13Aug2013 | World Health Organization Supports Special Tax on Mexico's Sugary Drinks The Mazatlan Messenger The World Health Organization said it supports the proposal to create a special tax of 20% to sugary soft drinks to reduce the consumption of these drinks in Mexico. |
13Aug2013 | Gringoyo's Narco-Mania: Mexico Drug War Comedy Cuts Truth With Laughter The Fix Filmmaker and journalist Greg Berger, known in Mexico as "Gringoyo," believes the best way to get people to pay attention to the drug war is through comedy - and conveying a message of hope. |
13Aug2013 | Occupy Wall Street Filmmaking: How Is a Movie Like a Protest Movement? TakePart By pulling in a plurality of voices, Audrey Ewell’s film attempts to define the narrative of both the protest movement and the economic circumstances that brought it about. |
13Aug2013 | Mass US Deportations to Mexican Border Towns Dangerous for Migrants Fronteras Desk A recent report says certain deportation practices place migrants in danger - deportees are often released into some of Mexico’s most violent border cities, with no documentation, no money, no resources to protect themselves. |
13Aug2013 | US Justice Department Moves to Curb Long, Mandatory Drug Sentences Reuters The Obama administration unveiled steps on Monday to fix what it considers the longstanding unjust treatment of many nonviolent drug offenders, aiming to bypass tough mandatory prison terms while reducing America's huge prison population and saving billions of dollars. |
12Aug2013 | Are Armed CBP Drones Headed to US-Mexico Border? Texas Observer In the past three years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has rapidly increased its use of drones for domestic surveillance, despite growing concern from civil liberties groups. |
12Aug2013 | Pena Nieto Submits Bill to End Mexico's 75-Year Energy Monopoly Bloomberg President Enrique Pena Nieto presented a bill to Congress today that would split state-owned crude producer Petroleos Mexicanos into two units and end a seven-decade state oil monopoly by allowing private investment. |
12Aug2013 | PBS 'American Latinos' is Not Just for Hispanics Associated Press The three-part, six-hour documentary debuting in September, is an ambitious PBS documentary on the 500-year history of Latinos in America aimed at a broad audience. |
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