12Aug2016
Authorities Investigating Reports of Tiger Sighting in Gulf Coast State of Campeche
The Associated Press
Mexican authorities are investigating reports of a tiger sighting nine months after another Bengal tiger escaped into a mangrove forest in another part of the country and was never recaptured.

12Aug2016
This Major Policy Shift Will Save the Lives of Refugee Children in Central America
UN Dispatch
President Obama announced new measures last month to help people from Central America escape the daily violence that defines many of their lives. The policy change defies the growing trend of refugee shunning, setting a positive example of how countries can come together to help the world’s most vulnerable.

11Aug2016
Sign Petition to Tell INM 'We Do Not Accept One More Disappeared Person in Mexico'
Centro de Derechos Humanos Frayba
Maximiliano Gordillo Martinez was detained by the National Institute of Migration, when they mistook him for being a foreign undocumented migrant of Central-American origin due to his physical traits.

11Aug2016
Smuggled Cocaine Found in Manzanillo Is the Latest Sign of an Ominous Trend
Business Insider
While Manzanillo is no stranger to illicit activity, the discovery of a large amount of cocaine is a reminder that much of Mexico's southwest coast is a hotbed for the drug trade - and that competition between criminal organizations for control has driven violence to new highs.

11Aug2016
The Oaxaca 'People's Festival' Celebrates Indigenous Culture That's Not for Sale
GlobalPost
Participants see this free alternative festival as more in touch with Oaxaca's actual indigenous cultures than the $50-a-head famous one is.

11Aug2016
Privacy Activists Launch Database to Track Global Sales of Surveillance Tech
Motherboard
The surveillance industry is notoriously secretive and opaque. But this month, activists at Privacy International released a searchable database on over 500 surveillance companies, including many of their brochures and export data.

11Aug2016
New Mexico City International Airport Is on Schedule
The News
In order for project to be environmentally sustainable, approximately 5000 acres around the site will be reforested, and the construction of a city forest, 670 hectares in size, is being considered.

11Aug2016
Every Second, One Person Becomes a Disaster Victim
Inter Press Service
Climate change and related extreme weather events have devastated the lives and livelihoods of tens of millions of most vulnerable people worldwide. However, the unstoppable climate crisis receives just a tiny fraction of mainstream media attention.


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