25Nov2015 | Girl's Medical Cannabis Victory in Mexican Court Raises Hopes for Others Agence France-Presse Eight-year-old Grace can finally sleep through the night without being awakened by one of her epileptic crises since the eight-year-old Mexican girl started taking cannabis-based medicine a month ago. |
25Nov2015 | 15 Indigenous Women Who Became Solar Engineers Latina Lista 1.2 billion people on this planet live without electricity. In Latin America alone, the number reaches 24 million people. What is it like to live without electricity or light in 2015? How can solar electricity change their way of life? |
25Nov2015 | The United Nations Is Urging Mexico to Enforce Laws to Outlaw Child Marriages Fusion Although Mexico recently passed a federal law setting the legal minimum marriage age at 18, U.N. officials say the law isn’t being enforced in some states, where civil codes allow girls as young as 14 and boys as young as 16 to marry. |
25Nov2015 | The Bromap Shows How to Say 'Bro' in Latin America Global Voices The Facebook page for Pictoline, a highly visual site for news and information, shared this map with the different ways people in Latin American countries say “broâ€, short for brother in English. |
25Nov2015 | More Than 11 Million Mexicans in Extreme Poverty Prensa Latina In Mexico, 11.4 million people survive in abject poverty today, admitted the Secretary (Minister) of Social Development, Jose Antonio Meade. Due to budget cuts next year, increasing attention to more people served the National Crusade Against Hunger will not be possible. |
25Nov2015 | Is Acapulco on the Verge of a Tourism Recovery? TravelPulse It hasn’t been easy for the residents of Acapulco over the last several years. Tourism, a major artery for the city’s business development, has been almost completely severed in recent years. But Acapulco is trying hard to make a comeback. |
25Nov2015 | Leaked Intelligence Points to Top Level Corruption in El Chapo Guzman Escape InSight Crime New revelations about the jailbreak of Mexico's most notorious drug lord, "El Chapo" Guzman suggest that his escape was facilitated by failings on the part of authorities that can only be explained by either incompetence or corruption at the highest levels. |
25Nov2015 | Can Celebrities and Fashion Magazines in Mexico Really Influence Social Change? openDemocracy Mexico is a country with tremendous potential for local resource mobilization. Philanthropy, however, has yet to become mainstream. Partnering with celebrities and seeking visibility is key to mobilizing resources for the women’s movement in Mexico. |
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