03Feb2013
Sexual Violence Against Migrant Women in Mexico has Increased, NGO Alerts
La Jornada
Daily, a woman is raped, kidnapped to be subject to sex trade or trafficked while crossing the borders of Mexico to the U.S., a fact that has increased due to the restrictions of immigration laws.

03Feb2013
With Law and Order Stretched Thin, can Vigilante Justice Save Mexico?
Global Post
Manning roadblocks and patrolling by the truckload, citizen posses have been rounding up accused drug dealers, rapists, killers and rustlers under the wincing but winking watch of state and federal security forces.

03Feb2013
Scientists See Link Between Wifi-Connected Laptops and Male Fertility
Al Jazeera
Experiments by researchers in Argentina have suggested that using wifi-connected laptop computers could affect male fertility.

03Feb2013
2012 Remittances Down from Mexicans Living Abroad
WSJ.com
Remittances from Mexicans living abroad fell on the year in December for a sixth consecutive month, declining 4.5% to $1.71 billion, according the Bank of Mexico.

03Feb2013
Sixto Rodriguez: The Powerful Music of a Deeply Good Man
Et Cetera
Searching for Sugar Man is the magical story of a gifted singer-songwriter, who was an enigmatic mystery. His face half-hidden by long flowing hair and dark glasses, he sang in smoke-filled folk music bars, often with his back turned to the audience. His name was Sixto Rodriguez.

03Feb2013
A Once Undocumented Immigrant from Mexico Reflects Upon Obama's Plan
Silicon Valley De-Bug/New America Media
What some may not know is that legalization is not only about basic privileges, like being able to drive and work legally, but that it relieves the unbelievable, and at times debilitating, stress of being undocumented. Becoming legal transforms a person’s being.

03Feb2013
A Short Film About the Beauty and Importance of Mangrove Forests
Vimeo.com
Mangroves are among the most important ecosystems in the world: they provide nurseries for fish, protect coastlines against dangerous tropical storms, mitigate marine erosion, store massive amounts of carbon, and harbor species found no-where else.

03Feb2013
Lawmakers Enact Tougher Penalties for Animal Abuse in Mexico
Al Jazeera
In the past people who abused animals were only fined, but the new law says anyone convicted of intentionally abusing animals can face up to two years in prison.


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