08Dec2012
LatAm Activists Facing Greater Intimidation, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International said in a report released Friday that human rights activists throughout the Americas face “escalating levels” of intimidation and violence.

08Dec2012
Making Music on the Mexico City Metro
The Age
At just three pesos a ride, this isn't just the cheapest, shrewdest way to avoid the traffic jams that clog the overland arteries of Mexico City. It's a cultural sight in its own right.

08Dec2012
Virgin's Richard Branson: US War on Drugs a Trillion-Dollar Failure
CNN
Here we are, four decades after Richard Nixon declared the war on drugs in 1971 and $1 trillion spent since then. What do we have to show for it? We could learn a thing or two by looking at what Prohibition brought to the United States.

08Dec2012
Mexican Banking Data Reveals Cities that Borrow More than Save Have Better Quality of Life
Hispanic PR Wire
Mexican cities and villages where credit exceeds savings deposits offer a higher quality of life and a more educated citizenry, according to 12 years of financial data released by Mexico's National Banking and Securities Commission.

08Dec2012
AFL-CIO President Trumka Says Mexico on Path of 'Low Wage Development'
People's World
Mexico, the large U.S. trading partner and southern neighbor, is on a path of "low-wage development," including weakening its labor law and oppressing independent unions, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.

08Dec2012
Latest Hell for Ex-US Marine Chained to Bed in Mexican Jail
McClatchy Newspapers
As a U.S. Marine, Jon Hammar endured nightmarish tension patrolling the war-ravaged streets of Iraq’s Fallujah. Today, Hammer is in a Matamoros prison, charged with a serious crime: possession of a weapon restricted for use to Mexico’s armed forces.

08Dec2012
New Animated Video Explains Economic Inequality
The California Federation of Teachers
The 8 minute video shows how we arrived at this moment of poorly funded public services and widening economic inequality. Things go downhill in a happy and prosperous land after the rich decide they don't want to pay taxes anymore.

08Dec2012
Car Sharing as a Cure for Traffic Congestion in Mexico City
Pro Mexico
Carrot is a car-sharing service that began operating in mid-June 2012 in Mexico City. The premise is simple enough: it’s better to have several people using one car than each one of them driving individually. And the benefits couldn’t be more obvious.


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