20Mar2014
Controversial 'Saint Death' Now Revered on Both Sides of US-Mexico Frontier
NPR.org
Devotion to Santa Muerte remains controversial in Mexico because while she is regarded as an all-purpose deity to many working-class Mexicans, she is considered the patron saint of violent drug mafias.

20Mar2014
Call Centers Return to Mexico, But Sound 'American'
Al Jazeera
For outsourcing companies and their US corporate clients, the English-speaking deportees from the US are in many ways the perfect worker.

20Mar2014
Guadalajara Fest Spotlights Growing Industry as Hollywood Takes Notice
Variety
If you’re looking for proof that Hollywood is building ties to the rapidly growing Mexican film industry, one of the most vibrant in Latin America, look no further than the 29th Guadalajara Festival, which unfolds March 21-30 in the Jalisco city.

19Mar2014
These 'Bitcoins for Marijuana' Try to Solve Legal Weed's Big Heist Problem
The Huffington Post
Bitcoin isn't the only digital currency changing the way we pay for things. Two new cryptocurrencies aimed at allowing people to safely buy drugs - legal or illegal - may provide new payment alternatives to the largely cash-only industries.

19Mar2014
Thousands Protest Pena Nieto's Privatization of the Nation's Oil
RuptlyTV
Around 10,000 people protesting President Enrique Pena Nieto reforms allowing the privatization of Mexico's energy industry gathered in Zocalo, Mexico City's main square on Tuesday.

19Mar2014
Mayan Women Build Integrated Pathway for Violence Survivors in Mexico
UN Women
Fatima Leonor Gamboa, a 28-year-old Maya indigenous defense lawyer who represents women survivors of violence, on her work to ensure greater gender equality among Maya communities in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula.

19Mar2014
Pope Francis Inadvertently Drawn Into 'Noah' Hype
The Sydney Morning Herald
Paramount has said it approached the Pope to suggest a meeting and have star Russell Crowe attend the weekly papal audience in St Peter's Square as a photo opportunity, but the Vatican nixed the idea because it could create chaos.

19Mar2014
Inside the Giant Crystal Cave in Naica, Mexico
BBC/ScientistX
Cave of the Crystals is a cave connected to the Naica Mine 980 ft below the surface in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. The main chamber contains giant selenite crystals, some of the largest natural crystals ever found.


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