Dean Slams Bush’s Policies on Mexico
Howard Dean traveled south of the border to meet with Mexico’s presidential contenders Monday, and lashed out at the Bush administration’s policies on Mexico.
Dean, the Democratic National Committee chairman, claimed President Bush “turned his back on Mexico'’ after it refused to support the Iraq war.
The former Vermont governor told The Associated Press in an interview that “a strong Mexico and a strong Mexican economy fixes a lot of the problems between the two countries, particularly immigration and narcotics.'’
“We ought to have a partnership with Mexico'’ Dean said. “President Bush has lost ground in the relationship.'’
Republican National Committee spokesman Danny Diaz defended Bush’s record, noting the president has a close relationship with Mexican President Vicente Fox.
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Wilma slams Mexico, threatens Florida
In the early afternoon on Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, Hurricane Wilma was moving slowly northwest with the eye 35 miles off the coast of Cozumel, Mexico on the Yucatan peninsula. The Category 4 hurricane is currently packing 145 mph winds with higher-speed gusts. Wilma is expected to turn northeast toward southern Florida while dropping as much as 40 inches of rain in parts of Cuba along the way.
With Wilma, the Atlantic Ocean's 21st named storm this year, the 2005 season has tied the record for the most named storms in a year. Pressure readings on
LeAnn Rimes Takes Second Honeymoon in Mexico
LeAnn Rimes and husband Dean Sheremet have taken a second honeymoon in Los Cabos, Mexico, staying at the luxurious Las Ventanas resort. The couple, who have been married for three years, talk about their second honeymoon in an eight-page photo/article spread in the current issue of OK! magazine.
"We've spent some time in Cabo before, and when we got a chance to come back, we were just so excited," explained LeAnn to the magazine. "We've been so pampered!"
Husband Dean Sheremet agreed, noting, "It's kind of hard to not have a good time when
U.S. Treasury secretary lauds Mexico for strong macroeconomic policies
U.S. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow lauded Mexico on Thursday for instituting strong macroeconomic policies, saying that under the leadership of President Vicente Fox and Mexican Treasury Secretary Francisco Gil, "the finances of Mexico have improved dramatically."
Snow also said it would not matter to Mexico's economy if Fox's conservative government were replaced by a leftist administration next year as long as the new administration continues with "good (economic) policies."
In a joint news conference with Gil, Snow commended Mexico for being an economic leader in Latin America, saying "its voice is important
Mexico's Fox announces new energy policies
Mexican President Vicente Fox on Monday announced a series of measures designed to keep energy costs down for millions of Mexicans and increase the country's energy independence.
The measures include limiting price increases on gas and electricity and reforms to allow more private investment in exploration and production of natural gas.
World energy prices have soared amid the effects of Hurricane Katrina, and Fox said Katrina not only threatened to cause significant increases in energy prices, but also could affect supplies to Mexico.
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Chavez slams Mexico's Fox over trade
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez criticized his Mexican counterpart as being the United States' "puppy dog," El Universal newspaper reported Thursday.
Chavez's comment was in reference to Mexican President Vicente Fox's support for the resumption of talks on the proposed hemispheric free trade bloc at last week's Summit of the Americas in Argentina.
At the meeting of 34 nations, President Bush pushed for talks on the Free Trade Area of the Americas to resume after months of stalling and complaints from several leaders who allege the proposal unfairly favors U.S. economic interests.
Fox was among the
Mexico slams border fence
Mexico’s foreign secretary Monday leveled his country’s sharpest criticism yet at U.S. proposal for a fence along parts of its southern border, condemning it as “stupid” and “underhanded.”
In a radio interview, Luis Ernesto Derbez said U.S. legislators who approved the bill were turning a blind eye to the contributions millions of migrants from Mexico and elsewhere make to America’s economy and culture.
“It’s a law that looks underhanded to everybody ... stupid,” Derbez said.
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 239-182 in favor of an immigration enforcement bill, which includes a proposal to build 700 miles of
Hurricane Wilma slams into mainland Mexico
Ocean waves surged over the narrow strip of land that holds Cancun's resort hotels as Hurricane Wilma slammed into Mexican mainland, where some 30,000 tourists huddled in hotels and shelters amid shrieking winds and shattering glass.
The eye of the category 3 storm, which had already killed 13 people, first slammed into Cozumel Island _ the worst-hit, and now cut off _ and then headed north-northwest onto the mainland near the beach town of Playa de Carmen, south of Cancun.
The howling winds caused severe damage in Playa de Carmen, flattening dozens of wood-and-tarpaper
Wilma slams Mexico resorts, tourists flee
Lashing wind and rain pounded Mexican beach resorts on Friday and thousands of tourists hunkered down in shelters to escape Hurricane Wilma, which was hammering Caribbean resorts on its way to densely populated southern Florida. Heavy rain was coming down in diagonal sheets and howling winds were buckling sturdy trees.
Tourists were evacuated from luxury beachfront hotels all along Mexico’s “Maya Riviera” coast and the normally calm, turquoise Caribbean seas heaved and Wilma dumped rain on streets patrolled by soldiers ordering people to take cover.
Described by forecasters as extremely dangerous and at its height later
In the early afternoon on Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, Hurricane Wilma was moving slowly northwest with the eye 35 miles off the coast of Cozumel, Mexico on the Yucatan peninsula. The Category 4 hurricane is currently packing 145 mph winds with higher-speed gusts. Wilma is expected to turn northeast toward southern Florida while dropping as much as 40 inches of rain in parts of Cuba along the way.
With Wilma, the Atlantic Ocean's 21st named storm this year, the 2005 season has tied the record for the most named storms in a year. Pressure readings on Wednesday broke the record
Mexico medical students learn on 'breathing' robots
On Monday, Mexico City's UNAM University opened the world's largest "robotic hospital" where medical students practice on everything from delivering a baby from a robotic dummy to injecting the arm of a plastic toddler.
The robots are dummies complete with mechanical organs, synthetic blood and mechanical breathing systems.
"The country's rapid increase of medical students has not kept up with the number of medical facilities," said Joaquin Lopez Barcena, an associate dean at the university's medical school. "This a very a good learning opportunity for our students."
The $1.3 million facility has 24 robotic patients and
