15Apr2014
Mexico Unveils Easter Travel Highway Program
The News
President Enrique Pena Nieto announced a road plan of action to keep both domestic and international tourist safe over the Easter holiday season this week.

15Apr2014
Luxury Pet Business Booms in Mexico with Strong Growth of Middle Class, Smaller Families
The Associated Press
Over the last decade, the growth of Mexico's middle class has created a new market for fancy goods and services for dogs including clothing and accessory boutiques, spas and restaurants with doggie snacks cooked by a pastry chef.

15Apr2014
Oaxaca Migrant Shelter Sees Growing Number of Minors Heading North
CIP Americas Program
Contrary to the classic image of young men migrating to work, women and children now broaden the ranks of Central American migration, yet are disturbingly overlooked in the Mexican and U.S. immigration systems.

15Apr2014
Diego Arguedas Ortiz: How Indigenous Tribes Are Fighting the Drug Cartels
Motherboard
For years now, this has ceased to be a secret. Local media have reported on the presence of weed plantations and choppers in indigenous territories. How did the media and security forces first learn about these incursions? Yes, the indigenous communities. Who else?

15Apr2014
Study: Wearable Tech Market to Gain Strength in 2014
Agencia EFE
Wearable technology, a concept that goes from bracelets that measure physical exercise to Google Glass, will gain strength as a global market this year, according to a new study by International Data Corporation.

15Apr2014
For Mexico's Hottest Drug Balladeer, Music Has a Cost
Agence France-Presse
El Komander has gained popularity in Mexico for his violence-drenched "narco-corridos", a popular musical genre that sings about drugs, violence and women. Lately, though, the thirty-something star has been less than popular with the authorities.

15Apr2014
Mexican Artists and Scientists Say 'No' to Genetically Modified Corn
La Jornada
Master painter Francisco Toledo has sent a letter to President Enrique Pena Nieto in which he recalls the need to protect native corn rather than issuing permits for planting GM corn, signed by members of the Board of the Graphic Arts of Oaxaca and a group of intellectuals and scientists.

15Apr2014
Vigilantes in Michoacan to Demobilize After Cutting Deal with Mexican Government
Agencia EFE
The leaders of the community self-defense groups in 20 cities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan have reached an agreement with federal officials to begin demobilizing.


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