Mexican tobacco growers: Economically shunned by industry, still used as lobbyists

By Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab

Big Tobacco cultivates more people, less land, in Mexico

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mexico City":

"… ter Traver Riggins contributed to this report.  …"

"… ingly important share of their revenues. And, from Jakarta in Indonesia to Mexico City, farmers have been reliable street-level lobbyists in the industry’s fig …"

"… once known as the Gold Coast because of the value of its tobacco crops.In Mexico City protests in recent years, farmers have been vocal and proud to stand up fo …"

"… racio Mackinlay, a researcher at the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico City, who has followed the tobacco sector for more than a decade. “It's cheap …"

Overview: The tobacco lobby goes global

By Ricardo Sandoval Palos

The tobacco lobby goes global

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mexico City":

"… covered a long list of aggressive industry lobbying tactics from Moscow to Mexico City. Among the items in the industry’s tool kit: political campaign contribu …"

"… n in Delhi, Claudio Paolillo in Montevideo, Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab in Mexico City contributed to this report.  …"

FDA overseas offices struggle to meet growing import demands

By Laurel Adams

During the past year, information gathered by Food and Drug Administration staff in new overseas offices led to import bulletins warning of

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mexico City":

"… a; Brussels, London, and Parma in Europe; and in San Jose, Costa Rica, and Mexico City.FAST FACT: The FDA regulates imports of food, drugs, and veterinary produc …"

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Billionaire Clinton pal finally gets waiver from U.S. no-fly list

By John Solomon

The United States has issued a written apology to a jet-setting billionaire businessman and philanthropist with close ties to former Preside

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"… the enhanced screening for the no-fly list?Ben Wizner, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, said his group is working with seven Americans caught in the same no-fly …"

Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

Human toll reaches millions as asbestos industry expands worldwide

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mexico City":

"… e that dangers persist: Perilous conditions have been documented from Mexico City to Ahmedabad, India. And yet, despite waves of asbestos-related disea …"

"… by a government-backed institute in Montreal and reaches from New Delhi to Mexico City to the aptly named city of Asbest in Russia’s Ural Mountains.An analysis …"

"… conditions to proliferate, Aguilar says. About 70 factories in and around Mexico City manufacture asbestos cement, and an indeterminate number make asbestos bra …"

"… “I’ve always felt that science will prevail at the end.”Ana Avila in Mexico City, Dan Ettinger in Washington, D.C., Carlos Eduardo Huertas in Bogota,  …"

ATF allegations, anger spread through Mexico

By Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab

Revelations in a story from the Center about ATF's controversial Fast and Furious operation have sparked demands for investigations in Mexic

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mexico City":

"… cement roughly coincided with a weekend statement from the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, which said Mexican law enforcement had indeed been briefed on ATF operati …"

"… cted harshly, slamming the U.S. government in the Sunday newsletter of the Mexico City Archdiocese.“Some U.S. officials’ cynicism has no limits," church offi …"

"… Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab is a freelance investigative reporter based in Mexico City, and a frequent contributor to the International Consortium of Investigati …"

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Part II: A troubled model for reform in Mexico

By Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab

A troubled model for reform in Mexico

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mexico City":

"… man Ruth Zavaleta Salgado, as she called to order a legislative session in Mexico City in October 2007. “Whoever is smoking cigars or cigarettes: Please, pleas …"

"… ight to Health program at the Center for Economic Research and Teaching in Mexico City. Madrazo, who negotiated with the Health Ministry for tougher regulations, …"

"… ndra Xanic von Bertrab is an independent investigative journalist based in Mexico City. Julieta Gutierrez contributed to this report. …"

A growing death toll in Mexico

By Ana Avila

Asbestos casualties mount amid weak enforcement and a powerful lobby

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mexico City":

"… es and schools in Barrio de San Lucas, a working-class neighborhood in the Mexico City suburb of Iztapalapa, the fortress-like brick building emits a pungen …"

"… h later, a specialist at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Mexico City wrote that tomography had detected “dense spots” in Carbajal’s lungs …"

"… s owned by ITAPSA, a firm that operates a number of asbestos plants around Mexico City. ITAPSA moved to another location in the late 1990s and used the building …"

"… ay,” says Claudia Fuentes, who lives about a mile away.At the request of Mexico City Congresswoman Alicia Téllez, the factory was toured in April by Jos …"

Following the money on asbestos

By David E. Kaplan

ICIJ rolled out its biggest project in months this week: Dangers in the Dust – Inside the Global Asbestos Trade. We’ve had a half-dozen of o

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mexico City":

"… red eight countries in nine months, from the Russian city of Asbest to the Mexico City suburb of Iztapalapa. What we found is now getting global coverage: that t …"

The loneliness of El Diario of Juárez

By María Teresa Ronderos

A Colombian journalist spends three days with reporters from Juárez, Mexico’s most violent city

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mexico City":

"… out what she has learned through her investigations since she arrived from Mexico City a little less than a decade ago. Sandra has already published a few articl …"

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