23Aug2015
Want to See the First Free African Town in the Americas? Go to Mexico
Global Voices
In the middle of intense vegetation in southeastern Veracruz, a state along the Mexican Gulf, the town of Yanga is evidence to the presence and settlement of Africans in Mexico.

23Aug2015
Rocky Point Pins Economic Hopes on New Home Port
tucson.com
Hopes are high that a new mayor and the construction of a cruise ship home port will speed up the economic recovery of “Arizona’s beach,” where the Great Recession crippled a once-booming real estate market and tourist destination.

23Aug2015
App Makes Bill Paying for Expats in Mexico Simple
Riviera Maya News
Two young Mexican entrepreneurs have developed an app to make life easier for expats and foreigners in Mexico. The app, which is called SimplePay, provides several key services for users.

23Aug2015
TED Talks: How Young Blood Might Help Reverse Aging. Yes, Really
TEDGlobalLondon
In this eye-opening talk, Tony Wyss-Coray shares new research from his Stanford lab and other teams which shows that a solution for some of the less great aspects of old age might actually lie within us all.

23Aug2015
Families of the Missing Say They Are Stonewalled by Mexico State Authorities
The Los Angeles Times
About 25,000 people have gone missing in Mexico since 2006, according to estimates by the government and human rights groups. For families, the anguish of not knowing where their loved ones are or what might have happened to them is only exacerbated by the authorities.

23Aug2015
Government Investigation Suggests Mexican Federales Executed Cartel Members
Fusion
In May, Mexico informed the public that federal police had engaged in a gun battle with a large group of narcos from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. There’s tentative evidence that what happened in Tanhuato could have been driven by vengeance.

23Aug2015
Matthew Heineman's Cartel Land Offers Front Row Seat to US-Mexico Drug War
VOA News
"Cartel Land" is made of the stuff we watch in Western movies. Only, this narrative is for real. Two vigilante groups, one in the United States, the other in Mexico, fight a common enemy: drug cartels.

23Aug2015
US Court Orders Release of Imprisoned Migrant Children 'Without Unnecessary Delay'
MWC News
Federal court ruling in Los Angeles gives President Obama's administration until October 23 to release the children.


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