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Chile's Elections: A Guide
 Pascale Bonnefoy
For the first time in 20 years, Chile's center-left coalition risks being pushed out of power. Chileans go to the polls Sunday to decide who will replace President Michelle Bachelet.
Did Nafta Actually Help Mexico?
 Elisabeth Malkin
Who benefited from the North American Free Trade Agreement? Given the continuing decline in American manufacturing jobs, many people assume the winner in the accord must have been Mexico.
Chomsky Says Israel, 'US Military Base'
 Press TV
Renowned American sociopolitical analyst Noam Chomsky says Israel functions as Washington's main weapons storage base in the Middle East.
Left and Right, Pundits Applaud Obama Nobel Peace Prize Speech
 Linda Feldmann
Liberal and conservative pundits both approve of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech. They like his humility and his realism.
Court Cites Rights Failure by Mexico in Juarez Killings of Women
 Ken Ellingwood
The inter-American tribunal finds that Mexican officials failed to properly investigate the deaths of three women in a case stemming from slayings of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez.
Climate Migration Will Affect the World’s Security
 Michael Werz & Kari Manlove
African immigrants are given drinks inside a hospital tent in Los Cristianos on the Canary island of Tenerife, Spain. The Spanish government set up operations in African countries to discourage migration to Spain, which could intensify with climate change's effects.
Leftists Form Latin America Regional Movement
 Jorge Rueda
Hundreds of leftists gathered in Venezuela's capital have set plans for a regional movement in Latin America and are expressing support for insurgent groups like the rebels in Colombia.
Castro: Obama's Accepting of Nobel Prize 'Cynical'
 Associated Press
Fidel Castro is calling President Barack Obama's accepting of the Nobel Peace Prize a "cynical act," given that he is sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
Mexico's Military Anti-Drug Offensive Is "War Against the People"
 Emilio Godoy
In a report released Tuesday, the Mexican chapter of the London-based rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) stated that in its law enforcement operations, the army has committed numerous abuses, including forced disappearances, torture and extrajudicial executions. The report was published two days ahead of International Human Rights Day.
In the Middle, and On the Run
 Steve Fainaru
After losing his political immunity in the 2006 election that brought President Felipe Calderón to power, Rogaciano Alva became a target of both the government and rival drug traffickers, adding to the unrelenting carnage across the southwestern state of Guerrero, Mexico.
Copenhagen Climate Summit in Disarray After 'Danish Text' Leak
 John Vidal
Developing countries react furiously to leaked draft agreement that would hand more power to rich nations, sideline the UN's negotiating role and abandon the Kyoto protocol.
Rights Group Supports Tijuana Cops’ Case
 Sandra Dibble
Amnesty International has taken up the cause of 25 former Tijuana police officers who say they were illegally detained and tortured by military authorities.
Mexico's Witness-Protection Program: What Protection?
 Tim Padgett & Dolly Mascarenas
Thanks to movies like Goodfellas, Americans appreciate how witness-protection programs are supposed to work. A mobster may not be able to find decent marinara sauce where the feds have him hiding, but in return for his testimony, he can count on not getting whacked. But then there's witness protection in Mexico...
The Irony of Mexico’s Problems Along its Southern Border
 Sylvia Longmire
It’s interesting how observers of Mexico’s drug war often assume that the country’s biggest problems are occurring along its northern border with the United States. What many people don’t realize is that Mexico has its own southern border problems with Guatemala (and Belize), and they’re not to be taken lightly.
Sex Slave Sold for £3k on London Street
 Mike Sullivan
Pimps strike a deal on Britain's busiest shopping street - to sell a woman as a sex slave.
Abortion Remains Divisive Issue on US Health Care Reform
 Charles Babington
Buoyed by a presidential pep talk and intense rounds of negotiations, Senate Democrats hope to move closer to embracing a major health care bill this week by tackling the nettlesome issue of abortion.
Fear Dominates Life in Mexico's Deadliest City
 Julie Watson
Violent death is a part of life in Ciudad Juarez, a seedy, dust-cloaked metropolis on the banks of the Rio Grande. Bloodied bodies hang from overpasses, and children walking to school stumble across hit men filling targets with lead.
Is US Prepared to Care for More Casualties From Troop Buildup?
 David Goldstein
As the Obama administration ramps up the war in Afghanistan, veterans advocates say the government must develop a better plan to handle the wounded when they come home.
The Secret to Legal Marijuana? Women
 Daniela Perdomo
Why women have signed onto marijuana reform - and why they could be the movement's game-changers.
Chomsky Speaks on US Imperialism
 Claire Luchette
According to Noam Chomsky, all U.S. leaders are schizophrenic. Chomsky, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, came to Columbia on Thursday to discuss hypocrisy and "schizophrenia" in American foreign policy from the early settlers to George W. Bush.
 An Election Validated by Blood and Repression
 The Real News Network
Honduran coup government continues repressive tactics on election day as the resistance vows to continue to fight for a new constitution and people's rights.
Panic Erupts in Wake of New US Anti-Immigrant Law
 Valeria Fernández
Arizona community activists and religious leaders are trying to mitigate fears over a new law that would require state employees to denounce undocumented immigrants.
Rapid Increase in Law School Animal Rights Courses Reflects Growing Public Awareness
 Sherwood Ross
The number of law schools offering courses in animal rights has increased from nine to nearly 100 in this decade, reflecting a rising tide of public concern over animal well-being.
US High Court Appears Divided On Beach-Property Case
 Associated Press
The Supreme Court is weighing whether Florida homeowners must be compensated because a beach-widening project cost them their exclusive access to the Gulf of Mexico.
Mexico Cartels Buying Officials with Campaign Cash
 Mark Stevenson
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said that cartels are seeking to control territory by sinking drug money into political campaigns and buying off officials before they are even elected.
Broad Provision in US Immigration Law Results in Refugees, Asylum Seekers Being Labeled Terrorists
 William Fisher
Thousands of legitimate refugees and asylum seekers — who pose no danger to the United States and who have committed no acts of wrongdoing — are being labeled "terrorists" and their applications for protection are being denied or delayed because of overly broad "terrorism" provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Emails Reveal Pentagon Mistrust of Canada
 Ted Bridis
How much does the U.S. government really trust Canada? Maybe less than you think.
US High Court To Decide: Who Owns Preserved Beach?
 Nina Totenberg
The U.S. Supreme Court hears a major property rights case Wednesday, a case from Florida that pits the state's need to prevent beach erosion against the rights of property owners to keep ownership of the land at the water's edge.
Border Area Violence & Security Problems in the Americas
 PVNN
Border zones are incubators of criminal instability and violence. Weak state presence and the lucrative drugs trade are combining to challenge state sovereignty in acute ways.
Iberoamerican Summit Does Not Recognise Elections in Honduras
 Mario de Queiroz
The hard-line stance taken by Brazil, Argentina and most other Latin American countries has clashed with U.S. efforts to push for international recognition of the elections organised Sunday by the de facto regime in power in Honduras since the Jun. 28 coup.
Honduran Government, US Puppet: Election Expert
 Inside Costa Rica
Honduran political observer and analyst Eduardo Bahr said Monday the government elected Sunday will be a puppet of US policy in Central America.
Obama Invokes 9/11 to Explain Afghanistan Troop Surge
 Jason Leopold
After months of deliberations, President Barack Obama finally outlined his revised strategy for the Afghanistan war in a nationally televised address Tuesday night. The commander-in-chief repeatedly invoked 9/11, attempting to justify his plan to escalate the eight-year-old war.
World Aids Day: Children Still Falling Through the Cracks
 Mirela Xanthaki
While most HIV-positive people in the Western world can gain decades of good health thanks to increasingly effective drug regimens, in the developing world, nearly a third of children born with HIV are still dying before their first birthday.
The Numbers Don't Add Up in Mexico's Drug War
 Kristin Bricker
Drug seizures are down; drug production, executions, disappearances, and human rights abuses are up.
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