Monday May 20 | Film Comment
Daily Buzz: The Responsible Violence of Escalante's "Heli"
Mexican director Amat Escalante became unexpected poster child for his home country in the early days of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Tale of Mexican drug violence rattles Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival has had its first shock to the system, in the shape of Mexican director Amat Escalante's unsparingly violent drug war drama "Heli." The story of the devastation wreaked by narco-violence on an ordinary Mexican family, the movie paints such a bleak picture that one journalist told its director Thursday that she had cancelled ... (more)
Brainbuster - " Make your brain tingle
Cinco De Mayo is coming up soon, and there will be several celebrations surrounding that Mexican event.
30 countries that have MOST mobile phones
There were 12.4 million mobile-phone subscribers all across the world in 1990, but this figure jumped to more than six billion in 2011, according to Wikipedia .
New citizens express happiness, sense of accomplishment
With smiles on their faces and small American flags in their hands, 25 Bakersfield residents accepted their United States Citizenship certificates at the Bakersfield Adult School Friday morning where their swearing-in ceremony was held.
Honda to build new CVT plant in Mexico; initial capacity 350k units
US immigration debate hits home in...
Most of the local men have already trekked down the mountain and left the rural hamlet of Los Huesos in central Mexico in search of a better life in United States.
UPDATE 2-Canadian miners cut jobs, spending as metal prices fall
Canadian miner Endeavour Silver Corp said it would cut jobs and defer capital expenditure to reduce costs at its three mines in Mexico, anticipating lower metal prices this year.
Cerro Resources NL Files Financial Statements for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2013
The Quarterly Report includes information regarding the transaction with Primero Mining whereby Shareholders and Option holders will be meeting on Tuesday, 30 April, along with progress and exploration update.
Brainbuster - " Make your brain tingle
Cinco De Mayo is coming up soon, and there will be several celebrations surrounding that Mexican event.
After a hapless and perhaps unprofitable four-year sojourn in the United States, the desiccated corpses of 36 humans have returned to Guanajuato, the central highlands city where their hearts last beat.
Immigrant Phoenix sisters see future with DREAM
Last June, the Obama Administration introduced a plan to give certain young illegal immigrants relief from deportation and the opportunity to work legally in the United States.
Female Homicides on the Rise in Mexico
Violeta, an 18-year-old student, was found [es] dead on a dirt road in the state of Chiapas with signs of violence on her body.