.
Now in the “lame duck” period of his administration, President Felipe Calderon visited Jalisco on Wednesday, flaunting his record on public works in the state.
Mexican banks are within their rights to ask their U.S. account holders for their U.S. social security numbers, several sources have told this newspaper.
Two years after his departure from CNN, Larry King returned with a new online talk show last week in partnership with Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man.
A U.S. Senate Committee accused British-based bank HSBC of laundering billions of dollars on behalf of Mexican drug gangs in a 300-page report released Monday.