Surprise victor may win again in Mexico
Mexico’s former energy secretary appeared headed toward another victory in Sunday’s second round of the ruling National Action Party’s three-part presidential primary.
Felipe Calderon scored a surprise victory over former Interior Secretary Santiago Creel in the first primary round in September, and with about 92 percent of the votes counted from Sunday’s second round, Calderon had a comfortable lead.
Calderon got 50 percent of the votes that had been counted, with Creel taking 36 percent; former Environment Secretary Alberto Cardenas had 13 percent.
Sunday’s election offered more than 300,000 party members in eight southern states from Yucatan to Veracruz a choice between three candidates for the nomination. Fewer than a third of those eligible appeared to have voted.
The first round was held Sept. 11. The country’s remaining northern and western states vote in the third round Oct. 23.
President Vicente Fox, who is prohibited by law from seeking a second term, has not endorsed a candidate.
Mexico’s three major political parties must register their candidates by January. The leftist Democratic Revolution Party is expected to nominate former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who leads all polls ahead of the presidential election.
Creel led in polls among party members for months. But Calderon has steadily gained ground and performed well in a nationally televised debate.
Calderon has proposed expanding on Fox’s success on economic stability, while improving law enforcement and creating a coalition-style government if the PAN fails to win control of Congress.
He ran unsuccessfully for governor in his home state of Michoacan in 1995.
Source: chron.com
A leftist victor in Mexico race would be no trouble, U.S. says
Mexico's presidential election is more than six months away, but officials in Washington already are sizing up how the three leading candidates would mesh with the United States - including the possibility that the leftist former mayor of Mexico City could win it all in July.
In interviews, officials and scholars said the prospect that Mexico might elect a left-leaning president - as several other Latin American countries have in recent months, most recently Bolivia with its apparent election of Evo Morales - did not pose a problem for
Small plane crash in Mexico kills pilot, air force co-pilot
A small plane crashed outside the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, killing a civilian pilot and a Mexican Air Force pilot who went along for the ride, authorities and relatives confirmed.
The plane went down Sunday afternoon at El Migote beach near Pie de la Cuesta, just south of Acapulco, killing pilot Ruben Fajardo and Air Force pilot Victor Serrano, said Hector Lara, an agent of the district attorney's office for the nearby city of Coyuca de Benitez.
Fajardo had not wanted to fly on Sunday, but was persuaded by the
Mexico confirms hurricane deaths
At least three people were killed when Hurricane John swept through Mexicos Baja California peninsula at the weekend, officials say.
One of them was a Briton whose camper van had been swept away by floodwaters, the states interior secretary said.
Two Mexicans had drowned in strong river currents, Victor Guluarte added. Three others are reported missing.
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Mexico City: great dining, shopping, museums and history
What's it like to live in a far-off place most of us see only on a vacation? Foreign Correspondence is an interview with someone who lives in a spot you may want to visit.
Victor Bustamante, 35, is a native of Mexico City, where he is in charge of the Latin American finance department for U.S.-based Bovis Lend Lease.
Q. Mexico City and New York City are close in population. New York has distinctive neighborhoods; is Mexico City like that?
A. The cities aren't comparable in that way. Mexico doesn't have too much in-migration compared to
Orange County man arrested in Mexico
Mexican police detained a 36-year-old Orange County man yesterday who had an outstanding arrest warrant in the United States, Mexican authorities said.
Victor Garcia, 36, had been living in Mexico for about a month when he was found near the Mexican port of entry across from San Ysidro, Mexican authorities said.
U.S. authorities requested assistance from their Mexican counterparts several weeks ago in tracking him down after he apparently violated parole, Mexican authorities said.
State Preventive Police identified Garcia from photo handouts and through a background check. Mexican authorities said he was identified as a
Mexico Makes Good on Debt
The Mexican Treasury announces the country has paid off its $1.41 billion in foreign debt to salvage and maintain the country’s financial stability through next year's presidential elections.
Officials say Mexico paid off a portion of 10 bonds due between 2007 and 2033 using funding purchased from the central bank.
President Vicente Fox promises to cover financing needs through 2007 to protect the economy from the financial crises associated with earlier presidential transitions.
Morgan Stanley analyst Gordian Kemen says the announcement came as a surprise to many, but "is very positive.
The government still has $430 million more than what
Club America de Mexico 3 Atletico Nacional de Colombia 3
Atletico Nacional of Colombia scored a late goal to forge a 3-3 draw with Club America of Mexico in the fourth round leg of the South American Cup.
Eduardo Hurtado tied Wednesday night's game for the Colombian side in the 90th minute after Club America went ahead five minutes earlier.
One of Atletico Nacional's goals came when Claudio Rojas put the ball in his own goal early in the game. Victor Aristizabal rounded out the scoring for the Colombians.
Claudio Lopez, Christian Gimenez and Kleber Boas accounted for Club America's goals. The draw at
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, looking to improve his image with Hispanics at home, arrived in Mexico on Friday and met with Baja California Gov. Eugenio Elorduy about security issues, immigration and a controversial border canal.
Schwarzenegger has come under fire from many of his state's 12 million Hispanics for opposing driver's licenses for illegal immigrants and proposing health and welfare cuts that would have hit Hispanics hard.
He angered both Californians and the Mexican government when he praised a citizen border patrol and said California's border with Mexico should be closed – something he quickly apologized for.
In Mexico, Schwarzenegger
Mexico's contradictions playing U.S. for fools
Since the 1910 Mexican Revolution, our neighbor to the south has chosen exactly one leader in a fair election, current President Vicente Fox.
He presides over a nation where disparities of wealth between the working poor and the politically connected corrupt are as disheartening as the 40 percent of citizens living below the poverty line a figure that excludes those millions of poor Mexicans who immigrated to the United States seeking a better life.
The U.S. dollars earned by expatriate Mexicans and sent home as remittances keep hungry families from starving and a dysfunctional country from
Mexico's Absentee Total Low
Fewer than 57,000 Mexican migrants have requested absentee ballots for the presidential election, officials said Thursday — a showing many say reflects serious flaws in the effort to include millions living abroad.
Migrants have argued that they received little information about the program. They also complained that a requirement forcing them to register for a voting card in Mexico negated the benefit of being able to cast a vote from outside the country.
Many of the estimated 4 million registered Mexican voters living abroad, mainly in the United States, are undocumented and don't want to return to
