03Feb2015
'Mansion-Gate': Mexico President Vows Conflict of Interest Probe Into Home Deals
Reuters
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said he would order a probe into the purchase of homes from government contractors by himself, his wife and his finance minister, amid national outrage at perceived corruption.

03Feb2015
Poor Farmers in Mexico Turn to Opium Poppies to Meet Surge in US Heroin Demand
Associated Press
In the mountains of the southern state of Guerrero, small villages with few economic alternatives mark the first link in the chain of Mexico’s multibillion-dollar opium trade.

03Feb2015
Pinata-Making Art Lives on in Mexican Culture
Design You Trust
A pinata is a container often made of papier-mache, pottery, or cloth; it is decorated, and filled with small toys or candy, or both, and then broken as part of a ceremony or celebration. Pinatas are commonly associated with Mexico.

03Feb2015
Cuba's Long 'Forbidden Fruits' Luring Anxious Americans Across the Border
Malay Mail Online
Call it rum and cigar diplomacy: The few Americans allowed to visit Cuba are eager to finally legally bring home the communist island’s once forbidden fruits.

03Feb2015
Marcha Migrante X: Border Angels Head to Tijuana for 'All Lives Matter'
NBCSanDiego
Volunteers from San Diego and Mexico have kicked off a week of volunteering in Tijuana as a part of their historic Marcha Migrante.

03Feb2015
New Generation of 'Entrepreneurs' Move Illegal Drugs Easily Through Security at Airports
El Universal
Experts in the field agree that the new generation of "small dealers" is comprised of graduates, professionals and even entrepreneurs who carry small amounts of drugs, and therefore move easily through security at airports.

03Feb2015
Aboard the Smile Train, Tampa Bay Rays' Pitcher Makes Smiles Happen in Mexico
Chat Sports
Tampa Bay's Grant and Angie Balfour headed to Mexico this month to visit the Miles for Smiles charity. Smile Train is an international children’s charity dedicated to repairing cleft lip and palate.

03Feb2015
Jesus Silva-Herzog Marquez: Government's Desire to Turn the Page on Ayotzinapa Is Wrong
Reforma
The government wants to turn the page. Leave the tragedy and scandal of the murder of three and disappearance of forty-three Ayotzinapa students in Iguala, Guerrero in the past and return to its own story. The final word has been written on the record.


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