18Jan2013
Majority of Latin American Companies Play Catch-Up with Social Media
PRWeek
The majority of companies in Latin America are now active in social media, with their strategies increasing in sophistication, according to research from Burson-Marsteller.

18Jan2013
In Mexico, Last-Minute Casino Permits Raise Questions About Calderon's Legacy
McClatchy Newspapers
Even as outgoing President Felipe Calderon began the process of turning over his office to his successor with a midnight ceremony in Mexico City’s massive National Palace, his administration was working into the wee hours to hand a jackpot to two of Mexico’s most controversial casino operators.

18Jan2013
Pet Dogs, Cats and Birds Get Church Blessing on Feast Day of Saint Anthony
ITN
Pet owners flocked to a Church in Mexico to have their animals blessed in a special ceremony. The event marks the feast day of Saint Anthony, known as the protector of animals.

18Jan2013
Asians Overtake Latin Americans in Immigration to California
NBC Los Angeles
Immigration to California from Asia has overtaken the long-running influx from Latin America, marking a shift that one expert says is based in economic conditions, border enforcement and deportation. If current trends hold, the number of immigrants from China and Taiwan could overtake those from Mexico.

18Jan2013
Submit Your Film for the 2013 Hola Mexico Film Festival in Los Angeles
EOTM News
Now on its 5th edition in Los Angeles, California; the Hola Mexico Film Festival continues to showcase narrative and documentary feature films and short films by Mexican directors and film production companies.

18Jan2013
US Tuberculosis Wanes But Remains Threat in Mexico
Borderzine
Tuberculosis has for a long time been a serious but waning disease in the United States with less severe complications in the large majority of cases, while people in other countries suffer greatly and die from a lack of sanitation, medical resources and information about this illness.

18Jan2013
A Trip South: From Alaska to Argentina by Bike
A Trip South
In June of 2012, a group of Juneau-grown friends embarked on the experience of a lifetime. Before they got too old and ripe, each had a desire to become more intimately connected to the world in which they live by experiencing it first hand, one day at a time.

18Jan2013
US Commandos Offer to Boost Numbers to Train Mexican Security Forces
Associated Press
The Pentagon is stepping up aid for Mexico's drug war with a new U.S.-based special operations headquarters to teach Mexican security forces how to hunt drug cartels the same way special operations teams hunt al-Qaida.


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