12Feb2013 | Risk Expert Says Violent Crimes are Uncommon in Tourist Areas in Mexico Akgulian News In Mexico, incidents that range from petty crime up to murder are very rare and tourists are targeted not because they are tourists, but because they happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. |
12Feb2013 | New App Lets Undocumented Know Their Rights EFE Deyvid Morales of Utah has created a Spanish-language app for cell phones and tablets with crucial information about the rights of undocumented immigrants who find themselves in custody or having their house searched. |
12Feb2013 | Military Changes Name of Mexico's Fight Against Drug Traffickers Milenio The government of President Enrique Pena Nieto has changed the name of its anti-crime strategy maintained by the Army and Air Force, calling it "Operations for Strengthening the Security of Mexicans". |
12Feb2013 | Redemption: Documentary Follows the Working Poor Who Survive on Collecting Bottles and Cans DemocracyNow.org The HBO documentary "Redemption" examines New York City's canners - the largely invisible people who survive by redeeming bottles and cans they collect from curbs, garbage cans and apartment complexes. |
12Feb2013 | Mexico Tries to Sweat Out Obesity Epidemic Al Jazeera Three decades ago, Mexico had practically no problem with obesity. Now, two-thirds of its adult population is overweight or obese. One of the factors in this alarming rise is the change in eating habits. |
11Feb2013 | Rio's Carnival is Still Party Time, but Many Yearn for the Celebrations of the Past Hispanically Speaking News The change of pace at Brazil’s most popular festival surprised many critics and purists who said they yearned for the Carnival celebrations of past years that, while entertaining people, highlighted the country’s social inequalities or served as political protests, which nowadays are completely absent. |
11Feb2013 | Home to 42 Percent of World's Catholics, 'Our Turn for Next Pope' Say Latin Americans Reuters Latin America senses an opportunity to break Europe's grip on the papacy as Pope Benedict's decision on Monday to step down stirs hopes the world's biggest Roman Catholic bloc may finally get to lead the Church. |
11Feb2013 | A Town's Children Embrace an Old Tradition Fronteras Desk Over the winter holidays I traveled once again to the southern Mexican state of Veracruz. Since summer, I’ve been learning a traditional style of string music known as Son Jarocho. |
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