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Frida Kahlo: Could She Paint?
Frida Kahlo: Could She Paint?
Nov 4, 2007 9:54 PM CST

Frida Kahlo: Could She Paint?

Assessing the art behind the legend

(Newser) - Mexican icon, tragic figure, feminist saint: Frida Kahlo has generated such a potent legend that her painting is often an afterthought. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of her birth—and a retrospective at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis—New Yorker critic Peter Schjeldalh revisits her work, and...

Message From Rooftop: 'Send the Police'

Thousands await aid in Mexican floods; 800,000 homeless

(Newser) - People in southeastern Mexico endured another day huddled in shelters or perched on rooftops as the flooding that has left 800,000 people homeless continued unabated, Reuters reports. The death toll rose to eight—seven in Chiapas state and one in Tabasco. But people are desperate for faster help: "...

Teacher Nabbed After Fleeing With Student

Caught in Mexico, she was having affair with 13-year-old, police say

(Newser) - A 25-year-old female math teacher who allegedly ran off to Mexico with a 13-year-old former student was arrested today, the AP reports. The boy has been turned over to his relatives. The two, who met when she taught him sixth-grade math at a Nebraska middle school, headed for the border...

'Biblical' Flood Ravages Mexico
'Biblical' Flood Ravages Mexico
Nov 3, 2007 5:58 AM CDT

'Biblical' Flood Ravages Mexico

Million flee homes amid fears of disease, food and water shortages

(Newser) - Shortages of food, drinking water, and medicine threaten southeastern Mexico, where muddy flood waters cover 80% of the state of Tabasco and almost a million people have had to flee their homes. "The scene here is terrible, it's biblical," a Red Cross official told the Guardian, as a...

Mexico Floods Strand 300,000
Mexico Floods Strand 300,000
Nov 2, 2007 6:55 AM CDT

Mexico Floods Strand 300,000

Rescuers scramble in Gulf state of Tabasco

(Newser) - Rescuers are racing to southeastern Mexico by boat and helicopter to free 300,000 people trapped in their homes by massive flooding, the BBC reports. Nearly 70% of the state of Tabasco is under water and all crops have been obliterated. "We are just like New Orleans," the...

Oil Rises to Record High, Again
Oil Rises to Record High, Again
Oct 29, 2007 6:28 AM CDT

Oil Rises to Record High, Again

Breaks $93 a barrel on news of Mexican storm

(Newser) - Oil prices topped $93 today, breaking another record on news that Mexican production would drop by 20% due to a storm. "This is on top of what has already been simmering,” said an analyst in Singapore. Prices have been breaking records for a week due to US-Iran tensions...

10 Years on, Bilbao Still Wows
10 Years on, Bilbao Still Wows
Oct 28, 2007 7:48 AM CDT

10 Years on, Bilbao Still Wows

(Newser) - Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao is ten years old this week, freshly buffed and looking better than ever, Bloomberg reports. The birthday is marked by a successful show of American heavyweights like Keith Haring, Julian Schnabel and Richard Serra. Bilbao continues to benefit from the cultural attention garnered by the building,...

California Fire Death Toll Hits 12
California Fire Death Toll Hits 12
Oct 26, 2007 2:54 AM CDT

California Fire Death Toll Hits 12

Six more found dead; 60 injured

(Newser) - Four charred bodies found in the mountains near the Mexican border and two others discovered in a house in San Diego County boosted the death toll of the California wildfires to 12, with 60 others injured. Authorities confirmed yesterday that the 25,000-acre Santiago Fire in Orange County was arson,...

Tequila Industry Gets Salty
Tequila Industry Gets Salty
Oct 17, 2007 4:57 PM CDT

Tequila Industry Gets Salty

Mexican producers try to stall imitations

(Newser) - Tequila is more popular than ever, and the Mexican tequila industry is mobilizing to clamp down on knockoffs, USA Today reports. Imitations range from the good—quality tequila made outside of Mexico—to the ugly—cheap and possibly contaminated sugarcane liquors made in basements. "These phony products are a...

Taco Bell: You Quiero Mexico
Taco Bell: You Quiero Mexico
Oct 10, 2007 2:03 PM CDT

Taco Bell: You Quiero Mexico

French fries and 'tacostadas' aimed at setting chain apart from traditional taquerias

(Newser) - Taco Bell is acting on its own long-standing imperative to run for the border, but as it re-enters Mexico, it’s not trying to pass as traditional—instead maxing out its American identity. The restaurant has its first Mexican branch since a failed 1990s incursion, but adding french fries to...

Would-Be Mexican Prez Exposed as Marathon Cheat

'Shortcut' helped '06 hopeful win Berlin race

(Newser) - Mexican politician Roberto Madrazo, who placed a distant third in last year's presidential election, was stripped of his victory in the Berlin Marathon yesterday, the AP reports. Madrazo, dressed in suspiciously warm pants and a jacket, won the men's age-55 category last week in 2:41:12, but a review...

Go Where the $ Is Still Good
Go Where the $ Is Still Good
Oct 6, 2007 6:23 AM CDT

Go Where the $ Is Still Good

Planning to travel? Head to a country where flashing a few dead presidents still means something

(Newser) - It hurts when even a dollar-friendly country like Canada is giving your green the cold shoulder. Get your money's worth in these countries from foXnoMad:
  1. Morocco
  2. Thailand
  3. Mexico

US Cocaine Supply Plummets
US Cocaine Supply Plummets
Oct 3, 2007 5:46 AM CDT

US Cocaine Supply Plummets

Prices rocket to highest in 20 years

(Newser) - The cocaine supply has dropped sharply in the last year in 37 US cities, which law enforcement officials attribute to a crackdown on drug cartels by Mexican authorities and a record volume of drugs seized at sea. New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco were among major cities experiencing sharp...

Mexican Border Fence Grows
Mexican Border Fence Grows
Sep 30, 2007 12:32 PM CDT

Mexican Border Fence Grows

US is quickly expanding the barrier to include rural areas

(Newser) - After a slow start, the federal government has ramped up construction of the fence along the Mexican border in recent weeks. The steel barrier now reaches far into rural areas for the first time, in response to a shift in smugglers' strategy, the Los Angeles Times reports. Workers have finished...

Schools Report Declining Enrollment
Schools Report Declining Enrollment
Sep 24, 2007 6:26 PM CDT

Schools Report Declining Enrollment

New immigration laws cited for fewer youngsters

(Newser) - Student enrollment is down at schools across Arizona, California and Texas—especially at those with high Hispanic populations.  Why? Some cite the sudden dearth of construction jobs as the housing boom has petered out. But anecdotal evidence points to immigration crackdowns, and school districts are feeling the effects: Mesa,...

Teamsters to Mexican Truckers: Hit the Road, Jack

Union rips deal opening US roads to foreign rigs

(Newser) - Teamsters are protesting the launch this week of a program allowing Mexican trucks to travel anywhere in the US, rather than just 20 miles inside the border. Union officials argue that Mexican trucks aren't safe because they're subject to different environmental and inspection standards, and that regulations regarding shifts and...

As Felix Fizzles, Another Round of Floods Likely

Nicaragua, Honduras at risk from rain-laden remnants of hurricane

(Newser) - Heavy rain from what's left of Hurricane Felix continues to fall in Honduras and Nicaragua, the BBC reports, and residents are struggling to prepare for "life-threatening" flash floods and mudslides. "Here it rains for two hours and the city floods," said the mayor of Tegucigalpa. "They're...

4 Dead as Felix Slams Nicaragua
4  Dead as Felix Slams Nicaragua
Sep 5, 2007 3:33 AM CDT

4 Dead as Felix Slams Nicaragua

Poor Nicaraguan Coast unprepared for Category 5 storm

(Newser) - Nicaragua’s Miskito coast felt the wrath of Hurricane Felix yesterday, raising fears of catastrophe for the desperately poor swamp region. The rare Category 5 storm killed four before losing steam and switching to a Category 1 as it made its way toward Guatemala and Mexico, the Guardian reports. Regional...

Rain, Flooding Now Dean's Biggest Threat

Downgraded to tropical storm after 2nd landfall

(Newser) - Hurricane Dean hit Mexico again today and poured heavy rains over flood-prone regions, the AP reports. Nobody died in the onslaught, which struck as a Category 2 hurricane and weakened into a tropical storm by evening. But Dean is raising water levels and fears of mudslides and flash floods as...

Dean to Make Last Stand
Dean to Make Last Stand
Aug 22, 2007 9:16 AM CDT

Dean to Make Last Stand

Storm strong on course to return to Mexico

(Newser) - Hurricane Dean gathered serious strength in preparation for its final landfall in the Mexican city of Tuxpan later today, and its 90mph winds may increase further before touchdown. The storm smashed the Yucatan yesterday, then moved across the Bay of Campeche and its oil rigs, which were evacuated ahead of...

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