World News (13)
Latin America (823)
Mexico (175)
2002
Politics (9)
Fox (22)
Disasters (9)
Crime (9)
Business (2)
War & Army (1)
Thalia's Sisters (3)
Mexico, January 2002
Mexico, February 2002
Mexico, March 2002
Mexico, April 2002
Mexico, May 2002
Mexico, June 2002
Mexico, July 2002
Mexico, August 2002
Mexico, September 2002
Mexico, October 2002
Mexico, November 2002
Mexico, December 2002
North Mexico
Chiapas
Yucatan
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| Mar.21 |
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Development summit called for aid to poor countries
| Mar.22 |
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Bush ties aid to reforms
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UN summit ends with cash pledge Leaders from 60 countries agreed on a plan to combat poverty and a partnership between rich and poor countries | |
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| May.30 |
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Hurricane Alma forms off Mexico
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| Jun.11 |
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Top drug gang launches bloody offensive
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| Jul.13 |
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Farmers take more hostages A group of farmers, angered by the government's appropriation of land for a new airport, took 4 more hostages
| Jul.14 |
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Farmers soften talk of hostage threats
| Jul.15 |
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Hostages freed in airport dispute Farmers fighting government plans to build a new airport on their land freed 15 hostages at the end of a 4-day standoff
| Jul.31 |
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Pope canonized first Indian saint John Paul II is using the ceremony to urge to help Indians as 1 million believers cheered and wept in the streets | |
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| Aug.2 |
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Mexico City airport plan dropped Church bells summoned townspeople for a celebration after the plans scrapped to build new airport on their land
| Aug.6 |
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Bus crash kills 35 pilgrims The 1976-model passenger bus whose brakes failed crashed into a toll booth. Bus smashed to pieces | |
| Aug.14 |
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Fox cancels trip to protest execution Mexican President canceled a trip to Texas in protest at the U.S. state's execution of a Mexican national
| Aug.16 |
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Dam breaks kill 14 17 others were missing after one dam broke and another overflowed
| Aug.30 |
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Fox says he may have set hopes too high President he is telling Mexicans that building a democracy takes time
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24 cases of dengue Health officials were spraying mosquito breeding grounds to keeping the painful disease away from Mexico City
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| Sep.6 |
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Finance leaders discuss fighting terrorism Finance ministers are looking to jump-start economy while expanding their fight to halt the flow of money used for terrorism
| Sep.21 |
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Hurricane Isidore threatens Mexico Hurricane is heading towards south-eastern Yucatan peninsula
| Sep.22 |
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Photos of wealthy prompts outrage Ricas y Famosas, an art book portraying wealthy Mexicans rolling in riches, has the intellectuals sputtering in outrage
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Isidore makes landfall Hurricane pounded the region with heavy rains and high winds. Isidore moved inland across the tip of the Yucatan
| Sep.25 |
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Latin singer Thalia's sisters kidnapped The family of an internationally known singer and actress is holding talks with a gang that kidnapped her two sisters
| Sep.26 |
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$1 million for return Thalia's sisters Friend: Kidnappers want $1 million for the safe release of Laura Zapata and Ernestina Sodi
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| Oct.11 |
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Kidnappers release one of Thalia's sisters Laura Zapata, sister of actress and performer Thalia, has been released after being held for 18 days by kidnappers
| Oct.25 |
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Category 5 Kenna roars toward Mexico Soldiers and civil authorities evacuated thousands of people and closed schools as Pacific coast braced for hurricane
| Oct.26 |
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United call for N. Korea to scrap nukes U.S., Japan and South Korea call on North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program | |
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Hurricane Kenna slams Mexico Hurricane roared to shore north of resort city Puerto Vallarta unleashing a wall of water that ravaged a seafront
| Oct.27 |
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APEC toughens anti-terror stance The 21 members of the Asian Pacific economic summit have agreed to protect transport, finance and information systems
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| Dec.21 |
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Trevi returns Pop singer has arrived home from Brazil to face sex abuse charges
| Dec.31 |
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New Year fireworks blast kills 28 Explosion occured in a street market full of fireworks stalls and sparked a blaze that spread to nearby buildings | |
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