14May2013
2 Months Aboard an Ice Breaker in Under 5 Minutes
LiveScience
Cassandra Brooks created this timelapse sequence from her time aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer, a National Science Foundation Icebreaker making its way through the Ross Sea, Antarctica.

14May2013
As Stigma Eases, Single Motherhood In Mexico Rises
NPR.org
More unmarried women than ever in Mexico are having children. Nationally, one-fourth of all households in Mexico are headed by a single mother. In big urban centers like Mexico City, it's as high as 35 percent.

14May2013
Insurance Giant Offers Policies to Cover Organized Crime in Mexico
Reuters
The Mexican unit of insurer Marsh & McClennan Companies Inc said on Monday it is launching a policy that will cover terrorism, organized crime and sabotage, the first such policy available in a country wracked by drug-related violence.

14May2013
Citizen Group Prepares First Class Action Lawsuit Against BP for Gulf Spill
Inter Press Service
A group of Mexican citizens are preparing the first civil lawsuit in the Mexican courts against British oil company BP for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

14May2013
2,300-Year-Old Maya Pyramid Bulldozed for Belize Road Project
Associated Press
A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize's largest Maya pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract crushed rock for a road-building project, authorities announced Monday.

14May2013
Two Suspects Arrested in Death of Malcolm Shabazz in Mexico City
The Los Angeles Times
Two waiters at a downtown Mexico City bar have been arrested and identified by prosecutors here as the “likely killers” of Malcolm Shabazz. The grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, Shabazz was beaten to death last week.

13May2013
Historic Crisis in Baja Construction Industry
Fulano Forum
Huge losses in public investments, and a decrease in private sector work, has created the worst reduction of employment in the construction industry in the history of Baja California.

13May2013
Schools on the Border: Mexico Students Struggle Amid Teacher Strike
Al Jazeera
Mexico's school system is failing children, and with another teachers' strike in effect, parents look to homeschooling.


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