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Migratory profile In order to have an idea of the universe of people who would be beneficiaries, it would be necessary to see that in the socioeconomic profile one detects that although an important percentage of women has adhered to the migratory current, most of the migrantes are men of 23 to 34 years of age, with levels of primary education, and who come mainly from the states of Jalisco, Michoacán, Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Oaxaca, according to the National Council of Population (Conapo).

LOS CABOS, Mexico, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Presidents George W. Bush of the United States and Vicente Fox of Mexico announced Saturday that they would continue efforts to reach an agreement on Mexican migration to the United States, to help poor Mexican farmers and other common interests. The Mexican president also expressed his support for tackling the threats posed by Iraq and North Korea. Both are believed to be trying to develop weapons of mass destruction. The two leaders spoke to reporters at an economics summit in Mexico. Bush and Fox appeared less relaxed than during previous meetings but...

As part of an international demonstration focusing primarily on immigrants’ rights, advocates from the Rio Grande Valley and Matamoros gathered at both ends of Brownsville’s Gateway International Bridge Saturday morning to voice their concerns."Whether we are residents of Mexico or the U.S. side of the border, we suffer similar injustices: poverty, violence, unemployment, low salaries and poor public services such as education, health care, electricity and water," said Helga Garcia-Garza, reading from a statement released by the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (SNEEJ), which organized the demonstration.Garcia-Garza is a member of Tlapalcalli Inc., a group under the...

Diplomacy: The Mexican leader risks losing vital popular backing if he more closely embraces U.S. aims against Baghdad, aides say. September 13, 2002 By RICHARD BOUDREAUX, TIMES STAFF WRITER MEXICO CITY -- When President Bush telephoned Mexico this week to make his case for invading Iraq, he got a cordial non-commitment from his friend Vicente Fox and a firm "no" from ordinary Mexicans. The Mexican president welcomed Bush's decision to seek support from the U.N. Security Council. But he warned that Mexico's vote there will depend on proof that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction. If Iraq...

Bush, Fox plan talks in Texas Pair will refocus on immigration, economic agenda stalled by 9-11 07/30/2002 By ALFREDO CORCHADO / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON ­ President Bush plans to meet with his Mexican counterpart, Vicente Fox, next month at Mr. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, Mexican officials confirmed Monday. The meeting, which would take place during Mr. Fox's Aug. 26-28 swing through Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, is one of several high-profile efforts planned by both administrations to restart a once-ambitious agenda highlighted by a proposed immigration pact that was derailed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks....

FROM DEBKA INTELLIGENCE FILES Nazis tied to anthrax attacks FBI sources see links between Hezbollah, fugitive Germans Editor's note: DEBKAfile's electronic news publication is a news-cum-analysis live wire, online round the clock seven days a week. A weekly edition, DEBKA-Net-Weekly, is now available through WorldNetDaily.com. Drawing on DEBKAfile's unique sources, analytical talents and forward-looking insights, it is presented as a compact, intelligence-angled weekly package. It is available as a direct e-mail feed or via the Internet. © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com Fresh foreign leads in the FBI's anthrax investigation point to the involvement of one or more German or Austrian biological or ...

MEXICO CITY -- Banking authorities must give investigators the records from President Vicente Fox's 2000 campaign to determine whether he accepted banned donations from foreigners, a federal court ruled Monday. The Federal Electoral Tribunal ruling ends the standoff between investigators and the Banking and Securities Commission, which refused to hand over the records because it said investigators overstepped their authority and asked for too much data. The seven-judge panel disagreed and gave the commission 10 days to comply. Investigators from the Federal Electoral Institute, the agency overseeing electoral law, requested the records in May. The investigation began after two opposition...

Once upon a time, Mexico and Cuba were best buddies in the Western Hemisphere. Brandishing the banners of nonintervention and self-determination, both countries provided each other with unconditional support and kept quiet about their mutual lack of democratic development. Those days are over, and today relations between Cuba and Mexico are at an all-time low, for all the right reasons. Mexico's foreign policy toward Cuba is changing, and Fidel Castro is furious about it. The comandante is lashing out against Jorge Castaneda, Mexico's minister of foreign affairs--calling him a lackey of the United States--out of sheer desperation and growing isolation....