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Society & Culture News tagged with Mexico

Violence in Mexico Claims Small-Town Mayor
Society & Culture  (tags: Mexico, Government, Mayor, murder, crime, death, drug Cartels, police, sadness, violence )

Dee
- 130 days ago - cnn.com
(CNN) -- The mayor of a small town in the state of Chihuahua in northern Mexico was found shot dead Tuesday, apparently among the latest victims in the fight against organized crime in the region.
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Immigrants Become Hostages as Gangs Prey on Mexicans
Society & Culture  (tags: society, Mexico, drugs, gangs, smuggling, kidnapping, immigrants, violence, crime, corruption )

Dee
- 167 days ago - online.wsj.com
A whispered 911 call from a cellphone early one January morning brought police to a home on West Columbine Drive in this Phoenix suburb. Inside, they found more than 30 half-naked and shivering men prisoners, police say, of a gang that had smuggled--
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Anna Fiori (Annie Del Castillo) - The Phantom of the Opera   video
Society & Culture  (tags: Anna Fiori, Annie del Castillo, Mexico, Care2 member, music, phantom of the opera, arts, celebrity, children, culture, goodnews, society, women, world )

Teresa
- 170 days ago - youtube.com
With Choirs and Orchestra from the OFUNAM. Cantando con músicos de la OFUNAM y Coros y Orquestas Infantiles de México. Dirige: Maestro Guillermo Sánchez
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'A Beautiful Thing': Abducted Boy Back With His Mother
Society & Culture  (tags: society, children, abduction, robbery, Mexico, crime, violence, guns )

Dee
- 190 days ago - abcnews.go.com
It was the happy ending even police admitted they had nearly given up hoping for: Two weeks after he was kidnapped at gunpoint by two men who broke into his family's San Bernardino, Calif., home, 3-year-old Briant Rodriguez today was back safe and sound-
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Mexico Nabs Hitman Linked to US Kidnap
Society & Culture  (tags: government, Mexico, Arrested, drug cartel, hitman, abduction. crime, death )

Dee
- 211 days ago - news.yahoo.com
MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Police on Saturday said they arrested a Mexican drug cartel hitman wanted in connection with the abduction of a US anti-kidnap expert in December and the death of at least five people.
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Mexican Tourism, Already Hurt By Violence, Bears Blow of a Health Scare
Society & Culture  (tags: Mexico, Mexico City, tourism, Swine Flu, drug wars, travel, warning, safety, risks )

Dee
- 211 days ago - nytimes.com
MEXICO CITY-Mexico's tourism industry was in crisis even before the government announced the presence of a deadly influenza virus a few days ago and began handing out surgical masks by the millions and shuttering virtually all public gathering spots in..
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420: Thoughts on Pot Vs. Alcohol From a Former Police Chief
Society & Culture  (tags: world, violence, mexico, america, economy, marijuana, obama, law, government, drug war, narco-terrorism, freedom, culture, crime, rights, corruption, politics, war, medicine, drugs, consumers, civil rights, health )

Tom
- 216 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Hundreds of alcohol overdose deaths occur annually. There has never been a single recorded marijuana OD fatality. There have been no documented cases of lung cancer in a marijuana-only smoker, nor has pot been scientifically linked to any type of cancer.
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Famous Mexican Painters
Society & Culture  (tags: Mexico, travel, interesting, news, world, society, arts, celebrity, education, travel )

Monica
- 248 days ago - aboutmexico.net
Mexico is the home of many famous painters who have influenced the world with their magnificent strokes. Mexican painters recognized all over the world
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Care2 Member Olimpia Orozco Sodi´s Memorial
Society & Culture  (tags: death, news, obituary, sadness, Mexico, Olimpia, Orozco, Sodi, Care2 member )

Teresa
- 311 days ago - care2.com
As all of you know, we were without internet, in the days our host and friend Olimpia crossed de rainbow, so I decided to make a Memorial for her here. I hope you like it. Thanks for your support in hard times MEXICO GROUP
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Mexico : Basilica of Guadalupe Converted
Society & Culture  (tags: John McCain, religion, politics, Mexico, Latino voters, Republicans, SPP, North American Union, PNAC )

Blue
- 505 days ago - watchingamerica.com
For a moment, the house of God was converted into the house of McCain, as both the faithful and the Mexican reporters were prevented from entering once the candidate stepped onto the Basilica's principal esplanade.
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Thousands Perched on Rooftops in Mexico Floods
Society & Culture  (tags: floods, homeless, Mexico, world, society, humans )


- 751 days ago - news.yahoo.com
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - Thousands of people perched on rooftops in southern Mexico on Saturday, hoping to be evacuated from devastating flooding that has left most of Tabasco state under water and 800,000 people homeless.
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MEXICO Immigration Fence Nearly Doubles - 145 Miles!
Society & Culture  (tags: Dept. of Homeland Security, immigration fence, San Luis to the Tinajas Altas mountains, San Diego, Tijuina, death, dehydration, illigal crossing, Mexico )

ON VACATI
- 784 days ago - latimes.com
The Department of Homeland Security reached its goal of completing 70 miles of new fencing by the end of this month, nearly doubling the length of barriers on the border to about 145 miles...rural areas, where traffic has shifted most recently.
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Mexico City's Abortion Law Hits Stop-and-Go Signs
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, culture, abortion, legal, Mexico, family, freedoms, government, law, rights, women )

Cynthia
- 857 days ago - womensenews.org
Officials are challenging Mexico City's new law legalizing first-trimester abortion. But as the Supreme Court decides whether to take their case, city officials and activists are doing what they can to ease its implementation.
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Possible Aztec Offerings Found in Mexico - Yahoo! News
Society & Culture  (tags: religion, culture, world, Mexico, Aztec )

Jonathan
- 913 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Archaeologists diving into a lake in the crater of a snowcapped volcano found wooden scepters in the shape of lightning bolts that match the description by Spanish priests and conquerors writing 500 years ago about offerings to the Aztec rain god
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