10Aug2012
Work Suspended at 32 Coal Mines Over Safety Fears
Reuters
The Mexican government suspended work at 32 small coal mines in the northern state of Coahuila on safety concerns after 13 coal miners died in explosions in the last three weeks.

10Aug2012
How Far is Mexico From Winning the Drug War?
City Watch
Drug policy reform appears to be sweeping Latin America. The regional movement headed by Guatemala, Colombia and Uruguay has sprouted from an inability to quell the violence and economic instability that results from the illegal drug trade. So why has Mexico lagged behind?

10Aug2012
Mexican Teen Hopes to Rally US to Fight Violence
Associated Press
A high school teen from Mexico is in the United States, alongside 76 other classmates to develop community service projects in the hopes of fighting the drugs, violence, and truancy that plague their country.

10Aug2012
The Pope Drops Catholic Ban on Condoms
Telegraph UK
After decades of fierce opposition to the use of all contraception, the Pontiff has ended the Church's absolute ban on the use of condoms.

10Aug2012
Balancing Support of Indians With Respect of Culture
EFE
After centuries of policies that focused on integrating indigenous people into society and stripping them of their customs, Mexico is in the middle of what several experts consider a new historical period based on respect for Indians' way of life that has problems of its own.

10Aug2012
Caravan to Highlight Failed Drug War and Victims on Both Sides of the Border
Huffington Post
To "protect" the twenty-three million drug users in the United States, we've waged a war that has destroyed Colombia and that now destroys Mexico, Central America and will eventually destroy the United States itself. And to what end?

10Aug2012
Female Boxing in Spotlight With 'Playboy' Cover
VOXXI
Female boxing makes the Olympics for the first time in history and athletes like Mariana Juarez, "La Barby," reap the benefits of stardom with endorsement deals and covers like her August Playboy Mexico cover.

10Aug2012
Mexico Wages Undercut China, Fuel Manufacturing Boom
Investor's Business Daily
China lost its factory wage advantage over Mexico earlier this year, an ongoing trend that has fueled Mexican economic growth past its neighbors to the north and south.


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