Mexico has stopped producing ozone-depleting chemicals four years before a deadline set by an international agreement, the environment secretary announced Friday.
The last chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs - manmade chemicals used in aerosol sprays, refrigerators and air conditioners - were produced last month in this northern industrial city, Environment Secretary Jose Luis Luege Tamargo said.
Scientists have linked the use of CFCs to destruction of the ozone layer.
“Mexico is a pioneer when it comes to protecting the ozone layer, and in the last 15 years has reduced by 90 percent the use of CFCs,” said Luege Tamargo, speaking at chemical plant belonging to Cydsa, an industrial group that was the largest producer of CFCs in Latin America.
Mexico is one of 189 nations, including the United States, that signed the Montreal Protocol, a 1987 agreement that aims to phase out the use and production of CFCs by 2010.
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Volkswagen Mexico strike deadline nears
Unionized workers at Volkswagen's Mexico plant restarted salary talks with management on Monday but were still waiting for an offer from the German auto maker three days before a strike deadline.
Union spokesman Miguel Angel Galan told Reuters the workers had lowered their salary demands to a 10 percent increase from 12.5 percent previously.More:
"We are still waiting for an offer from the company which could happen later today (Monday)," Galan said.
The salary talks are taking place in the labor ministry, which is a common conciliation point for labor disputes.
Volkswagen's plant in the city of Puebla, two
Mexico beats Hungary in friendly
Francisco Fonseca and Joel Huiqui both scored goals in each half and Mexico beat Hungary 2-0 Wednesday night in an exhibition match.
The win was the first in seven games against a European team for Mexico since Ricardo La Volpe took over as national coach after the 2002 World Cup.
The exhibition was part of the Mexico's five-game U.S. tour in preparation for the World Cup in Germany next year.
Fonseca scored on a header from about 10 yards out in the 32nd minute. Juan Pablo Rodriguez crossed the ball to Fonseca off a corner kick and
Japan beats Mexico 6-1 in WBC
Jim Allen Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter With its back to the wall, Japan remained alive in the World Baseball Classic with an inspiring 6-1 victory over Mexico at Angel Stadium on Tuesday.
Japan will qualify for a berth in Saturday's semifinals by beating South Korea on Wednesday and not allowing more than six runs in the process.
Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka pointed Pool 1 toward a 1-2 Asian finish by working five scoreless innings and posting Japan's first win in the quarterfinal round. South Korea, the only undefeated team in the 16-nation tournament, is almost assured of
Korea Beats Football Legends Mexico 1-0
The South Korean football team finished up its overseas training on a high note with a victory over FIFA sixth-ranked Mexico. Lee Dong-gook was in luck 15 minutes into the friendly at Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum, netting the winning goal in the 1-0 game. Korea dominated for most of the match, but out of the multiple scoring opportunities allowed by the Mexican defense, Korea was only able to convert one.
This victory comes four years and eight months after Korea’s last win over the formidable Mexicans, a 2-1 triumph at the Confederations Cup in
Agua Caliente: Guadalajara
This is a place of the entertainment to stop especially if you have children and need a rupture of the cultural stops with Guadalajara. This park has hardly especially that you will need to camp and to enjoy you. It is of étinceler clean and has higher slides of the notch. Impulse of road 80 of Mexico de Guadalajara of the west towards the coast. The impulse through the crown of the country cottage beyond the park and the Hot Water of the water of "Chimulco" is less than 2 km right in the road.
US Soccer Team Beats Mexico, 2-0, Earns Berth in 2006 World Cup
The U.S. Men's Soccer team has defeated Mexico, two-nothing, to earn a berth in next year's World Cup in Germany. The U.S. men are the first team from the North, Central American and Caribbean region to book a place in the World Cup.
The match was even through the first 53 minutes, but then Oguchi Onyewu deflected teammate Eddie Lewis's free kick in front of Mexico's goal.
Mexican goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez sprawled across the goalmouth to try to stop Onyewu and when the shot ricocheted off the goalpost, Steve Ralston
MEXICO CITY — Legislators will vote next week on whether to allow Mexicans living abroad to cast ballots in the 2006 presidential election, after saying Friday that they had split on the issue with less than a week left to approve the bill.
The dispute threatens to again quash the voting rights of an estimated 11 million migrants, most in the U.S., and exposes the long-standing electoral fault lines in a country where one-tenth of the population has emigrated to find work.
The former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, voted Thursday in a lower-house committee to modify
You can visit Tonantzintla and Acatepec from Cholula main square with a pesero and you might get to see the (real) lion sitting outside the black and white castle-type building en route. Or you can take a combi from Cholula to Acatepec or to Tonantzintla (marked Chilipo or Chipanco, ask which combi goes to the church you want) for US$0.55 from junction of Avenue 5 and Avenue Miguel Aleman. You can walk the 1 km to the other church, and then take a bus or combi back to Cholula or Puebla. Acatepec from CAPU in Puebla, US$0.45, 30 minutes, bus
Mexicos Fox to see migrants
With the United States planning triple-layered fences along its border and thousands of National Guard troops likely heading south, Mexican President Vicente Fox is northbound -- to Washington state.
Wednesday, with debate over immigration reform and border security roiling Congress and cities across America, Fox will tour a fruit orchard in the Yakima Valley and pay homage to the regions growing Latino population and influence. During later stops in Seattle, hell huddle with Latino business and community leaders.
The message behind the visit: Dont underestimate the importance of Mexican immigration -- both legal and illegal.
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Mexicos president to visit Utah, Washington, California
Mexican President Vicente Fox plans to visit Utah on May 23-24 on a trip that also includes stops in Seattle and Sacramento, Calif.
Fox sent a request Tuesday to Mexicos Congress for permission to visit the three states May 23-27. The arrangements are subject to that bodys approval, but Mike Mower, spokesman for Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, said Mexican officials indicated approval was imminent and wanted to proceed with planning.
In his seven-page statement, Fox said the relationship between Mexico and Utah is one of the most solid the country has with a state thats not
