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Drug war shutters businesses on Mexico border
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - A decade ago, economists hailed Tijuana as a place where cheap Mexican labor and U.S. financing could meet, attracting Asian firms eager to set up manufacturing plants to export to the United States.
Reuters: World News -
May 15, 2008 - 8:37 am
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World Briefing | Americas: Mexico: Police Chiefs Seek Asylum
Attacks on Mexican police officers by drug cartels have escalated so severely that three police chiefs have sought asylum in the United States in recent months Customs and Border Protection officials said.
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May 15, 2008 - 4:25 am
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Venezuela's Chavez "anxious" for better U.S. ties
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hopes prickly relations with the United States will improve when his archfoe George W. Bush leaves the Oval Office in January, the socialist leader said on Wednesday.
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May 15, 2008 - 4:49 am
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Ecuador Targets a U.S. Air Base
President Rafael Correa alleges that Washington infringed on his country's sovereignty and will move to end a U.S. lease on a coastal military base
TIME Magazine: World -
May 14, 2008 - 2:28 pm
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Peru environment ministry created
Peru sets up its first environment ministry, ahead of a Latin American-EU summit focusing on climate change.
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May 15, 2008 - 4:43 am
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Santander's Soverign Stake Might Grow
The Spanish bank may increase its 25% stake through Sovereign's just announced offering.
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May 12, 2008 - 4:40 pm
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Marchers protest drug violence in Mexican city
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May 12, 2008 - 5:16 am
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Ash cloud stretches across S America
The eruption of a long-dormant volcano in southern Chile has created an enormous cloud of ash that has spread hundreds of kilometres to the east, across Argentina and Uruguay.
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May 11, 2008 - 9:37 am
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Second Mexico police official gunned down
The police officer in charge of Mexico City's anti-kidnapping department was shot and killed Friday morning as he left his home in the capital city, authorities said.
CNN: World -
May 9, 2008 - 6:43 pm
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Drug hitmen attack police in Mexico hot spot
CULIACAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen threw grenades and opened fire on a police station in Mexico's Sinaloa state on Wednesday, just hours after the government sent thousands of troops to fight a powerful drug cartel there.
Reuters: World News -
May 15, 2008 - 4:50 am
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