26Jan2013
Calls Grow for Legal Recognition of Vigilantes in the State of Guerrero
InSight
Some officials are calling for the legal recognition of vigilante groups active in the southwestern state of Guerrero, suggesting increasing frustration with the local police and government's tactics to battle organized crime.

26Jan2013
'They Know They are Not Alone': Anti-Mining Activists Connect-the-Dots in Oaxaca, Mexico
rabble.ca
Between January 17th and 20th, nearly 500 activists from across Mexico, Central America and beyond, gathered in the Mexican mountain town of Capulalpam de Méndez, Oaxaca, to support a growing tide of resistance to the human and environmental impacts of the extractive industries in the region.

26Jan2013
Anti-Semitic Twitter Hashtag Trends in Mexico Causes Uproar in Jewish Community
ABC/Univision
In Mexico, a Twitter 'trending topic' has caused an uproar in the local Jewish community for its anti-Semitic content.

25Jan2013
Suspects in Mexico to Get Miranda-style Warnings, Consular Assistance and Translators
Associated Press
Reading suspects their rights is something most Mexicans have only seen in American movies. But authorities say they are starting a program to require police to read suspects their rights or risk letting them go free.

25Jan2013
Facing Historic Debt Mexico Announces New Indigenous Dialogue Commission
Indian Country Today
The Mexican Government recently announced the formation of a Commission for Dialogue with the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico, to “deal with the historic debt” the country owed to indigenous communities and to create an entity that would maintain a permanent dialogue with the communities.

25Jan2013
As Mexico's Traffickers Ship Drugs North, They Leave Addicts in Their Wake
The Christian Science Monitor
Exponential growth in the trafficking of drugs through Mexico – destined for the large consumer market to the north – is leaving a growing number of addicts in its wake.

25Jan2013
Fine Line Between Victim and Perpetrator for the Women of Mexico's Drug War
The Atlantic
War is complex. Sometimes there are obvious victims and clear perpetrators. One good. One evil. Black. White. But more often, participants in a war fall into a hazy middle category: They have committed crimes and suffered from them; inflicted wounds and salved their own.

25Jan2013
Canada-Mexico Guest Worker Program Touted as Model for US to Replicate
Fox News Latino
Canada has had a guest worker program with Mexico since 1974. Though it’s not without critics, it’s generally hailed as well organized and worthy of being replicated.


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