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Mexico's supreme court has upheld a law allowing same-sex marriages in the capital, dealing a blow to federal prosecutors who argued that it violated the constitutional protection of the family. The justices' eight to two ruling this past week will be seen as legal victory for hundreds of gay couples who have been married in Mexico City since the landmark law took effect on March 4th.Mexico's supreme court has upheld a law allowing same-sex marriages in the... more
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President Barack Obama has largely disappointed hopes for an "equal partnership" with the countries of Latin America, according to the latest in a series of annual reports on U.S. relations with the region released this past week.President Barack Obama has largely disappointed hopes for an "equal... more
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excerpt: Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Gunmen ambushed the mayor of a Mexican municipality on Wednesday night, killing him and one of his bodyguards and wounding another escort, a government news agency reported.
Four other people were injured in the attack that killed Ramon Mendivil Sotelo, the mayor of Guadalupe y Calvo in southern Chihuahua state, the official Notimex news agency said.
more at: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/18/mexico.mayor.killed/index.htmlexcerpt: Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Gunmen ambushed the mayor of a Mexican... more
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Human rights activist Josefina Reyes was killed this past week in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez. Reyes belonged to the National Front Against Repression, a rights group that mainly investigated police and army abuses.Human rights activist Josefina Reyes was killed this past week in the Mexican border... more
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The Mexican military has convicted just one soldier of a serious human rights violation during a bloody, three-year campaign against drug traffickers while Mexico's national human rights commission has received more than 2,000 complaints about the army's conduct over that time.The Mexican military has convicted just one soldier of a serious human rights... more
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Amnesty International says Mexican authorities must carry out an impartial investigation into the torture of two members of a peasant organization in Chiapas State, after they were arrested without a warrant.Amnesty International says Mexican authorities must carry out an impartial... more
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