17Dec2016 | Human Rights Commission Condemns Hidalgo Governor's Offensive Remarks The Associated Press Mexico's National Human Rights Commission has criticized the governor of the central state of Hidalgo for using "inappropriate language" when he told indigenous women to sleep with clothes on to avoid having so many children. |
16Dec2016 | Guerrero Officials Help Broker Hostage Swap Between Vigilantes and Local Gang Fusion Mexico’s weak rule of law was on full display in the southern state of Guerrero this week when local government authorities allegedly helped broker a hostage exchange between a vigilante group and a drug gang. |
16Dec2016 | Postcards from a Modern-Day Utopian Hippy Paradise Happy News Without any rules, leaders or currency, the Rainbow Family have been running worldwide hippy gatherings every year since 1972. |
16Dec2016 | Internal Report Says Mexico Investigators Broke Law in Search for 43 Ayotzinapa Students The New York Times The Mexican government has refused to release an internal review that found investigators broke the law in their search for 43 missing students, a conclusion that threatens the legal foundations of a case that has roiled Mexico. |
16Dec2016 | Tulum's Comunite Festival Will Donate Its Proceeds to Preserving Coral Reefs Thump Since its inception, the Comunite Festival in Tulum, Mexico has made a name for itself by supporting audacious environmental and social causes. This year, the festival will donate its proceeds to Restore Coral in order to preserve the Caribbean coral reefs. |
16Dec2016 | An Unsuccessful War on Drugs Has Cost Mexico $50 Billion, and Countless Lives PanAm Post Through 2016, over US $50 billion has been allocated to trying to guarantee the security of citizens in the wake of widespread drug trafficking. The spending has been insufficient, as 186 thousand people have died nonetheless. |
16Dec2016 | Immigrant Women Fleeing Domestic Violence Find Help, Hope at Borderland Shelter Cronkite News Ana Leon is building a new life with her five children, far from the violence she experienced at the hands of their father. Leon found a safe place at De Colores, a shelter for victims of domestic violence, run by Chicanos por La Causa, a non-profit group that helps Latino families. |
16Dec2016 | How to Spot Fake News Online - A Primer from the Good Folks at FactCheck.org FactCheck.org Fake news is nothing new. But bogus stories can reach more people more quickly via social media than what good old-fashioned viral emails could accomplish in years past. |
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