08Feb2014
Free Climber Solos Mexico's El Sendero Luminoso
MSN NZ
With little more than bag of chalk and a good grip, Alex Honnold made the first-ever free solo ascent of El Sendero Luminoso, a 1500-foot vertical wall in Monterrey, Mexico.

08Feb2014
Is Carlos Slim's Telcel Blocking Skype in Mexico?
The Yucatan Times
Phil Guest and his wife are expats from Canada, that return to Chicxulub, Yucatan every year during the winter. Skype has always been their link to family and friends back home. This year they are simply unable to use Skype as Telcel has blocked the site.

08Feb2014
Court Rules Mexican Mother Can Stay in Canada Until Custody Hearing
McGinty Doucet Walker
A federal court has ruled that a Mexican woman may remain in Canada until a March 6, 2014, hearing that will decide the fate of her 1-year-old son.

08Feb2014
Heroin's Back, But Prescription Opiates Are Still a Much Bigger Problem
Marketplace
Heroin use is on the rise in rural and suburban counties all across the U.S. In the latest federal survey of drug use found the number of people who used heroin recently nearly doubled in the last five years. At the same time, the use of prescription opiates has also risen.

08Feb2014
Binational US-Mexico Immigration Authority Could Improve Workers' Policy
FierceMarkets
Were the United States and Mexico to set up a binational immigration authority that shares detailed information about migrant' work history, policy responses in both countries could improve, says a new Rand Corp. study.

08Feb2014
Mexico Popular Congress: Is It a New Start for Citizen Power?
La Jornada
This week some 2,500 people gathered on the esplanade of the Monument to the Revolution from around the country to participate in building a movement to join forces to reverse the Pena Nieto reforms.

08Feb2014
Enrique Pena Nieto Facebook Movie Parodies Mexican President: Watch It Here
Latin Times
Social Mierda, a page of humor devoted largely to politicians and other public figures, has posted a fake Facebook movie created by so-far-anonymous Facebook users which mocks the president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto.

08Feb2014
Ensenada's New Legislative Council Says No to Land Use Change in Wine Region
OC Weekly
Ensenada's new government ended months of uncertainty in the Valle de Guadalupe and initiated the process to cancel an unpopular land reuse proposal which threatened to drastically transform Mexico's top wine region into a highly unsustainable model for touristic purposes.


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