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Mexico Travel Myth 1: Mexico Means Super Cheap Travel

Mexico Travel Myth 1: Mexico Means Super Cheap Travel Is Mexico cheaper than the US? It can be. Doing the resort thing in a Mexico resort like Cancun, for instance, can be as spendy as any high-end hot spot, but south of Cancun, super sweet Tulum is too cool and cheap ($25/day is doable). Acapulco will be $100 or more, and mostly well worth it if you want heart of the action and do the downtown scene in hotels on the Costera. Learn about street food and more if budget Mexico travel is your plan. Dont expect to get by on

Jeff Jarrett Causes Near-Riot In Mexico City On Sunday Night

Jeff Jarrett Causes Near-Riot In Mexico City On Sunday Night NEAR-RIOT ERUPTS IN MEXICO CITY DURING APPEARANCE BY NWA WORLD CHAMPION JEFF JARRETT Security and police called in to escort Jarrett out of arena The El Toreo arena in Mexico City nearly erupted in a full-scale riot on Sunday night during an appearance by NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett. During the main event of the huge AAA “Verano de Escandalo” show in front of over 20,000 spectators, police and extra security had to be called in after fans rushed the ring and threw hundreds of projectiles at Jarrett. In a total show of disrespect,

Huge firework blast rattles Mexican

Huge firework blast rattles Mexican A chain of explosions ripped through a sprawling market selling fireworks for Mexico's independence celebrations on Thursday, sending a huge column of smoke sky-high but causing only a handful of serious injuries. Hundreds of blasts lasting for two hours reduced the market in the town of Tultepec, north-west of Mexico City, to a charred ruin. A large-scale tragedy was avoided only because stall owners ran for their lives as the explosions began. Huddled with her children on the edge of a smoldering mass of twisted metal and smoldering wood the size of a football pitch and reeking

Mexico mine rescue faces new obstacles on 5th day

Mexico mine rescue faces new obstacles on 5th day A struggling operation to save 65 Mexican miners trapped in a coal mine faced new obstacles on Thursday as underground air quality and digging conditions worsened. Rescuers came across piles of rubble from collapsed roofs where two of the men were working when a huge gas explosion ripped through the Pasta de Conchos mine on Sunday. Since the collapse there has been no contact with the miners, who only had six hours' worth of oxygen with them and no food. Relatives were hanging on the hope that they may be still be alive thanks to

Mexico resorts getting back in the swim

Mexico resorts getting back in the swim Tourism officials in the hurricane-battered Mexican state of Quintana Roo hope to have 80 percent of the accommodations and amenities in the affected Caribbean coast resorts fully operational by February. The Yucatan Peninsula state, home to tourism magnets Cancun, Cozumel and the Riviera Maya, accounts for about 36 percent of Mexico's nearly $11 billion tourism industry, according to Quintana Roo tourism secretary Gabriela Rodriguez. Hurricane Wilma hit Cancun the hardest in late October, closing most of its hotel rooms. Between 8,000 and 10,000 of the city's approximately 25,000 hotel rooms are now open, and officials expect

UPDATE 1-Mexico 28-day T-bills edge lower to 9.60 pct

UPDATE 1-Mexico 28-day T-bills edge lower to 9.60 pct The yield on Mexico's benchmark 28-day Cetes, or T-bills, edged one basis point lower to 9.60 percent on Tuesday as investors expect the central bank to hold monetary policy steady at a policy meeting this week. Longer-term rates moved lower, reflecting growing expectations that interest rates could come down in coming weeks. T-bill rates have drifted slightly lower in recent weeks as the inflation fears eased and the central bank set an informal reference rate in the secondary market. Mexico's central bank is due to hold its twice-monthly monetary policy review on Friday and most

Protests Disrupt California-Mexico Border Crossing

Protests Disrupt California-Mexico Border Crossing Several hundred protesters in Tijuana, Mexico blocked vehicle traffic heading to San Diego on Monday, turning the worlds busiest border crossing into an empty parking lot for about two hours. U.S. authorities responded by closing the metal barriers in front of vehicle inspection lanes for security purposes about 1 p.m. at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, which links Tijuana with San Diego. However, Angelica De Cima, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Customs Service, which runs the port, stressed that the port remained open to the few vehicles able to make it through the crowd. We are there to

Tagliabue pumped about game in Mexico

Tagliabue pumped about game in Mexico Expansion to Mexico still is a generation away despite the success of the NFL’s first regular-season game staged outside the United States. Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said the Arizona Cardinals’ 31-14 victory over the 49ers in Mexico’s capital lent credibility to the league south of the border. A record 103,467 fans packed cavernous Azteca Stadium on Sunday night, the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history. But Tagliabue said the size of the crowd wasn’t the key factor. “I think this game lets the fans here in Mexico, the athletes here in Mexico and businesses and everybody else know that

Mexico-style campaign hits hurdle in Los Angeles area

Mexico-style campaign hits hurdle in Los Angeles area Manuel Espino looked at a sea of empty chairs in the South Gate High School auditorium Saturday and contemplated the magnitude of the challenge facing Mexico's political parties. Espino, the leader of President Vicente Fox's National Action Party, was here to court Mexicans who in June won the historic right to vote by abBut nothing was going as planned. A powerful politician whose appearances in Mexico command big crowds and thundering applause, Espino expected supporters to fly in from all over the United States to talk about the immigration plank in his party's campaign platform.

Politics Could Undercut Mexicos Gains

Politics Could Undercut Mexicos Gains As President Vicente Fox prepares to leave office amid political uncertainty here, he is handing his successor one of the healthiest economies in the last six years. Inflation is tame. Industrial production is sizzling. Tax coffers are bulging with oil revenue. Formal employment is rebounding. Mexicos economy expanded by 4.7% in the second quarter, fueled by strong consumer spending at home and robust demand for its goods abroad. I dont think anyone expected it to be this strong, said Christian Stracke, emerging-markets analyst with New York-based CreditSights. The big question: How long can the party last? More