Mexico

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Thousands of Mexicans took to the streets last week to protest violence related to drug trafficking and the Mexican government’s inability or unwillingness to prevent it.&nbsp; U.S. and international activists who want to show solidarity with the people of Mexico must recognize that the most effective step we can take is to bring the war on drugs to an end.</p>

‘Book a Boutique’ hotel incentive in Mexico offers double the stay for free and other perks

By Susie Albin-Najera

   The MEXICO Report, a travel resource and popular online magazine-style news site reporting positive news about Mexico, along with Mexico Boutique Hotels, the number one resource for handpicked boutique hotels in Mexico, have partnered together to offer ‘Book a Boutique’ with exclusive specials and incentives on accommodations in Mexico now through April 30, 2011.

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It was a time when even the taxi drivers were brokering real estate deals.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That’s how Sarahi Cortez remembers the days when cash-laden retirees and other baby boomers from the northern NAFTA countries were arriving in Zihuatanejo for their piece of the Mexican Dream.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Santos Santana takes in a breath and gives a long gaze at the man pounding away with his jackhammer on the pier, as a frogman dips in and out of the water splashing around the structure gradually being taken apart. For the lanky, 30-year veteran of Puerto Vallarta’s tourist trade, the project scheduled for completion sometime this year can’t come soon enough.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Violeta Serrano takes a break from haggling with a couple from Seattle over the price of a beach towel. Part of the wave of people that’s gradually drifted from Acapulco to other vacation destinations in Mexico, Serrano runs a curio shop just off Puerto Vallarta’s popular Los Muertos Beach.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A series of events sponsored in part by the Mexican Consulate will bring Mexican culture throughout San Diego County during the month of February.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On Thursday, February 10, the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, have an all-day symposium titled “Mexico Moving Forward” with the participation of some of the most outstanding players in various areas and industries in Mexico.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Yesterday, while I was having dinner with some friends, one of them got a call on his cell phone from another friend, saying that his father had been kidnapped and murdered in the state of Guerrero…</p>