19Aug2016
Deforestation Threatens Popular Mexico Firefly Habitat
CCTV America
Although the popularity of the fireflies has given the forest a new life and also put a halt to most logging, some worry that the tourism could actually hurt them.

19Aug2016
Locals, Tourists Bemoan Trashing of Cuba's Beaches
The Associated Press
The trashing of Cuba’s world-class beaches by beachgoers themselves has become so extreme that tourists are complaining and Cubans bemoan it as a symptom of something amiss in a nation that’s long cherished cleanliness, order and mutual respect.

19Aug2016
We Cannot Work with 'Crazy Guy' Trump, Says Former Mexican President Fox
VICE News
Former president Vicente Fox has urged the current Mexican government to make it clear that a Donald Trump presidency would be unacceptable to Mexico.

19Aug2016
This Week in History: Russian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky Assassinated in Mexico in 1940
Vancouver Sun
Most political assassinations are carried out with a gun or rifle. Occasionally a leader is blown up or poisoned. Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was assassinated with an ice pick to the head.

19Aug2016
Activist Collective Indecline's Naked Donald Trump Statues Erected Across US
Tech Insider
Five naked statues of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump popped up in cities around the country as part of a bizarre anti-Trump art project.

19Aug2016
US Targets Mexican Companies, Individuals for Aiding Sinaloa Drug Cartel
WSJ.com
The U.S. Treasury Department said it imposed Kingpin Act sanctions on two men with alleged ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, including one of its reputed chief money launderers.

19Aug2016
Federal Prosecutors Now Leading Investigation for Kidnapped Son of 'El Chapo'
Xinhua
Mexico's attorney general will lead the investigation into the kidnapping of the son of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, which took place on Aug. 15 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.

19Aug2016
One Humanity? Millions of Children Tortured, Smuggled, Abused, Enslaved
Inter Press Service
Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary general, summarized the world future generation situation just ahead of World Humanitarian Day: “Children continue to be tortured, maimed, imprisoned, starved, sexually abused and killed in armed conflict.”


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