15Feb2014
Famed Havana 'Mob' Hotel Reopens After Renovation
The Associated Press
In its heyday, Havana's Capri hotel and casino was the playground of men known as The Blade and The Fat Butcher. It was also a pleasure garden for headline stars who portrayed Mafiosi on the silver screen, before drifting into decline. But now the Capri is back in business.

15Feb2014
Former President Zedillo Under Fire for Privatization of Mexico's Railways
The News
Deputies affiliated with Democratic Revolution Party and ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party called for charges to be filed against former President Ernesto Zedillo over his controversial privatization of Mexico’s railways system in the 1990s.

15Feb2014
Christian Weber's Candor: The Art of Gesticulation
NOWNESS
The New York-based photographer and director examines the art of gesticulation in this collaboration with art directors Marius Zorrilla and Kiku Aromir, and writer Toni Segarra.

15Feb2014
Local Communities Key to Saving the Endangered Mexican Black Howler Monkey
Mongabay.com
In an interview with Mongabay.com, Juan Carlos Serio-Silva shares his experiences from decades of primatology research, habitat restoration and connecting communities with conservation.

15Feb2014
International Conference in Nayarit is 'Turning Point' for Ban on Nuclear Weapons
iCAN Aotearoa New Zealand
The Second International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, concluded with overwhelming agreement that consequences of any use of these weapons would be more acute and more widespread than ever recognized before.

15Feb2014
Permission to Steal: Manuel Clouthier on Mexican Pemex Gas Stations
The Fulano Forum
This is an interesting little video by Manuel Clouthier, who explains why Mexican Pemex gas stations cheat their customers with short liters.

15Feb2014
Twelve Aztec Canine Skeletons Unearthed by Investigators in Mexico City
The Associated Press
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of "an exceptional" old burial site under an apartment building in Mexico City containing the remains of 12 dogs, animals that had a major religious and symbolic significance to the Aztec peoples of central Mexico.

15Feb2014
US Government Issues Rules for Banks on Dealing with Legal Marijuana Vendors
NBC News
The Obama administration issued new rules Friday intended to ease the concerns of banks wanting to deal with businesses that legally sell marijuana, something the nation's banks have so far declined to do.


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