23Mar2015 | Por Tu Familia: Mexico City Program Helps Take Nearly 18,000 Firearms Off the Streets Latin American Herald Tribune A program offering bounties to people who surrender weapons has helped take 17,682 firearms off the streets since it was launched in December 2012 in Mexico City, officials said. |
22Mar2015 | GFC Launches Independent, Citizen DNA Databank for Searching for Mexico's Disappeared Mexico Voices Sunday, the Citizen Forensic Governance organization began taking the first DNA samples from relatives of disappeared persons. These DNA samples will be used to compile a biobank of data independent from the Mexican government. |
22Mar2015 | A Legal Drug That's 50 Times More Powerful Than Heroin Blamed for Spike in Fatal Overdoses Business Insider Federal drug enforcement officials last week issued a nationwide alert about the dangers of fentanyl, a powerful opioid often used to increase the potency of heroin and blamed for an “alarming†spike in deadly overdoses. |
22Mar2015 | Mexico Launches Handy App for Anglers and Boaters The San Diego Union-Tribune Mexico is looking to simplify its permitting and visa requirements for U.S. fishermen and boaters and has launched an App for all to use before venturing south. |
22Mar2015 | Economic Crisis and Unemployment Raise Mexico's Informal Job Level La Jornada In Mexico street vendors are multiplying on a daily basis. More and more citizens are starting businesses in their homes, and a growing number of unemployed people are offering their services on their own. |
22Mar2015 | Afro-Mexican and Indigenous Population Are Extremely Vulnerable, Says Expert Notimex The Afro-Mexican population, extremely small in number and lacking means for the defense of their human rights, can even become more vulnerable than the national indigenous groups. Also, women continue to be subjected to discrimination in the country. |
22Mar2015 | Scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro Introduces His Humanoid Robots to Latin America EFE Japanese scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro presented in Nicaragua two robots he calls "humanoids," which he developed with systems of cognitive intelligence, and which are capable of walking, talking and interacting with people. |
22Mar2015 | Diary of Journalist Pedro Canche Herrera, 'Prisoner of Conscience' in Mexico Global Voices For over six months, the Mayan journalist has been awaiting his sentence in a cell in the state of Quintana Roo. He was charged with sabotage by authorities after recording videos, interviewing protesters, and posting photos of a sit-in against an increase in prices for water services. |
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