Archive for June, 2009

First Stop in the New World: dollar-a-dance hostess

First Stop in the New World: dollar-a-dance hostess

| June 8, 2009 | Comments (2)

This week MexicoReporter.com will be publishing a series of extracts from David Lida’s book “First Stop in the New World.”

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Video: American design duo launches arts and culture mag in Nicaragua

Video: American design duo launches arts and culture mag in Nicaragua

| June 4, 2009 | Comments (2)

Nicaragua’s culture, arts and music scene is the focus of a new magazine launched by two American designers living in the country’s capital, Managua.

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Picture perfect this morning – Chapultepec lake

Picture perfect this morning – Chapultepec lake

| June 3, 2009 | Comments (0)

Clouds reflected in one of the lakes in Chapultepec Park early this morning.

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Editorial: The News – what about the writers?

Editorial: The News – what about the writers?

| June 1, 2009 | Comments (3)

I wanted to add more details to the dispatch I filed today for the Los Angeles Times and MexicoReporter.com on the changes at the News. There were some details that didn’t seem worth including for the LATimes readers, but I wanted to share them with you here.

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Mexico English-language daily sold; staff cut by two thirds

Mexico English-language daily sold; staff cut by two thirds

| June 1, 2009 | Comments (6)

Mexico’s only national English-language daily newspaper The News, based here in Mexico City, was bought by a Mexican media company and laid off dozens of staffers over the weekend.

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Mexico City museums ask for help after influenza

Mexico City museums ask for help after influenza

| June 1, 2009 | Comments (0)

Visits to some of Mexico City’s museums have fallen by as much as 90% since the outbreak of the H1N1 virus last month that prompted a near shutdown of numerous facilities

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