18Sep2013
Machismo and Married Men Spread HIV in Mexico's Poorest State of Chiapas
The Atlantic
The unfortunate reality is that for women living in rural Mexico, marital sex represents the single greatest risk for HIV infection.

18Sep2013
'The Undocumented': In Search of the American Dream, They Lose It All in the Desert
The Badger Herald
Marco William’s film, shot in 2009, delves into the world of the illegal immigrant and exposes his audience to the brutal conditions of a four-day walk through the Sonoran Desert, which encompasses the United States-Mexico border.

18Sep2013
Inter-American Development Bank to Fund Mexico's 'Oportunidades' Program
The News
The IDB announced in a press conference that it will grant Mexico a $600 million loan to redesign and implement changes in the Social Development Secretariat’s Oportunidades (opportunities) program.

18Sep2013
Mexico Dissident Teachers' Encampment: A 'Little City' in Mexico City
Milenio
From a space that sells documentaries and protest music to a legal services office and a storage center for food and hygiene articles, all can be found in the new encampment of teachers of the CNTE at the Monument to the Revolution.

18Sep2013
Disney's 'This Is Me' Series Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
VOXXI
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Disney Channel and Disney XD started airing new episodes of an original interstitial series titled, “This Is Me” on September 15.

18Sep2013
Call for Better Tracking of Cases of Excessive Force at US-Mexico Border
The New York Times
The inspectors who set out last year to review the use-of-force policies at the US borders faced a significant obstacle from the get-go: The systems to track complaints of misconduct didn't offer a clear way to link a specific accusation to the use of excessive force.

18Sep2013
Mexico's Ex-Braceros Tour US to Demand Pensions
World War 4 Report
Some 50 Mexicans and local supporters protested in front of the Mexican consulate in New York City last week to demand money that they say the Mexican government owes them from a 1942-1964 program that brought Mexicans into the US as farmworkers.

18Sep2013
The Big Bee Bummer - and How We Can End It
TED Talks
Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. So why, seven years ago, did colonies start dying en masse? Marla Spivak reveals four reasons which are interacting with tragic consequences.


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