22Feb2013
Indigenous Women in Mexico Call for an End to Domestic Violence
The Huffington Post
A group of indigenous Raramuri women in northern Mexico have launched a campaign to stop the increasing violence they face daily, which in many cases is culturally accepted in their communities and involves physical, verbal, psychological and sexual aggression.

22Feb2013
Climate Change Could Affect Monarch Butterfly's Migration, Study Says
HealthDay News
Global climate change could have a profound impact on the migration pattern of the monarch butterfly, according to a new study published in the journal Current Biology.

22Feb2013
After 7 Years, Mexico may Renew Search for Missing Miners' Bodies
The Los Angeles Times
Mexico's new government is considering relaunching an abandoned rescue effort to reach the bodies of 63 miners in a coal mine in northern Mexico since 2006, one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history.

22Feb2013
Catholic Church Gives Green Light to Opening Up to Yoga and Meditation
Worldcrunch
With a surprising twist of flexibility, a key Italian bishop and doctrinal expert has given his green light to integrating yoga and meditation into Roman Catholic spiritual practices.

22Feb2013
Guatemalan Official Apologises for Confusion Over Mexico Drug-Lord Death Reports
Al Jazeera
A Guatemalan official has said there was no evidence that Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, had been killed in a shootout in the rural north, calling such reports a misunderstanding.

21Feb2013
SUCCESS: Gas Giant Backtracks on Exploration in UNESCO World Heritage Site
Survival International
The Argentine gas giant Pluspetrol has publicly backtracked on plans to expand the notorious Camisea gas project in southeast Peru into one of the most biodiverse places on earth, following a shock exposure last week by The Guardian newspaper and Survival International.

21Feb2013
Grieving Families Seek Answers in Mexico's 'Crisis Of Disappearance'
NPR.org
The New York-based group, Human Rights Watch, released a report Wednesday documenting hundreds of disappeared cases throughout Mexico. They say the numbers are staggering - around 25,000 - many at the hands of security forces.

21Feb2013
In Wake of Human Rights Report, Mexico Pledges to Hunt for Disappeared
Associated Press
Mexico says it will work with the International Red Cross on the search for thousands of people who have disappeared during the country's six-year war on drug cartels.


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