30Nov2013
Mexico's Indigenous: 26.8% Illiteracy Among Those Who Speak an Indigenous Language
La Jornada
In Mexico, at least 26.8% of the population that speaks an indigenous language is illiterate, and the average level of schooling for those who are able to attend school is the fifth grade of elementary school.

30Nov2013
Amnesty International Blasts Mexico for Inaction on Human Rights
EFE
Twelve months after taking office, the administration of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto "has failed to demonstrate that human rights are its priority," Amnesty International said Friday.

30Nov2013
Good Reason to Celebrate World AIDS Day: Anti-Retrovirals Are Amazing
TakePart
Anti-retroviral treatment is well known as the wonder drug that keeps people with AIDS alive, but now more attention is turning to another use for the medication: It blocks the virus from being transmitted.

30Nov2013
Drug War Continues But Most of Mexico Is Safe for Travel and Business, Experts Say
Fox News Latino
While Acapulco – and border cities like Ciudad Juarez and Reynosa – have dominated the headlines for drug violence, much of Mexico’s 761,606 square miles remain relatively safe for both tourists and business interests.

30Nov2013
'Feed a Friend' Shares Thanksgiving with Homeless
Hispanically Speaking News
Singer Gloria Estefan and her husband, producer Emilio Estefan, once again offered a beneficent Thanksgiving dinner at their Bongos Cuban Cafe that was attended by about 1,000 mostly homeless people.

30Nov2013
More Companies from United States Opening High-Tech Factories in Mexico
The Los Angeles Times
Manufacturing plants are opening in Mexican cities such as Tijuana, Guadalajara and Mexico City, bringing a wave of new jobs to a country recovering from the economic downturn and still fighting constant drug violence.

30Nov2013
Documentary Explores the Eco-Destructive Lionfish
Moultrie News
"Gynna: Lionfish Huntress" is a 30-minute documentary that will explore the issues that surround lionfish - possibly the worst marine invasion to date in the Western Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean.

29Nov2013
US Alarmism Denies Complicity in Rising Mexican Asylum Requests
NACLA
“No sane Mexican would want to live in the U.S.,” explains legal scholar Edgardo Buscaglia, “because of the discrimination there.” “But they have to do it,” he notes, because there simply are not enough jobs in Mexico.


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