03Jan2013
Quintana Roo's 'Trash for Food' Program is a Success, Says Governor Borge
The News
The Trash for Food program, spearheaded by the governor, puts mobile recycling centers in neighborhoods where residents can take their recyclables to exchange for basic food items.

03Jan2013
Youths from Mexico Mark Pope's Visit with a Visit to the Vatican
Romereports.com
The group arrived to the last leg of their trip at Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, tired but happy. The young men and women came from Mexico, bringing their flags, and an affectionate song dedicated to Benedict XVI.

03Jan2013
Mexico Training Midwives to Prevent Maternal Deaths
Fronteras Desk
Mexico is re-making its centuries-old tradition of midwifery. These days the majority of babies are born in hospitals, but that hasn't helped reduce the number of maternal deaths. So health officials are now betting a new kind of midwife, one trained in a clinical setting, may be a solution.

03Jan2013
Where Weed is Legal, Prior Offenders Won't Be Let Off the Hook
TakePart
Victory in the fight to legalize marijuana appears to be a matter of when, not if. The effects of weed prohibition on the criminal justice system, however, will linger on far longer.

03Jan2013
In Latin America, a Growing Backlash Against Genetically Modified Food
GlobalPost
Are genetically modified crops “Franken-foods” or the answer to global hunger and climate change? That is the dilemma dividing Latin America, where vast quantities of GM crops are grown.

03Jan2013
Marketers Exploiting Secrets of the Living Brain with Tools of Neuroscience
CBC News
The same primitive impulses that helped early man survive against the evolutionary odds are drawing shopper Denam Drew to a pair of tan suede shoes. At least that's the theory behind neuromarketing.

03Jan2013
Politicians Analyze Impact of New US Marijuana Laws on Mexico's Drug War
Al Jazeera
President Enrique Pena Nieto has cited new marijuana laws in the US states of Colorado and Washington as further evidence that Mexico needs to rethink its drug war policy.

02Jan2013
'Retratos de una Busqueda' Documentary Looks at Mexico's 25,000 Disappeared
EFE
The 25,000 missing persons in Mexico's war on organized crime remains "an open wound" for their families that the government must heal, Alicia Calderon, director of a documentary on the subject, said.


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