Female Candidate in Mexico’s Presidential Race
By Adina Moloman Sources: The Washington Post, The Economist, Fox News Countries in Latin America like Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica are more open to integrate women in the political arena, where have recently elected women to govern their countries. Following the example, the dilema is: Mexico prepared for a woman president? The excitement part […]
Violence volatility across Mexico
By Adina Moloman Source: The Economist, CASESDE, Open Democracy The fight against organized crime has been the priority of Felipe Calderón’s government since it started in 2006 and it was registered in the past five years a large number of murders related to organized crime (between 40,000-50,000 ). Surprisingly statistics shows that after high rates of […]
U.S.-Mexico Border Mayors reunion in Tijuana
By Adina Moloman Sources: www.afntijuana.info; www.tijuanapress.com The meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Border Mayors Association was held in Tijuana at the World Trade Center. The main themes analyzed during a news conference following by closed-door meetings were: migration (measures to attend the numbers of Mexicans deported from the U.S) ,the importance of economic development at border […]
Mexico reforms designed to facilitate foreign investment
By Adina Moloman Sources: OECD, www.presidencia.gob.mx Despite staging a strong recovery, Mexico economy still faces more challenges, before talking of stability. Considering that this is a presidential election year, governmental institutions were more concerned since last year of making Mexico’s economic environment conducive for large-scale foreign and domestic investment by working on agendas where top […]
Mabamex expansion in Baja California
By Adina Moloman Sources: Invest in Baja, SEDECO According to the Law for the Promotion of the Competitiveness and Economic Development of Baja California[1] the State Governor offered, last month, 8.8 million Mexican pesos, as a economic incentive due to Mabamex expansion. The Law for the Promotion of the Competitiveness and Economic Development of Baja […]
New Decree to Eliminate Border Tariffs
By Adina Moloman Source: SEDECO January 20, 2012 was signed in Tijuana by president Calderon the Decree for the Competitivity and the Reduction of Tariffs of the Border Economic Zone. The border Economic Zone includes the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur and a part of the state of Sonora. The initiative belonged to […]
Nano-thin wire invention
Source: Science Magazine, The University of New South Wales Sydney, Canberra, Australia Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology at the University of New South Wales and the University of Melbourne, both institutions in Australia and Purdue University in the U.S. all worked together on a very interesting revolutionary […]
Welch Allyn, Tijuana manufacturing facility expansion
By Adina Moloman Sources: www.maquilaportal.com , www.welchallyn.com Welch Allyn[1], one of the biggest medical companies in Tijuana, part of the Baja California medical cluster, announced an expansion for this year. This consists on an investment of US$7.4 million in 2012, for production growth. Welch Allyn, is a global manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions, […]
Silicon Border, the vision of a science park
By Adina Moloman Source: http://www.siliconborder.com Silicon border is a 10,000 acre (around 4,040-hectare) development, which has the vision of becoming one of the most important science park, located on the California- Baja California border, more specifically in Mexicali. The project initiated in 2004-2005 and consists in developing a large industrial park. The intention for the […]
Honeywell technology initiatives in Baja California
By Adina Moloman Sources: SEDECO, Honeywell Now Honeywell’s 2011 portfolio consists in new products and growth particularly at UOP, Process and Building Solutions, and Commercial Aerospace. The corporate attention throughout 2011 was investment in technologies such as Turbo Technologies, Advanced Materials, and ACS products. Honeywell has an important presence in Mexico with 20 centers with […]