14Feb2014 | $10B Every Year from Money Laundering, Not Illegal in 16 Mexican States International Business Times According to numbers by the Mexican Finance Ministry, around $10 billion is laundered every year. U.S.-based independent consultancy Stratfor, however, reports the yearly amount to be as much as $39 billion. |
14Feb2014 | Vigilantes Say Cartel Driven Out of Michoacan State's Rich Farm Belt Al Jazeera Mexican vigilantes claim that they, along with security forces, have liberated the city of Apatzingan from the Knights Templar cartel. |
14Feb2014 | Study Finds Fear, Trauma, Lack of Training, Fuel Self-Censorship in Mexico Knight Foundation Northern Mexico has fallen into a state of fear creating a silenced media that is less willing to report crime and take on investigative pieces, according a recent University of Arizona study. |
14Feb2014 | Mexican Soldiers Accused of Forced Disappearance to Be Tried in Civilian Courts La Jornada Newly approved legislation stresses that those deemed responsible for the acts constituting the crime of forced disappearance of persons will only be subject to trial by the common law jurisdictions of each state, and not by any sort of special jurisdiction, particularly the military. |
14Feb2014 | Facebook Moves Beyond 'Male' and 'Female' with Custom Gender Options BBC News In addition to Male or Female, Facebook now lets U.S. users choose among some 50 additional options such as "transgender," "cisgender," "gender fluid," "intersex" and "neither." |
14Feb2014 | The Cultures & Friendship Fair 2014 in Mexico City Innsent.com The Feria de las Culturas Amigas is an event that brings together people of all ages, with the intention that different countries display their food, traditions, and cultures. |
13Feb2014 | Coursera Bringing Online Education to Latin America VentureBeat Coursera has inked a partnership deal with the Carlos Slim Foundation to bring high-quality and affordable online courses to Latin America. |
13Feb2014 | Experts Say GM Corn Is Being Promoted in Mexico Using False Arguments La Jornada The three principal arguments of the agri-food multinationals for promoting the adoption of genetically modified corn in Mexico and the world are "false"; therefore, its commercial use must not be authorized by the federal government, declare experts. |
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