17May2015 | Mexico Missing Students Update: Investigating Commission Could Shut Down Amid Budget Cuts IBTimes The congressional commission investigating the case of Mexico's 43 students missing since September could shut down amid budget cuts. The panel is one of 19 in Mexico's Chamber of Deputies that is scheduled to close because officials want staff members, under contract until August, to resign in advance. |
17May2015 | Concerned About Cartel Infiltration, Authorities Disarm Two Jalisco Police Departments The Associated Press Jalisco Gov. Aristoteles Sandoval says in a statement that 150 state police officers performed the "preventative disarmament" of the 19 local police officers in Villa Purificacion and the 11 officers in Union de Tula. |
17May2015 | The Promised Land: VICE News Checks Out Cocaine and Faith in the Amazon VICE News VICE News traveled to Alto Monte de Israel, the sacred land of the 'Israelites,' to meet them and understand how they cope with the existence of coca crops on their land, and whether they're involved in the drug trade. |
17May2015 | Gone Are the Days When Mexico Had a Wealth of Corn Smithsonian.com Corn was first domesticated in Mexico and quickly spread throughout the Americas, beginning in about 2,500 B.C. Over the centuries, around 20,000 or more different varieties emerged as ears of corn were transported around the world. That diversity, however, is now on a steep decline. |
17May2015 | App That Lets Women Review Guys Arrives in Mexico EFE The Lulu app, which lets women review the guys they date and post comments online, has 5 million users - including one out of every four female university students in the United States - recently made its debut in Latin America. |
17May2015 | Evangelicals Forced from Their Homes in Chiapas VOM Canada Many evangelical Christians in the Chiapas State of Mexico have been beaten, jailed, threatened, had their possession taken away and, in many cases, even driven from their homes. What has caused so much hostility and anger against these followers of Jesus? |
17May2015 | Viva la Revolucion! The Rise of Mexican Craft Brews Outside Step into a San Diego bar and you’ll find as many high-quality beers as you could possibly need. But until recently, if you went just 20 miles south, you’d get only the big Mexican brands like Corona and Tecate. |
17May2015 | In Guerrero, Mexico, More Mass Graves, Violence Cloud Mid-Term Elections InSight Crime Authorities in Mexico have found dozens of mass graves and hundreds of bodies near the city of Iguala since September, and criminal activity has led to a mini-revolt in one village just as municipal elections approach. |
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