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Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide
MEXICO CITY — Efrain Rios Montt, the former Guatemalan military dictator who ruled his country during one of the bloodiest phases of its civil war, was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity Friday for the systematic massacre of more...Tags: International Law, War Crimes, Wars and Interventions, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Police testing in Mexico inspires little confidence
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Guadalajara police commander Juan Carlos Martinez took Mexico's national police vetting exam in April 2012. He failed. But no one in government would tell him why. A few months later, he received a phone call from a man...
Tags: Government, Justice and Rights, Executive Branch, U.S. Congress, Drug Trafficking
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Miguel Bose to be named Latin Academy's Person of the Year in Vegas
The classy Spanish-Italian-Panamanian-Colombian pop singer Miguel Bosé never has gained much of a foothold with Anglophone audiences in North America. That's a pity, because Bosé, a Latin Grammy Award winner, has a talent for cranking out well-polished...
Tags: Shakira, Carlos Slim, Mexico
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'SNL' looks to Mexico, with iO's help
“Saturday Night Live,” set to wrap its 38th season this month, is branching out into Mexico with the help of iO Theater's Charna Halpern, who is working with producers to cast the new show. Auditions for Spanish-speaking writers and...Tags: NBC (tv network), ImprovOlympic, Entertainment, Mexico
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Las Vegas: Mexican restaurant takes its cue from the capital
Downtown Las Vegas has a new entry in its growing galaxy of bars and restaurants. La Comida, with a menu inspired by the cosmopolitan fare of Mexico City, is the first foray in downtown for Jenna and Michael Morton, longtime nightclub operators and...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Mexico
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Mexican official: 10 of 20 gas explosion victims were minors
MEXICO CITY — The death toll in Tuesday morning’s massive gas truck explosion in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec stands at 20 people, 10 of whom were minors, a local official said. Efren Rojas Avila, the Interior Secretary for the state...
Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Mexico
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Jonathan Gold recommends: 13 great tacos in Southern California
Tacos - can we ever have enough tacos in our lives? I didn't think so. Because when the taco is right, the birds start to sing and the stars shine more brightly and you have the impression that everything is right with the world, which is a lot of...
Tags: Sausages, Potatoes, Soups, Restaurants, Steaks
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A journalist remembers Mexican architect Pedro Ramirez Vazquez
Architecture and journalism, like politics, sometimes make strange bedfellows. Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, the great Mexican builder who died April 16 at age 94, was responsible for many of the monumental public works that defined the Modernist look and...Tags: Architecture, Entertainment Events, Nobel Prize Awards, Olympic Games, Arts and Culture
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Mexico: Cancun is tops with Memorial Day travelers
Cancun tops the popularity chart with Memorial Day travelers bound for Mexico this year, according to statistics compiled by travel website Kayak.com. “Cancun, San Jose Cabo, Puerto Vallarta and Mexico City are among the top Mexico destinations for...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Memorial Day, Holidays, Human Interest, Travel
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Gas tanker truck explodes near Mexico City; 19 dead
This post has been corrected. See below for details.MEXICO CITY — Nineteen people were killed and 36 injured Tuesday morning when a gas tanker truck crashed and exploded, damaging dozens of homes in the densely populated Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec, according to authorities and news reports. The...Tags: Mexico
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The expat life: Going south of the border
In June 2009, my husband Sam and I slammed down the hatchback of our Honda CRV, the interior bulging with containers of Legos and books, school supplies and board games, and a box of shoes, a tin of Old Bay in the glove compartment. On the roof was a...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Tacos, Starbucks Corp., Apple iPod, World War II (1939-1945)
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