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Anxiety over Trump stems flood of Mexican shoppers to El Paso

EL PASO, Texas — Stroll down South Een a Friday evening past shops named “House of Blouse” and “Best Choice Fashion” hawking three pairs of pants for $9.99 and you will find sidewalks teeming with shoppers as cumbia music blares from store speakers. Valerie Padilla and her boyfriend Diego Munoz, both 16, recently lugged bags brimming […]

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Billionaire Carlos Slim’s Foundation Concerned With Sharp Decline Of Monarch Butterflies’ Population

Perhaps reflecting the winds of the times, the Mexican area occupied by the North American Monarch butterfly –the only known butterfly species that migrates up to 2,800 miles from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico each year–decreased by 27% in the 2016-2017 winter season compared to the previous season, the Carlos Slim Foundation said last

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In Alleged About-Face, Regulators Now Say Billionaire Emilio Azcarraga’s Televisa Dominant In Pay TV

Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute, or IFT, determined on Tuesday that Grupo Televisa is dominant in pay television services, The Wall Street Journal reported.  The IFT, an independent agency that regulates telecommunications and broadcasting services, said that Televisa has “substantial market power,” according to the newspaper which cites “a person familiar with the decision” as its

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$21m over 12 resorts: Palladium announces major refresh in Mexico & Caribbean

IBIZA — Palladium Hotels & Resorts has announced a US$21 million investment to upgrade its Grand Palladium and The Royal Suites by Palladium properties in the D.R., Jamaica and Mexico. Of that $21 million, $5 million will go toward improving food and beverage offerings, which will include upgrades in steak quality, the presentation of food

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7 luxury vacations in Mexico

(CNN)Mexico has always had all the elements of an upscale vacation destination: glittering white Caribbean beaches and wave-crashed Pacific shores, thriving mega-cities, pre-Columbian ruins, world-class cuisine and an ever-expanding selection of excellent hotels. [button link=”http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/17/hotels/luxury-vacations-mexico/” size=”small” text_size=”gamma” newtab=”on”]Read More[/button]

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Golfers feel welcome in Mexico after event moved from Trump’s course

MEXICO CITY — The irony was not lost on Rory McIlroy last year when the PGA Tour decided to move this week’s World Golf Championships event from Trump National Doral Miami to Mexico City. “We’ll just jump over the wall,” McIlroy joked last year in reference to President Trump, who during his campaign pledged to build a

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