06Feb2014
Esta Soler: How We Turned the Tide on Domestic Violence (Hint: The Polaroid Helped)
TED Talks
This sweeping, optimistic talk charts 30 years of tactics and technologies - from the Polaroid camera to social media - that led to a 64% drop in domestic violence in the U.S.

06Feb2014
Mexico Health Authorities Brace for Flu Season
VOXXI
Mexican health authorities are worried about a spike in the number of H1N1 flu cases and deaths, in the country that was the epicenter of the 2009 outbreak of the strain. The Health Department says the figures remain well below 2009 levels.

06Feb2014
Insomniac Announces Artists for Inaugural Electric Daisy Carnival Mexico
The International
Insomniac has announced additional world-renowned artists and single day ticket details for the debut of Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC), Mexico.

06Feb2014
Story of Sea Survivor Highlights Primitive Fishing Conditions in Mexico
Associated Press
The saga of a fisherman who says he survived at least 13 months at sea in an open boat and made it across the Pacific Ocean to the Marshall Islands highlights the perilous and primitive fishing equipment and practices still used in Mexico.

06Feb2014
Can Mezcal Jumpstart a Rural Oaxacan Economy?
Planet Money
In the mountains of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, there are basically no jobs. Villages are empty of young men, who go elsewhere in Mexico or to the U.S. to find work. Meet two cousins from Oaxaca who dream of bringing jobs to their village.

05Feb2014
Cop Killer in Texas, Edgar Tamayo, Given a Heroes Burial in Mexico
The Global Dispatch
The man who murdered a police officer twenty years ago was finally put to death in Texas by lethal injection. Back in Mexico, at the man’s burial, thousands turned out to mourn Edgar Tamayo as a hero.

05Feb2014
Monsanto Blamed for Disappearance of Migrating Monarch Butterfly Populations
RT.com
As scientists continue to track the shrinking population of the North American monarch butterfly, one researcher thinks she has found a big reason it’s in danger: Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide.

05Feb2014
Consumer Confidence in Mexico Falls to Lowest Since 2010 on New Taxes
Bloomberg News
Mexico’s consumer confidence unexpectedly plunged to its lowest level since April 2010 after new taxes cut into disposable income, potentially damping the outlook for growth, according to Barclays Plc.


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