Mexican museum exhibits Picasso’s worksMEXICO CITY - Sixty-seven lithographs and engravings by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso are on display at a museum in Mexico’s Merida City. Mexico’s former Interpol officials face trail for drug linksMEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities have ordered two former heads of Interpol Mexico to be sent to prison and await trial for their alleged nexus with the a powerful drug cartel, EFE news agency reported. Growth rates fall in Latin America and the Caribbean: UNMEXICO CITY - The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean would experience slower growth rates in 2009, according to a report that the UN made public Thursday. Mexico City declares war on chewing gumMEXICO CITY - Authorities in this chaotic metropolis of 20 million people have declared war on the millions of pieces of chewing gum that residents have thrown on the streets and footpaths. 5.6-magnitude quake jolts northern MexicoMEXICO CITY - An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook the south of the Baja California peninsula in northern Mexico Monday, although no injuries or damage were reported. Landslide kills at least 22 in GuatemalaMEXICO CITY - At least 22 people were killed and 10 others were missing in a massive landslide in northern Guatemala, emergency officials said. Mexico plans harsher punishments for drug crimesMEXICO CITY - Mexico will introduce harsher punishments to take on the country’s organised drug cartels as well as government officials having links with the underworld, officials said. Slim’s family dismisses report of Honda Formula 1 purchaseMEXICO CITY - The son of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim dismissed a report that his father was interested in buying the Honda Formula One team for the symbolic price of $1, said media reports. |