13Oct2012
Study Casts Doubt on Efficacy of Mexico's Drug Laws
InSight
A new study of Mexico's justice system suggests that the government disproportionately targets and punishes low-level dealers rather than the high profile cartel figures and major smugglers, which may actually be a strategy to reduce violence.

13Oct2012
Pornography for a Better Tomorrow?
The Atlantic
Donating to charities for each video watched - and hoping to supplant the "fake, violent, macho-centered" culture - a nonprofit porn site is rethinking ethics for the industry.

13Oct2012
97 Percent of Online Pharmacies Are Unsafe
AgingCare.com
Only 3 percent of online pharmacies are safe to use, according to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.

13Oct2012
Mexican Participation in Cuban Events Promoted
Prensa Latina
The schedule of more than 30 international events to take place next year in Cuba, was released today to promote Mexican participation.

13Oct2012
Teen Who Posted Video About Cyberbullying Commits Suicide
New York Daily News
Amanda Todd, 15, of Canada, killed herself one month after she posted the heartbreaking YouTube video, which details her experience being bullied and tormented, after a topless photo she shared with someone in an Internet chatroom surfaced at school.

13Oct2012
What Now if Mexico's Zeta Cartel Leader Is Dead?
ABC/Univision
So what happens to the Zetas now that Lazcano is out of the picture? Does he simply get replaced, and business goes on as usual? We talked to three security analysts and asked them if Lazcano's death will change how the Zetas operate.

13Oct2012
US-MEX Border Welcomes First Rail Line in More Than a Century
Texas Tribune
The last time the Texas-Mexico border witnessed a ribbon cutting for a railway bridge, the United States had yet to witness two world wars or Prohibition. And Mexico had not yet seen its own country in the throes of revolution. That is set to change in December.

13Oct2012
Cuban Refugees' Improvised Raft Sinks Off Mexico's Isla Mujeres
BBC News
An improvised raft carrying 23 Cuban refugees has sunk as it approached a Mexican island near the popular resort of Cancun. Two people have died and 11 are missing and presumed dead.


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