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Angela Kocherga: August 2009 Archives


Americans seek affordable medical care in Mexico

1:46 PM Thu, Aug 27, 2009 |
Angela Kocherga

They're the uninsured or underinsured, and they've given up on getting care in this country. These are the people at the center of the heated healthcare debate. And as the Congress tries to figure out how to cover more or most Americans, Mexico is catering to their needs now.

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Mexico City offers tourists free health insurance

4:05 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 |
Angela Kocherga

As the debate over healthcare reform rages in the U.S. - Mexico City is offering free medical insurance to anyone who visits the capital through the end of the year. So break a leg, need dental work, or treatment for some other illness while in Mexico City - you're covered.

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Beyond the Border

8:48 AM Fri, Aug 14, 2009 |
Angela Kocherga

OK. I've neglected my blog this week. Photographer Hugo Perez and I are on the road and it's hard to write in the car. This road trip we're joined by our colleague from The Dallas Morning News Alfredo Corchado on a drive through Central Mexico to work on a several stories.

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President Obama in Mexico for North American Summit

11:10 AM Mon, Aug 10, 2009 |
Angela Kocherga

We're here (I'm with photographer Hugo Perez) in Guadalajara at the Centro Cultural Cabanas waiting to get into the room where President Obama, Mexico's President Calderon and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper will hold a joint press conference. We're told it's at 11:30 Central but many of the photographers and television camera crews had to arrive between 7-8 a.m. to line up. It's all part of the strict security required for an event like this.

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Mexico to keep troops on the border

12:37 PM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 |
Angela Kocherga

Jz patrol.jpgIt was the deadliest July on record with 245 killings in Juarez, the battlefield for a bloody drug cartel turf war. Among those gunned down on one day that claimed 11 lives: a pregnant woman whose family was ambushed in broad daylight while driving on a busy avenue. It's happening in spite of the federal force of 10,000 troops and police on patrol.
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Angela Kocherga

Border Bureau Chief Angela Kocherga files regular news stories for KHOU-TV from our bureau based in El Paso.