Culture is valued differently according to each country, and its people’s beliefs, although it is not always clear how one could measure this. According to Ernesto Piedras, in his book “¿What is the value of Culture? Economic Contribution of Copyright Protected Industries” the value of culture considers activities which are developed upon artistic and literary original creations, which are subject to copyright. Ernesto Piedras implies that cultural industries are by themselves, a sector of economic activity that shares similar characteristics to other economic activity sectors.
Although Mexico is known for its …

Mexico has made strides in the last 10 years on diminishing teenage pregnancies. A study by the Swedish doctor and researcher Hans Rosling, with data from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators Online, shows how in Mexico teenage pregnancies rate per thousand women aged 15 to 19, has significantly lowered.
Today, there are 65.84 pregnancies per thousand teen women, while in 1996, 77.8 were observed; twelve teen pregnancies less per every thousand women each year.
Overall, Latin America has still high rates of teenage pregnancy. Moreover, according to Rosling, the Americas has …

The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 has had a significant impact in all countries and, in particular, most levels of economic growth and employment have been significantly affected.
In the case of Mexico, given the close commercial link with the U.S. due to NAFTA, the effects of the mortgage crisis resulted in a lower level of exports and employment. The commercial link between the two countries is so great that the contraction of the U.S. economy impacted an economic decrease for Mexico by 6.5 per cent. This contraction rate has not …

In recent months the debate about violence in Mexico has heated up significantly. Most news channels have been giving a broad coverage on the facts of crime, which are usually focused on the issue of combating organized crime.
When it comes to human lifes, it is always difficult to speak coldly about figures. But when we need to know what really is going on, in terms of crime, we can do nothing but refer to them.
The indicator which measures the violence in a country is the number of violent deaths per …

A recent internet study has shown that internet use varies by country. For instance, in Asia, the use of the internet is in a social manner, while in the West the Internet is considered more as a tool to publish ideas and make public personal point of views.
In general, BRIC and other developing countries are the countries that demonstrate more use of the internet, although for different purposes. For example, in Asia, about 45% of Internet users write some kind of blog, but this is considered to be in a …

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded in 1945 with the aim of contributing peace and security to the world through education, science, culture and communications. The Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was founded in 1972 merging from two separate movements, the first focusing on the preservation of cultural sites, and the other dealing with the conservation of nature.
Every year the UNESCO publishes the World Heritage List, which lists objects (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, …

Mexico, according to a study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), is in fifth place in the proportion of individuals who read newspapers on the Internet for private purposes, just below Korea, Norway, Iceland and Japan, of all the 31 OECD members list.
This finding goes along with the data that inform us that the circulation of “traditional” newspaper has fallen, implying a further decline in advertising revenue. In the study “The Evolution of News and the Internet” of the OECD, it is also mentioned that both the …