VIDEO: Mothers from Cd. Juarez Look for Their Daughters (Spanish)

Reforma, 3/10/2013

Mothers of missing young women in Ciudad Juarez talk about their daughters, how they disappeared, and their demands to the authorities.

CONTEXT: U.S.-Mexico Relations Through the Eyes of Former Ambassadors (Video)

To watch additional interviews with James Jones, Former Ambassador of the United States to Mexico, and Dolia Estévez, author of U.S. Ambassadors to Mexico: The Relationship Through Their Eyes, click here.

Manning is found guilty for having leaked U.S. documents (Spanish)

Milenio, 2/28/2013

El soldado Bradley Manning se declaró hoy culpable de filtrar documentos clasificados a una tercera parte no autorizada, pero no de ayuda al enemigo, la acusación más grave a la que se enfrenta.

El acusado de la mayor filtración de documentos secretos de la historia estadunidense a WikiLeaks reconoció a través de su abogado civil, David Cooombs, haber poseído y transmitido a personas no autorizadas información clasificada.

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NGOs claim that little attention has been given to Mexican women who are victims of sex trafficking (Spanish)

Sin Embargo, 2/18/2013

El tráfico de mexicanas que son forzadas a prostituirse aquí es un crimen de grandes dimensiones, pese a que algunas de las víctimas se quejan sobre lo complicado que sigue siendo que las autoridades crean sus denuncias de abusos.

“El problema es muy grande, aunque no puedo dar cifras porque no existen sobre estos casos. Pero el número de visas emitidas para víctimas de tráfico en Estados Unidos es muy grande para ciudadanas mexicanas”, dijo Avaloy Lanning, del organismo civil Safe Horizon.

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¿Qué opinan? Firmas del día: 1/30/2013

Each day we will bring you an assortment of op-ed pieces from major Mexican dailies.

El Universal

Bajo Reserva

Mexico’s new mechanism designed to protect  journalists and human rights defenders is already giving results in a corrupted manner. On the other hand, the information released by IFE which reveals Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s excessive campaign costs has created a discussion that has divided the internal currents of the the PRD.

http://www.eluniversalmas.com.mx/columnas/2013/01/99877.php

Excelsior

Leo Zuckerman

There is something wrong with a society fascinated by guns. For example, while people all over the United States mourned the death of the innocent children from Sandy Hook elementary, children in other parts of the country visit guns shows with their families. The worst part of  the U.S. gun culture is that in many instances children see and touch weapons with their parents’ approval. The question is, how many more victims will the U.S. need before it ends with gun fascination?

http://www.excelsior.com.mx/2013/01/30/leo-zuckermann/881797

Reforma

Templo Mayor

Now that legislators want to launch an energy reform that would modernize a sector of PEMEX, fishers in the state of Tabasco stand against a project that plans to construct an offshore platform.

http://www.reforma.com/editoriales/nacional/687/1373541/

Teachers announce a protest against the educational reform (Spanish)

Milenio, 1/27/2013

Members of the Democratic National Executive Committee of  SNTE oppose the proposed educational and labor reform. As a result, they will be organizing mobilizations and manifestations against the amendments at the end of this month in Mexico D.F.

They will also recur to legal resources  because they believe that the reform presents a direct violation to workers and students’  human rights.

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A steady flow of illegal immigrants to the U.S.

Face the Facts USA, 1/28/2013

Over the past ten years, miles of border fencing were erected and more agents than ever guarded the U.S.-Mexico line. The number of illegal immigrants to the U.S. did decline slightly from 2010 to 2011. But overall, in the decade ending in 2011, three million additional illegals crossed into the U.S., bringing the illegal population to 11.5 million.

We look at illegal immigration today at Face the Facts USA. Click on the image, see our infographic, and learn which states are experiencing the greatest influx of illegals and see what new trends are developing. One state saw its illegal population rise 95 percent in the past decade.

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Pentagon Helps Train Mexican Military

Animal Politio, 1/18/2013

El Pentágono aumentará la ayuda que presta a México en la sangrienta lucha contra el narcotráfico, mediante el establecimiento de un nuevo cuartel de operaciones especiales en Estados Unidos, en el cual podrán entrenarse los efectivos mexicanos para enfrentar a los cárteles de la droga de la misma forma en que las fuerzas estadounidenses combaten a Al-Qaeda, dijeron funcionarios en Washington.

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11 Bodies Found Near Mexico City

ABC News, 1/15/2013

Prosecutors say 11 bodies have been found dumped at two different sites near the outskirts of Mexico City. Prosecutors in Mexico State say six bodies were found stuffed in plastic bags inside a car and the car’s trunk. The car was abandoned in the town of Zinacantepec, east of Mexico City. Prosecutors said Tuesday that five other bodies were found Monday dumped on a street in Toluca, the capital of Mexico State.

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Slim will invest more than 317 million dollars in education in Mexico

Infolatam, 1/14/2013

Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world according to Forbes magazine, announced on Monday that he will invest 317 million dollars to support education in Mexico in the next 3 years.

“We will invest more than 4 billion pesos in support of connectivity, development of digital libraries, equipping of schools, as part of our program of educational collaboration in Mexico,” stated the tycoon in a press conference, when he announced an alliance with Salman Khan, director of the Khan Academy.

To read the full article in Spanish, click here.