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 Editorials | At Issue
Mexico Tries to Reassure Voters
 Marion Lloyd
More than a month into Mexico's post-electoral nightmare, the country remains locked in legal limbo and the capital besieged by angry protesters. Not to worry, says the federal government: Mexico's future has never looked brighter.more »»»
Trauma of War vs. Crimes of War
 David Lord
Your thoughts on the Middle East War are as varied from each other as the backgrounds from which we come. For Veterans, these thoughts will be mostly remembered in the reflective light of our service in the Armed Forces, because we are at war.more »»»
Planned Protests to Expand
 Kelly Arthur Garrett
Acknowledging that their actions are inconveniencing an increasing number of people, Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) leaders on Tuesday said they will expand their civil resistance campaign across the nation.more »»»
Advocates Urge Congress to Expand Guest-Worker Opportunities
 Kevin Diaz
Congress has adjourned for the month of August without reaching an immigration deal. Republicans in the House of Representatives are holding hearings around the nation to build support for their border-security-first approach, which calls for stopping illegal immigrants at the border. No resolution in Congress is expected this election year.more »»»
López Obrador Remains Defiant
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the runner-up in Mexico's presidential election whose supporters have erected tent cities to protest the results of the July 2 vote, said Sunday that the political crisis would not be resolved by the partial recount ordered by the country's highest electoral court.more »»»
9/11 Conspiracy Theories Persist, Thrive
 Justin Pope
Five years after the terrorist attacks, a community that believes widely discredited ideas about what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, persists and even thrives. Members trade their ideas on the Internet and in self-published papers and in books.more »»»
Curtains for Conservatism
 E.J. Dionne Jr.
Is conservatism finished? What might have seemed an absurd question less than two years ago is now one of the most important issues in American politics. The question is being asked - mostly quietly but occasionally publicly - by conservatives themselves as they survey the wreckage of their hopes.more »»»
Settling, Uneasily, in the US
 Rachel L. Swarns
For generations, people in Pearson, Georgia, knew that most outsiders would drive right through this blue-collar community of tidy bungalows and mobile homes, without stopping or settling, on their way to bigger, busier places. Then Mexican immigrants started streaming in.more »»»
9-11 "Conspiracy Theorists" Vindicated
 Michel Chossudovsky
Recent revelations by members of the 9-11 Commission have far reaching implications. They confirm that the Pentagon was involved in criminal wrongdoing by deliberately distorting and/or withholding information concerning the September 2001 attacks.more »»»
Street Favorite Stage for Obrador
 Lorraine Orlandi
A month after losing a presidential election he says was stolen from him, Lopez Obrador has brought his quest for power back to the streets, the stage he seems to love best, using a strategy of civil resistance that has served him well before.more »»»
Crime, Unrest Hurting Tourism in Mexico
 Mark Stevenson
Growing political unrest and drug violence are making foreigners think twice about visiting Mexico, where the $11.8 billion tourism industry is the country's third-largest legal source of income, after oil and remittances from migrants in the United States.more »»»
PRI Reflecting on Its Identity, Path to Future
 Chris Kraul
No one needs a recount to see that the July 2 elections were a disaster for Mexico's former ruling party, and that its future as a national political force is in question. The Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, is seriously weakened.more »»»
Congressman Gonzalez Schmall is a "Liar and a Coward": Sahagun
 EFE
Marta Sahagun declared that congressman Jesus Gonzalez Schmall is "a liar and a coward," because his remarks about her have only been lies and speculation. She demands he proves what he has said or apologize.more »»»
Marta Sahagun Allowed her Sons to Rob the Nation: Congressmen
 EFE
The congressional committee investigating the alleged "traffic of influence" by the sons of the First Lady of Mexico, Marta Sahagun, said today that she backed their irregularities that constituted "highway robbery" of the nation.more »»»
9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon; Allegations Brought to Inspectors General
 Dan Eggen
Some staff members and commissioners of the Sept. 11 panel concluded that the Pentagon's initial story of how it reacted to the 2001 terrorist attacks may have been part of a deliberate effort to mislead the commission and the public rather than a reflection of the fog of events on that day, according to sources involved in the debate.more »»»
Castro Dominates Latin America Media
 BBC News
The announcement that Cuban leader Fidel Castro has temporarily handed power to his brother after surgery has created waves throughout the Latin American media.more »»»
US Dems: Bush Has Broken 26 Statutes
 Justin Rood
The Bush administration may have broken over two dozen federal laws and regulations - some of them multiple times - according to an unreleased report from the House Judiciary Committee Democrats.more »»»
In Mexico, Oral Trials to Begin for Some Crimes
 Rebeca Jiménez & María Teresa Montaño
The State of Mexico will begin using oral trials on Tuesday, in an effort to simultaneously reduce a judicial backlog in the state´s courtrooms and improve transparency in the justice system.more »»»
Mexico's Wealth Divide Keeps Kids on Street
 Catherine Bremer
Charities like JUCONI are working across the developing world to pull children out of a life of violence, fear and addiction to brain-damaging solvents. But many wonder what they are still doing in Mexico, the world's 13th-biggest economy and boasting the highest per-capita income in Latin America.more »»»
Fox Demands Respect for Mexican Citizens in US
 Presidency of the Republic
Mexico demands full respect for the rights of Mexicans in the United States, declared President Vicente Fox, stating that migrants have rights that everyone is obliged to respect.more »»»
Mexican Vote Over, Not Campaign
 Laurence Iliff
From the looks of it, Mexico's recent presidential election never happened. Leftist leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is calling on supporters to gather in the capital for his biggest rally yet. Rival Felipe Calderon plans a tour of the nation. Supporters of both exchange insults.more »»»
Myths About Overseas Voting
 PVNN
Democrats Abroad clears up some confusion for the many ex-pats who believe they can no longer vote in US elections and shows the millions of Americans living outside the US how easy it is to obtain an absentee ballot for the US 2006 Mid-Term Elections.more »»»
Child Sexual Exploitation Fuelled, Protected by Economic Clout
 Adrián Reyes
While the Mexican government is touting the imprisonment of businessman Jean Succar, accused of running a child sex ring, as evidence of its tough stance against child sexual exploitation, authorities also admit that the number of minors subjected to such crimes has increased from 16,000 to 20,000 over the last six years.more »»»
Victims Still Seek Justice in Border Deaths
 Marina Montemayor
Hollywood is paying attention, but that has done nothing to solve the many killings of young women in the desert outside the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Feeling abandoned by Mexico's state and federal governments, the victims' families are turning to international human rights organizations for some sense of justice.more »»»
Mexico Tries to Improve Absentee Voting
 Regina Reyes-Heroles
Mexico's first attempt at absentee voting was a flop, collecting a mere 33,111 ballots, but officials hope to make it cheaper and easier for Mexicans to vote from abroad in the next presidential election.more »»»
The Rush to Judgments
 David Lord
Since I have been out of Puerto Vallarta, vacationing far and wide across Mexico and the US over the last six weeks, I have a lot to write about and look forward to sharing my opinion about the breaking events that effect US Veterans living abroad.more »»»
In Mexico, Social Unrest Reflects Rising Expectations
 Sara Miller Llana
Many say that social tensions have reached a fever pitch, in part because of expectations and realities formed by the unraveling of 71 years of authoritarian rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), whose reign ended with President Vicente Fox's victory in 2000.more »»»
Mexico's Election: Lurching Toward Resolution
 Dolly Mascarenas
Calderon is doing his best to talk and act as a president-elect, but the alliance backing the center-left candidate Obrador claims its man won but the counting was crooked, and is demanding a ballot-by-ballot recount to prove their case. So, the outcome will be determined by how the electoral tribunal responds to the demand for a recount.more »»»
Mexico Moving Immigration Debate to World Stage
 Barnard R. Thompson
The Mexican media has run a number of migration related stories as of late, many tied directly to U.S. immigration and policy. Yet for the most part they received little coverage in the English language media.more »»»
400,000 Frozen Embryos
 Eleanor Clift
Sixty percent of Americans support stem-cell research (according to a recent Gallup review of polls on the subject), and when they see Bush holding up adoption as an alternative to scientific study, they know it's a false choice.more »»»
Mexican Court to Determine the Nation’s Future
 Enrique Andrade González
Mexico’s Federal Electoral Tribunal, the TRIFE, today holds in its hands the most critically important decision it has ever had to rule on. It holds in its hands the destiny of Mexican social peace and stability, in the short-term at least, and today more than the votes cast the outcome lies with the seven magistrates who will determine who is to replace Vicente Fox as President of Mexico on December 1, 2006.more »»»
Arrested Bush Dissenters Eye Courts
 Todd Dvorak
In the months before the 2004 election, dozens of people across the nation were banished from or arrested at Bush political rallies, some for heckling the president, others simply for holding signs or wearing clothing that expressed opposition to the war and administration policies. Now, federal officials and state and local authorities are being forced to defend themselves against lawsuits challenging the arrests and security policies.more »»»
Calderon Marked By Struggle for Religious Freedom
 Kevin G. Hall
The roots of Felipe Calderon's likely ascent to Mexico's presidency lie in one of the darkest periods of the country's history, when the public expression of religion was banned, Roman Catholic churches and chapels were closed and priests were forbidden to wear clerical garb or voice opinions on public affairs.more »»»
Acapulco as a Main Front in the Drug Wars
 stratfor.com
Gunmen killed former Mexican legislator Juan Jose Nogueda on July 19 after abducting him from Acapulco's main beachside street in broad daylight. The killing marks the latest incident of violence in the escalating drug war in Mexico's Pacific resort city. The war is making the popular resort destination increasingly dangerous as it continues to spread to other parts of the country.more »»»
Psychic Hoaxes: How Much Would You Pay to Remove a 'Curse' From Your Family?
 Don Dahler & Glenn Silber
It all started innocently for Jackie Haughn. She was leaving work one day last November and found a flier on her car. It was an ad from a psychic, who called herself "Ann Marie," offering readings at half price. "A couple of weeks later, I called and decided to make an appointment. It sounded interesting. I figured I have nothing to lose."more »»»
Femicides are Part of Culture
 El Universal
The percentage of females among victims of murder is alarmingly high in Mexico and is the result of "a culture and patterns of conduct that affect the entire nation," says the country´s special prosecutor for violence against women.more »»»
Map: Gay Marriage Across the US
 BBC News
Gay marriage is one of the most polarising issues in the United States. Here we outline the state of the law across the country, and look at the often intense debates which have surrounded the issue.more »»»
Humanitarian Group Now Cooperating with Border Patrol on Rescues
 Susan Carroll
Leaders of the humanitarian-aid movement have modified how they approach medical emergencies involving undocumented immigrants to avoid landing volunteers in prison.more »»»
A Lightning Rod for Venezuela's Political Strife
 Chris Kraul
Wherever politician Leopoldo Lopez goes these days, a crime wave seems to follow. He's been shot at several times, thrown to the ground and spit on. In February, armed thugs invaded a university auditorium where he was speaking and held him hostage for six hours.more »»»
Protesters Battle Over Mississippi Abortion Clinic
 Beth Walton
Hundreds of abortion-rights advocates and abortion opponents rallied in Jackson, Miss., on Sunday for the second day of a planned weeklong battle over attempts to shut down the state's last abortion clinic.more »»»
PRD Lays Out Resistance Strategies
 Kelly Arthur Garrett
The million-plus Mexicans who gathered peacefully in Mexico City´s Zócalo Sunday may have participated in history, not just for their record-setting numbers but as mass inaugurators of what´s being billed as a new and permanent pro-democracy movement.more »»»
Mexican Election Limbo Heightens Risk of Instability
 Monisha Bansal
Mexico's still-unresolved presidential election threatens the sharply divided country with instability, according to a Latin American expert from American University in Washington, D.C.more »»»
America’s New Best Friend
 Martin Sieff
After only half a year in office and constrained by his Conservative party’s lack of an overall majority in the Canadian House of Commons, Harper has already shown himself a loyal friend of the United States who shares the Bush administration’s strategic concerns akin to Britain’s Tony Blair and Japan’s Junichiro Koizumi.more »»»
Mexico's Election May Rest on 7 Votes
 Richard Boudreaux
It has been 10 years since the current tribunal was created to police an electoral system long plagued by blatant fraud. In that time, the tribunal has nullified 17 local, state and congressional elections and ruled against each of Mexico's three major parties in roughly equal proportions.more »»»
NAFTA Highway Faces Uncertain Future
 Mike Sunnucks
A proposed business-backed superhighway link between Arizona, Mexico and Canada is running into skepticism about whether it actually will be built and worries that it will result in more U.S. and Mexican job losses to China.more »»»
Return to Sender
 Daren Briscoe
The ICE Fugitive Ops teams are a growing force. At the start of 2006, there were 18 of them. That number has now more than doubled, to 38. By the end of this year there will be 52 teams, totaling more than 300 federal agents. The official purpose of the program is to provide "interior enforcement" of U.S. immigration laws.more »»»
Disputed Election Leaves Mexico Adrift
 Traci Carl
Two weeks after a still-undecided presidential election, the suspense is testing Mexico's young democracy. The highly respected Federal Electoral Institute is charged with making sure that the tug of war doesn't reverse democratic gains made since President Vicente Fox's stunning victory six years ago.more »»»
In Mexico, Followers' Zeal Keeps Candidate's Claims Alive
 Kevin Diaz
For days, thousands of people have been keeping a vigil in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, in anticipation of a rally planned for Sunday in support of Lopez Obrador's claims that the election was stolen from him.more »»»
Most Mexicans Don't Want Vote Recount
 Reuters
Most Mexicans do not agree with the losing leftist candidate's call for a vote-for-vote recount of the presidential election that gave a narrow victory to conservative Felipe Calderon, a poll showed on Saturday.more »»»
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