04Apr2013
Watery Gecko Grip Could Lead to Stickier Tape
National Geographic News
Scientists have long known that geckos can scurry up walls, Spider-Man style. But less well understood is how these reptiles cling to wet surfaces, which are common in their rainy tropical habitats.

04Apr2013
Mexico's Consumer Confidence Up on Year, But Down From February
Dow Jones
Consumer confidence in Mexico was slightly higher in March than a year before, but fell sharply from February, the National Statistics Institute, or Inegi said Thursday.

04Apr2013
7 Cuban Dancers Defect from National Ballet During Mexico Tour
The Canadian Press
Seven young members of the National Ballet of Cuba defected last month while on a performing tour in Mexico, an island dance official said this week.

04Apr2013
Google Defends Decision to Honor Cesar Chavez on Easter with Doogle
TheCelebrityCafe.com
Google’s decision to honor Latino civil rights icon Cesar Chavez on his birthday Sunday instead of Easter was the target of criticism, forcing Google to defend its decision.

04Apr2013
An All-Female Band is Making Its Way in the World of Mariachi
The New York Times
One is German, another a New Yorker of Egyptian descent. Others are Cuban-American, Colombian, Dominican and Argentine. These are the unlikely members of Mariachi Flor de Toloache, a New York mariachi band.

04Apr2013
Is Mexico's Growing Agricultural Industry Threatening Small Farmers?
VOXXI
Agriculture is following the path of industrial assembly and manufacturing, as industrial farming takes off in a number of areas in the country. Despite its own large farming industry, Americans are moving in.

04Apr2013
United Nations Reports the Majority of Poor in Mexico are Children
UNICEF Mexico
More than 20 million children and adolescents in Mexico are estimated to live in poverty, and five million of them in extreme poverty, the United Nations Children’s Fund reported in a joint study with the Mexican Government.

04Apr2013
ThinkProgress: Why LGBT Undocumented People Need Immigration Reform
ThinkProgress.org
With over a quarter of a million people in the U.S. who are both LGBT and undocumented, immigration reform that offers a path to earned citizenship to the undocumented would be a monumental achievement in the fight for LGBT equality.


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