27Dec2012
President Pena Nieto Launches Government's Winter Protection Program
The News
President Enrique Pena Nieto distributed blankets and food to poor Mexican families Wednesday as a part of the federal government’s Winter Protection Program.

26Dec2012
Faced with Gun-Toting Drug Smugglers, Ranchers Demand Security at the Border
NBC News
Ranchers Jim and Sue Chilton complain they feel caught in the middle between the Mexican drug and immigrant smugglers and the United States Border Patrol, which concentrates most of its patrols and checkpoints miles north of the border, far beyond where the ranchers live and work.

26Dec2012
Migratory Birds are Gauges of Global Biodiversity - and Their Numbers are Plummeting
TakePart
Nearly 10,000 kinds of birds fly, sing, and nest around the world, but an alarming 12 percent of them are classified as globally threatened or critically endangered. The natural rate of extinction for birds is one bird per century. In the last 30 years, 21 bird species have disappeared.

26Dec2012
Does Mexico Need More Guns in the Hands of Law-Abiding Citizens?
BBC News
As the US grapples with the implications of the shootings in Newtown, there has been relatively little mention of the impact the country's lax gun laws have had on its southern neighbor.

26Dec2012
Tourist 'Apocalypse' Frenzy Damages Maya Temple
Agence France-Presse
Tourists flocking to Guatemala for "end of the world" parties have damaged an ancient stone temple at Tikal, the largest archeological site and urban center of the Mayan civilization.

26Dec2012
New Global Report on Discrimination Against the Nonreligious
IHEU
The International Humanist and Ethical Union has produced the first report focusing on how countries around the world discriminate against non-religious people.

26Dec2012
US Holiday Retail Sales Growth Weakest Since 2008
Associated Press
U.S. holiday retail sales this year grew at the weakest pace since 2008, when the nation was in a deep recession. In 2012, the shopping season was disrupted by bad weather and consumers' rising uncertainty about the economy.

26Dec2012
Mexico Reportedly Lifts Two-Decade Ban on Gay and Bisexual Blood Donors
Blabbeando
A little noticed Mexican health norm first approved in August and then published in the country's regulatory Official Federation Diary on October 26th has gone into effect this week essentially doing away with a two-decade ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.


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