04May2015
Nine Mexican Archaeological Sites Are Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Agencia EFE
Nine Mexican archaeological sites were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mexico's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. These sites now enjoy immunity under the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.

04May2015
Cinco de Mayo: A Minor Mexican Holiday, Americanized
NewsyWorld
Many people believe that Cinco de Mayo is celebrated to commemorate Mexico’s independence from Spain, but this is actually not the case. It’s actually a fairly minor holiday in Mexico, but it has exploded into a huge celebration of Mexican heritage for those living in the United States.

04May2015
HRW Calls on Mexico's New Attorney General for End to Human Rights Crisis
Human Rights Watch
Mexico needs to do more to ensure that human rights atrocities are effectively investigated and punished, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Mexico’s new attorney general, Arely Gomez Gonzalez.

04May2015
President Pena Nieto Criticized for His World Press Freedom Day Statement
teleSUR
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto congratulated journalist in Mexico on the International Day of Freedom of Expression, a statement that was widely criticized in social media and other networks as cynical and hypocritical.

03May2015
Meet the Journalist Behind The New Yorker's Powerful 'Guerrero: The Monster in the Mountains'
Pulitzer Center
Photojournalist and Pulitzer Center grantee, Matt Black, discusses his reporting from Guerrero, Mexico, for a powerful multimedia project for The New Yorker.

03May2015
More People Are Getting Air Conditioning - and That's Really Bad for the Climate
VICE News
Using Mexico as an example, a new study found that country's carbon dioxide emissions could go up by anywhere from 3 to 30 million tons by 2100, depending on how severe the warming trend gets.

03May2015
Three Dead, Hundreds Evacuated as High Waves Hit Coastline from Mexico to Chile
Sputnik
Big waves lashing the Pacific coast from Mexico to Chile left three people dead and one missing, forcing hundreds to evacuate from the coastline. The rough weather is expected to last four more days.

03May2015
Low Economic Growth Traps 83 Percent of Mexico's Population in Poverty
La Jornada
In Mexico 83 percent of the population lives in monetary poverty, a figure which, due to low economic growth and low incomes for Mexican citizens, has only risen in the last 12 years.


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