24Dec2013 | Mexicans Swap Guns for Cash Under Successful Amnesty Program Vatican Radio Officials in Mexico City say a gun amnesty has collected more than 9,500 firearms plus 70,000 bullets. The yearlong campaign, called "For your family, disarm" has been coordinated by the Catholic Church, Mexico City officials and the national Ministry of Defense. |
24Dec2013 | Nicolas Dassen: What to Do About Police Corruption in Latin America InSight Crime For many citizens, corruption is associated with state institutions and, above all, with the institutions that have the responsibility of providing security: the police. |
24Dec2013 | Mexico's Bards Behind Bars Take on Shakespeare Al Jazeera Over half of Mexico's prisons are overcrowded and many are under-staffed. Few prisoners take part in rehabilitation programs and nearly a third re-offend when they are released. Now one program, which was started by a non profit theater company, is trying to change that trend. |
24Dec2013 | Christmas Bonuses: While Politicians Prosper, Most Wages Remain Stagnant The News Mexico’s 128 senators received a Christmas bonus of 133,760 pesos each in December — on top of their normal salaries and the 121,600 pesos they received as a food subsidy over the course of the year. |
24Dec2013 | Beer Companies Heineken and Anheuser-Busch Battle for Mexican Business CNN There's big money in beer brewing, and in Mexico, two major companies are competing for the bigger share of that market. |
23Dec2013 | Nicaragua Returns 18 'Fake Journalists' to Mexico in Money-Smuggling Case Associated Press Nicaragua says 18 Mexicans caught posing as journalists in an attempt to smuggle $9.2 million in drug money have been sent back to their home country to serve out their 18-year prison sentences for money laundering convictions. |
23Dec2013 | Nobel Author Says Mexico has Shifted from Dictatorship to Democracy Since 1990 Latin Times Mario Vargas Llosa, whose 1990 barb characterizing the Mexican political system as a “perfect dictatorship†has remained lodged in the psyche of the country’s political class, thinks that Mexico has put itself in the right direction. |
23Dec2013 | Popular Art Struggles to Survive Against Mass-Produced Mexican Souvenirs Agencia EFE Threatened by the industry of mass-produced souvenirs and the loss of traditions, Mexican popular art is stubbornly holding on to existence thanks to institutions that support this activity and artisans who practice and even make a living from it. |
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