15Jul2012
A Priest Stands Up for the Migrants Who Run Mexico's Gantlet
New York Times
When the Rev. Alejandro Solalinde chose to dedicate himself seven years ago to helping Central and South American migrants, he was an obscure country priest and the migrants moved in the shadows. Since then, both Father Solalinde and the plight of the people he serves have emerged into a very public light.

15Jul2012
New Security Measures in Place After Indian Murders
Hispanically Speaking News
An indigenous community in the western Mexican state of Michoacan has stepped up security measures in the wake of this week's kidnap-murders of two of its members by suspected mobsters.

15Jul2012
Cuba Caravan Rolls Toward US-Mexico Border
Havana Times
The Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba is gearing up for its final week of crisscrossing the US and Canada en route to a merger at McAllen, Texas and then a crossing into Mexico next weekend.

15Jul2012
Mexico's Summer of Discontent; Will US Follow Suit?
St. George News
The sun is hot and the air thickly humid, soured by the anger of leftist voters who say, for the second time in as many presidential elections, that their candidate, Lopez Obrador, was robbed. It makes me wonder what the mood will be in the U.S. the morning of Nov. 7 after voters exercise the vote.

15Jul2012
Central America on Bird Flu Alert
The News
Panama reinforced biosecurity measures at its borders and on poultry farms and has restricted the importation of live animals from Mexico in response to the bird flu outbreak in Jalisco.

15Jul2012
Surgeon Journeys to Mexico for Medical Mission
Patch
When one thinks about Southern California plastic surgeons, huge bills, smaller noses and thinner thighs may come to mind. Now picture this: a doctor traveling thousands of miles to treat a young boy whose mother abandoned him because of a facial deformity.

15Jul2012
Deporting the Hand That Feeds Us: How Anti-Immigrant Laws Are Causing a Farm Labor Shortage
AlterNet
If Americans won't do the work, and the U.S. successfully keeps undocumented immigrants out of the country, then who will do it?

15Jul2012
Elton John On 'Today' With Matt Lauer
On Top Magazine
From Keith Richards to Stevie Nicks, "sex, drugs and rock and roll" has been the war cry for many musicians and in a new interview with Matt Lauer, Elton John admits that it was for him, too.


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