11Dec2013
Uncertainty About Quintana Roo's Dragon Mart Project
The Yucatan Times
The Dragon Mart Cancun development plan, modeled after one in Dubai, includes 722 homes for Chinese administrators of more than 3,000 storefronts promoting toys, construction materials, electronics and other goods.

11Dec2013
Is the World Empty? Or Overcrowded? It's Both
Smithsonian.com
There are over 7 billion people on the planet, a massive number that paints an image of human life sprawling densely over the planet. But that picture doesn’t tell the whole story.

11Dec2013
Film 'Narco Cultura' Takes a Blood-Soaked Look at Mexico's War on Drugs
Al Jazeera
Israeli war photographer and filmmaker Shaul Schwarz examines the narcocorrido - the music movement that glorifies drugs and violence.

11Dec2013
Cuba Builds Communism-Free Zone in Mariel to Woo Capitalist Businesses
GlobalPost
President Raul Castro’s government is building its own version of a Chinese-style economic zone on the banks of the Mariel Bay, 30 miles west of Havana, where the laws of scientific Marxism will not apply.

11Dec2013
PRI and PAN Celebrate Vote as Mexico Senate Approves Energy Reform
Proceso
Minutes before 12 midnight, senators approved the most controversial reform in decades in the energy and electricity fields, 95 to 28.

11Dec2013
WestJet Christmas Surprise Will Make You Believe in Santa Claus
Mashable
Airports are perhaps the least jolly of locales during the holiday season, generally filled with disgruntled people. But, thanks to WestJet, one gaggle of weary travelers was treated to a Christmas miracle that turned an airport into Santa's workshop.

11Dec2013
Canana Options Movie Makeover of Alfredo Corchado's 'Midnight in Mexico'
Variety
Plunging once more into Mexico’s heart of darkness, Mexico and L.A.-based Canana has optioned big-screen rights to Alfredo Corchado’s “Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter’s Journey Through a Country’s Descent into Darkness.”

11Dec2013
Uruguay Becomes First Country in the World to Legalize Marijuana Trade
BBC News
Uruguay has become the first country in the world to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana. The Uruguayan government hopes legalizing the sale of marijuana will tackle drug cartels.


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