28May2014
Environmentalists Kidnapped, Freed in Mexico's Tropical Rain Forest
The Associated Press
Two Mexican environmentalists have been freed after they were briefly kidnapped by settlers seeking to carve up North America's last large pocket of tropical rain forest.

28May2014
Which Came First? Mexico's Famous Drink, or the Town That Distills It?
PRI's The World
Was the Mexican town of Tequila named after the Mexican drink or the drink named after the town? To get the answer, Betto Arcos visited La Tequilena located in the town of Tequila. It's one of the oldest distilleries in Mexico.

28May2014
Timothy A Wise: High Risks, Few Rewards for Mexico with Monsanto's Maize
Al Jazeera
As I began to investigate this most controversial of biotech initiatives, the question that most puzzled me was: why anyone in Mexico thinks the country needs anything that transgenic maize has to offer? Monsanto, of course, had an answer to that question.

28May2014
Puebla, Mexico to Be Home to New Music Museum
EFE
Music sounds on every corner of Vienna, but there is only one place a person can go to virtually direct the philharmonic or compose a waltz - the House of Music, a groundbreaking project that will soon be duplicated in Mexico.

28May2014
Baja Shares Same Drought as Neighbors in California, But with Less Water
PRI's The World
Since January, Ensenada has been rationing water. Each neighborhood is supposed to get water two to three days a week. But some say it’s more like once a week, and maybe for just a few hours.

28May2014
Mexican Scientists Use Satellite Tracking Devices to Monitor Sea Turtles
Agencia EFE
Mexican scientists in Sinaloa released three loggerhead sea turtles in whose shells satellite tracking devices had been installed for the purpose of monitoring their migratory routes.

27May2014
Strikes and Protests Threaten to Paralyse Brazil Ahead of 2014 World Cup
Inter Press Service
As the FIFA World Cup approaches, the streets of Brazil are heating up with strikes and demonstrations, and there are worries that the social unrest could escalate into a wave of protests similar to the ones that shook the country in June 2013.

27May2014
Mexico Congress to Begin Final Push on Energy Reform This Week
Reuters
Mexican congressional committees will start putting the final touches this week on legislation needed to implement a major overhaul of the country's energy sector.


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