Articles for March 21-23

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SourceMex, March 21, 2012 

Senate Approves Constitutional Reform Strengthening Protections for Journalists

• More muscle for federal agencies

Climate Conditions, Herbicide Use Resulted in Sharp Drop in Number of Monarch Butterflies Wintering in Mexico this Past Season

• Drought in Texas last year a major factor
• Deforestation reduced in butterfly habitat in Mexico

Mexico Agrees to Limit Motor-Vehicle Exports to Brazil for Three years

• Limits preferable to tariffs

NotiCen, March 22, 2012

El Salvador’s Opposition Signals Comeback With Win In Municipal, Parliamentary Elections

• Eyes on the big prize
• Accepting defeat
• Voting for "faces"

Cuba’s sugar Industry Tries to Recover after Production Falls to Century-old Levels

• "No sugar, no country"
• Ancient cane fields, idle land, and food

NotiSur, March 23, 2012

Is Ecuador's Educational Revolution Discriminatory?

• Free education, teacher evaluation, and university assessment
• Entrance exams and professional placement
• Campesinos, indigenous, and Afro Ecuadorans discriminated against

Peru's Sendero Luminoso: Still a Threat?

• The new Senderismo