16Apr2013
Environmental Coalition Challenges Mexico's Planned 'Mega Resorts' in Gulf of California
California News Service
Mexico's approval of four mega resorts in the Gulf of California has several groups calling for an investigation. The groups accuse the Mexican government of failing to enforce its own environmental laws.

16Apr2013
Davis Guggenheim's New Documentary 'The Dream is Now' Boosts Immigration Fight
TheDreamisNow.org
The Dream is Now gives voice to and puts a human face on the undocumented children of immigrants who are desperate to earn their citizenship and give back to the only country they've ever called "home."

16Apr2013
Ex-President Felipe Calderon was at Boston Marathon, Expresses Solidarity with Victims
CNN Mexico
Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon says he was several kilometers from the area where two explosions went off in Boston on Monday.

15Apr2013
Women Inmates Denounce Living Conditions in Prisons Run by Organized Crime
La Jornada
The women's area of Topo Chico prison is 63 percent over capacity. There are 604 inmates; the number has tripled in recent years. The exchange of drugs is commonplace and, worse, sexual exploitation is known and tolerated by the authorities and custodians.

15Apr2013
Bringing Down the Mexican Tech Mafia: How Hackers Stopped a $9.3 Million Fraud
TechCrunch
“When the geeks go marching in, good stuff can happen, but if everyone joins in, real change can take place.” That’s what the hackers thought when they launched the #app115 challenge, an app competition that aimed to prove that great code can be very inexpensive if motivated by the right reasons.

15Apr2013
UNICEF Report Reveals Shocking Cost of Malnutrition and Outlines Unprecedented Chance to Defeat It
UNICEF.org
Stunting is low height for age in children. A new report by UNICEF reveals the high prevalence of stunting in children under 5, but also outlines the tremendous opportunities that exist to make it a problem of the past.

15Apr2013
Catholic Church in Mexico Says Cancun Playboy Casino Has Got to Go
Hispanically Speaking News
The Mexican Catholic Church is offended, pissed and ready for a good fight against American lite-porn house Playboy. The Church, which views gambling as a place that “attracts criminal elements”, does not want one placed in front of its front door.

15Apr2013
Rose George: Let's Seriously Talk About Crap
TED Talks
It's 2013, yet 2.5 billion people in the world have no access to a basic sanitary toilet. Rose George “talks shit” to raise awareness about the lack of basic sanitation worldwide.


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