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Murder of Farmworker Leader Feared Political
 Sandy Smith-Nonini
The April 9 torture and murder of a Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) employee in Mexico has all the marks of a political assassination, according to several labor leaders, politicians and human rights groups who are urging Mexican police to consider political motives in their investigation.
US Marijuana Laws Were Founded in Bigotry
 Roshan Bliss
Marijuana prohibition is a policy founded on hate, ignorance and distortion that is doing Americans no good. The rational and responsible response to these glaring inadequacies in our county's policies is change - change that will stop injuring innocent people, burdening our justice system and wasting valuable resources.
Gonzales On a Very Hot Seat With Little Cover and Less Support
 Sheryl Gay Stolberg
In front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, it came as no surprise that the Democrats on the panel skewered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. But it was also apparent that even Republicans had serious doubts about his fitness for the job.
Mexico Among Countries with Most Violence Towards Children
 Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Mexico is among the countries with the highest rate of children abuse and murder, and ranks highest in Latin America in mistreatment of children, according to two reports released Thursday in Mexico City.
We Only Wanted You to Give Us a Twirl, Not a Bloody Revolution
 Thomas Cátan
For some, the outfit that Mexican judges chose for their contestant to wear at the Miss Universe contest next month seemed perfectly apt: a reference to the colourful, if blood-soaked, history of the country that has the privilege of hosting the competition.
New Hampshire Governor to Sign Bill Allowing Civil Unions
 Associated Press
Gov. John Lynch told The Associated Press on Thursday he will sign legislation establishing civil unions in New Hampshire. New Hampshire thus will become the fourth state to adopt civil unions and the first to do so without first having a court fight over denying gays the right to marry.
Choices: The Importance of Mexican Migrant Labor
 cattlenetwork.com
Nowhere are the U.S. and Mexican economies and societies more closely interwoven than through migration. The 2000 U.S. Census found that 9.2 million, or 1 out of every 12, Mexican-born persons were living in the U.S.
Excerpt from Lee Iacocca's New Book "Where Are All the Leaders"
 PVNN
Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the hell is our outrage? Iacocca, the bestselling author and former president of Ford and Chrysler, is back to sound a howl of anger against the sad state of leadership in the U.S. today.
Gunmen Nab Crime Reporter
 Dane Schiller
A Mexican newspaper reporter on the Arizona border remains missing after he was snatched by armed men who chased him to a police station. Saúl Martínez Ortega, 36, apparently drove to the Agua Prieta police station to seek help during the high-speed chase early Monday.
Mexican Federation of Sexual Education and Sexology Meet with Azteca America Over Anti-Gay Slurs
 GayBusinessWorld.com
The two organizations discussed the use of anti-gay slurs by Ventaneando América’s on-camera talent and provided sensitivity training to combat homophobia faced by the LGBT community.
Paved with Bad Intentions?
 toledoblade.com
Few issues find common ground among right-wing conservatives and left-of-center liberals. But the so-called "NAFTA Superhighway," potentially stretching from the Mexican border to the Canadian border is apparently one of them.
Mexico Energy Minister Says No Oil Privatization
 Reuters
Mexican Energy Minister Georgina Kessel said on Tuesday the country would not privatize its energy sector companies but urged lawmakers from all parties to start a new debate on how to shore-up declining oil output.
Alleged Rape at Center of Human Rights Controversy in Mexico
 David Ovalle
In life, Ernestina Ascencio was an unheralded 73-year-old grandmother who lived quietly in a rural village 120 miles from here. In death, she's become the center of a controversy that's raising questions about Mexican President Felipe Calderon's commitment to human rights.
Dreams and Borders: Looking at Immigration From the Mexican Side
 Chris Tilly & Marie Kennedy
The raid came on a Friday night. Law enforcement officials swooped down on hundreds of undocumented immigrants who had not made it far past the border. That's when "the American dream," as so many migrants call it without irony, ended for over one hundred of them who were detained, some hospitalized with major injuries.
A Killing in Mexico
 Monica Campbell
It was a scene played out numerous times during the months-long conflict that embroiled this southern city, the state capital of Oaxaca. Antigovernment protesters, manning street barricades and armed with clubs, bottle rockets, and pistols, clashed with heavily armed plainclothes men working for the embattled state governor.
Counting the Poor in America
 NYTimes
It’s not official, but it’s virtually indisputable. Poverty in America is much more widespread than has been previously acknowledged. According to the Census Bureau, nearly 37 million Americans — 12.6 percent of the population — were living in poverty in 2005.
September 11, 2001: The French Knew Much About It
 Guillaume Dasquié
It's an impressive mass of documents. From a distance, one would imagine a doctoral thesis. On closer inspection: nothing of the kind. Red stamps "Confidential-Defense" and "Strictly National Usage" on every page.
For Illegal Immigrants, US Housing Slump Takes Toll
 Eduardo Porter
Offering more than $10 an hour as well as new skills and a shot at upward mobility, construction provided many illegal immigrants the best job they ever had, a step up from the backbreaking work reserved for those toiling without legal authorization.
A Decline in Catholic Church Influence in Mexico
 Patrick Corcoran
A recurring episode in Mexican history has been a periodic reappraisal of the Roman Catholic Church’s role in society, which has usually resulted in a lessening of its power.
Scholars Say Mexican President Turned Corner
 Joshua Haney
Long after the dust settled from last summer's highly contested presidential election in Mexico, politicians and scholars gathered at UT last week to assess and review the first 100 days of President Felipe Calderon's government and, much like last summer's elections, the success of his new administration was well-disputed.
Legal Woes Continue to Dog Bounty Hunter
 Nick Lewis
There is still hope that Duane (Dog) Chapman, the 53-year-old American bounty hunter made famous by a reality show on A&E, will not have to face extradition charges to Mexico in the infamous Andrew Luster case.
Mexico Reforms Journalist Related Criminal Code
 Presidency of the Republic
Mexican President Felipe Calderón began his speech with a quote published in Monitor Republicano a century and a half ago, “Let them take all the other freedoms away, provided they leave freedom of the press, because that will soon enable us to recover all the others.”
Mexico Follows Drug Trafficking Trail to China and Beyond
 The Herald Mexico
The federal Attorney General (PGR) says that the US$205 million in cash seized from a Las Lomas home in Mexico City last month was going to be used to start up a huge methamphetamine laboratory in Toluca.
Angry Truckers to Encircle D.C. with 'Blockade'
 Jerome R. Corsi
American truckers plan to circle the White House and state capitals in a "rolling blockade" to protest a federal government plan to allow Mexican long-haul rigs to operate throughout the U.S.
Tax Returns Rise For Immigrants In US Illegally
 Nina Bernstein
With the tax deadline approaching, illegal immigrants are sending in federal returns in what appear to be record numbers despite fears heightened by recent immigration raids around the country.
Mexico Lawmakers Use Credit System for Cheap Loans
 Andrea Merlos & Ricardo Gómez
Federal congressmen are using an internal credit system as if it were their own bank, taking advantage of lax rules to grant themselves loans with interest well below the going market rates.
Insult to Injury
 Linda Robinson
Fred Ball's story is just one of a shocking number of cases where the U.S. military appears to have dispensed low disability ratings to wounded service members with serious injuries and thus avoided paying them full military disabled retirement benefits.
Canadian Languishes in Mexican Jail
 Charles Rusnell
Two women have vowed to do what Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay apparently can't. The two say they won't quit until they win the expedited release of Brenda Martin, a Canadian who has spent 14 months in a Mexican jail as a suspect in a former Edmontonian's $60-million fraud scheme.
Why Not All of Mexico is Happy for Carlos Slim
 Tim Padgett
Microsoft boss Bill Gates, the world's richest man with $56 billion, and Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu, who is now No. 2 with $53 billion, have one thing in common besides cool private jets. They owe their fortunes to near monopoly control of their respective markets.
Learning the Language
 Mary Ann Zehr
A new research brief about children in immigrant families contains some interesting observations that indicate education policy can make a difference in whether children of Mexican heritage go to preschool.
Faith-Based Groups Explore Migration
 Thelma Guerrero
Free-trade agreements, poverty, environmental degradation and lack of jobs are among the reasons people from El Salvador migrate to the United States, said members of a delegation of religious leaders and people of faith from Salem who traveled to the region.
Mexico City Mayor: "I Won't Veto Legalization of Abortion"
 vivirlatino.com
Just when you thought the abortion debate in Mexico City couldn't get any hotter, Mexico City mayor Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon announced to pro-life activists who are demanding he stop legalization of abortion that he would not veto the bill once it comes to his office, and described the president of one pro-life organization as "fascist."
Mexican Rodeo: Animal Cruelty, or Proud Tradition?
 Edwin Garcia
Charros and their supporters, who say that their beloved sport is "misunderstood," and no more harmful to animals than traditional American rodeos, argue their tradition is under attack.
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