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Outsource Jobs Increasingly Heading to Mexico
March 9, 2012 | by Smart Planet | Latino Daily News
Offering their United States customers closer proximity to home, Mexico is increasingly being chosen for IT services over companies in India or China. continue reading »
NAFTA Blamed for Mexico’s Obesity Problems
March 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, in force since 1994, is largely responsible for a rapid rise in the number of overweight and obese people in Mexico, the United Nations' special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier de Schutter, said. continue reading »
Nearly 4 Million Mexican teens have Posted Racy Photos on Web
March 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Around 3.6 million Mexican teenagers say they have posted photos of themselves in "provocative poses" on the Internet, the IFAI data-protection agency said. continue reading »
VP Joe Biden’s First Leg of Latin America Trip is Visit with Mexico’s Felipe Calderon
March 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican President Felipe Calderón met with US Vice-President Joseph Biden, currently on a working visit to Mexico City, at the official Los Pinos residence today. continue reading »
Bloomberg Billionaire Index Declares Carlos Slim ‘King’ of the Rich, $68.5 Billion Net Worth
March 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Bloomberg Billionaire Index, a new ranking index, has put the 72-year old head of Telemex as ‘El Rey’ of the billionaires with a $68.5 billion net worth. continue reading »
Mexico Declares 50 Tourist Attractions “Magic Villages”, Places that Reflect Country’s Culture
March 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Fifty tourist destinations in Mexico's interior have been declared "Magic Villages" by the federal government in its drive to enrich what the country has to offer tourists besides its main attractions of sun, sea and sand. continue reading »
Mexico Serial Killer and Rapist Captured After Escaping from Prison, 8 Victims Known Thus Far
March 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A man arrested in late February for the murders of seven women and who later escaped from a jail in Mexico state, which surrounds the Federal District and forms part of the Mexico City metropolitan area, has been captured, officials said. continue reading »
Diego Rivera Sketches Get a Facelift in Mexico
March 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Four sketches made by Mexican artist Diego Rivera in the 1930s for New York's Rockefeller Center are being restored with a grant from Bank of America, the Diego Rivera-Anahuacalli Museum said. continue reading »
Documentary Lambasts Mexico’s Failing School System (VIDEO)
February 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican filmmaker, Juan Carlos Rulfo, and journalist, Carlos Loret de Mola, have joined forces to show México, as well as the world, the current state of their school system. ‘¡De Panzazo! continue reading »
Secretary Janet Napolitano to Visit Latin America
February 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David Aguilar, and Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin will travel to Latin America. continue reading »
Mexico’s Cemex Buys Ireland’s Readymix
February 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico's Cemex, one of the world's three largest cement companies, said it has agreed to acquire all of the shares in Ireland's Readymix PLC it did not already hold for 10.6 million euros ($14.2 million). continue reading »
Mexicana Airlines Set to Return to the Skies
February 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican airline Mexicana de Aviacion, grounded since August 2010 while in bankruptcy proceedings, is set to return to the skies under new ownership. continue reading »
Vaccine Against Heroin Being Developed in Mexico
February 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Tests of the medication on animals have achieved "significant advances related to the time in which the subjects remain immunized," the institute's head of epidemiological and psychosocial research, Dr. Maria Elena Medina-Mora, told a press conference here. continue reading »
International Organizations Voice Alarm Over Killing of Inmates in Mexico
February 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The United Nations human rights office has called on Mexican authorities to conduct a thorough and independent investigation into the killing over the weekend of 44 inmates at a prison in the country’s north, apparently by members of an organized criminal group. continue reading »
Radio Cristo Rey Launches in Mexico in Preparation for Pope’s Visit
February 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
There are only 30 days to Pope Benedict XVI's visit in Mexico, and the Archdiocese of Leon have announced the opening of a radio via internet, Radio Cristo Rey, continue reading »
Foreign Investment in Mexico Increase 9.7% in 2011
February 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico received $19.44 billion in foreign direct investment last year, an increase of 9.7 percent over 2010, the economy ministry said Monday. continue reading »
U.S. and Mexico Sign Energy Agreement for Gulf of Mexico
February 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Mexican and U.S. governments signed an agreement Monday for the exploration and development of oil and gas reservoirs that straddle the countries' maritime boundary in the Gulf of Mexico. continue reading »
Mexico’s PRI Presidential Candidate, Enrique Pena Nieto, Leading the Race
February 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The presidential candidate of Mexico's centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, enjoys a comfortable lead over his two main rivals in the July 1 contest, according to the results of a new poll by capital daily El Universal. continue reading »
Mexican Authorities Investigating a Possible Prison Breakout After 44 Die in Riot
February 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Authorities in the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon said they are investigating a possible breakout at a prison where 44 inmates died in a fight involving members of the rival Gulf and Los Zetas drug cartels. continue reading »
40 Die in Narco Prison Fight Near Monterrey, Mexico
February 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 40 inmates died in a fight early Sunday at the prison in Apodaca, a city in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, officials said. continue reading »
