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July 7th 2008

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MEXICO HEADLINES

Mexico phone competition to heat up with numbers war

Mexicans can switch telephone operators without having to change their phone number beginning this weekend, a measure that will heat up competition in an industry dominated by billionaire tycoon Carlos Slim….More

Riviera Nayarit International Fishing Tournament

Riviera Nayarit, the 160 kilometers of coastline in the State of Nayarit that stretches from Nuevo Vallarta to San Blas, is fast becoming known as one of the best fishing destinations in the Americas…..More

Two weather systems off Mexico weaken

Tropical Storm Douglas weakened to a depression off Mexico’s coast on Thursday and was forecast to die at sea….More

Mexico to surpass Canada in number of vehicles built

This may be the first year Mexico produces more vehicles than Canada, says one auto analyst. Mexico is expected to build about 2.2 million vehicles and Canada is projected to construct two million vehicles, said Dennis DesRosiers, president of DesRosiers Automotive Consultants…..More

Don Pedro...the story behind the grocer for the community

By Adam Caddell
Running low on groceries since your last stock up in Puerto Vallarta? Not sure where to turn for fresh produce and Norte Americano necessities such as peanut butter and frosted flakes? In the maze of what is the Jaltemba Bay community, a newcomer may find themselves lost and stuck for answers to these vital questions.
The day had gone by faster than I had imagined. I felt clammy and almost like I was in the twilight zone, but this time it wasn’t the Jaltemba humidity. It was my first time seeing the popular American brands; Corn Pops and Trix cereal in Mexico. I then immediately asked one of the stock girls, Maria, if Trix was a popular product in the store; “Oh yes,” said Maria, “Especially with the gringos.”
I was amused. With most of the ex-pat community being over the age of 50, Trix was definitly not "Just for kids.”
This wasn’t the typical Mexican grocery store, just like how Jaltemba Bay isn’t a typical Mexican community. Jaltemba is more salad bowl than melting pot. The area is a medley that has a mixed culture, where the demands stretch farther than what the standard tienda has in store.

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Illicit U.S. guns fuel Mexican drug wars like they fuel Cdn gang violence

VANCOUVER - Illicit guns that make their way across the U.S. border into Canada are a serious problem but a relative nuisance compared with the desperate battle being fought on the U.S.-Mexico border, say officials…..More

Mexico sees anti-drug aid for police

Mexico's president says he plans to use the recently approved package of U.S. anti-drug aid to improve the country's police force…..More

Latin America Real Estate Site Heralds Top Ranking for Retirement in Mexico

As more and more people retire in Mexico every year, Latin American Home Investment is proud to announce the country's ranking as the best place to retire in the world by International Living…..More

Mysterious cave opened at Mexican pyramid

MEXICO CITY - Archaeologists are opening a cave sealed for more than 30 years deep beneath a Mexican pyramid to look for clues about the mysterious collapse of one of ancient civilization's largest cities…..More

Tropical Storm Douglas forms off Mexico

MEXICO CITY - Tropical Storm Douglas formed off Mexico's Pacific coast Wednesday but forecasters said it was not expected to hit land…..More

Plunging dollar helps some Mexicans, hurts others
BEJUCOS, Mexico — In this remote village in the mountains of Central Mexico, where most everyone lives off the money sent home from relatives working in Austin, Texas, the value of the U.S. dollar has become a source of angst……More

Tropical Storm Cristina Forms Off Mexico's Baja Peninsula
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Tropical Storm Cristina has formed far off Mexico's Baja peninsula.
Miami's National Hurricane Center says the storm does not threaten land. It is the third named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season……More

Mexico accepts US anti-narcotics aid
With a deadly drug war spreading around the country, beleaguered Mexican officials on Friday welcomed $400 million in anti-narcotics assistance in a bill that was given final Congressional approval in Washington on Thursday night. ……More

Mexicans Protest Border Fence With Trees
Treeline Will Stretch 318 Miles Between Mexico, Texas
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico -- The first of 400,000 trees are being planted in northern Mexico to form a "green wall" along the border. It's a protest against the huge fence the United States is building along the border. ….More

Boomers Flying, Buying Mexico Properties
New figures show home prices in major U.S. cities dropped this past year to what they were in the summer of 2004. That news has developers luring Americans across the border to buy - and some of the hottest properties are along Mexico’s Pacific Coast…..More

SPORTS

July Fourth Legion Golf tourney and old fashioned picnic at the Field of Dreams

July Fourth Legion Golf tourney and old fashioned picnic

Valdano: Eriksson facing a new reality in Mexico

Sven-Goran Eriksson will have to come to terms with antics designed to upset his players' sleep and taking his own food and water to matches as coach of Mexico, former Argentina striker Jorge Valdano said on Tuesday…..More

Ochoa sees her days on tour as numbered

Canadian Women's Open defending champion expects to play just another six years or so. Lorena Ochoa likes her spot at the top of women's golf. It gives her a good feeling. She's had a quick rise to get there - she's been kicking around the LPGA Tour for just six years - but she's learned to deal with the pressure. And she revels in it…..More

BRIEF: Top-seeded Mexican faces 2-time NCAA champion

Jul. 5--Top-seeded Luis-Manuel Flores of Mexico advanced to the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Tigran Martirosyan of Armenia on Friday in the Men's Futures of Pittsburgh at Mt. Lebanon Tennis Center…..More

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