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Binational Effort Needed to Stop Smuggling
 El Paso Times
Mexican authorities are becoming increasingly concerned about the flow of firearms into their country, weapons that mostly end up in the hands of violent drug cartels. This also is a concern for U.S. authorities.
Mexican Fiscal and Electoral Reforms Move Forward
 Allan Wall
After months of hoopla and horse trading, the Mexican Congress has finally approved reforms in fiscal policy and electoral law. The passage of these reforms demonstrates the necessity of negotiations in the Mexican Congress.
Restoring American Justice
 The New York Times
In 2006, acting in reckless haste before an election, 65 senators and 250 members of the House defied the Constitution, endangered the safety of American soldiers and hurt the nation’s global reputation by passing the Military Commissions Act.
Death in the Desert
 The Arizona Daily Wildcat
Although the most unforgiving months of the Arizona summer have come and passed, the harsh climate and rough terrain of the Sonoran Desert along the United States-Mexico border are continuing to take a record toll in human lives.
Mr. Chávez's Neighborhood
 Duncan Currie
Venezuela's cocksure president, Hugo Chávez, might take a sobering glance through the latest Pew Global Attitudes Survey, conducted this spring and released over the summer. Of the seven Latin American nations polled, a majority expressed little or no confidence in Chávez "to do the right thing regarding world affairs."
Pipeline Bombs
 Economist.com
A series of attacks on September 10th on Mexico’s natural-gas pipelines have dealt the country a triple blow: they have crippled affected businesses, caused losses to the state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos and hurt the government of President Felipe Calderón.
It Only Takes 51 Senators to End This War
 Robert Naiman
Regardless of the spin and counter-spin around the various Iraq reports, a key domestic political fact - perhaps the most fundamental fact - is once again being buried in the debate. It only takes 51 Senators to end the Iraq war, regardless of how many are prepared to cut off funding.
Recession Time! The Housing Bubble Bursts the Economy
 Dean Baker
The downturn in jobs reported last month by the Labor Department provided evidence of an economic downturn that even the economy's greatest cheerleaders could not ignore. Healthy economies do not shed jobs.
The Power of Multiplication in Mexico
 Beatriz Zavala, Amalia García & Christina Gold
As the immigration debate rages on, hardly enough attention is given to the underlying causes of human flight. People in underdeveloped countries relocate primarily to improve their economic condition and provide for their families.
Calderon Offers a Self-Help Message for Mexicans
 Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Americans and Mexicans have more in common than you might imagine, and that's not necessarily a positive thing. People in both countries respond to illegal immigration into the United States in ways that are dishonest, insulting and counterproductive, and they spend too much time blaming each other for situations they helped create.
As 9/11 Draws Near, a Debate Rises: How Much Tribute Is Enough?
 N. R. Kleinfield
Again it comes, for the sixth time now. Again there will be the public tributes, the tightly scripted memorial events, the reflex news coverage, the souvenir peddlers. Is all of it necessary, at the same decibel level — still?
The Dirty Toilet Principle: The Fed and the Housing Bubble
 Dean Baker
We all know the dirty toilet principle. If the toilet is dirty, the custodian gets fired. That's the way it works for most people. If you mess up on the job, there are consequences. And if you mess up big time, there are serious consequences. However, that's not the way it works for the people who set the country's monetary policy at the Fed.
The Day of the President
 S. Lynne Walker
While President Felipe Calderón ticked off his “to-do” list before a handpicked crowd in the National Palace Sunday, riot police and chanting protesters outside reminded Mexicans their democracy is still fragile.
On the Holiday, We Can't Forget Workers' Struggles Are Not Over
 Mike Dunbar
In 1882, some workers (there's still an argument over exactly who) had the idea that they deserved a day off. So, on the first Monday of September, they put down their tools and took it. Labor Day was born.
Terror Calls Mexico
 Investor's Business Daily
War On Terror: Mexico may think its differences with the U.S. and status as a nonaligned country somehow shield it from the global war on terror. But last week's evacuation of its tallest building shows it too is a target.
A Sobering Census Report: Americans' Meager Income Gains
 The New York Times
The Census Bureau reported yesterday that median household income rose 0.7 percent last year - it's second annual increase in a row.
These Countries That Are Buying Up the Planet
 Frédéric Lemaître
For two decades, globalization has rhymed with liberalization and privatization. That's over, or very nearly so. Tomorrow, by a strange reversal of the situation, globalization will rhyme more and more with nationalizations.
Bush Gets Away With Lies, Lies and More Lies in History-Illiterate America
 Larry Beinhart
George Bush and other Iraq War supporters have argued that if we withdraw from Iraq the result will be like the killing fields of Cambodia - an odd comparison considering that the US has direct responsibility for that holocaust.
Maneuvering for State of the Union Address
 Allan Wall
On September 1st, as required by law and custom, the president of Mexico delivers his "Informe Presidencial," the Mexican State of the Union address. Though it hasn't yet been held, this year's informe is already fraught with controversy.
The New Plan for Immigration Raids
 David Bacon
About 12 million people living in the US have no legal immigration status. Most of them work. In order to get hired, they have to present a Social Security number to their employer. Some use invented numbers, while others borrow existing numbers that belong to someone else. This causes no harm to others - if anything, it subsidizes the Social Security fund.
Privatizing Misery, Deporting and Imprisoning Migrants for Profit
 Brenda Norrell
Another industry has been privatized in the United States by the Bush administration. This time it is the transportation of migrants for deportation. The Wackenhut Corporation, whose buses wait along the border to be filled with migrants for deportation, is actually a subsidiary of the Danish security corporation G4S in Denmark.
Population Decrease: Solution to Illegal Immigration?
 Domenico Maceri
In the 60’s Italians emigrated to other countries in search of jobs. Today, due to population changes, people from other countries are looking for work in Italy. Will the same thing happen to Mexico in the near future, solving the immigration “problem” the U.S. faces?
Not So Fast, Christian Soldiers
 Michael L. Weinstein & Reza Aslan
Maybe what the war in Iraq needs is not more troops but more religion. At least that's the message the Department of Defense seems to be sending.
Why Cheney Really Is That Bad
 Scott Ritter
It is high time all of America put Dick Cheney fully in the spotlight of collective accountability, purging our nation of this scourge which has harmed us in so many ways.
What the Rise of Democratic Movements in Latin America Means for the Rest of the World
 Nadia Martinez
As the people of Latin America build democracies from the bottom up, the symbols of power are changing. What used to be emblems of poverty and oppression - indigenous clothing and speech, the labels "campesino" and "landless worker" - are increasingly the symbols of new power.
Dissatisfaction Fuels US Presidential Race
 Peter J. Woolley
Don't assume that 2008 will represent an easy Democratic win over the Republicans. It may be far more interesting than that. Whenever dramatic change undermines America's broad political consensus, the familiar two-party system fractures into a multi-sided contest.
The Sole Superpower in Decline: The Rise of a Multipolar World
 Dilip Hiro
With not even a decade of this century behind us, we are already witnessing the rise of a multipolar world in which new powers are challenging different aspects of American supremacy - Russia and China in the forefront, with regional powers Venezuela and Iran forming the second rank.
Help Mexico with Costs of the Drug War
 Michael Shifter
For the health of our southern neighbor's nascent democracy and the strengthening of our own border controls, it is fundamental that the United States and Mexico enhance their cooperation.
Aid That Won't Help Mexico
 Ethan Nadelmann
President Bush and Mexican President Felipe Calderon could reach an agreement as early as Monday that would put American taxpayers on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in counter-narcotics aid to Mexico. It is a familiar game.
Tri-National Meeting of Harper, Bush, and Calderon in Montebello, Québec
 CNW Telbec
On August 20-21, US President Bush and Mexican President Calderon join Canadian Prime Minister Harper to push forward the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" (SPP), a business-led NAFTA plus agenda.
Is "Plan Mexico" the New "Plan Colombia"?
 Allan Wall
Current negotiations between the U.S. and Mexican governments may lead to some major U.S. aid package for Mexico in its war against the drug cartels. In fact, it may amount to a Mexican version of “Plan Colombia.”
Mexico's Democracy Tries to Get Its Bearings
 Caller-Times
The latest elections in Baja California seem to indicate that Mexico's democracy is still trying to find its legs. The election, following the tumultuous 2006 presidential election, was another indication of the shake out of three-way politics in Mexico.
Even if Calls Not Tapped, Our Fear Is
 Diane Carman
Edith Williams is certain that her phone is being tapped, and nobody can convince her otherwise. I wouldn't dare try. Still, it makes no sense that the government is interested in the 80-year- old woman's conversations about the weather, her health and, of course, politics with her sister in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Drug Arrest in US has Global Implications
 Caller-Times
The arrest of a 44-year-old Chinese-born Mexican citizen in a Washington, D.C., suburb has become big news in Mexico. And so has the discovery of $207 million in cash hidden in the walls of the man's lavish Mexico City home.
Migration and Development: Lessons From the Mexican Experience
 Raúl Delgado-Wise & Luis Eduardo Guarnizo
The relationship between international migration and development has caught the attention of governments and international organizations, such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. According to some of these organizations, remittances are a fundamental resource for the development of migrant-sending countries.
A Bridge Collapses
 The New York Times
he nation's physical foundations seem to be crumbling beneath us. Last week, a 40-year-old interstate highway bridge collapsed in Minneapolis, plunging rush-hour traffic into the Mississippi River 60 feet below.
Hugo Chávez
 Ignacio Ramonet
Few world leaders are the objects of as hateful demolition campaigns as Mr. Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela. His enemies have stopped at nothing: coup d'état, oil strike, capital flight, assassination attempts... We haven't seen such relentlessness in Latin America since Washington's attacks against Mr. Fidel Castro.
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