29Oct2012
Drunk-Driving to Due-Diligence: Mexico En Route to Better Road Safety
Guardian UK
Mexico has one of the world's worst road safety records, with more than 80,000 people killed in traffic accidents in the past four years. But authorities say the message is slowly getting through that the country's laws are there to be obeyed.

29Oct2012
Banorte-Ixe is Investing in Social Innovation for Mexico's Growth
Justmeans
Banorte-Ixe, a major bank in Mexico, is committed to social innovation and sustainable development in this country, and has been working since 2011 to promote initiatives that will help to strengthen impact investment.

29Oct2012
The Prevalence of Preventable Blindness
GlobalVisionProject
Every 5 seconds, someone goes blind. 80% of these people suffer needlessly, for their blindness could have been prevented or cured. There is a lack of resources in the developing world to treat these people.

29Oct2012
National Polytechnic Institute Reports 90 Million Mexicans Live in Poverty
The News
IPN General Director Yoloxóchitl Bustamante Diez said last week that economic inequality remains one of Mexico’s greatest challenges, with recent reports indicating that approximately 90 of 112.5 million Mexicans live in poverty.

29Oct2012
Nearly 1,000 Inmates Move Into New Prison
EFE
A total of 967 inmates sentenced to prison terms for federal crimes were moved to Penitentiary 12 in Ocampo, a city in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, the Public Safety Secretariat said.

29Oct2012
Party Over? Alcohol Sales Banned on Mexico City's Plaza Garibaldi
Los Angeles Times
The government of Mexico City, where drinking until dawn has long been a competitive pastime, has banned the sale and drinking of alcoholic beverages on the esplanade of Plaza Garibaldi.

29Oct2012
Recycling in Mexico: Market Swaps Rubbish for Vegetables in Mexico City
The Economist
The 21 million residents of Mexico City have far too much rubbish and not enough healthy food. Now they can swap one for the other.

29Oct2012
Church Workers Say Latin America Important to US Foreign Policy
Catholic News Service
The third presidential debate promised a foreign policy focus, but after participants paid scant attention to Latin America, church workers there spoke of the region's importance to U.S. foreign policy.


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