28Aug2014
Government Calls Grupo Mexico's Toxic Spill Country's Worst Modern Mining Disaster
Agencia EFE
A toxic spill at a copper mine operated by a Grupo Mexico unit in the northwestern state of Sonora is the Mexican mining sector's worst environmental disaster in recent history.

28Aug2014
17th Microcredit World Summit to Be Held in Merida, Yucatan: 3 to 5 September
The Yucatan Times
Next week a group of high-level business leaders, government officials, and microfinance specialists from 65 different nationalities will arrive at Mérida, Yucatán, to attend the 17th Microcredit Summit 2014 “Generation Next: Innovations in Microfinance.“

28Aug2014
Monarch Butterfly May Gain Threatened Status
Nature World News
In a legal petition filed this week, conservation groups asked the Obama administration to deem the monarchs as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.

28Aug2014
Nathaniel Parish Flannery: Does Mexico Need a New Military-Style Police Force?
Forbes
As the U.S. media grappled with the topic of the militarization of local police forces following the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson Missouri, Mexico launched a new police force called the Gendarmerie, a military style civilian policing unit.

28Aug2014
Opera 'Cuatro Corridos' Addresses Human Trafficking
CuatroCorridos.com
Cuatro Corridos is a chamber opera addressing one of the most critical human rights issues of our time: human trafficking.

28Aug2014
The Inventor of the Web Asks: What's Next?
TED Talks
Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web 25 years ago. So it’s worth a listen when he warns us: There’s a battle ahead.

28Aug2014
Leftist Leader Cardenas Calls on Youth to Stop Mexico Energy Reforms
teleSUR
Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, son of the president who nationalized the oil industry, called for all young people to reinforce the fight to annul the energy reform.

27Aug2014
Three Arrested in Oaxaca After Search Reveals 10,000 Stolen Turtle Eggs
Mexico News Daily
The three were detained after state authorities and inspectors from the federal environmental agency Profepa conducted a search on a bus in southeastern Oaxaca. The search was part of an ongoing operation to stop trafficking in marine wildlife.


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