09Dec2012
Pill Abuse in the United States May Not Make Cartels Completely Irrelevant
InSight
The drugs of choice for an increasing number of Americans are prescription painkillers which are now thought to constitute the second most widely consumed drug in the country after marijuana. Nathan Jones assesses the scope for Mexican gangs involving themselves in the trade.

09Dec2012
Christmas Crisis for Canada's Iconic Reindeer Herd
Survival International
A reindeer herd which was once the largest in the world has shrunk to a fraction of its former size, official surveys have revealed. Canada’s George River Herd once numbered 8-900,000, but a recent government survey found only 27,600 animals survive.

09Dec2012
Angels of Silence: The Deaf Police Crime Fighters of Oaxaca
Boston Globe
Violent crime in Mexico has pushed Mexican law enforcement to find new ways to fight crime, and one of the most innovative experiments is taking place in Oaxaca.

09Dec2012
A Very Long Engagement: 400 Years of Sino-Latin American Relations
Fair Observer
Chinese immigrants have a history in many Latin American countries that vastly predates China’s demand for the region’s resources. Their presence has been a point of cultural enrichment, as well as social tension.

09Dec2012
Filipino Hackers Strike Vs Mexican Websites
ABS-CBNnews.com
Filipino hackers have launched so-called operations against Mexican websites after Jinkee Pacquiao, the wife of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, was supposedly bullied on social media networks.

09Dec2012
Innovative Game Allows Users To Explore Options For Unwanted Pregnancies
RH Reality Check
Getting access to reliable information about contraception, let alone abortion can be tricky for teenagers in the United States, but it can be nearly impossible for young people in Mexico. That’s where the gaming community comes in.

09Dec2012
Student 'Normalistas' Fight Changes in Mexican Education System
USA TODAY
Pena Nieto says one of his priorities will be the overhauling of Mexico's education system to promote skills needed for the 21st century. But to do so he must confront the Normal schools, where professors have for decades been training aspiring teachers in activist politics, Marxism and social justice.

08Dec2012
Mexican Heartthrob Eduardo Yanez Named This Year's Mr. Amigo
HispanicBusiness.com
The face of this year's Mr. Amigo has adorned television and movie screens on both sides of the border. Eduardo Yanez is a veteran of dozens of Mexican soap operas as well as movies and TV shows in Spanish and English.


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