08Mar2016 | Green Police: Mexican Tribesmen Save Their Forests from Clear-Cutting Crime Cartels American Media Institute Silently in the mountainous deep green of southwestern Mexico’s ancient pine and oak forests, volunteers armed with automatic weapons press forward on patrol. These self-appointed forest guards are defending the land from illegal clear-cutting by regional organized crime cartels. |
08Mar2016 | Judges Order Nestora Salgado's Release, But She Is Held on 3 New Charges La Jornada Three judges in Tlapa, Guerrero, ordered the immediate release of Nestora Salgado, after ruling that the kidnapping charges brought against her more than two years ago are not proved. But the Guerrero State Prosecutor later notified her that she faces three new arrest warrants for felony crimes. |
08Mar2016 | Will Uber Save the E-Commerce Industry in Mexico? TechCrunch Uber Mexico has shown how quickly an entire industry deemed too strong or too difficult to overtake can be transformed. |
08Mar2016 | Acapulco Forced to Militarize Schools as Drug Cartels Reach Into Classrooms Fusion Schools are regularly targeted by criminal groups in Acapulco, a city where street crime and cartel violence have devastated the once vibrant tourism industry. |
08Mar2016 | #OneDayIWill: Every Day Is a Good Day to Hear More Women in the Media Inter Press Service On International Women’s Day newspapers and radio shows are filled with women’s voices. Yet too often the media’s attention is fleeting. These are the best of times, but without a doubt also the worst of times, for journalism and journalists – especially women in the media. |
07Mar2016 | Editorial by Mexican Archdiocese Asks 'Who Gave Pope Francis Bad Advice?' The Associated Press Mexico's main archdiocese has taken the unusual step of publicly saying Pope Francis had been badly advised when directed harsh words to local bishops during his visit in mid-February. |
07Mar2016 | Comando Colibri Feminist Self-Defense Group Struggles Against Injustice in Mexico teleSUR English Three years ago, a group of Mexican women decided to create a self defense group in Mexico City as a response to the daily violence that women deal with in the country. The idea was to break with the logic of victimization of women and to overcome their daily fear of being verbally harassed. |
07Mar2016 | Original Poster Art Exhibit Pays Tribute to Mexico's Missing 43 Students HuffPost Arts & Culture Eight weeks after the disappearance of the 43 students, artist and activist Francisco Toledo sent out a call to universities and museums for original poster art in response to the tragedy. 43 designs were selected for an exhibition at the Museum of Tolerance in Mexico City. |
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