25Feb2014
Mexico's Consumers: Not Such Shopaholics After All
The Financial Times
Whereas December retail sales rose 2.2 per cent compared with December 2012, they fell 2.35 per cent compared with November. Tax rises that took effect last month are partly to blame for the current gloomy mood, analysts say.

25Feb2014
Journeyman Pictures' 'Consumed' - Is Our Consumer Culture Leading to Disaster?
Journeyman Pictures
Consumerism has become the cornerstone of the post-industrial age. Yet how much do we know about it and what it is doing to us?

25Feb2014
Mexican Ambassador: 'El Chapo' Guzman Will Face Charges in Mexico First
Foreign Policy
Mexican ambassador to the U.S. Eduardo Medina-Mora opened the door to a future extradition of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, but said he'll face charges in Mexico first.

25Feb2014
Great News for Trees - Google Is Everywhere
TakePart
In an attempt to curtail illegal logging, Google has partnered with several environmental organizations to create Global Forest Watch, an interactive online tool that sends out alerts when something’s suspect in the leafier parts of the world.

25Feb2014
Randal Archibold: Vigilantes, Once Welcome, Frighten Many in Mexico
The New York Times
As the government exults over the capture last weekend of one of the world’s most wanted drug kingpins, the rise of vigilante groups in lawless corners of western Mexico show the pressing, and some analysts contend, deeper security challenges that remain.

25Feb2014
Catherine Bracy: Good Hackers Make Good Citizens
TED Talks
Hacking is about more than mischief-making or political subversion. As Catherine Bracy describes in this spirited talk, it can be just as much a force for good as it is for evil.

25Feb2014
Mexican Tycoon at the Heart of San Diego's Campaign Contribution Scandal
Electronic Frontier Foundation
FBI agents arrested a Mexican tycoon named Jose Susumo Azano Matsura at his Coronado, Calif. home on Wednesday as part of a political bribery investigation based on captured emails, seized banking records, and covertly recorded conversations.

25Feb2014
Robert Duvall in 'A Night In Old Mexico' to Debut at Upcoming SXSW
Deadline
A Night In Old Mexico, the Emilio Aragon-directed film that stars Robert Duvall, will be released in May, shortly after making its debut at Austin, Texas' upcoming South by Southwest Film Festival.


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