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Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu's Puratchi Thalaivi, Was Always In The Spotlight
J Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and one of the most powerful women politicians the country has ever had, died on Monday in a Chennai hospital. She was 68. The chief minister had a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening, hours after her party the AIADMK said that doctors from Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences or AIIMS had declared ...
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'Grandma's Magic Remedy:' Mexico's Medical Marijuana Secret
When her legs ache, this Mexican grandmother rubs them with marijuana-infused alcohol. She is well aware the homemade remedy defies the country's cannabis ban, but her family has used the concoction to treat ailments since she was a child, handing it down the generations.
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Mexico Drug Kingpin 'Chapo' Guzman Escapes Prison Again, Massive Manhunt
Mexico's most notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has escaped from a high security prison, officials said on Sunday, his second jailbreak in 15 years and a major embarrassment for President Enrique Pena Nieto.
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In Mexico Your Name Can Mean Big Trouble
In the violent southern Mexico town of Chilapa, just being named Sanchez, Nava or Carreto can lead to trouble.
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Mexico's Ruling Party Wins Congress Election: Official
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's party won congressional elections on Sunday, retaining its simple majority despite protests and falling approval ratings, according to preliminary results.
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Mexico Counts Votes After Rocky Election Day
Mexicans voted on Sunday in midterm elections expected to renew the congressional majority of President Enrique Pena Nieto's ruling party despite attempts by radical teachers to thwart the vote.
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At Least 10 Killed as Vigilantes Clash in Mexico
Rival factions of a self-defense militia clashed in southern Mexico on Saturday, leaving at least 10 people dead amid tensions in the region on the eve of midterm elections.
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Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto Under Pressure to Disclose Financial Assets
Mexico's president came under pressure on Friday to fully disclose his financial assets following a Reuters report on Thursday that he had misrepresented the circumstances under which he acquired a property in a lakeside retreat near Mexico City.
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Shootout Between Federal Forces and Hitmen in Mexico Kills 43
Government security forces killed 42 suspected drug cartel henchmen and suffered one fatality in a firefight in western Mexico on Friday, an official said, one of the bloodiest shootouts in a decade of gang violence wracking the country.
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3 Bodies With Skinned Faces Found in Mexico
Three bodies were found with their facial skin peeled off Thursday near a southern Mexico city where at least 10 people were allegedly kidnapped by an armed group last week.
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US Adviser Helps Candidate Win Panama Presidency
It was billed as a battle royal between Latin America's top two spin doctors. In one corner, the campaign guru to such towering leftist leaders as Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. In the other, a strategist likened to Karl Rove who is credited with helping return the Institutional Revolutionary Party to power in Mexic...
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Tens of thousands in Mexico protest energy reform
Tens of thousands of people marched in Mexico City on Friday to protest constitutional reforms pushed through by President Enrique Pena Nieto that open the oil and gas industry to foreign investment.
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Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu's Puratchi Thalaivi, Was Always In The Spotlight
J Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and one of the most powerful women politicians the country has ever had, died on Monday in a Chennai hospital. She was 68. The chief minister had a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening, hours after her party the AIADMK said that doctors from Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences or AIIMS had declared ...
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'Grandma's Magic Remedy:' Mexico's Medical Marijuana Secret
When her legs ache, this Mexican grandmother rubs them with marijuana-infused alcohol. She is well aware the homemade remedy defies the country's cannabis ban, but her family has used the concoction to treat ailments since she was a child, handing it down the generations.
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Mexico Drug Kingpin 'Chapo' Guzman Escapes Prison Again, Massive Manhunt
Mexico's most notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has escaped from a high security prison, officials said on Sunday, his second jailbreak in 15 years and a major embarrassment for President Enrique Pena Nieto.
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In Mexico Your Name Can Mean Big Trouble
In the violent southern Mexico town of Chilapa, just being named Sanchez, Nava or Carreto can lead to trouble.
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Mexico's Ruling Party Wins Congress Election: Official
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's party won congressional elections on Sunday, retaining its simple majority despite protests and falling approval ratings, according to preliminary results.
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Mexico Counts Votes After Rocky Election Day
Mexicans voted on Sunday in midterm elections expected to renew the congressional majority of President Enrique Pena Nieto's ruling party despite attempts by radical teachers to thwart the vote.
-
At Least 10 Killed as Vigilantes Clash in Mexico
Rival factions of a self-defense militia clashed in southern Mexico on Saturday, leaving at least 10 people dead amid tensions in the region on the eve of midterm elections.
-
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto Under Pressure to Disclose Financial Assets
Mexico's president came under pressure on Friday to fully disclose his financial assets following a Reuters report on Thursday that he had misrepresented the circumstances under which he acquired a property in a lakeside retreat near Mexico City.
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Shootout Between Federal Forces and Hitmen in Mexico Kills 43
Government security forces killed 42 suspected drug cartel henchmen and suffered one fatality in a firefight in western Mexico on Friday, an official said, one of the bloodiest shootouts in a decade of gang violence wracking the country.
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3 Bodies With Skinned Faces Found in Mexico
Three bodies were found with their facial skin peeled off Thursday near a southern Mexico city where at least 10 people were allegedly kidnapped by an armed group last week.
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US Adviser Helps Candidate Win Panama Presidency
It was billed as a battle royal between Latin America's top two spin doctors. In one corner, the campaign guru to such towering leftist leaders as Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. In the other, a strategist likened to Karl Rove who is credited with helping return the Institutional Revolutionary Party to power in Mexic...
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Tens of thousands in Mexico protest energy reform
Tens of thousands of people marched in Mexico City on Friday to protest constitutional reforms pushed through by President Enrique Pena Nieto that open the oil and gas industry to foreign investment.
