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 Editorials
President Fox, Government Fail Mexico's People
 Ruben Navarrette
President Vicente Fox has fans on both sides of the border. Jose Gonzalez isn't one of them. For Gonzalez the Fox presidency is a letdown. The main reason: Not enough jobs have been created in Mexico and so more people than ever are fleeing to the United States.more »»»
Don't Bite the Hands that Feed Us
 Dick Meister
This much is clear about the confusing many-sided debate over immigration law reform: Whatever Congress finally comes up with - if it manages to come up with anything - is certain to victimize hundreds of thousands of our most important workers.more »»»
Block the Vote
 NYTimes
In a country that spends so much time extolling the glories of democracy, it's amazing how many elected officials go out of their way to discourage voting. States are adopting rules that make it hard, and financially perilous, for nonpartisan groups to register new voters.more »»»
Stepping Over the Line
 Joseph Contreras
As tough as the United States can be for workers who slip in from south of the border, Mexico is in a poor position to criticize. The problem goes far beyond the predatory gantlet of thugs and crooked cops facing defenseless transients. There's ample precedent in Mexico for just about everything the United States is — or isn't — doing.more »»»
Meddling in Mexican Elections Could Cause Chaos
 Kenneth Emmond
Would anyone expect U.S. President George W. Bush to stand down from promoting the Republican presidential candidate in 2008? Unlike the U.S., Mexico has a rule that sitting presidents cannot campaign. Like many apparently absurd rules, this one has its roots in history.more »»»
Fox Visit May Impact Elections in California
 Carla Marinucci
The visit of Mexican President Vicente Fox to the state Capitol last week provided some enduring - and often emotional - snapshots that dramatized just how the trip will continue to resonate during California's election year.more »»»
The Flipside of Immigrant Dreams: Broken Families
 Adriana Garcia
For illegal immigrants in the United States, the flip side of the American dream is that mothers, fathers and children are split up across borders - often for years. With no documents that would allow them to leave the United States to visit their relatives and salaries that start at $5 per hour, they find it almost impossible to return home.more »»»
Playing the Impeachment Card
 William Rivers Pitt
For now, it is enough to be amused by the smell of fear emanating from the GOP. This newest tactic - warning people about the potential for impeachment - begs one simple question: if they have nothing to hide, what are they afraid of?more »»»
Borders Without Visas
 Tim Cavanaugh
Let's allow the North American Free Trade Agreement to live up to its promise and permit citizens of Canada, the United States and Mexico to move and work freely among the three countries.more »»»
So How Far to the Left is AMLO of Mexico?
 Allan Wall
Is Mexico’s Party of the Democratic Revolution, the PRD, presidential candidate Andres Manual Lopez Obrador (AMLO) a menace? Might his election be a threat to the United States?more »»»
Mexicans See Insult, Danger in Border Plan
 Monica Campbell
Across Mexico, the border-security plan President Bush announced Monday as part of his immigration agenda has made him few friends here.more »»»
Analyst Lambastes Hopefuls
 Jonathan Roeder
The three leading candidates and the president were the main targets of political analyst Denise Dresser´s criticism when she spoke at a breakfast organized by the American Chamber Mexico and attended by several hundred Mexican and international business leaders.more »»»
Bush's Immigration Speech Is Bad Policy, Bad Politics
 Marc Cooper
One of the nation's leading experts on immigration policy writes that Bush's May 15 speech "had nothing to do with actual border policy and everything to do with domestic electoral politics."more »»»
What Will It Take?
 Marjorie Cohn
Recent revelations indicate that the President of the US continues to flout the law. What will it take for Congress to exercise its Constitutional authority to stop the president when he has gone too far?more »»»
Did W Just Push Mexico Left?
 Steve Cobble
No one in the U.S. media seems very interested, but there's a close 3-way Presidential race going on in Mexico right now, with an election in July. So who is most likely to benefit when current President Fox's good buddy Bush puts troops along the border?more »»»
Mexico, Up for Grabs
 Jorge G. Castaneda
Contrary to recent expectations, Mexico has a competitive presidential election on its hands. With about two months to go before the July 2 vote, former front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the populist ex-mayor of Mexico City, has lost his lead in the polls and, most important, the aura of inevitability.more »»»
A Young Marine
 David Lord
When speaking to a young Marine in recovery at the Army's Burn Center in Texas, I thought to myself "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do." Jesus said that on the cross. I say it to President Bush and Vice President Cheney for sending our soldiers into Iraq.more »»»
At the Zócalo, May 1st, Marcos Warns the Rich: “We’re Taking Everything!”
 Bertha Rodríguez Santos
A new glimmer of hope shone in the streets of Mexico, carrying the will of the people to build a new country through a national rebellion. It blossomed from the hearts and minds of thousands of men, women, children and the elderly.more »»»
Gringos No Longer
 Michael Ackley
While (illegal) immigrants in the United States were demonstrating in their "Day Without (llegal) Immigrants," the few Mexicans remaining south of the border were observing a "Day Without Gringos." Yes, they really used the term "gringos."more »»»
All Smoke, No Fire in Bolivia
 William Powers
Out for a stroll here this past Monday, I stopped in my tracks. Bolivian soldiers had surrounded my local gas station, where a banner read, "Property of the Bolivian State." Latin America's newest populist leader, President Evo Morales, had just issued a decree nationalizing Bolivia's petroleum.more »»»
Ridicule and Contempt
 Sidney Blumenthal
The most scathing public critique of the Bush presidency and the complicity of a craven press corps was delivered at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday by a comedian.more »»»
The Big Question: Should We Be Worried by the Rise of the Populist Left in South America
 David Usborne
How far-reaching is the populist left tilt in Latin America? The pattern is real and is perhaps best traced back to the coming to power of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela eight years ago, who takes Fidel Castro of Cuba as his mentor.more »»»
The Voices of Immigrants Must Be Heard
 David Bacon & Nativo Lopez
On Monday, May 1, over a million people filled the streets of Los Angeles, with hundreds of thousands more in Chicago, New York, and cities and towns throughout this country. Immigrants feel their backs are against the wall, and are coming out of their homes to show it.more »»»
One of the Costliest Military Engagements in US History
 David Lord
If Congress passes the emergency spending request that's before the Senate, the cost of military operations since the 9-11 terrorist attacks will top $439 billion, with $320 billion of that for the Iraq war alone, according to a report this week by the Congressional Research Service.more »»»
Peru's Looming Disaster
 NYTimes
The revolt of Latin American voters against the political class began in Peru in 1990, with the election of an obscure agronomy professor named Alberto Fujimori. The anti-establishment mood has spread, leading to populist soldiers and a coca grower taking the presidencies of Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia.more »»»
As We See It: After the Marches and Boycott
 santacruzsentinel.com
Now that the great boycott and demonstration of May 1 is history, it's fair to ask: What comes next for this country's immigration discussion? The event Monday was remarkable in a number of ways.more »»»
Hispanics Show The Natives How Vital They Are
 Tim Reid
Promising the largest mass boycott and protest since the civil rights era of the 1960s, millions of America’s Hispanic immigrants will refuse to work on May 1 to demonstrate just how reliant the country is on its 11 million illegal workers to brew its Starbucks coffee, build its homes, trim its hedges and clean its kitchens.more »»»
Immigration Flood Unleashed by NAFTA
 Roger Bybee & Carolyn Winter
The recent ferment on immigration policy has been so narrow that it has excluded the real issue: family-sustaining wages for workers both north and south of the border.more »»»
Impeaching Bush, State by State
 Evan Derkacz
Forget bird flu, impeachment is spreading across the nation, state by state. On Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Dave Zuckerman dropped the third of three nearly unreported bombshells on the Bush administration.more »»»
Removing America's Blinders
 Howard Zinn
Now that most Americans no longer believe in the war, now that they no longer trust Bush and his Administration, now that the evidence of deception has become so overwhelming, we might ask: How come so many people were so easily fooled?more »»»
Mexico: An Uprising Against the Inevitable
 Laura Carlsen
The indigenous insurrection of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation on January 1, 1994, produced shock waves throughout the world. For much of Mexican society, the response was twofold and simultaneous: fear and exhilaration.more »»»
The Awakening of First World Mexican-Americans
 Enrique Andrade González
Like it or not, we are facing one of the most important popular movements in recent years, one that will make a future difference on two worlds that are irreversibly entwined by geography and economies, and less and less separated by their people.more »»»
Real Americans Pout, Don't Protest
 Rosa Brooks
Over the last few weeks, it's become obvious that the immigrant community is seriously out of the American cultural mainstream. Mainstream Americans don't go in for protest marches anymore.more »»»
Illegal Alien Protests: Trading Mexican Flags for American Flags
 Josh Hart
The first protests by illegal aliens and their supporters were met with quite a bit of anger from the American voter. Besides the obvious reasons of border security and law breakers demanding amnesty, the vast majority of the marchers carried Mexican flags.more »»»
Answers, Mr. Cheney
 Chicago Tribune
United States Vice President Dick Cheney is among the most secretive members of the Bush administration. But he's been in his bunker long enough. It's time for him to answer some questions - and not in the friendly venue of Fox News.more »»»
Political Upheaval
 Nadia Martinez
In election after election, Latin Americans are choosing leaders who promise a shift from traditional elite-driven politics to more participatory and active democracies that focus on fulfilling the needs of the poor.more »»»
Cindy Sheehan Responds to Congressman's Attacks
 Cindy Sheehan
Congressman Kingston,
How dare you psychoanalyze me and call me a "nutcase!" How dare you call me a beatnik and lie about me in your blog!more »»»
The Love Left Behind
 Sonia Nazario
Regardless of the law, regardless of the danger and pain, millions of women come to the United States from Mexico and Central America and send dollars to the children they leave behind. And after years apart, their children often make their own harrowing journey to find them.more »»»
Deciphering U.S. Policy Toward Cuba
 Peter Mckenna
The U.S.-based Latin American Studies Association recently concluded its International Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hundreds of academics, NGO representatives and interested observers from all over the world. One of the most glaring omissions from the Congress was the participation of some 60 Cuban scholars.more »»»
Sheriff Bush Blinks in a Mexican Stand-off
 Andrew Sullivan
When President George W Bush visited Mexico last week for a summit with its president, Vicente Fox, it was just like the good old days. Before 9/11 Bush’s primary foreign policy focus was going to be Mexico. He knew the place well, having been a border-state governor.more »»»
Viva La Immigration Debate
 Maria Luisa Tucker
Friday, as eight states recognized Cesar Chavez Day as an official holiday, some groups recalled Chavez's memory in their own fight for legislation that would provide 11 million undocumented immigrants with a path toward citizenship.more »»»
The New Civil Rights Movement
 Marjorie Cohn
In a wave of mass protest not seen since the 1960s, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets to demand justice for the undocumented. An unprecedented alliance between labor unions, immigrant support groups, churches, and Spanish-language radio and television has fueled the burgeoning civil rights movement.more »»»
Twilight of Tax Privacy
 NYTimes
For most people, the apparently hard-wired human reluctance to pay taxes is overcome by the knowledge that it's illegal not to. The Internal Revenue Service, in turn, is legally bound to keep tax returns private.
For now, anyway.more »»»
Making Their Voices Heard
 LATimes
Downtown Los Angeles hosted the most awe-inspiring political rally in recent California history Saturday as an estimated half a million people came together peacefully. The ostensible reason was to protest harsh anti-immigration legislation being considered in Washington.more »»»
Potable Politics
 Van Ferrier
The 4th World Water Forum has drawn to a close in Mexico City, but the debate over who will provide clean drinking water in regions throughout the country has only just begun.more »»»
Apocalyptic President
 Sidney Blumenthal
In his latest PR offensive President Bush came to Cleveland, Ohio, this week to answer the paramount question on Iraq that he said was on people's minds: "They wonder what I see that they don't."more »»»
On the Third Anniversary
 Cindy Sheehan
We need to strive together every day to bring our troops home and turn our mourning into celebration and our depression into joy. Honor the dead. Protect the living. End the war.more »»»
Who Will be Presidential Marathon Man?
 Oakland Ross
Some might call it panic. Only a few weeks into Mexico's marathon presidential race, and already certain stalwarts of the country's pre-eminent vote-getting machine are having major misgivings about their man.more »»»
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