11Dec2012
Basic Food Prices Increased More Than 100 Precent in Six Years
The News
Institutional Revolutionary Party Deputy Maria Leticia Mendoza Curiel said this week that the price of food in Mexico has increased more than 100 percent over the last six years.

11Dec2012
Catholic Matters of Faith and Morals Are Not Open to Popular Vote, Pope Says
Catholic News Service
An authentic "sense of faith," can come only when Catholics actively participate in the life of the church and follow the teaching of the pope and bishops, Pope Benedict XVI said during a meeting with members of the International Theological Commission.

11Dec2012
President Pena Nieto Proposes Sweeping Education Reform, Takes Union Head On
Associated Press
President Enrique Pena Nieto is proposing sweeping reforms to the public education system widely seen as moribund, taking on an iron-fisted union leader who is considered the country’s most powerful woman and the main obstacle to change.

11Dec2012
The Happiest Kids in the World Live in Mexico, Says Surprising New Index
Chicago Business Journal
What makes kids happiest? According to the research, it’s family and friends. And that was the case in almost every country surveyed.

11Dec2012
Famed Mexican Architect Given Light Prison Term for Smuggling Drugs to US Under Duress
Associated Press
An acclaimed architect was sentenced Monday to six months in prison for hiding nearly 13 pounds of cocaine in his minivan's battery before he tried to enter the U.S.

11Dec2012
Calderon's Exit Opens Way for Mexico to Cut Deal with Cartels, Academic Says
EFE
Mexico could enter a new phase of "understandings" between officials and criminal organizations in the wake of former President Felipe Calderon's failed "war" on the country's drug cartels, says National Autonomous University of Mexico professor Alan Arias Marin.

11Dec2012
Drug Rape Prevention: DrinkSavvy Color Changing Drinkware
The Fix
Would you know if an odorless, colorless and tasteless rape drug were put in your drink? What if your cup, straw or glass changed color to warn you?

11Dec2012
President Pena Gives National Human Rights Award to Father Alejandro Solalinde
Prensa Latina
The Mexican president, Enrique Pena Nieto, has presented the National Human Rights Award to Father Alejandro Solalinde for his work in defense of migrants.


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