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• CONGRESS APPROVES REVENUES BUDGET THAT INCLUDES CONTROVERSIAL TAX INCREASES. 

  During the last weekend of October, the Congress ratified a controversial plan to raise consumption and income taxes and impose levies on...

  11/04/09 · More from publication

• MEXICAN AGRICULTURE OFFICIAL LOSES JOB AFTER URGING FARMERS TO EMULATE BUSINESS STRATEGY OF DRUG CARTELS. 

  A high-level Mexican agriculture official lost his job after suggesting to representatives of farm organizations that they follow the business...

  11/04/09 · More from publication

• STRONG RESISTANCE TO PRESIDENT FELIPE CALDERON'S PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE TOURISM SECRETARIAT. 

  President Felipe Calderon's proposal to eliminate the Secretaria de Turismo (SECTUR) to help balance the budget has met with a growing chorus of...

  10/28/09 · More from publication

• SUPREME COURT FINDS OAXACA GOVERNOR ULISES RUIZ RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, VIOLENCE IN 2006 AND 2007. 

  In mid-October, Mexico's high court (Suprema Corte de Justica de la Nacion, SCJN) dealt a major blow to Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz, blaming the...

  10/28/09 · More from publication

• UNESCO COMMITTEE AWARDS SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO FLYING-DANCERS RITUAL IN MEXICO. 

  Several historical and cultural regions in Mexico have received special designation from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...

  10/07/09 · More from publication

• MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS SAID TO EARN AS MUCH AS US$40 BILLION. 

  Earlier this year, Forbes magazine listed notorious drug-cartel leader Joaquin Guzman Loera among its "new billionaires." Earnings of the Sinaloa...

  10/07/09 · More from publication

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