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Reports on the compliance of United States President Bill Clinton's administration with lawmakers' requests for papers of documents relating to the administration's dealings with Mexico in the months leading up to the peso crisis. Statement from the Treasury Department; What the White House Press Secretary Michael McCurry accused House Republicans of; Detail on the appropriations bill, approved by Congress, on April 6, 1995.

Focuses on Department of Treasury documents sent to the congressional Joint Economic Committee that amount to a paper trail which could prove embarrassing. Documents telling that Treasury officials sensed and approved of Mexico's currency devaluation intentions throughout 1994; Contents of confidential communications between the Mexican and United States governments.

I get why people flee to the dollar in times of strife. I used to do it. Growing up in Mexico in the 1980s -- when the government devalued the currency each time it ran the economy into the ground -- I used to stuff greenbacks away to ensure my scant savings against macroeconomic incompetence. Still, nothing prepared me for the dollar's extraordinary ascent in the midst of the current financial disaster. Between mid-July and mid-November, the dollar rose more than 25 percent against the euro and more than a third against the British pound. It jumped 29 percent against the Canadian dollar and 39 percent against the Mexican peso. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Opinion. Comments on efforts in of the Mexican government, to control critical articles written in the country's newspapers, on the government. Information on the newspaper El Universal; Effect of an article in the newspaper; Writing strategies of columnists in Mexico.

Provides information on the circulation of redesigned banknotes on October 1, 1994 in Mexico. Brochures by the Tourism Ministry; Details of changes in the peso.

In this article, the editor discusses the need of steps to taken by the government of Mexico to attract tourists from the U.S. and highlights that the government should also try to ease fishing license and boating permit.

MEXICO CITY -- Two newspapers in northern Mexico have come under attack by gunfire and grenades this week, in what both called an effort to silence reporting on criminal groups. The attacks, which damaged the offices but caused no injuries, occurred Tuesday, part of a spiral of violence against journalists that has made Mexico, in the throes of a drug war, the most dangerous place in the hemisphere for the news media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MEXICO CITY -- It was by turns defiant and deferential, part plea and part plaint, a message as much to the drug gangs with a firm grip on Ciudad Juarez, the bloodiest city in Mexico's drug battles, as to the authorities and their perceived helplessness. ''We want you to explain to us what you want from us,'' the front-page editorial in El Diario in Ciudad Juarez asked the leaders of organized crime. ''What are we supposed to publish or not publish, so we know what to abide by. You are at this time the de facto authorities in this city because the legal authorities have not been able to stop our colleagues from falling.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on a rise in the rate of illegal immigration from Mexico to the U.S.

Reports on the success of the publishing business of Alejandro Junco de la Vega in Mexico. Popularity of three newspapers published by Junco's company; Reporting and publishing style and strategy of Junco; His explanation on the reason for his success.

Reports the presentation of evidences by the opposition party of Mexico accusing the ruling party of using illegal funds to win elections, as reported on June 12, 1995. Comments of political leaders on the documents presented by the opposition party; Details of the evidences.

Reports on the Arizona-Mexico Commission's release of an analysis of the border situation in response to discussion to create a guest-worker program designed to alleviate an employment shortage in several low-skill industries in Arizona. Adequate border enforcement; Economic development and job creation in Mexico and the Americas; Foreign labor programs.

The article discusses a multidimensional approach to measuring poverty, which considers not only the financial aspect but also whether or not people have enough food, access to health care, transportation, and sanitation. Economists James E. Foster and Amartya Sen wrote a book called "On Economic Inequality" that contains a chapter on multidimensional poverty that Sen is known for having pioneered. Foster is also known for developing a method for calculating income-based poverty that has become the standard in international poverty research. The country of Mexico's adoption of Foster and economist Sabina Alkire's poverty measurement is discussed.

The article focuses on the celebration beginning November 1 of El Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) in Mexico, in parts of Latin America and in Hispanic communities in the U.S. The day reportedly links the living with those who have already gone and serves as a reminder of the promises of everlasting life. It is stated that cemeteries and altars are decorated with flowers and candles to commemorate deceased loved ones. The pre-Columbian roots of the feast is also noted.

NOGALES, Ariz. -- An American immigration agent bounded up the steps of a bus about to cross the United States-Mexico border recently and demanded to see the papers of all those aboard. ''Papers!'' he shouted, eyeing passengers warily as he walked up and down the aisle. Such checks are not surprising given all the attention focused on illegal immigration these days. But this bus full of migrants was leaving the United States, not entering it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the trial of Sergio Wirtz, a poet and professor of literature, on charges of offending national symbols after he published a protest poem that proposed using the Mexican flag as toilet paper. He will now face trial in his native city of Campeche, in southern Mexico. If convicted Wirtz could be sentenced to a prison term of up to four years. The controversy dates from 2001, when Abel Santa Cruz Menchaca, a former army officer in Campeche, stumbled upon Wirtz's poem in a Mexican magazine Criterios. Santa Cruz was so offended by the poem that he complained to local government officials, who pressed charges against Wirtz in a district court. Soon afterward, the police arrived on the university campus and hauled Wirtz off to court.

Reports that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has allowed Mexico to pick up some of the slack left by a declining Asian market for United States recyclables. Estimates for the increase in recycling in Mexico after NAFTA; What the US gets from Mexico after products are recycled.

The article reports on the release of boats that were impounded by Mexico Internal Revenue Services (IRS) from Island Global Yachting (IGY) Cabo San Lucas Marina. It discusses that the vessels were impounded following the noncompliance of owners with proper boating documents such as Temporary Importation Permits (MTIPS) and Hull Identification Number (HIN). Also mentioned the views of lawyers Jose Antonio Gomez on various reasons which has driven boat owners not to comply with the requirements.

The article offers information on the Paisano Program implemented by the federal government every year in Mexico. It notes that the program is put in place during the holidays as a way to prevent corruption and abuse in the hands of Mexican police. It mentions that the program gives out accurate paper work information to the travelers as well as the visitors hotline.

Profiles Mexican artist Alfonso Lorenzo Santos, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1991 and divides his time between a psychiatric unit and his home in Ameyaltepec. Assessment of Santos' folk painting style; History of Mexican-Indian artists that began their work in the Ballas river region working on bark paper, called "amate" in the Nahuatl language; Comments from Teresa Tate, a Smithsonian Institution researcher, regarding amate paintings; Migration of amate painters within Mexico; Review of Santos' move to Mexico City where he had his first psychotic episode; Comments from anthropologist Jonathan Amith describing his visit with Santos, who was chained up in his house by villagers in his home town of Ameyaltepec because of his psychosis; Treatment received by Santos from psychiatrist Alberto Guerrero Ochoa.

Discusses the book "Incantations," a collection of poetry written by Mayan women. Development of the project, which began when poet Ámbar Past visited the Chiapas highlands in southern Mexico in the early 1970s; Discussion of the Taller Lenateros (Woodlanders' Workshop), a paper and book making collective founded by Past in 1975 at the Chiapas city of San Cristobal de las Casas; Analysis of the books construction and of the poetry included in the work.

Reports on the agreement between banks and the Mexican government to absorb losses from loans stemming from the banking crisis. Move of the bank to allow a limited audit of money in questionable loans; Approval of banks to open sealed working papers from a 1998 audit; Estimated losses of banks.

Editorial. Focuses on the annual meeting of American and Mexican in Arizona on May 12-13, 1995. Interparliamentary group; Senator Kyl's personal invitations; Results of a straw poll conducted by the California State Sovereignty Coalition.

Reports on the effects of the devaluation of the Mexican peso on United States investors. Diminished appetite for investments in Latin America or Southeast Asia; Advantages for domestic stocks and funds; Winners and losers; Expectations.

The article several questions and answers including deportation of a 18-year old boy from USA to Mexico where his family lives in Mexico with undocumented papers, advice to resolve a Mexican wife's attitude towards his husband and one related to pride in being Mexican-American.

I'M the oldest of 12 children. My father emigrated from Mexico to the United States in the late 1930s as an undocumented worker. He joined the U.S. Army when the country needed soldiers for World War II but was quickly discharged for health reasons. We still have his discharge papers. He eventually became a naturalized citizen. My maternal grandfather fled the 1910 Mexican revolution and settled in Texas, where my mother was born and met and married my father. During the summers, my siblings and I worked in the fields. We picked tomatoes for 10 cents a crate in May and then cotton in July and August at $1.75 for every 100 pounds. After high school, I paid for my college education by working a 16-hour shift during the summers at a processing plant for cotton, making $1.10 an hour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nearly all of Mexico's first-division soccer clubs and the Mexico Football Federation have agreed to ban access to the sports newspaper Record. An announcement posted on the Web site of the Mexican federation said the clubs acted in solidarity with the Chivas team of Guadalajara, whose owner has denounced the paper. A 2-0 loss to Sunderland in the fifth round of the F.A. Cup eliminated Arsenal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MEXIA -- At the Mexia State Supported Living Center, on the sun-bleached site of a former World War II prisoner of war camp an hour east of Waco, residents with profound disabilities and behavioral problems spend their days doing repetitive chores: sticking paper into shredders, folding towels, sorting nuts from bolts. And, in some cases, being physically abused, despite a sweeping federal settlement signed in 2009 to prevent it. In the last two years, a Mexia worker was caught on video pushing down a disabled resident and stepping on his throat while other employees looked on. A staff member goaded one resident into hitting another with a belt, causing bloody wounds and resulting in a trip to the emergency room. A direct-care worker showed residents pornographic pictures and tried to get them to perform oral sex on him. Another sexually abused two residents. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ACAPULCO, Mexico -- The message is delivered by a phone call to the office of one school, a sheaf of photocopied papers dropped off at another, a banner hung outside a third. The demand is the same: teachers have until Oct. 1 to start handing over half of their pay. If they do not, they risk their lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Three people were killed in a drive-by shooting in front of children playing outside during recess in a kindergarten and elementary school in the border city of Ciudad Juarez on Wednesday, a local newspaper reported. Gunmen in one car opened fire on another as it traveled past the school, killing two men and a woman inside, the paper, El Diario de Juarez, reported. Earlier on Wednesday, gunmen burst into a bar in the city, took eight men or boys out to the parking lot and executed them, the Chihuahua State prosecutor's office said. Despite the presence of more than 10,000 soldiers and police officers in the city, violence continues unabated. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A journalist was killed this week as he left a holiday party in the Caribbean resort town of Tulum, human rights officials said Friday, bringing to 12 the number of reporters killed this year in the country. The journalist, Alberto Velazquez, who worked for the newspaper Expresiones de Tulum, was killed Tuesday. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Mr. Velazquez had written articles critical of local officials, and his paper had received threats. In a statement, the group quoted colleagues as saying Mr. Velazquez was shot by a gunman on a motorcycle, and they believed it was related to his reporting. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

France in Mexico? There were armed conflicts between the two countries in the mid-19th century, but today the French incursion amounts to crepes at dozens of stores, stands and even movie theaters. Andres Mier y Teran, from Mexico City, lived in Paris and decided that crepes would be a big hit in Mexico. He and his two brothers are now partners in La Crepe Parisienne; they own a few of these creperies, have franchised others and have an outpost in SoHo. FOLLOW THE FOLD Generous savory and sweet crepes are served in paper cones to eat on the run or at tables. Fillings, which are layered in as the crepes are folded, are typical of what you find in Paris, though a mushroom and cheese crepe, made above by Patricia Chu, comes with fresh baby spinach leaves poking out. The savory crepes are not made with buckwheat flour as they would be in France because Mr. Mier y Teran has not found a satisfactory supplier as yet. To bring Mexico into the mix, one crepe has dulce de leche filling. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers suggestions for first timers for cruising in Mexico anchoring, engines and dealing with local people.

The article reports on the commemoration of the migrants who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. According to San Diego's Episcopal Bishop James Mathes, "this fence cannot keep the spirit from jutting through. When will we stop believing in walls and fences to keep us safe?" Students from Point Loma Nazarene University in California prepared paper sacks filled with sand and placed them along the sea wall at Border Field State Park. They lighted candles to give tribute to those who died crossing into the United States from Mexico.

Reports that Mexican President Vicente Fox is attempting to end inefficiency and corruption in Mexico's customs system.

Reports on the millions of illegal cars, called chocolates for their often obscure origins, that Mexicans are buying and driving in Mexico every day.

Presents several brief articles related to United States news for February 17, 1999. Meeting of President Bill Clinton with Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo in Mexico; Percentage of those in the US who wear seat belts; Death of John Ehrlichman.

Reports on the announcement of Unisource Worldwide Inc. that it would divest itself of its Unisource-Mexico unit. How Unisource started in Mexico City, Mexico; Concerns over the devaluation of the Mexican peso; Factors that prompted the decision of Unisource; Experiences of Unisource in Mexico; Comments from Donald Smallwood, managing director of Unisource in Mexico; Approaches made by xpedx, a unit of International Paper Co.

Reports on the vendetta engaged in by the Mexican government against foreign-born priests and nuns in the San Cristobal de las Casas diocese. Expulsions and revocations of immigration papers; Impact of peace talks between the government and Zapatistas.

Focuses on how Citibank's August 1997 acquisition of Mexican bank Banca Confia has caused problems for Citibank and its Mexican director, Julio de Quesada. Background on the acquisition; Arrest of Banca Confia's former chairman, Jorge Lankenau; Why Citibank involved itself with the bank; Status of banks sold by the Mexican government in 1991 and 1992. INSETS: Selling Mexico's banks.;Good on paper, bad for its image..

Reports on the internal conflicts within the ruling Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) of Mexico. Protest rally in Mexico City's Constitutional Square; Incriminating documents from PRI bank accounts; Demand for Tabasco Governor Roberto Madrazo Pintado's resignation.

Reports that a binational group called SDSU, has requested that United States and Mexico establish a free-trade zone at the local border for information and communication services. Details on request; San Diego-Baja Communications Council's position paper adoption; Comments from communications officials from both sides of the border; Part played by the North American Free Trade agreement (NAFTA).

The author reflects on the political and religious aspects of Venezuela and other Hispanic nations. He comments on the anti-Semitism which has been present in the countries and classifies it as church-connected, secular, or related to the conflict in the Middle East. Historical information about countries such as Spain, Latin America, and Mexico is provided. The influence of Hispanic anti-Semitism on the U.S. is examined and various incidents of violence are described.

The article profiles several young librarians and discusses changes to the profession of librarianship. Nick Baker is a librarian at Williams College and discusses the future of the traditional book. Susan Gibbons is a librarian at the University of Rochester and discusses information services libraries will need to perform in the future. Sara Kostelecky is a librarian at the American Indian Arts museum and art college in Santa Fe, New Mexico and discusses the diversity of the members of the librarianship profession.

Focuses on the research and technology industry of Mexico. Information on several researchers in the country including Mauricio Terrones, a physicists in the field of carbon-atom research; Barriers to developing technologies in the country; Recommendations for the improvement of the technology industry.

Reports on the efforts of the San Diego, California-based San Diego Padres baseball team to reach out to fans in Mexico. Highlights of the team's marketing efforts in Mexico; Arrangement of transportation services for Mexican fans planning to watch San Diego Padres home games.