17Jun2016 | The Dangerous Business of Amber Mining in Chiapas Al Jazeera Indigenous communities in the Mexican state of Chiapas are involved in illicit trade in amber, with adults and children working in badly constructed mines to extract the precious stone. |
17Jun2016 | Carlos Slim Seeking Second-Hand Smartphones to Donate Them to Mexican Schools Q24N Mexican billionaire telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim has launched an “aggressive†program to collect used smartphones and donate them to schools, in order to provide students free access to educational materials. |
17Jun2016 | United Nations AIDS Meeting Was Bold but Disappointing, Organizations Say Inter Press Service Though the High Level Meeting on Ending AIDS ended with the adoption of bold and life saving targets, many organizations have expressed their disappointment in its outcomes. |
17Jun2016 | Foreign Affairs Secretary Highlights Need for Positive Relationship with US News & Observer At a time when the U.S. presidential election is creating some strong rhetoric about immigration, Mexico’s foreign affairs secretary emphasized the importance of maintaining a positive relationship with the United States. |
17Jun2016 | A Month Before Pulse Tragedy, Gunmen Killed Seven in Mexican Gay Bar Attack OUT While the Caribbean and Latin America have made many strides over the years for LGBT rights, and Mexico is ahead of the U.S. on certain issues, violent homophobia remains a huge issue. |
17Jun2016 | Home of El Chapo's Mother Looted as Locals Flee Drug Lord's Hometown The Guardian Scores of gunmen have looted the house of JoaquÃn “El Chapo†Guzman’s mother, forcing residents to flee the cartel kingpin’s hometown in the mountains of Mexico’s western state of Sinaloa. |
16Jun2016 | Instead of Denying Crimes Against Humanity, Mexico Should Commit to Drug Policy Alternatives Drug Policy Alliance The War on Drugs has fueled human rights violations in Mexico. Even though the government claims that organized crime is responsible for the increase in violence in the past decade, state-perpetrated abuses have become harder to sweep under the rug. |
16Jun2016 | Mexican Senate Approves Creation of Anti-Corruption Special Prosecutor Aristegui Noticias On Wednesday, the full Senate approved the reform of the Organic Law of the Attorney General of the Republic, creating the Special Prosecutor for Combating Corruption. |
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