Mexico

Mexico coach Javier Aguirre wants only positive thoughts going into Tuesday's match with Uruguay. "If we go out there thinking that we can lose the game, fearful and full of doubt, then we're inviting the loss or we're doubting ourselves," he said. "I've impressed on my players that we have to go out there intending to win." A win would not only qualify Mexico for the second round but make its route to the quarterfinals much easier, facing either South Korea or Greece in the knockout round.

Workers peered through safety goggles as they fitted together parts of the electric motors they were building on a General Motors assembly line in White Marsh. For now, the parts are made in a factory in Mexico and then shipped to Baltimore County for assembly. But not for long. By the end of the year, motors for cutting-edge electric vehicles will be built from scratch in a sprawling $244 million plant under construction next to GM's factory, now called General Motors Baltimore Operations.

Mexico will romp Grahame L. Jones Los Angeles Times Mexico has Javier Hernandez and 10 other quality players. The U.S. has Tim Howard, Steve Cherundolo and Clint Dempsey. Mexico has players who know what they're doing on the field. The U.S. has players who do what they're told to do on the field. Mexico has a coach, Jose Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre, who played professionally and on the international level. The U.S. has a coach, Bob Bradley, who played on the collegiate level.

Gary Crowton is out after one disappointing season as Maryland's offensive coordinator, and the school is expected to hire former New Mexico coach Mike Locksley as his replacement, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Locksley, dismissed by New Mexico this past season, had a 2-26 win-loss record at the school but is known as an aggressive recruiter. He is a former Maryland assistant and recruiting coordinator and played defensive back for Towson in 1988-1991 before also serving as an assistant there.

About 40,000 U.S. troops will be returning from Iraq this year. Why not put those who can't find jobs on their return to work patrolling our 1,969-mile border with Mexico? They might not be able to patrol the entire length. However, they could watch the areas where illegals and drugs are known to cross over or tunnel under the border. This would serve two purposes. It would keep the military employed and ready for future problems and it would protect the United States in its quest to stem the tide of illegal drugs and people entering our country.

What now shall Mexico say, as Mexican kills Mexican? Since Independence in the 19th century, Mexico has imagined the threat to herself as a threat from without. Deep in Mexico's memory, Mexico imagines her true self as Indian, an Aztec virgin put upon by the grizzled Spaniard, Cortez.The year is still young and already there is plentiful evidence that Mexico is imploding. Mexican is killing Mexican. In January, Mexican Indians in Chiapas took arms against Mexico City, embarrassing the government of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, forcing him to play the role of Cortez.

The murder of Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio in Tijuana, within sight of the U.S. border, is a cruel blow at Mexico's stability and the hope of prosperity for its people. Or so the crime was meant to be. In all likelihood, Mexico's political order and progress toward democracy will proceed apace, along with its economic integration in North America.With the hit men in custody, Mexican police should soon be able to say why the crime was committed and for whom. Until this information is made public with credibility, any conjecture is fantasy.

Not for the first time, the U.S. will have to do whatever it takes to rescue Mexico from financial crisis. Our neighbor to the south is once again convulsed by a run on the peso caused by profligate economic policies designed to ease domestic unrest. And, once again, the government is forced to respond with austerity measures punishing to a huge worker-peasant class that has seen its real earnings diminish despite increasing industrialization.But that is not Mexico's only problem. As a medium-sized Third World nation that shares a 2,000-mile border with the world's richest, biggest, market, its position is truly unique.

Victor Paez has a simple explanation for why his teams from Mexico have advanced to eight straight championship games at the Cal Ripken World Series. "We love baseball," Paez said through an interpreter, "and we play with passion," Some serious bats haven't hurt, either. A three-run homer by shortstop Luis Urias and a solo shot by first baseman Luis Millan paved the way Sunday for starting pitcher Gerardo Haro, who went the distance, allowing three hits against U.S. champion Ocala, Fla., in a 7-1 win before a record crowd estimated at more than 5,000 at the Ripken Youth Baseball Academy in Aberdeen.

All the usual suspects -- the protectionists, the xenophobes, the ultra-nationalists -- are coming out of the woodwork to take another bash at Mexico. The pretext last time was the North American Free Trade Agreement, a pact already benefiting the U.S. and its neighbor. This time it is a bipartisan Clinton-Gingrich plan to provide $40 billion in U.S. loan guarantees to bolster the Mexican financial system after a crash in the value of the peso.Ross Perot is at it again, talking about "a great sucking noise" as greenbacks pour south of the Rio Grande.

About 40,000 U.S. troops will be returning from Iraq this year. Why not put those who can't find jobs on their return to work patrolling our 1,969-mile border with Mexico? They might not be able to patrol the entire length. However, they could watch the areas where illegals and drugs are known to cross over or tunnel under the border. This would serve two purposes. It would keep the military employed and ready for future problems and it would protect the United States in its quest to stem the tide of illegal drugs and people entering our country.

Baltimore-native Stacy Keibler kicked off her birthday in "paradise" with superstar boyfriend George Clooney this week. The former wrestler and "Dancing With The Stars" alum, Keibler, was spotted in Mexico with "The Ides of March" star and friends just days before her 32 n d birthday this Friday, according to people.com. On Sunday, Keibler Tweeted a picture of the lush Cabo San Lucas location with the caption: "Chasing the last days of 'summer.'" With the hash tag "paradise.

Brandi Denae Kilmartin and John Henry Darney III are to be wed Nov. 18 in Cancun, Mexico. The grew up in Kingsville. The bride to be is a paralegal for an insurance company and the prospective groom is an estimator for an asphalt company.

In one of the largest gifts ever received by Baltimore's Walters Art Museum , a New Mexico collector is donating some 300 pieces and promising a $4 million bequest to shine a spotlight on the art of the ancient Americas. "This is a huge development for us," said Walters director Gary Vikan, noting that the soon-to-be-created center for the study of the arts of the ancient Americas should prove especially alluring to the area's "very vibrant" Latino community. "This is a huge new ingredient in building audience for us," he said.

Cal Ripken World Series D.R. pitcher throws no-no; Md. team out In one of the all-time best pitching performances seen at the Cal Ripken World Series, the Dominican Republic's Leudy Santana struck out 14 batters en route to a no-hitter in his team's 1-0 victory over Mexico in Friday's International semifinal matchup at Cal Sr.'s Yard. The performance was validation for Santana, who struck out 16 hitters in the Dominican team's earlier pool play contest with Mexico on Monday but lost when the reigning champs scored four runs on three hits in a 4-0 victory.

Welcome home, Boy Scout Troop 361 members Danny Schofield, Daniel Pomeranz, Alec Font, Tim Lieberman, Michael LeRoy, Stephen Watson, Paul Watson, Luke Bosley, Josh Merrihew and Troop leaders Steve Merrihew, Gavin Watson and John Bosley. The group recently returned from a trip to New Mexico's Philmont Scout Ranch, the Boy Scouts of America's largest national high-adventure base. Situated in the Rocky Mountains, the camp is about 214 square miles of rugged wilderness terrain and steep mountains tops.

With fingers tightly crossed, Mexican officials are now saying the worst of their financial crisis is over. The peso is up 25 percent from its early-March lows, the stock market has rebounded 65 percent, exports are zooming 29 percent while imports have dropped 3.4 percent. Finance Minister Guillermo Ortiz fully expects his government will be able to meet its foreign debt obligations through a tough period ending in June.What pulled Mexico back from the brink of bankruptcy was a massive $50 billion international support program, 40 percent of which was pledged by the Clinton administration in an executive power move bypassing Congress.

Mexico City. -- Although most Americans haven't yet noticed, one of the biggest revolutions yet in Latin America's history is going on in Mexico -- without a gun being fired.This revolution is economic, and its main objective is to bring Mexico fully into the global economy. The ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement will give this revolution a great boost, but that agreement is not the whole story: President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, an economist, has already taken his country far along a new, and probably irreversible, path of change.

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Mexico will romp Grahame L. Jones Los Angeles Times Mexico has Javier Hernandez and 10 other quality players. The U.S. has Tim Howard, Steve Cherundolo and Clint Dempsey. Mexico has players who know what they're doing on the field. The U.S. has players who do what they're told to do on the field. Mexico has a coach, Jose Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre, who played professionally and on the international level. The U.S. has a coach, Bob Bradley, who played on the collegiate level.