01Sep2016
Mexican Student Seeks to Create Bioethanol from Water Hyacinth Plant
Xinhua
A Mexican engineering student has developed a formula to turn the water hyacinth plant into bioethanol and will see his project presented to the 2016 Nobel prize-winners in Stockholm in December.

01Sep2016
Exhibitions in Mexico City Commemorate Diego Rivera's 130th Anniversary
Prensa Latina
On the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957) the House-Studio Museum named after him and Frida Kahlo remember the artist with two magnificent exhibitions.

01Sep2016
Abortion Groups Call on UN to Declare an Official 'International Safe Abortion Day'
CNSNews.com
A coalition of 430 groups led by the International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion recently sent a letter to the United Nations asking that Sept. 28 be made an official UN “Safe Abortion Day.”

01Sep2016
Migrants Shelter Remembered on the Anniversary of San Fernando Massacre
teleSUR
August marked the 6th anniversary of an atrocity that continues to haunt the world’s largest migration corridor: the massacre of 72 undocumented migrants in northern Mexico.

01Sep2016
Toys from Sustainable Wood Earn Income for Mexico
World Bank
In one rural area of Mexico, making money is child’s play. Literally, many here depend on carving wooden figurines to sell for cash.

01Sep2016
Global Peace Index Ranks Mexico as Violent as Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan
InSight Crime
Data from the 2016 Global Peace Index Report indicates that Mexico’s internal conflict led to approximately 33,000 deaths in 2015, a figure higher than those of war-torn countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

01Sep2016
Divided by Detention: Asylum-Seeking Families' Experiences of Separation
American Immigration Council
This report profiles the experiences of five asylum-seeking families who are divided by detention. It provides an analysis of how separation occurs, and the impact this can have on families’ well-being and ability to access humanitarian protection.

01Sep2016
Trump Meeting Is Public Relations Disaster for Mexico's Enrique Pena Nieto
The Associated Press
President Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico’s decision to meet with possibly his country’s most-disliked man is turning into a public relations disaster for him, with social media posters and politicians calling it a national humiliation.


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