19Dec2012
Chamber Deputy Says Education Bill at Risk, Senate Trying to Derail Reform
The News
Mexican lawmakers are feuding over a Tuesday request from the Senate to the Chamber of Deputies to work on President Enrique Pena Nieto’s reform in a joint session in both houses.

19Dec2012
Mexico's Contributions on the United Nations Human Rights Council
Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mexico was a founding member of the Human Rights Council and the first country to lead it. Under Mexico's presidency, the council's operating procedures and structure were decided.

19Dec2012
Why is United States Marine Veteran Jon Hammar Still in a Mexican Prison?
KPBS.org
A White House petition with more than 20,000 signatures is calling for the freedom of Marine veteran Jon Hammar. Hammar, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been jailed in Mexico for more than four months.

19Dec2012
Minimum Wage Increases in Mexico by 3.9% for 2013
MarketWatch
Mexico's minimum wage commission agreed Tuesday to grant a 3.9% increase in the minimum wage beginning in 2013, below the 4.2% hike granted a year before and less than the current rate of inflation.

19Dec2012
Maya 'Armageddon' a Boon for Mexico's Tourism
theindychannel.com
The doomsday countdown to what some people believe will be the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012, turned into a New Age party attended by visitors from across the world.

19Dec2012
Cartels Forcing Migrants to Smuggle Drugs, Fearing for Safety of Families
EFE
Defenders of immigrant rights are concerned about the increasing number of cases in which people are forced to smuggle drugs into the United States from Mexico by drug traffickers threatening their families.

19Dec2012
Tijuana Leads the Way as Mexico Heads for the Big Leagues
The Guardian UK
Tijuana has transformed itself into the world's premier hub for making flat-screen televisions, and a site for aerospace and medical equipment manufacturing. Expensive bars and restaurants have followed, putting the city at the crest of a wave of optimism about Mexico's economic future.

19Dec2012
Clowns Make Biannual Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica
Associated Press
Hundreds of clowns took to the streets of Mexico City during their biannual pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica on Tuesday. Some Mexicans worship the Virgin of Guadalupe, with pilgrimages coinciding with the Christmas season.


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