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Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Coca-Cola Femsa SAB, the largest publicly traded Coke bottler by volume, is in talks to buy a controlling stake in the Coca-Cola Co.’s Philippines unit in what would be its first acquisition outside Latin America. The companies ent
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TOKYO Feb 21 (Reuters) - Japan's finance minister said on Tuesday it is too early to expect G20 countries to decide specific contributions to boost the International Monetary Fund's lending capacity so that it can deal with the euro zone debt crisis. The
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By Jean Guerrero in Mexico City and Leslie Josephs in New YorkExports of a variety of coffee often used in gourmet blends fell during the first four months of the season, after torrential rains last year damaged plants in some of the top-producing nation
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By Jennifer Smith Mexico's growing economy is attracting renewed attention to the country by foreign law firms looking to expand business.Global law firm DLA Piper became the latest to enter the region by taking over the 14-lawyer Mexico City office of T
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Mexico City — Thirty inmates escaped from a prison in northern Mexico on Sunday under cover of a riot between rival gang members that left 44 prisoners dead, government officials said. Officials at the Apodaca jail, including the director and 18 guards,
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The following companies are having unusual price changes in Mexico trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of 1:46 p.m. Mexico City time. Retailers: Retail sales may have climbed 4.2 percent in December from the same month in 2010, ac
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Doha is proposing to host the 2020 Olympics in the month of October to avoid the searing summer heat in Qatar, insisting the conditions will be "ideal" for athletes and spectators. Under Doha's bid plans disclosed Monday, the Olympics
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MEXICO CITY — Pope Benedict XVI’s first visit to Mexico, planned for March 23-26, comes at a time when Mexicans could use a reminder that hope is on the horizon. “Mexicans’ spirits are low,” observed Rossana Gómez, a languages professor from Mexico City.
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Codere, a prominent gaming and horse racing company based in Madrid, Spain, has purchased 35.8% of ICELA, the parent company of Hipodromo de Las Americas, Mexico’s premier racetrack in Mexico City, for $209 million. Codere also owns Panama’s Hipodromo Pr
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Earlier this month, the U.S. State Department issued a new 2012 state-by-state travel warning and map for visitors to Mexico that details areas of violence but also highlights areas like Mexico City, the Yucatan Peninsula, and Cabo San Lucas that are per
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Starting in August, LAN and its sister airline, LAN Peru, will increase frequencies out of their respective hubs of Santiago and Lima to major destinations in the US, Mexico and the Caribbean. No details were announced, but according to a statement, New
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Cesar Martinez is no stranger to the kitchen. For the past six years, he has worked as a chef in French and Cuban restaurants in the U.S. Now back in his native Mexico, Martinez is finding himself in foreign territory: he has just landed a job as a wok c
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Josefina Vazquez Mota, presidential hopeful from Mexico's ruling conservative National Action Party shows her ink-stained finger during the primary election to choose the PAN presidential candidate in Mexico city. Mexico City - Josefina Vazquez Mota, the
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The Catholic Church is encouraging dioceses to send delegates to the upcoming seventh "World Meeting of Families" in Milan, Italy from May 30 to June 3 this year. "The World Meeting of Families was established by Pope John Paul II in 1994 as a triennial
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Mexico City: At least 44 people died in a fight between rival gangs at an overcrowded prison in northern Mexico in a violent outbreak that authorities said could have been a distraction that allowed some inmates to escape. Victims were beaten, stabbed an
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Mexico City, Feb 20 (IANS/EFE) More than 15 tonnes of methamphetamines valued at 58 million pesos (around $4.5 million) have been burnt by the military in Mexico, officials said. The drugs were destroyed in in the western state of Jalisco. Army troops se
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Mexico City, Feb 20 (IANS/EFE) The winter season and low temperatures in Mexico have led to the death of at least 44 people, the government said. The health secretariat said the deaths were caused by hypothermia, carbon monoxide poisoning and burns. The
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Mexico City, Feb 20 (IANS/EFE) A criminal complaint has been filed against the coach of a football club in Mexico for allegedly punching a photographer who had clicked his pictures. Tomas Boy, coach of the Morelia Monarcas club, punched Victor Rojas, a p
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Pilatus PC-7 aircraft fly in formation during an air show at the military airport in Temamatla, outside Mexico City February 19, 2012. Airplanes and helicopters took part in marking the 97th anniversary of the Mexican Air Force and 99th anniversary of th
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Earlier this month, the National Action Party of Mexico nominated the country's first ever female presidential candidate, an economist named Josefina Vazquez Mota. As Vazquez Mota accepted the nomination, she vowed to be the first woman to become the Mex
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