19Sep2014
Indigenous Inventions and Innovations That Modern Society Owes a Debt To
Indian Country Today
Indigenous cultures have spawned thousands upon thousands of innovations that are in use today in the most modern of practices.

19Sep2014
Arizona Non-Profit Humane Borders Helps Keep Dehydrated Migrants Alive
VOA News
The Sonoran desert, a common crossing point for illegal immigration into the United States, is one of the hottest places in North America. Many who attempt the journey become dehydrated and die along the way.

19Sep2014
Government Seeks to 'Shrink' Unit for Searches of Mexico's Disappeared Persons
Proceso
Enrique Pena Nieto’s government aims to reduce the budget of the Specialized Unit in Search of Disappeared Persons, which is an agency of the Attorney General’s Office, by more than 60 percent.

18Sep2014
Andalusia Knoll: Mexico's Official Independence Day Fiesta Was a Disaster
VICE News
Children received pat-downs from police at a public plaza as if they were entering a high-security bunker, and the Mexican flag fell off its pole at precisely the least opportune moment during its raising on Independence Day in the center of the Zocalo main square in Mexico City.

18Sep2014
Is Rape the Price to Pay for Migrant Women Chasing the American Dream Across Mexico?
Fusion
A staggering 80 percent of Central American girls and women crossing Mexico en route to the United States are raped along the way, according to directors of migrant shelters interviewed by Fusion.

18Sep2014
In Odile's Wake, Tropical Storm Polo Becomes Hurricane Off Mexico's Pacific Coast
Thomson Reuters
Tropical storm Polo became a hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, with maximum sustained winds of almost 75 miles per hour expected to strengthen.

18Sep2014
Mexico's Lost Treasure of La Noche Triste
Stuff
The events of "La Noche Triste" (The Sad Night) submerged a massive amount of Aztec treasure in the waters around Tenochitlan, but Mexico City now sits on top of the dried basin.

18Sep2014
Attorney General: Mexico Counts Over 40 Gangs Working with Drug Cartels
InSight Crime
According to Mexico's Attorney General's Office, there are nine major criminal cartels working with some 43 gangs in the country, further indication of just how much Mexican organized crime has fractured.


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