21Mar2012
Pope Visit Clouded by Allegation that Vatican Knew of Abuse
Fox News Latino
The same week that Pope Benedict XVI is set to arrive in Mexico, a new book details internal Vatican documents showing the Holy See knew decades ago of allegations that the Mexican founder of the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order was a drug addict and pedophile.

20Mar2012
How Mexico City Fought to Reclaim Streets for Pedestrians
Streets Blog
Differently colored pavers still stand as a testament to the former limits of the sidewalks. It is impossible to imagine the current crowds - 200,000 people per hour - restricted to those narrow bands. Even the most ferociously opposed merchants have changed their tune.

20Mar2012
Mexican Opposition Says Govt Squandered Oil Windfall
EFE
The Mexico conservative government has squandered 1.7 trillion pesos ($134.9 billion) in windfall oil profits since December 2000, the legislative leader of the main opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party said this week.

20Mar2012
Governor Drains Govt Money for Pope Visit
The News
The excessive expenditures by ultra-Catholic Guanajuato state Governor Juan Manuel Oliva to welcome Pope Benedict XVI on Friday are being questioned by friends and foes alike. Thus far, expenditures, according to Guanajuato government sources, have reached 138 million pesos.

20Mar2012
7.4 Earthquake Hits Mexico
CNN
A strong earthquake rattled residents in Mexican resort towns and the nations capital Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake had a magnitude of 7.4.

20Mar2012
The Butterfly Effect: Study Sheds Light on Monarch Trek
Postmedia News
An impressive 10 per cent of the butterflies that reach Canada and the Northern United States make the entire trip directly from Mexico in a single sweep migration.

20Mar2012
Climate Change Could Wipe Out Rarest Forests
IANS
High in the mountains of nations like Mexico and Costa Rica, huge cloud banks blanket vast stretches of forest. Cloud forests are rare: They make up less than 3 percent of all tropical forests. They are also particularly vulnerable to climate change, which means they may all but disappear during this century.

20Mar2012
Pot-Smuggling Tunnels in Tijuana Grow More Elaborate
McClatchy Newspapers
U.S. agents have been waging war against the tunnels for years, using a range of high-tech devices from ground-penetrating radar to seismic sensors to find and destroy them. But despite the efforts, drug smugglers continue to build the tunnels, often spending $1 million to dig a single pathway.


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