15Aug2014
What Can Stop Mexico's Dengue Fever? Researchers Say Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes
theweathernetwork.com
Researchers seeking to end the scourge of dengue fever have a new 'champion' in their corner - genetically-modified mosquitoes, which may finally put an end to this disease, that kills tens of thousands of people every year.

15Aug2014
Committee Formed to Free Nestora Salgado, Former Guerrero Self-Defense Leader
La Jornada
Defenders of the rights of women, students, artists and feminist announced the formation of a committee for the freedom of Nestora Salgado, former coordinator of community police in Guerrero, who, on August 21, will complete a year "of unjust imprisonment."

15Aug2014
Mexico's Vaquita Porpoise Faces Imminent Extinction - Can It Be Saved?
National Geographic
Only 97 vaquita porpoises remain in the wild. Their steep decline is blamed largely on illegal gill-net fishing in the Gulf of California.

15Aug2014
Nicaragua Recommends Eating Iguanas as Food Crisis Looms Due to Worst Drought in 32 Years
Mailonline
As the worst drought in 32 years threatens to cause a food crisis across Central America, people living in Nicaragua have been advised to consider farming and eating iguanas.

15Aug2014
Politicians Consider Raising Mexico's 5-Dollar-a-Day Minimum Wage
Latin Post
Many have expressed outrage at the country's very low wage of 67.29 pesos a day, or $5. Yet, suggestions about raising the minimum wage have angered businesspeople, who argue that raising the minimum wage will cause inflation.

15Aug2014
Mannequins and a 'Homeless Jesus' Raise Awareness of Growing Vagrant Populations
TakePart
A nonprofit in Amsterdam is using figures dressed as the down-and-out to collect donations for the needy, while sculptor Timothy Schmalz says his "Homeless Jesus" sculpture is meant to challenge people.

15Aug2014
Esteban Gutierrez on Formula One Return to Mexico
Formula1.com
Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez has described the return of Mexico to the Formula One calendar for the first time in more than two decades as "some of the greatest news in my career so far".

15Aug2014
WATCH: Swimmer Tries to Reach Shore as Crocodile Chases Him in Mexico
New York Daily News
This plucky swimmer is lucky to be alive after a dangerously close encounter with a gigantic crocodile.


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