08Oct2015
UN Rights Official Urges Mexico to Withdraw Army from Law Enforcement Duties
The Associated Press
The United Nations' top human rights official called on the Mexican government to set a timetable for withdrawing military personnel from law enforcement duties.

08Oct2015
Why Trouble for Volkswagen Means Mexico Headache
Bloomberg Business
As Germany warns of a disaster for domestic employees of Volkswagen AG, fallout from the company’s emissions-cheating scandal threatens to reach its largest producer of cars for the U.S.: Mexico.

07Oct2015
Researchers Say Guatemalan Minors Return from Mexico Shelters 'in Very Bad Shape'
Al Jazeera
According to official numbers provided by Guatemala's National Institute of Statistics, 5,394 Guatemalan children were returned from Mexico during the first six months of 2015 compared with 78 Guatemalan children returned from the U.S.

07Oct2015
As El Chapo Escaped Prison, Guards Reportedly Played Challenging Game of Solitaire
Washington Post
While two prison guards at Mexico’s Altiplano maximum-security prison were immersed in the game, Joaquin Guzman slipped out of his cell in July through a hole in the shower, according to a report in Mexico’s El Universal newspaper.

07Oct2015
From Mexico to Brazil, Reporters in Latin America Face Worsening Censorship, Violence
Agence France-Presse
Conditions for reporters are more challenging than ever in Latin America, where they face increasing government repression and spiraling violence, the region's leading journalism advocacy group reports.

07Oct2015
DEA: Heroin 'Clearly More Dangerous' Than Marijuana
Fusion
After announcing last month that marijuana was “probably not” as dangerous as heroin, the DEA went and huddled up with the team and returned to the public with a bold stance on marijuana’s danger relative to heroin.

07Oct2015
The Internet in Cuba Is so Bad That Cubans Had to Invent Their Own
Vox
A few years ago, some computer gamers based in Havana strung a small web of ethernet cables from house to house so they could play video games together. The network continued to grow quietly, and today it's called StreetNet.

07Oct2015
Pena Nieto Rolls Out Special Economic Zones for Flagging Mexican Economy
PanAm Post
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has introduced a bill to create three Special Economic Zones in southern states of the country, aimed at attracting foreign investments, creating jobs, and boosting exports.


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