Latest Mexico Headlines
All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Mexico, Chevron Settle Case Over Cleanup Costs
Sep 13 2013 // New Mexico officials say Chevron Corp. will pay $5.2 million to settle claims that the energy company improperly applied for money from an environmental cleanup fund. The state alleges Chevron falsely claimed it...
Tropical Depression in Gulf of Mexico Strengthens, Closes Ports
Sep 13 2013 // A tropical depression in the southern Gulf of Mexico is strengthening, prompting the closure of two top oil export terminals, and could unleash life-threatening flooding, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on...
Humberto Becomes Season’s First Hurricane; Gabrielle Spares Bermuda
Sep 11 2013 // Hurricane Humberto, the season’s first, churned in the Atlantic west of the Cape Verde Islands as Tropical Storm Gabrielle stalled after passing Bermuda. Humberto was declared a Category 1 storm in a 5 a.m. advisory...
Premium Increases Under Obamacare Not as High as Expected: Study
Sep 9 2013 // The federal Affordable Care Act will not lead to widespread premium increases in the individual health insurance market. That’s according to a new analysis of 10 states and the United States overall by RAND Corp.,...
Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants Declining in New Mexico
Sep 9 2013 // As more states prepare to offer driving privileges to immigrants who illegally entered the U.S., heavily Hispanic New Mexico appears headed in the other direction. An Associated Press review of state records shows New...
Tropical Storm Gabrielle Drenches Puerto Rico
Sep 5 2013 // Tropical Storm Gabrielle isn’t expected to gain much strength as it churns in the Caribbean Sea on a path between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Gabrielle was about...
Aon’s Impact Forecasting Launches Models for E. Africa Quakes, Mexico Floods
Sep 3 2013 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, has launched two new models: an earthquake model for East Africa and a new flood scenario-based model for Mexico reinsurers. East...
New Mexico City Refuses To Pay For Damage From ‘Bait’ Car
Aug 30 2013 // Albuquerque refuses to pay for damage to a New Mexico home struck by a city-owned bait car driven by teens, directing the homeowner to turn to his insurance policy to recover the costs for the damages. Bait cars are...
Four Latin American Nations Agree to Remove All Trade Tariffs
Aug 26 2013 // Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile said on Monday they had wrapped up negotiations to remove all trade tariffs between them, cementing a bloc that the four hope will encourage free trade between Latin America and the rest of...
Driver’s Licenses For Immigrants Declining In New Mexico
Aug 23 2013 // As more states prepare to offer driving privileges to immigrants who illegally entered the U.S., heavily Hispanic New Mexico appears headed in the other direction. An Associated Press review of state records shows New...
Atlantic Hurricane Season to Enter Most Active Phase Next Week
Aug 14 2013 // The Atlantic hurricane season is about to enter its most active phase as conditions for the powerful storms improve across the basin. Wind shear that can tear budding storms apart has been decreasing, said Dan Kottlowski,...
Ratings Recap: Patria Re, Arab Insurance, Provident Insurance (NZ)
Aug 2 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Mexico’s Reaseguradora Patria,...
New Mexico Reaches $920K Settlement With Gas Processor
Jul 18 2013 // State environment officials have reached a settlement with the operator of a natural gas processing plant in southeastern New Mexico over alleged pollution violations. The Environment Department says the settlement with...
USDA Includes 2 New Mexico Counties In Drought Aid Areas
Jul 9 2013 // Two northern New Mexico counties are included in new federal government designations of primary disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by the ongoing drought. The USDA says farmers and ranchers in Rio Arriba and...
New Mexico Current Insurance Regulator To Remain In Office
Jun 28 2013 // State Insurance Superintendent John Franchini was selected to remain as New Mexico’s top insurance regulator when his office becomes an independent governmental agency next month. A nine-member committee named...
Florida Court Allows Californian’s Suit Against Miami Firms Tied to Mexican Resorts
Jun 24 2013 // A divided Florida Supreme Court is letting a lawsuit go ahead against a company that runs a resort in Mexico. The court ruled last Thursday that Shahla Cortez can proceed with her lawsuit against three Miami companies...
Plaintiffs: BP Acted With Gross Negligence in 2010 Spill
Jun 23 2013 // BP Plc and its contractors should be found grossly negligent for their actions in the April 2010 blowout of the Macondo well and the subsequent Gulf of Mexico oil spill, plaintiffs’ lawyers told a judge. U.S....
Tropical Storm Barry Lands on Mexico Gulf Coast; Pemex Refinery Unaffected
Jun 20 2013 // Tropical Storm Barry made landfall north of Mexico’s major Gulf Coast port of Veracruz on Thursday morning and was heading inland, unleashing rain showers and wind gusts, but installations of state oil monopoly Pemex...
Reports: 236 Oil, Gas Sites in New Mexico Failed Inspections
Jun 18 2013 // About 85 percent of 276 oil and gas well sites inspected in southeastern New Mexico over the past six weeks have failed to pass after-the-fact electrical safety inspections. Correction notices were issued to those sites...
Claims Seek Forest Service Payment For 2011 New Mexico Fire
Jun 17 2013 // The federal government is being asked to cough up more than $60 million for damages from the 2011 Las Conchas fire and subsequent flooding in northern New Mexico. According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, the Forest Service...
