06Nov2013 | Chiapas Mayor Jails 14 Children for Asking for Treats on Halloween The Fulano Forum Enoch Diaz Perez, mayor of Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacan, in Chiapas, sent 14 children to jail in the county seat because the children were celebrating the Day of the Dead and asking for "calaverita" (little candy skulls). |
06Nov2013 | Paul Lundgren Falls Short of Record-Setting Swim in Sea of Cortez Marin Independent Journal A Mill Valley, California man's attempt to set a record by swimming across the Sea of Cortez was abandoned because of hypothermia along with some bad luck and poor weather. |
05Nov2013 | ICE Cannot Use Healthcare.gov to Deport Undocumented Immigrants from US Opposing Views Although the new health care exchange system requires potential enrollees to include a slew of personal information prior to viewing pricing options - including individuals’ immigration status - none of the information reported to the site is legally allowed to be used to enforce immigration law. |
05Nov2013 | US Issues $5 Million Reward for Mexican Drug Lord Rafael Caro Quintero Associated Press The State Department is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of freed Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of DEA agent Enrique Camarena. |
05Nov2013 | Vacation Colonies: A Summer Camp with a Difference Gulf-Times.com Leticia Prado, director of the Vacation Colonies in Mexico, says the charity is facing economic difficulties as the crisis has undermined donations. But she is confident that by using creative methods to raise funds, Vacation Colonies can continue its work. |
05Nov2013 | Drug Cartels Target Mexican Bishop for Denouncing Violence, Corruption Romereports.com As the war on drugs ravages across certain parts of Mexico, the pastoral mission of bishops in the hardest hit areas has increasingly become more difficult. Case and point, the diocese of Apatzingan, in the southern Mexican state of Michoacan. |
05Nov2013 | Over Half of Mexico's Unintended Pregnancies End in Abortion LatinaLista A new study by El Colegio de Mexico and the Guttmacher Institute, Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Mexico: Causes and Consequences, reports that one million abortions take place in Mexico each year. |
05Nov2013 | Amazon Shaman Davi Kopenawa Publishes Unique Book 'The Falling Sky' Survival International In the first book ever written by a Yanomami Indian, Davi Kopenawa – shaman and leading spokesman for his people – describes the rich culture, history and ways of life of the Yanomami of the Amazon rainforest. |
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