09Aug2013
Latin America Celebrates 'International Day of Indigenous People'
Hispanically Speaking News
Today is the day to celebrate the nearly 400 million indigenous people that populate our planet many in Latin American countries.

09Aug2013
Does US-Mexico Border Fence Actually Increase Undocumented Immigration?
AL.com
According to Princeton's Doug Massey, building a fence has succeeded in decreasing the number of times Mexicans cross the U.S. border - but perhaps not in the way policymakers were hoping.

09Aug2013
Artists Make Signs for Homeless, Share Their Stories
THEFW
Kenji Nakayama and Christopher Hope buy signs from homeless people in the Boston area for $10 and give them a new hand-painted sign in its place.

09Aug2013
More Than 6 Million Mexican Workers Survive on $5 US Dollars Per Day
La Jornada
In Mexico, 6.25 million workers survive on an average wage of 65 pesos (about USD$5) per day, and almost 11.7 million Mexicans earn up to 130 pesos (about USD$10).

09Aug2013
Reefer Madness - The Environmental Cost Of America's 'Green Rush'
Le Monde/Worldcrunch
The history of California's damaged ecosystem can be traced back to the mid 19th century gold rush; then there was the forest rush, when the lumber industry arrived to plant and chop down countless trees. And now, some environmentalists are warning about the green rush of marijuana growers.

09Aug2013
Infamous Mexican Drug Lord Ordered Freed, Sentence in DEA Agent's Murder Overturned
Associated Press
A Mexican court on Friday ordered the release of infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero after 28 years in prison for the 1985 kidnap and killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, a brutal murder that marked a low point in U.S.-Mexico relations.

09Aug2013
School's In for All Those Who Want to Surf South of the Border
The Los Angeles Times
Take a surfin’ safari south of the border this summer with San Diego’s Ocean Experience Surf School, which is offering four-day Baja Adventure Tours to Punta San Jacinto, Mexico, a well-known surf break about five hours south of San Diego.

09Aug2013
Officials Order Demolition of Chocolate Museum at Mexican Archaeological Site
EFE
Officials have ordered the demolition of the Chocolate Museum, which is being built by the Choco Story Chichen company in the Chichen Itza archaeological zone "without authorization."


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