02May2013
Vibrant 'Club' Links Mexico and United States in Award-Winning Book
NPR.org
Ciudad Juarez is a sprawling city of more than a million people. It lies directly south of El Paso, like a muddled reflection off a mostly arid Rio Grande. For author Benjamin Alire Saenz, this meeting place between the U.S. and Mexico is home.

02May2013
Mexico is Ready to End Failed Drug-War Policies - Why Isn't the U.S.?
The Atlantic
Did you know that the U.S. has been operating surveillance drones in Mexico, providing air support for the Mexican military, tracking the movements of Mexican citizens, sharing state-of-the-art spy technology with Mexican officials, and sending CIA agents to help Mexico train drug informants?

02May2013
This Kills More People than AIDS or Tuberculosis
Care2
April raised awareness for both Alcohol and Domestic Violence. Unfortunately, there is a great need for more awareness of both.

02May2013
Mexico's Economy Grows 1 Percent in First Quarter
Agencia EFE
Mexico's gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 1 percent in real terms in the first quarter of this year after expanding at a 3.2 percent rate in the final three months of 2012, the government said.

02May2013
What US Latinos Would Like to See in President Obama's Mexico Visit
VOXXI
This week, as President Barack Obama makes his state visit to Mexico, many Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the U.S. hope that he doesn’t stop short of pleading the case to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto that his country make a stronger effort to improve the environmental quality of life for Mexicans.

02May2013
US Navy Testing Drones to Track Drug Trafficking
InSight
The US Navy has begun testing new aerial equipment to detect and monitor drug trafficking in the Caribbean, an example of the technological advances being employed in regional crime fighting.

02May2013
Javier Sicilia: Obama and Pena Nieto Need to Focus on Curbing Drug-War Violence
The Los Angeles Times
President Obama has much to discuss with Mexico's new president, Enrique Pena Nieto, when they meet in Mexico City this week. No issue, however, is more urgent than the search for peace, justice and dignity for and between our peoples.

02May2013
Mexico Legislators Pass Reform to Reduce Period of Detention without Formal Charges
Proceso
By a majority of votes, the Chamber of Deputies approved reducing the period of detention without formal charges being filed from 40 to 20 days.


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