21Dec2012
Is the Border Secure Enough to Tackle the US Immigration System?
NPR.org
The statistics paint a picture that says "yes." The number of illegal crossers apprehended is at a 40-year-low, which can be partly attributed to a weak U.S. job market and improving economy in Mexico.

21Dec2012
Lawmakers Pass Education Reform to Tame Mexico Teacher Union
Reuters
Mexican lawmakers on Friday approved an education reform bill that aims to rein in the powerful teachers' union, which many have blamed for hurting school quality in Latin America's second biggest economy.

21Dec2012
Backers of Zapatista Rebels March By the Thousands in Southern Mexico
Associated Press
Thousands of supporters of the leftist, indigenous Zapatista movement have marched in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas to commemorate a 1997 mass killing and the end of the current cycle of the Mayan calendar.

21Dec2012
Carlos Slim Domit Enters Mexican Motorsport Federation Hall of Fame
MexicoToday
Celebrated for his efforts in promoting and building the sport, Carlos Slim became part of the Hall of Fame of the Mexican Motorsport Federation.

21Dec2012
Inflation Cools But Jobless Rate Rises in Mexico
Reuters
Mexican inflation eased more than expected in early December as consumer prices cool from a recent spike, and a drop below the central bank's upper limit backs expectations that interest rates will remain steady next year.

21Dec2012
Chagas Disease: A New Patient Profile and Treatment
Inter Press Service
Chagas disease, the third most serious infectious disease in Latin America, is developing a “new face” and moving into urban areas, while a new treatment may offer hope for millions of sufferers.

21Dec2012
Propuesta Civica Says More Than 20,000 Missing in Mexico in Past 6 Years
Associated Press
A civic organization released a database on Thursday that it says contains official information on more than 20,000 people who disappeared in Mexico over the past six years.

21Dec2012
Mayan 'Apocalypse' Fills Mexico Hotels as Travel Rises to Record Levels
Bloomberg News
To some doomsday interpreters, completion of the Maya calendar cycle today is a sign of an impending apocalypse. For Mexico’s tourism industry, it’s hardly the end of the world.


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