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Special Report: Mexico 1910-2010

Celebrating 100 years of Mexican history.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - While the US busied itself preparing for the annual Thanksgiving feast, Mexico took a step back into its own history.

The 20th of November marked the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, the world's first great socio-political upheaval of the last century, as well as the beginning of a process that shaped the identity of modern Mexico.

A Boost for Mexican Farming

"The focus and purpose of this market is to encourage small business start-up" - Exotic chocolate maker Charlotte Semple

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - They were the beauty and the brawn of the border. A professional dancer who also dabbled in Tijuana horse competitions, Yael Sanchez was crowned Miss Fitness Baja California 2003.

Manuel Murillo was a leading body-builder, engaging in numerous championship bouts while training other claimants to the Superman title.

Saving a Mexican Ecosystem

Considering Mexico's fragile ecosystem.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - The Montreal-based North American Commission for Environmental Commission (CEC) announced November 19 a step forward in saving one of northern Mexico’s most important but endangered ecosystems.

In a press statement, the CEC unveiled the formation of the Regional Alliance for Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands Conservation.

Hezbollah looks Mexican

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In an August report for the global intelligence firm STRATFOR, analyst Scott Stewart writes:

"When we [at STRATFOR] discuss threats along the U.S.-Mexico border with sources and customers, or when we write an analysis on topics such as violence and improvised explosive devices along the border, a certain topic inevitably pops up: Hezbollah.”

Cancun Climate Summit - Top Investors With $15 Trillion: Take Action to Close `Climate Investment Gap` Now

Investors say weak U.S. policies are causing private capital to go overseas...

(BOSTON) - Along with weaker investments, the US lags behind Europe and Asia in clean energy job creation.

The world's largest global investors have a powerful message for climate negotiators in Cancun and the new U.S. Congress: take action now in the fight against global warming or risk economic disruptions far more severe than the recent financial crisis.

The Battle for World Public Opinion

(PUERTA VALLARTA) - Internationally, migration stands out as one of the most heated issues of the times.

Representatives of 146 governments met in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to discuss how public perceptions of migrants figure in the contemporary global political landscape.

Will Migrants Gain Respect?

"Civil society decries rising xenophobia that scapegoats migrants for broader societal and economic problems that are not of their making" - GFMD delegates

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Countering racism. Ratifying the Migrant Workers Convention. Doing away with exploitative guestworker systems. Assuring the rights of migrant domestic workers...

All the above were on the list of the proposals that emerged from the Civil Society Days of the Fourth Global Forum on Migration and Development this week in Mexico.

Violence and Hope in Ciudad Juárez, México

Another writer specializing in the subject will now be featured on Salem-News.com.

(CIUDAD JUAREZ) - Salem-News.com welcomes the Professor Guillermo Cervantes Ph.D. of El Paso, Texas to our team of writers.

He is the author of Ciudad Juárez 2008 - 2010 A photographic testimony of our pain, and a tireless advocate for peace in the border region dividing the U.S. and Mexico.

Climate Refugees and 21st Century Migration

Representatives from numerous NGO's brainstormed solutions to the myriad problems confronting the world's more than 200 million international migrants.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Are people who move because of climate change and/or extreme weather events migrants or refugees? Do older methods of farming and home-building hold key answers to the environmental challenges of the 21st century?

These were among the questions addressed by international delegates meeting this week for the 4th Global Forum on Migration and Development in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Ciudad Juarez News: University Students Rise Up

“Another world is possible, and we are beginning it here in Ciudad Juarez - University student

(CIUDAD, Juarez) - For months Ciudad Juarez´s Plural Citizens Front and other opponents of Mexican President Felipe Calderon's so-called drug war planned an international forum on violence and militarization in their battle-weary city.

Ironically, on the first day of the event, a bloody incident of the kind activists were protesting marred the meeting site at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez.