20Mar2012
Radio Ambulante Tells Latin American Stories
EFE
Peruvian-born writer Daniel Alarcon is transcending the written page with Radio Ambulante, a podcast that will allow users to tell and hear thousands of stories from every corner of the Western Hemisphere where Spanish is spoken, including the United States.

20Mar2012
Over 4,000 Kidnap Victims Freed in Two Years
The US Open Borders
The Mexican government announced that the police had liberated more than 4,000 kidnap victims in the last two years, an impressive number, but one that also points to the scale of the problem.

20Mar2012
16 Safety Tips When Travelling in Mexico
CBC News
Walter McKay is a former Vancouver Police Department detective who now works as a security consultant in Mexico City. Here are of some of his tips to keep you safe while you are traveling in Mexico or elsewhere.

20Mar2012
Pope Visit a Chance to Explore Church-State Conflict
USA TODAY
The visit and site of the Mass on Sunday symbolize the extent to which church and state have reconciled in Mexico, moving from the Cristero Rebellion and decades of estrangement to Mexico and the Vatican establishing relations in 1992.

20Mar2012
The History of Online Activism
Mashable.com
From a software release containing the purchasing behavior of 120 million Americans that raised new concerns about consumer privacy and led the public to take action in 1990, to a recent online documentary about a guerrilla leader with a history of human rights abuses that has became the most viral video in history, online activism continues to grow.

20Mar2012
Town Takes A Monetary Path Less Traveled
McClatchy Newspapers
Organizers in this verdant hill town in Veracruz state have coaxed a tiny economic experiment on the citizenry: They created an alternative local currency.

20Mar2012
Narco Sub Pioneer Captured by Colombian Authorities
The US Open Borders
The drug trafficker who pioneered the use of submarines to smuggle cocaine has been captured in southwestern Colombia, the National Police said. Jose Samir Renteria, who is the subject of a U.S. extradition request, was arrested in Cali, the capital of Valle del Cauca province.

20Mar2012
Case of Imprisoned French National Stirs Heated Debate
Los Angeles Times
Six years after French national Florence Cassez was sent off to serve decades in a Mexican prison for her alleged role in a kidnapping ring, her case is once again stirring heated debate here and abroad.


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