MEXICO CITY, April 29 - Banking and financial services can still operate in a five-day partial shutdown of the economy from May 1 aimed at combating a deadly swine flu epidemic, Finance Minister Agustin Carstens...
MEXICO CITY, April 29 - The Mexican government called on Wednesday for non-essential parts of the economy to shut down between May 1-5 to help combat the swine flu outbreak. Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova...
QUITO, April 29 - Ecuador on Wednesday barred foreigners who have been in Mexico from arriving in the country on commercial flights as a precaution against swine...
China, the world's biggest pork consumer, has forbidden direct or indirect imports of both live pigs and of pork products from Mexico and from the three U.S. states of Texas, Kansas, and California with the intent to prevent the swine flu virus from spreading to the country, according to a joint statement issued by the...
MIAMI, April 28 - Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd said on Tuesday they were temporarily suspending port calls in Mexico as a result of the...
* WHO raises pandemic alert level * Mexico says death toll up to 149, closes all schools * U.S. urges caution in traveling to Mexico * China, other countries ban U.S. pork imports (Adds new...
MEXICO CITY, April 27 - Mexico's peso extended sharp losses on Monday after an earthquake shook the capital city and the government raised to 149 the death toll of suspected victims of an outbreak of...
MEXICO CITY, April 27 - Buildings shook throughout Mexico City on Monday as an earthquake hit the city, witnesses said....
WASHINGTON, April 27 - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday urged caution over travel to Mexico due to an outbreak of swine flu and said the United States took the issue "very seriously."...
* Mexican death toll at 103 * U.S. declares health emergency as flu spreads * Governments step up health checks at airports * Dollar & yen up, stock markets fall MEXICO CITY, April 27 -...