13Mar2014
Lauren Kirchner: Media as Both Weapon and Defense in the Mexican Drug War
Pacific Standard
The impact of social media and the press on the drug war, and vice versa.

13Mar2014
The Pope Who Won Over the World in Five Minutes
Agence France-Presse
Never has a leader of the Roman Catholic Church become as popular in as short a time as Pope Francis did when he humbly asked the crowd gathered in St Peter's Square on March 13 last year to pray for him.

12Mar2014
Why Did Banamex Grant Oceanografia a $400M Loan?
IBTimes
While investigations proceed on both sides, there is the question on how that $400 million landed in Oceanografia’s hands when the requirements for a loan were not met.

12Mar2014
'Enemies of the Internet' Report on World Day Against Cyber-Censorship
Reporters Without Borders
This year’s “Enemies of the Internet” report, which Reporters Without Borders publishes every year on World Day Against Cyber-Censorship, spotlights the government units and agencies that implement online censorship and surveillance.

12Mar2014
Man at the Crossroads: Mexican Artist Diego Rivera's Mural at Rockefeller Center
NPR
When Mexican artist Diego Rivera was commissioned in 1932 to do a mural in the middle of Manhattan's Rockefeller Center, some might have wondered whether industrialist tycoon John D. Rockefeller Jr. knew what he was getting into.

12Mar2014
Contractor for Israel's Apartheid Wall to Build Mexico-US Border Wall
World Bulletin
One of the two lead contractors for Israel’s apartheid wall in the occupied West Bank, Elbit Systems, has won a $145 million contract from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide similar systems on the Mexico-US border.

12Mar2014
Death in the Desert: The Dangerous Trek Between Mexico and Arizona
Al Jazeera
The trek from Mexico into Arizona can be dangerous even for experienced hikers prepared with water, food and layers of clothing. But for many immigrants crossing the border illegally, oftentimes lacking such necessities and putting blind faith in a coyote, or guide, it can prove deadly.

12Mar2014
Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon Under Fire for Judicial Intrusion
The News
One of Latin America’s top human rights activists has accused former President Felipe Calderón of judicial interference in the cases of people arrested as part of his war against drug traffickers.


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