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Pemex discovers major oil field

State-owned oil monopoly Pemex has made the biggest discovery of petroleum in Mexico in the last decade, President Felipe Calderon announced on Sunday.  Initial estimates suggest the Navegante 1 field in Tabasco will yield from 500 million to one billion barrels of crude oil.


President slammed over ‘obesity epidemic’

It may be fair to accuse President Felipe Calderon of many things during his six-year term that will come to an end on December 1, but should he take responsibility for what health advocates call an “obese environment” that has allegedly claimed 500,000 lives?

Electoral Institute destroys ballots

In an act that will do little to assuage conspiracy theorists’ doubts over the legitimacy of Enrique Peña Nieto’s victory in Mexico’s presidential election, every ballot paper is being destroyed.

Revolution Day closings

Mexico remembers the start of its 1910-20 revolution with a national holiday on Monday, November 19, when all schools, government agencies, consulates and most businesses will close.