Topic: Mexico

Homeland Security chief readies first trips abroad

AFP American Edition - 1076 days ago
US Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano will visit Germany next week in her first foreign trip, followed by visits to neighboring Canada and Mexico in April, her spokeswoman said Friday.Napolitano's foreign travels are aimed at " strengthening relationships between the United States ...
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Correction: Mexico-US-Guns story

AP News - 1087 days ago
Correction: Mexico-US-Guns storyIn a Feb. 18 story about U.S. guns arming Mexico's violent drug cartels, The Associated Press reported erroneously that all 53 U.S. lawmakers who signed a letter urging President Obama to enforce an assault weapon import ban are Democrats. Two ...
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Obama reverses Bush abortion-funds policy

AP Features - 1117 days ago
President Barack Obama on Friday struck down the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information an inflammatory policy that has bounced in and out of law for the past quarter-century.Obama's move, the ...
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Bush to meet Mexican president in Washington

AFP American Edition - 1131 days ago
In one of his last official acts, outgoing US President George W. Bush will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on January 13, the White House said Saturday.The meeting in Washington will allow the two leaders to discuss the US-Mexico partnership in ...
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Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Benito Juarez

Encyclopedia Britannica - 1179 days ago
July 18, 1872, Mexico City), national hero of Mexico, president of Mexico (1861-72), who, for three years (1864-67), fought against foreign occupation under the emperor Maximilian and who sought constitutional reforms to create a democratic federal republic.. But the return of the ...
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