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Mexico & Nafta - May 2005 (ISSN 1741-444X)
THE ECONOMY: Slowing down, but how much?
The finance ministry is trying to massage expectations about the economy. It pre-empted the official first quarter growth figure, due to be published on 17 May, by saying that the economy grew by 3%, year-on-year. The finance ministry explains this poor figure by saying that it reflects the fact that Holy Week, traditionally a holiday, fell in the first quarter this year.
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- ESTADO ELECTION: The López Obrador effect
- MARTA SAHAGUN: More grief
- LOPEZ OBRADOR: Fox backtracks and drops prosecution
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- THE OIL INDUSTRY: The Mexican paradox
- FREE TRADE: Portman tries to restart FTAA
- THE MEXICAN BORDER: Two US border patrol officers jailed
- Briefs
- MAQUILADORAS: Slack business
- MEXICO & THE US: What Derbez's failure at the OAS means
- Senate approves postal votes for expatriates