25Nov2014
Hope for Monarchs After Mexican Logging Halted
SciDev.Net
When millions of monarch butterflies take to the sky and fly thousands of kilometers from the United States and southern Canada to Mexico, the view is breathtaking. But over the last few decades, their numbers have plummeted, and last year hit an all-time low.

25Nov2014
Bio-Bus Powered By Human Waste Hits the Road
BBC News
The 40-seat "Bio-Bus" runs on bio-methane gas generated through the treatment of sewage and food waste. The eco-friendly vehicle can travel up to 186 miles on one tank of gas, which takes the annual waste of about five people to produce.

25Nov2014
Amnesty in Mexico: Children Turn in Toy Weapons for Non-Violent Playthings
The News
A few thousand children in Nuevo Leon exchanged their toy weapons for other recreational and traditional toys, as part of a campaign by the Undersecretary of Citizen Participation and Prevention of the State Public Security.

25Nov2014
Watch John Oliver Find Turkey Pardoning So Weird, He Had to Rant About It
Bustle
There’s one American tradition that’s so absurd that Oliver couldn’t bite his tongue on the matter, and he’s taken a brief hiatus from his hiatus to give us a piece of his mind.

25Nov2014
Though Mired in Deepening Crisis, Mexico's Pena Nieto Unlikely to Be Ousted
Reuters
Deep anger over the apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers has plunged Mexico's Enrique Pena Nieto into his worst crisis as president, but with no credible opposition in sight, mass protests look unlikely to force him from power.

25Nov2014
#OrangeUrHood: UN Observes International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
UNWomen.org
To raise awareness and trigger action to end the global scourge of violence against women and girls, the UN observes International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November.

25Nov2014
American Volunteer Discusses the Homeless Crises in Tijuana's 'El Bordo'
JMS Reports
Brigitte Beas is one of very few Americans who regularly travels across the border from San Diego to Tijuana to volunteer at a local Catholic Mission whose aim is to help the homeless residents of the Tijuana Canal, a region known as "El Bordo."

25Nov2014
Feds Find Cartels, Smaller Gangs Have Presence in 62 of 81 Guerrero Municipalities
Mexico News Daily
The Milenio news service reported this week that the state has balkanized into a mosaic of criminal organizations: it’s a toxic mix of five of the country’s major cartels plus local bands and guerilla movements.


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