Mexico’s best is still in action, just not in the playoffs
Turns out the best team in Mexico won’t get the chance to prove it against its peers. With the playoffs lacking the big-name clubs, Pumas UNAM have all but stolen the spotlight from their fellow, weaker Mexican comrades.
Right now, there is no better Mexican club than Pumas, who are battling Argentine giants Boca Juniors for the Copa Sudamericana title. Despite a ghastly league season that cost former coach Hugo Sánchez his job, Pumas have come together at the right time and are making the right amount of noise necessary for everyone to pay attention.
Never mind the 4-9-4 season Pumas suffered through, or the 34 goals allowed and the minus-17 goal differential. The team that put up those woeful statistics is gone.
Pumas are playing better soccer than Toluca, Pachuca, Monterrey and Tigres, the final four clubs standing in the Liguilla playoffs. While clubs such as América, Necaxa and Cruz Azul were sent packing earlier than expected, it’s Pumas who have faced the toughest opponents in more adverse conditions than any of their league counterparts.
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Mexicos vote recount uncovers irregularities
With a partial recount of the July 2 election winding down Friday, AndrŽs Manuel L—pez Obradors supporters said the recount was uncovering enough irregularities to challenge official results that had scored the election for Felipe Calder—n of the conservative National Action Party. And the trend, leaders of L—pez Obradors coalition said, favored their candidate.
If the tendency holds, even if it is one or two votes per precinct, then put in a national context ... it would change the count, Horacio Duarte said at a news conference at L—pez Obradors main protest camp in central
Mexicos Calderon marked by struggle for religious freedom
The roots of Felipe Calderons likely ascent to Mexicos presidency lie in one of the darkest periods of the countrys history, when the public expression of religion was banned, Roman Catholic churches and chapels were closed and priests were forbidden to wear clerical garb or voice opinions on public affairs.
Calderons father was among the many who took up arms in defense of the church, and it was that sense of persecution that led him in 1939 to join with other conservative Catholics to found the National Action Party, or PAN in its
Mexicos president-elect has deep Catholic roots
The roots of Felipe Calderons likely ascent to Mexicos presidency lie in one of the darkest periods of the countrys history, when the public expression of religion was banned, Roman Catholic churches and chapels were closed and priests were forbidden to wear clerical garb or voice opinions on public affairs.
Calderons father was among the many who took up arms in defense of the church, and it was that sense of persecution that led him in 1939 to join with other conservative Catholics to found the National Action Party, or PAN in its Spanish
Mexicos Congress Legalizes Drugs for Personal Use
Mexicos Congress approved a bill Friday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin for personal use — a measure sure to raise questions in Washington about Mexicos commitment to the war on drugs.
The only remaining step was the signature of President Vicente Fox, whose office indicated he would sign it.
Supporters said the law would let police focus on drug smuggling, rather than on busting casual users. The bill also would stiffen many drug-related penalties: for trafficking, for possession near schools, and for possession of even small quantities by government
Mexicos Borgetti to miss rest of group matches
Mexican striker Jared Borgetti will miss the rest of his countrys World Cup Group D matches, the teams doctor said.
Borgetti, who had to be replaced with a leg injury in Monday mornings (AEST) 3-1 World Cup victory over Iran, will certainly be out of action for eight to 10 days, team doctor Jose Luis Serrano told reporters.
After evaluation this morning, he will not play any of the group games, but hopefully he will be back after then, he said.
We have to evaluate the healing process closely because theres the risk
Mexicos Calderon Leads in Universal Election Poll
Mexicos Felipe Calderon, a former energy minister for President Vicente Fox, took the lead in a voter opinion poll by El Universal for the first time.
Calderon, the National Action Partys candidate, led with 39 percent of voters preferences in May from 34 percent in April, the Mexico City-based newspaper reported today. Mexico holds presidential elections on July 2.
The survey is at least the fourth to show Calderon,43, overtaking former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who had led polls for more than two years before April 25. Lopez Obradors support
Fox Caught in Mexicos Election Henhouse
It have been over seven weeks after the July 2 elections, Mexico still does not know who will be their new president. What is certain, the coalition Por el Bien de Todos (For the Good of All) continues to denounce the pro-government fraud, while maintaining their protests to defend democracy.
The partial recount ordered by Mexicos Federal Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) has uncovered evidence of widespread irregularities. While the tribunal has not released any official results, judges discovered there were 49,000 more votes cast than there were people who actually voted in 11,839 polling places; ballot
Mexicos new Congress could revive stymied reforms
The conservative PAN partys strong showing in Mexicos recent legislative elections could end a deadlock in Congress that stalled tax overhauls and other market-friendly reforms sought by outgoing President Vicente Fox.
The PAN, or National Action Party, won about 41 percent of the seats in Congress in the July 2 elections, taking the No. 1 position in Congress from the long-dominant centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which finished a weak third in the general elections.
Nobody expected before the election for the PAN to be that big in Congress, said Standard and Poors
Belize and Mexico talk border security issues
Diplomatic ties between Belize and Mexico are strengthened tonight thanks to a bi-lateral programme designed to curb illegal activities in border areas. News Fives Janelle Chanona has the details.
Janelle Chanona, Reporting
Today more than forty Mexican and Belizean law enforcement officials met in the old capital for a round of technical talks on national security strategies.
Gerald Westby, Police Commissioner, Belize
We have a memorandum of understanding that directs this action plan. Once we have set out this action plan, we have a timetable. Well place a timetable on the action plan and well start to work
Parties Battle For Mexicos Swing Vote Middle Class Torn Over Countrys Future
José Luis Arriaga is the kind of voter Mexicos presidential campaigns are spending millions to reach -- or at least scare. If he makes the wrong choice on election day, they warn, his hard-earned savings might disappear into thin air.
They also remind him of what frustrates him most: spiraling crime, unemployment, rampant corruption and the fact that so many of his fellow citizens are leaving for the United States. On occasion, they appeal to his sense of social equality.
The taco stand owner is an undecided voter in an election
