28Feb2014
The Rise of the Pacific Alliance: The World's 8th Largest Economy
PanAm Post
This free market reaches nearly 220 million consumers, represents about one third of GDP in Latin America, concentrates 50 percent of its total trade volume, and attracts 41 percent of Foreign Direct Investment flowing into the region.

28Feb2014
Environmentalists Warn of 'Fracking' Risks in Mexico
The News
Mexican environmentalists and oil industry specialists warned about the risks of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” an oil extraction technique pioneered in the United States that became possible in Mexico following last year’s energy reform.

28Feb2014
Report Criticizes Mexico for Lack of Accountability on 'Disappeared' People
El Paso Times
The Mexican government has reported but not accounted for thousands of people who were reported "disappeared," according to the U.S. State Department "2013 Country Reports on Human Rights" released yesterday.

28Feb2014
Mexico City Mayor Mancera Aims to Have World's Fourth-Largest Bicycle System
Latin American Herald Tribune
Mexico City will become the No. 4 city in the world in terms of bicycle use this year, with the number of users of the Public Bicycles System reaching 180,000 and 13.5 million trips being logged, Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said.

28Feb2014
How Information Technology Will Topple the World's Biggest Drug Cartel
Nextgov
An upgrade of the information technology systems running the nation's financial intelligence wing should bolster efforts to dismantle the Sinaloa cartel, now that authorities have captured the enterprise's leader, former top U.S. officials say.

28Feb2014
Pena Nieto: Mexicans Are Indignant Over Humanitarian Crisis Caused by Deportations
Fusion
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto shifted his tone on the U.S immigration debate last week, acknowledging that the humanitarian crisis unleashed by thousands of deportations made him feel “indignant.”

28Feb2014
Law Encouraging Citizens to Denounce Corrupt Officials Passes Chamber
The News
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the Federal Administrative Responsibilities for Public Servants Law. It aims to provide citizens with more effective channels of denouncing corruption or failure of government officials to fulfill their duties.

28Feb2014
Wal-Mart in Mexico Offers Same-Day Grocery Delivery
WSJDigitalNetwork
Wal-Mart's Superama chain in Mexico uses mock stores and cheap labor to offer a service that is still cost-prohibitive in the U.S. - same-day grocery delivery


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