New Spain

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      49 words ...New Spain a former Spanish viceroyalty in Central and North America in 1535 - 1821 that was centered around present-day Mexico City. It included all the land under Spanish control north of the Isthmus of Panama and parts of the southern US, as well...

Visitors to Mexico City Reach 15 Million.

PR Newswire;  May 22, 2000 ;     552 words ......Investments in Hotels and New Attractions MEXICO CITY, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Mexico City attracted 8.9 million visitors in hotel stays...approximately 15 million total visitors, making Mexico City the country's most popular travel destination...

Mexico City criminals target the elite.(World)

The Washington Times;  February 18, 1998 ;     613 words ...MEXICO CITY - Every few weeks, American security...becoming a kidnapping victim back in Mexico City. There is so much easy meat here, Mr. Wright, 41, said during an interview in the Mexico City headquarters of his rapidly growing company...

Mexico City industries told to clean up or go

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 25, 1992 ;     385 words ...MEXICO CITY Officials unveiled Tuesday an ambitious plan to clean up dirty industries in Mexico City as the smog-choked capital entered its...force industries to clean up or get out of Mexico City by 1994. One of the more ambitious goals...

INTO THE HEART OF MEXICO; The Urban Adventure Of Mexico City

The Washington Post;  September 27, 1992 ;     700+ words ...The curious adventure of Mexico City begins at Benito Juarez International...since. But this is, after all, Mexico City, the most populous urban center...despite all the bad news about Mexico City's pollution, the air can be quite...

THE 'LOST' PEOPLE OF MEXICO CITY

The Boston Globe;  May 17, 1987 ;     630 words ...MEXICO CITY - On the morning of Sept. 19, 1985, and...like rogue waves across the surface of Mexico City. When the tremors stopped, the world...of thousands of homeless people live. Mexico City has returned to what one local author...

Mexico City's mayor gets to work - pronto

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 8, 1989 ;     700+ words ...MEXICO CITY The morning after a fireworks explosion...funeral of the commander of an elite Mexico City police squad, who had died along with...Camacho's first month as regent, or mayor, of Mexico City, the largest, busiest, most polluted...

Can Giuliani clean up Mexico City? Residents doubt former New York mayor...

The Washington Times;  December 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Bensinger, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES MEXICO CITY - The biggest city in the West is anxiously...And waiting. More than two months ago, Mexico City, with more than 20-plus million people...the Giuliani Group, would bring to Mexico City his zero-tolerance policy, in which...

Mexico City unveils plans for reforming police bureaucracy.

The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  August 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Ricardo Sandoval MEXICO CITY _ Tougher penalties, a war on corruption...ambitious blueprint for a new era of Mexico City law enforcement, city officials...third by 2006, said Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico City's public safety secretary. A group...

MEXICO CITY IT'S VIBRANT, COLORFUL AND EVEN STARTLING

The Boston Globe;  May 28, 1989 ;     700+ words ...MEXICO CITY - As a plane makes its final descent into Mexico City, it is apt to be through a layer of cloud so dense...Then, the plane breaks through the cloud cover, and Mexico City is revealed in its vastness, a tightly woven urban...

The Model Megacity?(The Arts)(First Stop in the New World: Mexico City,...

Newsweek International;  June 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Joseph Contreras A new book about Mexico City paints colorful portraits but fails...picture. DAVID LIDA FIRST APPROACHED Mexico City, the subject of his new book, with a...American journalist, and Lida moved to Mexico City in 1990. He has distilled 18 years of...

Mexico City's Middle Class Leaves Home to Take Breather; Many Employees...

The Washington Post;  December 22, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Gabriela Ochoa, born and brought up in Mexico City, began thinking the unthinkable three...said the only real cure was to leave Mexico City. So Ochoa, her accountant husband and...jam. The Ochoa family has joined what Mexico City politicians and business executives...

Mexico City unveils plans for reforming police bureaucracy.(The Dallas...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  August 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Ricardo Sandoval MEXICO CITY _ Tougher penalties, a war on corruption...ambitious blueprint for a new era of Mexico City law enforcement, city officials...third by 2006, said Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico City's public safety secretary. A group...

Mexico City's earthquake: lessons in the ruins.

Science News;  January 18, 1986 ;     696 words ...Mexico City's Earthquake: Lessons in the Ruins Last...leveled practically every building in Mexico City's downtown core, say Mexican engineers...earthquake's aftermath for the ICA Group, a Mexico City civil engineering firm. I'm astonished...

Some inside tips for a safe, smooth stay in Mexico City

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 17, 1989 ;     700+ words ...MEXICO CITY Mexico City is known for handsome colonial architecture and such cultural treasures...Chicago without intestinal disorders. So I asked the advice of two Mexico City homeowners: my sister, Jenifer Chambers, assistant director of the...