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Unusually heavy rains that began Feb. 3 have caused floods in the Mexican state of Michoac??n, on the central Pacific coast, and in Mexico City, the nation's capital. At least 40 people have died; a dozen others were missing after a mudslide covered a busy highway. More than 3,000 homes near the capital were flooded, leaving some residents homeless as further rainstorms threatened to approach the area...
...Hits Town Hall Authorities are targeting corrupt officials plaguing Mexico's bloody struggle against drug gangs. In a string of raids on May 26, security forces arrested 10 mayors, a judge and 16 others believed to have ties to narcos. The sweeps took place in the western state of Michoac??n, home to La Familia, a fast-growing cartel. More than 7,000 people have died in Mexico's drug war since...
...pugnacious leaders Latin America is known for, Felipe Calderón doesn't look the part of the tough guy. The new President of Mexico is short and bespectacled, an owlish lawyer and economist who evokes technocrats like Michael Dukakis. When he visited Mexican troops battling drug gangs in western Michoac??n state earlier this year, Calderón donned an olive green army jacket and a five-star general's cap and was later photographed in a military Hummer. That incongruous image conjured unflattering comparisons to the tank ride that doomed Dukakis' U.S. presidential hopes in 1988. But Calder?...
...creating jobs in Mexico. First we need to create a framework in order to promote investment in Mexico. Then we need to come up with government-sponsored works projects to create new jobs. My philosophy is that to stop migration, it is better to build a road in Michoac??n than a wall in Texas...
...money. Pancho won't say exactly how much, but it was enough to seed his American Dream for Tuxpan: state-of-the-art greenhouses for growing roses, orchids and gladiolus to be sold around Mexico. He hoped to supplement his inheritance with low-interest loans that the state of Michoac??n earmarked for returning emigrants. He says the loans would allow him to employ up to 40 people. "When this greenhouse gets going," says Pancho, "I hope to be able to save many people from having to go to the Hamptons, myself included." Right now, however, the several plots...