31Jan2015 | Harvard University Helps Power Seguro Popular Health Care Initiative in Mexico Harvard University Just a decade ago, half of all Mexicans had no health insurance. As many as 4 million families a year faced financial ruin because of catastrophic illness, like breast cancer. Today, those same families have access to treatment because of Seguro Popular. |
31Jan2015 | A Currency Bet Nearly as Certain as Cartel Profits Bloomberg There’s a way to make a quick profit thanks to Mexico’s drug cartels. And it’s perfectly legal. It’s a currency trade, of all things, available every day inside Mexico City’s airport. |
31Jan2015 | A Time to Sow? Latin America Plants Seed Towards Legalized Marijuana Malay Mail Online After Uruguay first moved to legalize marijuana in 2013, the approach has taken root in Latin America with several other countries now considering a revamp of their own drug laws. |
31Jan2015 | DNA of Babies Who Survived Hospital Blast Tested in Search for Parents Reuters Plunged into chaos just hours after entering this world, nine babies found alive after a gas blast in a Mexican maternity hospital underwent DNA tests on Friday in a bid to reunite them with their parents. |
30Jan2015 | Disappeared Guerrero Students Case Also Highlights Racism in Mexico Inter Press Service In Mexico, indigenous people, the small black minority, and the rural population are poorer and less educated, and have lower incomes, less social protection and limited access to justice and participation in politics. |
30Jan2015 | Mexico Cuts Government Spending By $8.4 Billion Due to Oil Price Drop The Associated Press Mexico will cut government spending by $8.4 billion this year because of a drop in revenues due to declining oil prices. |
30Jan2015 | Quintana Roo to Change to Eastern Standard Time Zone on Sunday ABC Radio On Feb. 1, the Mexican state of Quintana Roo will switch from Central Standard Time to Eastern Standard Time. The change comes after two years of government and tourism industry efforts. |
30Jan2015 | Human Rights Slip in Latin America in 2014, Says Rights Group HRW Anadolu Agency Progress on human rights in Latin America suffered “serious setbacks†in 2014, a prominent U.S. advocacy group said this week. Human Rights Watch cited cases in Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela, among the 13 countries scrutinized in the region. |
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