13Dec2012
Mexico-Canada Program Aimed to Train and Educate Judges Concludes With Great Success
The Yucatan Times
The program between Mexico and Canada, aimed to train and educate the judges in the oral system that began two years ago concluded last week. Over 100 judges from across the southwest region of Mexico have been trained by Canadian experts in the oral accusatory system.

13Dec2012
Gay Marriage, Homosexuality Find Growing Support Among US Latinos
Fronteras Desk
In the U.S., support for gay marriage among Latinos is growing rapidly. That’s according to survey data collected by the Pew Hispanic Center between September and October 2012. But many young gay and lesbian Latinos are still struggling to find acceptance.

13Dec2012
De la Isla: Is it Right and Proper to Patent the Image of the Virgin of Guadalupe?
Hispanic Link News Service
Mexican businessman Wu You Lin provoked a scandal in 2002, when he registered to trademark the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The trademark gave him exclusive rights to use the image for commercial purposes.

12Dec2012
DIF Creates Domestic Violence Network with Quintana Roo Women's Institute
The News
Family Development Agency President Mariana Zorrilla de Borge signed an agreement this week with the Quintana Roo Women’s Institute to establish a network for the prevention of violence against women and to launch the Support for Women’s Organizations program in Quintana Roo.

12Dec2012
Worldwide Solidarity on Human Rights Day for Earth's Most Threatened Tribe
Survival International
Survival supporters around the world held an international protest on UN Human Rights Day, urging Brazil to ‘Save the Awa’; Earth’s most threatened tribe.

12Dec2012
Mexico Continues to Lead on Climate Change at COP18 in Doha, Qatar
MexicoToday
Since hosting COP16 in Cancun, Mexico has worked tirelessly to support the efforts of the international community on climate change.

12Dec2012
How NASA Used Social Media to Tell America the World is Not Ending in 2012
Mother Jones
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a.k.a. NASA, is on the multimedia warpath to reassure American citizens that the Planet Earth will most likely not experience a cataclysmic death this December.

12Dec2012
3,000-Year-Old Archeological Site Near Ixtapa Prepares to Welcome Tourists in 2013
The Huffington Post
About a half-hour drive from western Mexico's mega-resort at Ixtapa, there's a tiny village out in the boonies that's soon going to be seeing a lot of tourists. The big attraction there is an immense, 3,000-year-old archeological site being excavated just outside the village.


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