Lázaro Bruzón Wins International Chess Event in Mexico
Lázaro Bruzón won the annual Carlos Torre Repetto International Chess Tournament that concludes Thursday in the Mexican city of Mérida.
Bruzón, the Cuban national champion and the best-ranked Latin American player with an ELO rating of 2677 units that places him 26th in the world list of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), beat Polish GM Michal Krasenkow (2655).
Playing by the Wimbledom system, Bruzón and Krasenkow tied in the two classical games and in the two rapid games of 10 minutes. Bruzon’s success came in the first of the five-minute tie-break games, in 64 moves of a Sicilian Defense.
Bruzón became the fourth Cuban player who wins this event after Jesús Nogueiras, Leinier DomÃnguez and Yuniesky Quesada did it in 1997, 2001 and 2003, respectively.
Cubans IM Holden Hernández and GM Yuniesky Quesada placed second and third in the other group, played by Swiss system.
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Lázaro Bruzón Wins International Chess Event in Mexico
Lázaro Bruzón won the annual Carlos Torre Repetto International Chess Tournament that concludes Thursday in the Mexican city of Mérida.
Bruzón, the Cuban national champion and the best-ranked Latin American player with an ELO rating of 2677 units that places him 26th in the world list of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), beat Polish GM Michal Krasenkow (2655).
Playing by the Wimbledom system, Bruzón and Krasenkow tied in the two classical games and in the two rapid games of 10 minutes. Bruzon’s success came in the first of the five-minute tie-break games, in 64
Aussie triathlete Jones wins in Mexico
Top Australian triathlete Michellie Jones rounded out her racing preparation for the Hawaiian Ironman with a weekend win in Mexico.
In her last race before the October 21 Ironman, Jones easily won a half-ironman distance event in Cancun.
She clocked four hours 19 minutes and 57 seconds, beating Canadian Natasha Filliol by nearly four minutes.
Jones has quickly become one of the top Australian hopes at Hawaii, the sports most famous race, after her stunning debut there last year.
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GE Unit Wins Contract From Mexico Utility
GE Energy said Thursday it was awarded a contract by Mexico's state-owned electric utility to expand output capacity at the country's only nuclear power plant.
In a news release, the unit of General Electric Co. said the contract from the Federal Electricity Commission, or CFE, is to initially provide safety and licensing evaluations for plans to increase output by 20 percent at the Laguna Verde plant in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
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Mexico hopes cargo looks south
Mexico is expanding plans to improve its ports so they can handle growing trade with Asia that now is clogging ports in California.
The latest proposal involves Punta Colonet, a sparsely populated, wind-blown bay on the Baja Peninsula 150 miles south of the U.S. border.
Mexican officials in coming weeks plan to study the feasibility of turning Punta Colonet into a superport on par with facilities at Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest western port complex in North America.
Lazaro Cardenas is Mexico’s deepest port, and Hutchison Port Holdings, the world’s largest independent port operator, plans to pump
Mexico Wins With Lower House Approval of Securities Market Law Initiative
Grupo Salinas, a group of dynamic, fast growing and technologically advanced companies deeply committed to the modernization of Mexico, announced today that it welcomes the approval of the initiative to enact a new Mexican Securities Law by the Chamber of Deputies. Grupo Salinas stated that Mexico wins with the approval, as the legislation is expected to enhance transparency and accountability of Mexican
corporations. This translates into increased confidence to invest in Mexico, which generates larger capital inflows to the securities market. The initiative aims to protect minority rights, a measure that
Mexico's Roberto Madrazo Wins PRI Presidential Primary Election
Mexico's Roberto Madrazo, the former governor of the state of Tabasco, won the primary election for the presidential nomination of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the country's largest political party.
Madrazo had 91 percent of the votes with the ballots from 74 percent of polling stations counted, according to the party's Web site. Everardo Moreno, Madrazo's only rival after former state of Mexico Governor Arturo Montiel dropped out of the contest, had 9 percent of the vote.
Mariano Palacios, president of the party, declared Madrazo the winner as of 11:30 p.m. New York time
His rescue from kidnappers wins praise for Mexico's federal police
Just freed in a daring police raid after two months in the hands of kidnappers, Ruben Omar Romano said Thursday he can't wait to get back to work as the coach of one of Mexico's most popular soccer teams.
"I feel a bit weak, and I still can't believe I'm out of captivity," said a smiling Romano, the Argentine coach of Cruz Azul, at a news conference the morning after his rescue.
"But I'm happy to see my family, and I've got the strength to go on fighting and be back with the
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Mexico, top private interests look to revamp Pacific ports south of the border
Mexico and major shipping interests are bolstering Pacific ports south of the border, hoping to catch future runoff as an increasing tide of Asian cargo sails toward already clogged ports in California.
Mexican officials in coming weeks plan to study the feasibility of turning Punta Colonet – a sparsely populated, wind-blown bay on the Baja Peninsula 150 miles south of the U.S. border – into a super-port on par with twin facilities at Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest western port complex in North America.
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