12Mar2012
Worlds Worst Tourists
MSN Canada
If you could whip up the perfect tacky tourist in a lab, what would it include? Novelty-sized camera hanging from a strap? Check. Head buried in a folded-out map? Sure. Fanny pack? Oh, my. Yes. Indeed, there are several undeniable characteristics of lousy tourists, but how can you peg just who is the worst?

12Mar2012
Mass Grave Mystery Solved: 167 Bodies Discovered in Mexican Cave Died 1,300 Years Ago
Daily Mail
Forensic experts say a mass grave discovered in southern Mexico with the remains of 167 people is around 1,300 years old. The experts and anthropologists said the skulls of the remains, found in a cave near the Guatemalan border, showed signs of artificial deformation practiced more than 1,

12Mar2012
Far From Fading, Mexico Son Huasteco Style Flares
NPR
More than 40 years ago, four friends - three scientists and one musician - went to the Huasteca region in Northeastern Mexico in search of music they wanted to record for their own enjoyment. Now, some of their work has been released on a two-CD compilation titled El Gusto.

12Mar2012
Fil-Mexican Jessica Sanchez Picked To Win Idol Season 11
Manila Bulletin
The Filipino-Mexican contestant of AI 11 earned another standing ovation from judges Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson during the show's performance night held March 7.

11Mar2012
Fox: Golden US-Mexico Bridge
PressTelegram.com
There is gold for American and Mexican companies doing business on both sides of the border - with enough left over for charity. That was the message Friday from former Mexican President Vicente Fox, who is scheduled to speak this spring at a San Fernando Valley business forum.

11Mar2012
Indigenous Struggle to Protect Peyote
The Washington Post
For the Huichol indigenous people, the desert mountains here are sacred, a cosmic portal with major mojo, where shamans collect the peyote that fuels the waking dreams that hold the universe together. For a Canadian mining company, these same hills look like a billion dollars worth of buried silver.

11Mar2012
Pope Benedict XVI Will Visit Guanajuato This Month
Associated Press
A visit by Pope Benedict XVI scheduled to begin March 23 will put Guanajuato in the spotlight. But even before you take in its rich history, the scenery of a city built in a canyon at 6,600 feet (2,000 meters) will sweep you away.

11Mar2012
Potential First Female Mexican President Strikes Difficult Balance
USC Annenberg
If Josefina Vazquez Mota wins the Mexican presidential election this July, she will become the countrys first female to hold the office, thrusting a nation with deeply rooted masculine traditions fully into the 21st century.


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