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Mexican Churches Seek Perpetual Vigilance To Prevent Theft
Within the dark sanctuary of Our Lady of Defense chapel, flickering candles symbolize prayers for "perpetual light." Mexico's Fox Calls Guest-Worker Idea Good For Security Mexican President Vicente Fox said Tuesday that U.S. national security needs would be well served with the adoption of a guest-worker program to bring illegal immigrants out of the shadows. Chavez And Fox Fight For Influence In Latin America Latin American news media couldn't get enough of the brawl. U.S. Envoy Warns Of Hunger Crisis In Guatemala If the world does not respond with more donations, hundreds of thousands of Guatemalans could soon face a severe hunger crisis because of damage caused by hurricane Stan in October, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations' world food programs warned on Tuesday. U.S. Ambassador To Mexico Criticizes Border Wall Proposal And Anti-Trade 'Populism' Erecting a 2,000-mile-long wall along the United States' southern border or taking similar measures are unrealistic solutions to illegal immigration, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza said Thursday. Fox Defends Guest Workers For U.S. In the final year of his presidency, Mexican President Vicente Fox still believes the United States will endorse a guest-worker program, and he warns that Latin America –- like China –- should embrace more international trade as the path out of poverty. Fox: Q And A In 2000, President Vicente Fox was elected as a pro-business president and friend of the United States, ending a 71-year lock on power in Mexico by the PRI, the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Fox Sees Hope For U.S. Immigration Proposal By End Of '06 In 2000, President Vicente Fox was elected as a pro-business president and friend of the United States, ending a 71-year lock on power in Mexico by the PRI, the Institutional Revolutionary Party. After Wilma, Mexico Struggles With Its Costliest Disaster Hurricane Wilma, Mexico's most expensive natural disaster ever, has insurance agents and desperate hotel chains scurrying to survey and repair widespread damage in one of the world's most profitable tourism destinations. Fox Criticizes Mexican Response To Hurricane As Evacutation Continues Tempers shortened Monday in battered Cancun as anxious Mexicans began realizing the true extent of damage delivered by Hurricane Wilma during its weekend pass over the Yucatan peninsula. Police Gunned Down Across Mexico In War On Drugs The war on drugs in Mexico is blamed for an alarming string of assassinations this year of police and others who were in key positions to hinder — or help — organized crime rings. Peyote Remains 'Quiet' Drug Amid Mexico's Raging Drug War The fleshy, button-shaped plants barely peek from the desert floor. Chicano Pride Hits Sour Note With Mexican Bureaucracy Most members of the bilingual band Kumbia Kings carry U.S. passports, but as a manager of the musicians put it, "they pretty much work, eat and breathe Mexico." Mexican Reality TV Hunts For Pint-Sized Stars Adriana Ahumada cut her baby teeth as a singer belting out Mexican folk songs and covering Spanish-language pop hits. TV Satire Has Mexico's Politicians Begging For Exposure Every Monday evening, millions of Mexicans sit down to guffaw at something new to television here: a half-hour comedy show that figuratively eviscerates their president, the first lady and the nation's top politicians. Blinded By Indignation, Mexicans Ignore Black Opinion At Home In 2001, I traveled with a group of Atlanta-area college students to a remote part of Mexico's southern Pacific Coast. Mexicans Worry About 'Colombianization' Of Drug Trafficking A fresh wave of criminal violence has revived old concerns that Mexico is sliding into the same levels of drug-related chaos and corruption as Colombia. |
Susan Ferriss Susan Ferriss worked as a free-lance reporter in Central America in 1983 and later produced a documentary film The Golden Cage about Mexican migrant workers in California. She covered immigration, investigative reporting and general assignment at the Monterey Herald before joining the staff of the San Francisco Examiner. She became the Cox Newspapers Mexico correspondent in June 1997. She is the co-author along with Ricardo Sandoval of the book The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement, published in 1997 by Harcourt Brace. Cox Newspapers Washington Bureau 400 North Capitol St., N.W., Suite 750 Washington, D.C. 20001-1536 Phone: 202-331-0900 |
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