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Guatemalan court action revives questions about Rios Montt's fate
MEXICO CITY— The Guatemalan high court’s decision to overturn the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt and restart his trial has revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Xi Jinping, China, Lawyers, Heads of State
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Guatemala full of questions after genocide conviction annulled
MEXICO CITY — The Guatemalan high court's decision to annul the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Tuesday revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. The...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defendants, Lawyers, Heads of State, Guatemala
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OAS study says countries should consider decriminalizing drug use
BOGOTA, Colombia — The Organization of American States said Friday that countries should consider decriminalizing drug use, a shift backed by several Latin American leaders but opposed by the United States. Decriminalization could be one of many...
Tags: Pakistan, Drug Use, Punishment, Bogota (Colombia), Mexico
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Gay rights activists in Mexico City accuse police of abuses
MEXICO CITY -- Same-sex marriage is legal in this city. Gay and lesbian couples can adopt children, and the government touts tolerance and respect for "sexual diversity" in messages posted on subway platforms and bus billboards. Yet, according to...
Tags: Gay Rights, Discrimination, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Media Industry
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Apron maker finds profitable recipe catering to chefs
Los Angeles TimesEllen Bennett launched an apron company last year not knowing how to sew and not knowing how to run a business. Now she has the world, so to speak, by the strings. "There was just the idea," says the diminutive, consistently buoyant 25-year-old who also...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Animal, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants, Mexico
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A Carlos Fuentes boom on the anniversary of his death
The Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes is the subject of a small, literary boom on the anniversary of his death. Fuentes died one year ago, May 15, 2012, at the age of 83. This week his North American publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, released more...
Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Mexico, Book, Authors
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Mexico president fires agency head over restaurant scandal
MEXICO CITY -- He’s got to be wishing that his daughter had just ordered takeout and gone home. The head of Mexico's consumer protection agency, Humberto Benitez Treviño, was fired Wednesday by President Enrique Peña Nieto, nearly three weeks...
Tags: Mexico, Television Industry, Twitter, Inc., Venezuela
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Mexico prepares for more intense eruptions from Popo volcano
MEXICO CITY— Mexico's giant Popocatepetl volcano may generate lava flows, explosions of "growing intensity" and ash that could reach miles away, the National Center for Disaster Prevention said Monday. Officials were preparing evacuation routes...
Tags: Landforms, Volcanoes, Volcanic Eruptions, Emergency Incidents, Mexico
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Two suspects arrested in death of Malcolm Shabazz in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Two waiters at a downtown Mexico City bar have been arrested and identified by prosecutors here as the “likely killers” of Malcolm Shabazz. The grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, Shabazz was beaten to death...
Tags: Justice System, Malcolm X, Lawyers, Prisons, Mexico
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Jaron Lanier takes a hard look at the wired world
Jaron Lanier has a research job with Microsoft. He won't go into specfics, but it has something to do with imagining the future and asking questions. Lanier is a longtime Silicon Valley insider whose primary occupation has been to imagine, think and ask...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Music, Amazon.com Inc., Entertainment, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Mexico's 'Popo' volcano spews ash, molten rock
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican officials are preparing evacuation routes and shelters for tens of thousands of people who live in the shadow of Popocatepetl, a giant volcano 40 miles southeast of Mexico City. "Popo," as the volcano is known, has displayed a...
Tags: Landforms, Volcanoes, Government, Malcolm X, Mexico
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Tijuana's creative youth breathing new life into La Sexta, beyond
TIJUANA — On a recent Friday night along Avenida Revolución, dense crowds of club kids, college students and stylishly dressed maquiladora workers wandered past boisterous new bars, nouvelle restaurants, mod clothing shops and funky art galleries....
Tags: Music, Electronics, Entertainment, Murder, Disc Jockeys
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