23Jun2016
Relieving Pain and Fighting Addiction: We Have to Come to Grips with the Challenge
AlterNet
The use of opium-based analgesics to treat pain is quite a conundrum. Can we find a better way?

23Jun2016
Mexico's Tourism Minister Touts Strong Trade with US
Bloomberg
Mexico hopes its strong ties with the U.S. will help fight what it perceives as recent misconceptions about its country and people.

23Jun2016
61,000 Acres of Opium Poppies Grown in Mexico Between 2014-15
The Associated Press
Mexico and the United Nations have announced the results of a new study that estimates opium poppies were planted on about 24,800 hectares in Mexico between 2014 and 2015.

23Jun2016
Meet the 11-Year-Old Muslim Mexican-American Standing Up to Trump
Fusion
This Texas fifth grader feels like he has two strikes against him as a Muslim of Mexican heritage who lives in the U.S. He uses his Facebook page as a tool to be vocal about political issues and as an outlet to defend his faith and identity.

23Jun2016
Political Power Is Slipping from Unpopular President Pena Nieto's Grasp
Bloomberg
Little has gone right lately for Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, with a deadly clash Sunday between police and a union protesting his landmark education overhaul the latest reminder of the nation’s weak rule of law and the challenges facing his administration.

22Jun2016
2015 Was the Worst Year on Record for Killings of Land and Environmental Defenders
GlobalWitness.org
For the new report On Dangerous Ground, Global Witness documented 185 killings across 16 countries – by far the highest annual death toll on record and more than double the number of journalists killed in the same period.

22Jun2016
Mexico's New Adversarial Criminal Justice System Poses Cultural Challenges
La Jornada
In the new criminal justice system, which came into force on June 18, 2016, across the country, people will only be able to be considered guilty when the judge hands down the sentence.

22Jun2016
Tourists Venture Into Puebla's 16th Century Tunnels
Al Jazeera
The discovery of a historic network of tunnels - dating back to the 16th century - under the Mexican city of Puebla has lead to a significant spike in tourism.


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