Word: mexicans
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Torres' approach to the oldest trade fits in with the leftist politics of his Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), which has run the Mexican capital for the past decade. PRD lawmakers have also legalized abortion, same-sex civil unions and a limited euthanasia in the city...
...authorities arrested more than 300 people associated with a Mexican drug cartel in a two-day crackdown that spanned 38 U.S. cities. The arrests, part of a four-year operation known as Project Coronado, focused on the newest of Mexico's five major drug cartels, La Familia--now the dominant player in the U.S. market for Mexican methamphetamines. So far, more than 1,200 people have been arrested through the Project Coronado effort...
...Mexico allows a person to carry enough marijuana to roll four joints and enough cocaine to snort about four lines. The law will be a boon for drug addicts and American tourists, who will no longer fear sleepless nights in Mexican prison (As long as they forgo the fifth joint). But it is unlikely to have any other obvious effects. The law is a step in the right direction and will stop some of the corruption in police forces: It has been common practice for people found possessing drugs to face jail time, unless, of course, they...
...Still, Alsea is not taking any chances. To educate Mexicans about the particular brand of Chinese food that P.F. Chang's serves, last month it hired a flatbed truck to drive around Mexico City with a massive statue of a horse and models dressed as terra-cotta warriors who handed out Chinese takeout boxes filled with chocolate fortune cookies. Unlike fast-food giants such as McDonald's and KFC, which localize their menus in other markets, the Mexican menu of P.F. Chang's is nearly identical to that in the U.S., except that customers will get more hand-holding with...
...company isn't waiting to see if Mexicans and Kuwaitis like its food - it's already negotiating a deal to expand to the Philippines, and it's exploring options in Canada, Puerto Rico, India and Singapore. As for China itself, "Time will tell," says DeAngelis. But there's at least one food-industry model that suggests that the company may stand a chance at selling Americanized Chinese food to Chinese in China. After pulling out of the Mexican market in 1992, Taco Bell relaunched in the country two years ago and now has plans to expand to 300 outlets...