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 Editorials | At Issue
Mexican Economy Seen as Heart of Immigration Problem
 Monisha Bansal
Amid a growing national debate over how to deal with illegal aliens, one expert suggested Monday that the way to solve the immigration problem in the United States is to boost the Mexican economy.
Mexico's Willing Drug Fighter
 Sam Enriquez
Unfortunately for Calderon, who put the drug-trafficking battle at the top of his nation's domestic agenda, the issue that once was a staple of U.S. political speeches has fallen so far off the radar that for the first time in years it didn't warrant a mention in President Bush's State of the Union address.
Unfilled Border Tunnels Remain Tempting
 Los Angeles Times
Seven of the largest tunnels discovered under the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years have yet to be filled in, authorities said, raising concerns they could be reused for smuggling people or drugs.
America "Poised to Strike at Iran's Nuclear Sites" From Bases in Bulgaria and Romania
 Gabriel Ronay
President Bush is preparing to attack Iran's nuclear facilities before the end of April and the US Air Force's new bases in Bulgaria and Romania would be used as back-up in the onslaught, according to an official report from Sofia.
US-Mexico Interdependence Continues to Grow
 Patrick Corcoran
Mexican President Felipe Calderon made news a couple of weeks ago when he said that Mexico belongs first and foremost to Latin America. But is that true?
Twenty-Eight Journalists Killed in Eight Latin American Countries in 2006
 Hernán Uribe
Twenty-eight journalists were murdered, while five others disappeared, last year in eight Latin American countries, according to an overview of 2006 prepared by the Commission to Investigate Attacks Against Journalists, affiliated with the Latin American Federation of Journalists.
Mexico Capital Residents Can Form Civil Unions in March
 El Universal
Local authorities have predicted that a new civil union law will begin operating by the end of March. The law, approved by the Mexico City Legislative Assembly in November, allows same-sex and free-union couples, along with non-immediate family members and long-time friends or roommates, to form a common household.
Drug Gang Revolt Feared in Mexico
 Jerry Seper
In the past six months, Mexico has extradited more than 60 fugitives to the United States, including suspects wanted on murder, rape and drug trafficking charges. The extraditions prompted Antonio O. Garza Jr., the U.S. ambassador in Mexico, to say the two countries "are working together to guarantee that neither country will ever be a refuge for those who seek to escape justice."
Experts Give Calderón High Marks So Far
 Onell R. Soto
Two months into a six-year term, Mexican President Felipe Calderón is beginning work on some of his country's most vexing problems, including drug violence and the economy, political observers said yesterday.
Mexico Drug Barons Get Warning
 Dane Schiller
By deploying the army and sending top drug prisoners to the United States, President Felipe Calderón appears bent on showing the nation he's in charge and warning gangsters to end a bloody turf war.
White House Hopeful Spent Childhood Straddling Mexico's Rich, Poor Divide
 Julie Watson
White House hopeful Bill Richardson's friendship with Ernesto Miranda began when the boy in tattered clothing, carrying two buckets, knocked on the door of the Richardson family's sprawling Mexico City estate to ask for water. “Billy” asked him to stay and play.
Barack Obama: An African-American for President?
 Domenico Maceri
Speaking on international affairs is a requirement for a potential presidential candidate. And Barack Obama may be one. If he were elected, Obama, a charismatic politician, would be America's first African-American president.
Hispanics and the War in Iraq
 Pew Hispanic Center
Two out of every three Hispanics now believe that U.S. troops should be brought home from Iraq as soon as possible and only one in four thinks the U.S. made the right decision in using military force.
Severe Withdrawal Symptoms Ahead
 Diego Cevallos
Mexico is as addicted to oil as heroin addicts are to their next fix: the country depends on oil for a large proportion of its energy needs, consumes it at an unsustainable rate and goes into debt to obtain it.
Gay Rights Surface in the Mexican Desert
 Cox News Service
Many residents in the border state of Coahuila were surprised earlier this month when the legislature approved civil unions for gay couples, instantly placing Texas's neighbor on the vanguard of gay rights in the Americas.
Trying Times for the DEA
 Sam Logan
Inter-agency friction, a lack of funding and little attention on the war on drugs has the DEA struggling to keep up with the task of battling Mexican organized crime.
Ombudsman Blasts Mexico for Inaction
 The Herald Mexico
The nation´s top human rights official Wednesday blasted government authorities who fail to act on National Human Rights Commission recommendations, accusing some of rejecting the findings out of hand without even reading them.
Wealth Gap Tests Mexico's Conservative New Leader
 Sara Miller Llana
In a country with more billionaires than Switzerland, according to Forbes magazine, most Oaxacans live on the opposite side of the nation's stubborn rich-poor gap.
Bush Emphasizes Support for Freedom Cause in Cuba
 Pablo Bachelet
Cuban-American lawmakers said President Bush's mention of Cuba in his address was a sign that he will not waver on his tough position on Cuba.
Build Roads, Not Walls
 Spiegel Online
Mexican President Felipe Caldéron, 44, talks to SPIEGEL about the construction of a fence between his country and the United States 17 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Mexico's struggle against corruption and drug cartels that have infiltrated its institutions and the role populist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavéz plays in Latin America.
New Study: Mexican Political Polarization Limited to Elites Despite Contested 2006 Election
 USNewswire
New research by political scientists challenges the belief, widespread following the hotly contested 2006 presidential election, that Mexican society is divided by deep political divisions.
Mexico: Corn Feeds Discontent
 Babette Stern
The thirty percent increase over three years in the price of the tortilla, the country's basic food, and the increase in American imports have provoked demonstrations.
Mexico's Congress Can Ground President
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
The Mexican presidency comes with some nice perks: a grand residence called Los Pinos and a plush jumbo jet dubbed the Presidente Juarez. But getting the Presidente Juarez into the air isn't always easy. A quirk of Mexican law forces presidents to seek congressional approval every time they want to visit another country.
Extraditions Hit Mexico Drug Gangs, Violence Feared
 Reuters
Mexico's extradition of four major drug lords to the United States will hit the cartels' operations although it could lead to a new increase in violence, senior U.S. officials said on Monday.
Calderon Vows War on Organized Crime
 Mark Stevenson
President Calderon pledged Monday to wage a permanent war against organized crime by coordinating more closely with local police and giving all law enforcement better training, equipment and intelligence work.
Extraditions Hit Mexico Drug Gangs, Violence Feared
 Reuters
Mexico's extradition of four major drug lords to the United States will hit the cartels' operations although it could lead to a new increase in violence, senior U.S. officials said on Monday.
A New War on Mexico's Mighty Drug Cartels
 Sara Miller Llana
The number of drug cartel-related murders topped 2,100 last year, nearly double the average over the previous five years, and the problem is spilling over the border with the US, which asserts that 90 percent of drugs coming from Latin America enter through Mexico.
America's Last "Long War" Offers Lessons for Iraq, Experts Say
 Ron Hutcheson
Historians and Middle East experts say that America's last "long war," the four-decade Cold War against Soviet communism, offers some cautionary lessons as the nation debates its next moves in Iraq.
Four Tales of Those Caught in Net
 Sharon McNary
Since being trained by federal immigration authorities, Riverside and San Bernardino county jailers have screened about 3,500 inmates about their immigration status. They have sent more than 2,000 inmates for possible deportation. Immigrants of various backgrounds have been questioned. Here are four of their stories.
Mexico: No U.S. Pressure in Extraditions
 Mark Stevenson
Mexico's attorney general said Sunday four alleged drug lords were extradited to the United States to stop them from communicating with their cartels from behind bars and to reduce the risk of violence and escape, not because of U.S. pressure.
US Plans Envision Broad Attack on Iran: Analyst
 Reuters
U.S. contingency planning for military action against Iran's nuclear program goes beyond limited strikes and would effectively unleash a war against the country, a former U.S. intelligence analyst said last week.
US, Mexico Revive Cooperation in Combating Drug Cartels
 Alexandre Peyrille
Mexico and the United States have entered a new era of cooperation in drug enforcement as the Mexican government handed over to Washington 11 leading suspected drug traffickers, including Osiel Cardenas, head of the feared Gulf Cartel.
Pedophile Inc.
 Rebecca Meiser
Professor Robert Cikraji had retired to the center of an international scandal, and now is too scared to return. He hasn't been back to Mexico since his testimony in October. 'I'm not interested in being caught between a bunch of goons,' he says. But in his nightmares, he still hears the cries of the kids he couldn't protect.
Mexico's War On Drugs No Match for Corruption
 Catherine Bremer
Mexican journalist Olivier Acuna has spent a year in prison in Sinaloa state in western Mexico on what human rights lawyers say are trumped up homicide charges typical in a country where crooked police chiefs, judges and business leaders use their power to protect drug bosses who get rich smuggling drugs to the United States.
Gonzales Questions Habeas Corpus
 Robert Parry
In one of the most chilling public statements ever made by a U.S. Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales questioned whether the U.S. Constitution grants habeas corpus rights of a fair trial to every American.
Calderón Shows Strength Against Drug Gangs
Ronald Buchanan
When, in the middle of an offensive against drug gangs, President Felipe Calderón last week donned a military cap and tunic – with the five stars of commander-in-chief but with the buttons undone – he left himself open to cheap jibes.
Italian Food, Mexican Cash, U.S. Indignation
 David Sedeno
Pizza Patron never counted on a week like the past one. "Pizza por Pesos" was supposed to be a low-key campaign that would let many in the chain's loyal Hispanic customer base unload unused Mexican currency at its 59 restaurants, but it also landed the company in the crosshairs of the immigration debate.
US Democrats In No Rush to Build Border Fence
 Suzanne Gamboa
A law to erect hundreds of miles of fence on the U.S.-Mexican border is on the books and money to start it has been OK'd, but Republicans are nervous that now that they've lost control of Congress, they'll never see it built.
Calderon Worries About Rise of "Undemocratic" Governments In Region
 Associated Press
President Felipe Calderon expressed concern about what he described as the rise of "undemocratic" and "lifetime" regimes in Latin America, but expressed hope in an interview published Wednesday that Mexico could serve as a counterweight to that tide.
Guanajuato: The Death of Heritage
 Doug Bower
San Miguel de Allende is a perfect example of how the influence of such a large, and might I add, excessively demanding American enclave has changed the town from colonial Mexico to Gentrified Mexico.
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