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» Q&A: Cuban Vaccines Cross Borders, But Barriers Remain
Even today, many years after it was proved effective, the Cuban vaccine against meningitis B is still ignored by industrialised countries, whose medical literature usually states there is no immunisation against that strain of the disease.
» Mexican Fishers Throw a Lifeline to Lobsters
Faced with the voracious international demand for lobsters from the Mexican Pacific and Atlantic, fishers and environmental organisations have come together to institute sustainable lobstering practices -- although the financial benefits are slow in coming.
» MIGRATION-MEXICO: A Cemetery without Tombstones or Epitaphs
With a backpack full of dreams, Gelder Lizardo Boche, a 17-year-old from Guatemala, set out for the United States on Aug. 9 from his hometown of San Antonio La Paz, with two brothers-in-law.
» NICARAGUA: Extreme Poverty Falls - But Opposition Asks 'How'?
An independent study has confirmed that extreme poverty in Nicaragua fell by 7.5 percentage points between 2005 and 2009, an achievement clouded by criticism of the environmental costs, a supposed lack of transparency and the paternalism of the country's social programmes.
» LABOUR-MEXICO: Employment Agencies Multiply, But Regulation Lags
The global economic crisis has taken its toll in Mexico, as elsewhere, leading thousands of people to turn to private employment agencies to find jobs -- even though some of their labour rights may be left unprotected.
