05Jan2016
Auspicious Lanterns Presage Chinese Spring Festival in Central Mexico
New China TV
Lanterns shaped as auspicious flowers and animals were installed on the street in Mexico’s central state of Aguascalientes on January 1 to foster atmosphere for China’s lunar calendar New Year, or the Spring Festival, which falls on February 8.

05Jan2016
Death Sentences Surge, Even as More Countries Drop Capital Punishment
The New York Times
The death penalty is steadily receding toward the dustbin of history worldwide, with fewer than two dozen countries relying on it at all as a form of punishment.

05Jan2016
New Drug That Treats Prostate Cancer Approved for Use in Mexico
i24News
An innovative drug invented in Israel for treating prostate cancer has been approved by Mexico’s health authority.

05Jan2016
Manana Cuba to Host 1st Afro-Cuban Folkloric & Electronic Music Festival
Manana Cuba
We are Manana Cuba, and in May 2016 we want to take you on a new kind of adventure. Join us in the musical barrios of our cultural capital, Santiago de Cuba, for a pioneering celebration of community, collaboration and dance.

05Jan2016
President Pena Nieto Wishes to See Prosperity in Year Ahead, Not Poverty
Sinembargo
“Let 2016 be prosperous”, is Enrique Pena Nieto’s wish for the Mexican people. An unrealistic desire, a fictional desire, a fake desire, a desire for himself, his friends and his privileged group of businessmen, wealthy citizens, millionaires, officials and politicians.

05Jan2016
Assassins Were Paid Less Than $30,000 to Kill Mexican Mayor Gisela Mota
The Intercept
Gisela Raquel Mota Ocampo, the first woman elected mayor of Temixco, a city in the central Mexican state of Morelos, was expected to take on organized crime directly. She never got the chance.

04Jan2016
How Mexico Is Locking Down Its Once-Porous Southern Border Wall
MacLean's
Mexico, a country from which millions have fled north over the past half-century in search of better opportunities, has adopted an unlikely role on its southern border: anti-migrant enforcer.

04Jan2016
Organized Crime in the Americas: Looking Forward at What to Expect in 2016
Insight Crime
At the end of each year, InSight Crime gazes into the crystal ball and seeks to make predictions on where organized crime is set to change. For 2016, we have listed six nations where we expect changes to the criminal status quo, or where organized crime is likely to make gains.


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