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 Editorials | At Issue
Ford Pardon Sealed Watergate Shut
 Larry Margasak
On a September Sunday in 1974, President Gerald Ford told the nation it was time to "shut and seal this book" of Watergate by pardoning his predecessor, Richard Nixon. Ford's stunning announcement may also have sealed his political fate.
Mexican Journalists Caught in the Crossfire of City's Drug-Cartel Wars
 Sara A. Carter
Since 1992, 13 journalists have been murdered in Mexico in connection with narcotics reporting, according to the U.S.-based nonprofit Committee to Protect Journalists, which offers detailed accounts of journalists killed around the globe.
Crossroads of Conflict
 Sara A. Carter
The mammoth globe on the World Trade Bridge spins in the glow of the Texas moon, welcoming hundreds of cargo trucks from Mexico to the United States' largest inland port. The World Trade Bridge has forever changed US-Mexico border - for good and bad.
Mexico 2006: Oaxaca, an Irreversible Crisis
 Cira Rodriguez Cesar
The Oaxaca social conflict that broke on May 22 in Mexico, with 70,000 local teachers demonstrating for higher salaries, became the most significant political, social crisis in the country in the last few years.
Priest Swears, Sings and Slings a Gun as He Serves Poor Parish
 Alfredo Corchado
This jolly 240-pound man isn't dressed in red, and he doesn't rely on reindeer to pull a sled. Instead, he drives a pickup and packs a .38 pistol as he delivers toys. And though he looks like a cowboy, he's a man of the cloth.
Nativists Fan Flames of Immigration Debate
 NewsMax.com
Nativist activism has been around for centuries in the United States. Some analysts trace it to the gangs who battled newcomers on the streets of New York in the 1800s, while others date it to the Ku Klux Klan's rants against Mexican immigrants in the last century.
Private Schools Reflect Family Status, Values
 Carol Rosenberg
It all starts with the right school. The children of Mexico's elite, like those across Latin America, go to private schools chosen according to their family values.
US: Calderon Showing 'Guts'
 Alfredo Corchado & Tim Connolly
Mexican President Felipe Calderón has been in office less than a month, but already U.S. officials and analysts are buoyed by his first steps to impose the rule of law and use his political skills to broker deals with a divided Congress.
Lies and Obfuscations
 Eleanor Clift
In the spirit of holding our political leaders accountable, this year-end review will tabulate the worst lies told by Bush and company, along with several stories that were underreported in the media.
Santa Defrocked for Being a Fat Drunk
 Isaac Guzman
Santa Claus may bring lots of joy and toys to children around the world, but as far as the Catholic Church in Guadalajara is concerned, he's a fat drunk.
Mexican Soldiers Swarming Drug Plantations Find Hybrid Marijuana Plant
 Mark Stevenson
Soldiers trying to seize control of one Mexico's top drug-producing regions found the countryside teeming with a new hybrid marijuana plant that can be cultivated year-round and cannot be killed with pesticides.
Making a Life in the US, but Feeling Mexico’s Tug
 Julia Preston
Reporters and a photographer from The New York Times spent a week in October following Mrs. Rodríguez and two of her sisters, all of whom speak primarily Spanish, to chronicle the American immigration experience through the turbulent, intertwined lives of one family from Mexico.
Parents and English Only?
 Domenico Maceri
Unlike other countries where being bilingual is viewed as an asset, in the U.S. the bias is toward English and English only. Sadly, when parents of immigrant kids act on their bias toward English they may not be doing their offspring a favor.
Fear and Hope in Immigrant’s Furtive Existence
 Lizette Alvarez
Verónica keeps her foot steady on the pedal. She turns onto a side street, where trouble is easier to avoid. A yellow traffic light flashes and she stops; running it is not an option.
Report: Echeverría Planned Attack
 El Universal
The killing of hundreds of demonstrating students on Oct. 2, 1968, was entirely planned and overseen by then- Interior Secretary Luis Echeverría, according to court documents cited in last month´s decision to accept genocide charges filed against him.
Survey Says Hispanic is Common Choice
 Tom Ragan
According to a recent survey conducted by several college professors around the greater Southwest, most people of Spanish origin prefer to be called Hispanic instead of Latino.
Mexican Government Getting Tough on Drug Cartels
 Susana Seijas
A week after Mexico´s new president, President Felipe Calderon, sent over 7,000 troops to Michoacan, a state riddled with drug violence, the Mexican government announced the capture of a well-known drug lord. Susana Seijas has been monitoring developments and files this report for VOA.
Tax Leads Americans Abroad to Renounce U.S.
 Doreen Carvajal
She is a former marine, a native Californian and, now, an ex-American who prefers to remain discreet about abandoning her citizenship. After 10 years of warily considering options, she turned in her United States passport last month without ceremony, becoming an alien in the view of her homeland.
On the Run
 Paul Meyer & Stella M. Chávez
The mayor watches the abuses arrive at his city in the Sonoran Desert, the illicit gateway to Arizona. There was the man who forced his sister to sleep with their coyote. The mother who put her young girl to work selling roses down by the railroad tracks. The 6-month-old baby smuggled into a land that has reduced thousands of men to sun-scorched remains.
Long Hours, Low Pay are Standard in Mexico
 Arizona Republic
Welcome to a typical life in Mexico: a world of long hours, low pay and prices that are much higher than in the United States. It is those economic pressures that drive Mexicans to the United States and that lie at the heart of the illegal immigration problem.
Mexico Could Drop Revolutionary Ban on Reelection
 Gunther Hamm
While many nations bar presidential re-election, Mexico also bans consecutive terms for legislators, which is rare and, some say, outdated. It now faces growing calls for change.
Concerns Rising Over Education
 The Herald Mexico
The Calderón administration´s proposed 4.5 billion-peso cut in education funding has set off a firestorm of negative reactions, and this week the United Nations offered its own criticism.
Mexico Decries Abuses of Migrant Workers
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Mexican President Felipe Calderon acknowledged Wednesday that many of the illegal migrants from Central and South America who pass through Mexico on their way to the United States are abused by criminals and by authorities.
Pinochet's Death Spares Bush Family
 Robert Parry
Gen. Augusto Pinochet's death on Dec. 10 means the Bush Family can breathe a little bit easier, knowing that criminal proceedings against Chile's notorious dictator can no longer implicate his longtime friend and protector, former President George H.W. Bush.
After an American Dies, the Case Against His Killers Is Mired in Mexican Justice
 James C. Mckinley Jr. & Colin Moynihan
Besides underscoring how infrequently killings of journalists and antigovernment protesters are solved in Mexico, the case has drawn widespread attention because it reveals the sad clash of left-wing idealism, personified in Mr. Will, a bearded 36-year-old originally from Illinois, with the murky realities of Mexican politics.
It´s a Blue Christmas for Many Mexican Migrants
 Jose Miguel Leyva
Separated by a border that has become harder and harder to cross, many immigrants must make the agonizing choice between staying away from family south of the border or risk not being able to return to their jobs in the United States.
Texas Waits to See if Calderon Will Back Up Tough Talk on Cartels
 David McLemore
Newly inaugurated Mexican President Felipe Calderon talks tough on law and order, and he acted tough in arresting the leaders of a violent protest in the southern state of Oaxaca. Texas leaders only hope that the tough-on-crime policies extend to lawlessness along Mexico's northern border.
Death of U.S. Activist-Journalist in Mexico Highlights Role of Indy Media
 Associated Press
The shocking video in which Bradley Roland Will recorded his own death made him a hero not only to the leftist movement he was covering, but also to a growing army of independent activist-journalists both covering and participating in social movements around the world.
Return Fire from the Right
 Greg Miller
The conservative New York Post tabloid doctored a front-page photo to depict the co-chairmen of the Iraq Study Group in primate fur, under the headline "Surrender Monkeys," inspired by a frequently quoted line from "The Simpsons."
Femicide: The Killing of Women and Girls
 CitizenShift
Femicide is the systematic and deliberate killing of women and girls and it's happening worldwide. It's the murder of women in Mexico, Guatemala and Canada, too often the end result of domestic violence that occurs behind the closed doors of every neighbourhood in every country in the world.
Fox´s Human-Rights Crusade Left Unfulfilled
 El Universal
President Vicente Fox left office Friday and one of the biggest hopes of his historic 2000 election went unfulfilled. Every one of the politicians, police officers, soldiers and intelligence agents responsible for the killings and tortures of Mexico´s recent authoritarian past will have gone unpunished.
Richest 2 Percent Own Half the Wealth
 Andrew Walker
The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of all household wealth, according to a new study by a United Nations research institute. The report, from the World Institute for Development Economics Research at the UN University, says that the poorer half of the world's population own barely 1% of global wealth.
Calderon's Cauldron
 Jorge Castaneda
Most Mexican commentators believe that it should be relatively easy for Mr Calderon to improve on the largely self-inflicted failure of outgoing president Vicente Fox's term. Mexico needs to grow at roughly twice the rate that it did under Mr Fox.
Freedom of Speech in English Only?
 Domenico Maceri
In the "good old days" some immigrant kids were hit by teachers for speaking a language other than English. Teachers don't hit kids these days but speaking a language other than English can get them in trouble.
Two Officials Suspected in Shooting of U.S. Journalist Released
CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists renewed its appeal to Mexican federal authorities this week to take over the investigation into the killing of U.S. journalist Bradley Roland Will after two local officials suspected in his shooting were freed.
Ruling Class Instability, Working-Class Struggle in Mexico
 Monica Ruíz
The rumblings of class warfare in Mexico are loud and growing. Millions of poor and working people are in motion against that country’s U.S.-backed ruling elite and its political hold on the masses.
Mexican Court Reinstates Former President Echeverría's Arrest Warrant
 Nathalie Hrizi
A Mexican court reinstated an arrest warrant for former Mexican president Luis Echeverría on Nov. 30. Echeverría was the interior minister when he directed the 1968 police massacre of an unarmed protest by students and workers in the Plaza de Las Tres Culturas in the Tlatleco district of Mexico City.
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