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The PTA arrives in Mexico's schools

Parent-teacher associations are the face of the US public school system, but it is only recently that parents are starting to penetrate the hallways of Mexico's schools.
Latin America Monitor
How Mexico's Zapatista guerrillas stayed clear of organized crime

Mexico's Zapatistas are distinct from most other rebels groups in Latin America, having remained within a democratic framework without getting involved in organized crime to secure funding.
Change Agent
Bringing new solutions to old problems of midwifery, maternal mortality

The mission-driven, for-profit venture, Maternova, aims to use the data-dissemination powers of technology to reach maternity care workers most in need of resources in order to combat one of the leading causes of death for women globally, maternal mortality.
Latin America Monitor
Hundreds flee drug violence - and their homes - in Mexico

The number of internally displaced people in Mexico pales in comparison to those forced to flee rural areas of Colombia, for example, but the number is growing.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/18
Latin America Monitor
More than 500 migrants found crammed in trailers in Mexico

The migrants, en route to the US, were recently found crammed into two trailer trucks in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 05/08
Leftwing activists flock to Venezuela to soak up the socialist 'revolution'

Like Havana, Cuba, and Chiapas, Mexico, before it, Caracas draws liberals from around the world who want to experience Hugo Chavez's experiment in socialism.