28Oct2013
Mandy Gardner: Dia de Los Muertos and Halloween
Guardian Express
Dia de Los Muertos is a holiday celebrated mostly in Mexico, in which people honor their dead friends and relatives. Although most people believe this holiday is the Mexican version of Halloween, it is actually based on an ancient Aztec tradition that goes back as far as 2500 years.

28Oct2013
New Digital Map Tracks Attacks on Mexican Journalists and Bloggers
International Center for Journalists
In Mexico, where more than 80 journalists have been killed since 2005, many assaults, beatings, threats, disappearances and abductions go unreported because victims and their families fear retribution.

28Oct2013
Mayan Civilization Brought Back to Life at Xcaret Ecological Park
Oman Observer
The Mexican tourist industry has made efforts in recent years to offer visitors the opportunity to experience the country’s extensive culture and history.

28Oct2013
Pregnant Indigenous Mexican Women Face Hospital Discrimination
The Los Angeles Times
Recent cases have underlined the inferior treatment often given to Mexico's indigenous communities, especially women. They have prompted new demands for greater access to healthcare, especially for Mexico's poor.

28Oct2013
Cuba Sets Up Shop for Investors in New Duty-Free Port Zone
The Nation
Cuba is setting up shop for foreign investors interested in getting in on its upgraded port in Mariel and a surrounding duty-free zone.

28Oct2013
Wings of the Eagle Health Clinics for Indigenous Women and Children in Mexico
Wings of the Eagle
Wings of the Eagle began sponsoring monthly free clinics in May 2009. Since then hundreds of indigenous women and children have received desperately needed treatment.

28Oct2013
Knights Templar Suspected in Attacks on Michoacan Power Stations
Agence France-Presse
Unidentified assailants armed with guns and Molotov cocktails attacked power stations in a violence-torn western Mexican state Sunday, leaving 11 towns without electricity in a suspected drug cartel attack.

27Oct2013
21 Nations Line Up Behind United Nations Effort to Restrain NSA
Foreign Policy
An effort in the United Nations by Brazil and Germany to hold back government surveillance is quickly picking up steam, as the uproar over American eavesdropping grows.


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