03Dec2012
Why More Women Are Talking Retreats, Not Vacations
Care2.com
Ask a girlfriend what they are doing for vacation, and you are likely to be immediately corrected. They are not going on vacation this year! This year they are off to take a retreat and often it is an all female retreat.

03Dec2012
Gangs Prey on Migrants Crossing Mexico's Border with Guatemala
Al Jazeera
Thousands of people enter Mexico illegally every year in search of work, but some migrants instead fall prey to criminal gangs. Gangs often kidnap and extort migrants, sometimes forcing them to join drug cartels.

03Dec2012
United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities
UN.org
International Day of People with Disability (December 3) is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992. The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities.

03Dec2012
Pena Nieto, Opposition Agree to Push Reforms in Telecommunications, Education
Reuters
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Sunday signed a pact with the country's leading political parties to increase competition in the telecommunications sector and overhaul the education system.

03Dec2012
Mexico Cancels Punta Colonet Multimodal Port and Rail Project in Baja California
El Universal
The Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transport has decided to cancel the Punta Colonet multimodal project, in Ensenada, Baja California, considering it economically unfeasible.

02Dec2012
Robert Zoellick: Strengthening the Ties That Bind North America
The Washington Post
Last week’s meeting of Enrique Pena Nieto and Barack Obama highlights an opportunity for the United States to strengthen its continental base and leverage the dynamism of the Western Hemisphere as part of a global strategy.

02Dec2012
Will Americans View Spanish as an International Language in the Future?
Hispanically Speaking News
With more than 420 million people speaking it, the future of Spanish “as an international language” is on the line in the United States, says the director of Spain’s Cervantes Institute.

02Dec2012
Self-Censorship High In Mexican Media Along Northern Border
KPBS.org
Mexico’s provincial newspapers boosted their coverage of organized crime events last year, but rarely went in depth, according to a new study.


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