11Jan2013
Mexican First Lady Angelica Rivera to Head Social Welfare Institute
EFE
Mexican first lady Angelica Rivera will chair the Citizen's Consultative Council of the National System for the Comprehensive Development of the Family, or DIF, President Enrique Pena Nieto's office said.

10Jan2013
OECD Says Right Mix of Policies in Mexico Can Promote Green Growth
Hispanically Speaking News
Mexico should increase green-economy investments as it strives to promote economic growth while reducing pollution, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in a report published this week.

10Jan2013
US Spending on Immigration Enforcement Outpaces FBI, DEA Combined
Inter Press Service
The United States government is spending more on immigration enforcement each year than it is on all other federal law-enforcement agencies combined, according to the first comprehensive look at how the country’s sprawling immigration complex has grown over the past decade.

10Jan2013
Charity Miles Lets Charities Cash in when You Walk, Run or Bike
Mashable
Charity Miles is an exercise app that works double-time, tracking mileage and raising money for different causes. All users need to do is turn up the volume and go.

10Jan2013
'No Questions Asked' Buyback Program Gets Some Guns Off Mexican Streets
NPR.org
In Mexico, a country plagued by drug cartel violence, the mayor of the capital city is offering residents cash, new bikes and computers in exchange for their guns. He says the buyback program will get dangerous weapons out of the hands of residents and make the streets safer.

10Jan2013
Amnesty International: Mexico's New Victims' Law Needs to be Implemented to be Effective
Amnesty International
Concrete measures are needed to back up a new law aimed at guaranteeing the rights of victims of crime and human rights abuses in the ongoing violence resulting from the struggle against organized crime in Mexico, Amnesty International said.

10Jan2013
Quintana Roo's Heritage for Well-Being Crusade Helps Families Build
The News
The program provides families with low-cost building materials, subsidized by a donation from the Congregacion Mariana Trinitaria, a nonprofit organization that works to improve the quality of life of poor families.

10Jan2013
Quentin Tarantino Says Drug War, Justice System are Modern Day Slavery
The Fix
Iconic film director Quentin Tarantino believes that US drug policy, and the subsequent mass incarceration of African Americans, is comparable to pre-Civil War slavery.


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