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Presidential Candidate Supports MAPP, Universal Health Care
 Peace and Freedom Party
Recently Stewart A. Alexander, a Peace and Freedom Party candidate for president, was a guest speaker at a Marijuana Anti-Prohibition Project meeting near Palm Springs, California, where he expressed his continued support for a single payer health care program and his commitment to protect the rights of individuals that are in need of medical marijuana.
Border Insecurity Rises, as Does the Temperature
 Nancy Fleck Myers
While Congress debates “tougher security at the border,” the temperature is rising above 100 degrees in the Sonoran Desert. Already 84 bodies have been found along the Mexico-Arizona border, more than this time last year.
Mexico Promotes Free U.S. Healthcare For Illegal Immigrants
 Judicial Watch
Mexico’s government operates programs in about a dozen American cities that refers its nationals - living in the U.S. illegally - to publicly funded health centers where they can get free medical care without being turned over to immigration authorities.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Endorsement of Clinton Spotlights Importance of Hispanic Vote in U.S. Presidential Race
 Associated Press
Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's political courtship of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa landed her an early, influential endorsement this week that highlights the intense competition among presidential candidates for support within the growing Hispanic population.
ACLU Suit Alleges Firm Is Profiting From Torture
 Henry Weinstein
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a suit Wednesday that accused a Boeing Co. subsidiary of helping the Central Intelligence Agency facilitate "the forced disappearance, torture and inhumane treatment" of three men the government suspected of terrorist involvement.
Living Off Immigrant Money Sent Home From US, Young Guatemalans Don't Want to Work
 Juan Carlos Llorca
Working and going to school have become optional in the highland Guatemalan town of Salcaja, thanks to a flood of U.S. dollars sent home by migrants living in the United States.
Richardson: Border Wall 'a Big Mistake'
 Beth Reinhard & Lesley Clark
The sole Hispanic to seek his party's nomination, Richardson has long been at the forefront of the immigration debate - but far from the vanguard of the 2008 race.
Mexico's Ex-President Seeks Exoneration for Catholic Prelate’s ‘93 Murder
 David Agren
In an effort to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation, former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari is petitioning the Mexican government and senior Catholic officials to discharge him from any responsibility for the 1993 murder of Guadalajara Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo, reported Excelsior, a Mexico City newspaper.
Mexico’s Journalists Feel Heavy Hand of Violence
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
Gamaliel López Candanosa seemed an unlikely candidate to join the ranks of disappeared or murdered reporters in Mexico, now the second deadliest country in the world for journalists after Iraq.
Beware Of The New Wave Of Virtual Kidnapping
 Howard Dratch
There is a new cyber-crime epidemic sweeping Latin America. It could catch on. Like phishing it is insidious. Worse, it is dangerous and sometimes deadly. The new crime to fear is "virtual kidnapping".
Mexico's Fox Intent on Staying in Game
 Oscar Avila
Mexico's leader who ended seven decades of one-party rule is back in the political arena. Vicente Fox said he wants to break the mold of silent Mexican ex-presidents and instead emulate his U.S. counterparts
Are Mexican Femicide Cases Being Glossed Over?
 Frontera NorteSur
Nearly six years after the discovery of eight murdered young women in a Ciudad Juarez cotton field stunned the world, growing doubts surround Mexican authorities' accounts of the crimes.
Stripped of Their Land ... and Underpants
 Guardian Unlimited
Hundreds of men and women from the movement of the 400 Villages stripped off in Mexico City to put pressure on the government to resolve long-running land disputes in the eastern state of Veracruz.
The Army, the Police and an Interesting Poll
 Allan Wall
The Mexican Army continues its operations at a high tempo, as President Calderon continues the war against the drug cartels. Is this a good idea? Is the Mexican military the proper tool to use against the cartels? Some critics say no.
After Mexico's Soldiers Join Drug Fight, More Die
 Carlos Martinez & Sam Enriquez
The number of Mexican soldiers slain has jumped dramatically since President Felipe Calderon began using the army to battle drug traffickers. Since December, when Calderon began the campaign, 89 soldiers have been reported killed, compared with fewer than a dozen from January through November 2006, according to army records.
Recruiters Corrupt Guestworker Program
 Traci Carl
Supplying the U.S. guestworker program is a complex and sometimes criminal network of foreign recruiters who extort money from poor migrants and then keep them on the job by forcing them into debt or threatening their families back home.
US Heroes are Villains at Cemetery in Mexico
 Chris Hawley
From the beaches of Normandy to Manila in the Philippines, Americans will gather at military cemeteries around the world on Monday to honor soldiers who died defending freedom. Except at one cemetery, where the Americans are seen as invaders, not heroes.
Congress Votes to Put Brakes on Mexican Truck Program
 consumeraffairs.com
The US Congress has voted to require that any pilot program to allow Mexico-domiciled trucks full access to the nation's highways does not circumvent safety standards or congressional oversight.
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Reveals Life in Retirement
 Associated Press
Former President Vicente Fox gave a glimpse of his life after retirement on Friday, saying he plans to work to defend liberty, private property and free enterprise across Latin America.
Meth Lab Mexican Style
 Leslie Millin
Most who pass through Toluca see it as a dreary industrial satellite of Mexico City, an obstacle on their way to far more beautiful places, but its very dreariness as well as other attributes have made it a place where a new and alarming approach to the international drug trade is quietly fermenting.
War-Funding Bill Approved as Many Democrats Look to Next Act
 Steven T. Dennis
Leading Democrats, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (Wis.), voted against the war funding because it contains no timelines for withdrawal or meaningful troop readiness standards.
Amnesty Report Decries "Politics of Fear"
 Eli Clifton
The "politics of fear" are polarising the world and leading to an erosion of human rights, according to Amnesty International's annual report released Wednesday. The report also offers a stinging rebuke to the human rights policy of the United States both at home and abroad.
Border Crime Getting More Violent
 Mike Watkiss
Gun battles in the dark of night, bloody men handcuffed in the back of a pick up truck - welcome to the Mexican state of Sonora, just over the US-Mexico border near the edge of Arizona.
Candidate Alexander: Labor, War and Education Connects
 Peace and Freedom Party
Anti-war protesters were on the picket line this past weekend at the SSA (Stevedoring Services of America) shipping terminals in Oakland, California to protest the Iraq War and the lack of funding for schools in Oakland.
Police Corruption Undermines Mexico's War on Drugs
 Robin Emmott
Endemic police corruption - ranging from traffic violation bribes to openly aiding drug gangs - is undermining Calderon's attempt to crush powerful cartels with thousands of troops and federal police.
Mexican Workers Provide a Resort Island’s ‘Backbone’
 Ana Facio Contreras
The flames and smoke are gone, the tourists are coming back and the Rufino, Campos and Hernandez families, part of the Latino immigrant work force keeping things running here, are again receding into the background of this island known more for its bison and bungalows than as a center of immigration.
Bush Anoints Himself as the Ensurer of Constitutional Government in Emergency
 Matthew Rothschild
With scarcely a mention in the mainstream media, President Bush has ordered up a plan for responding to a catastrophic attack. Under that plan, he entrusts himself with leading the entire federal government, not just the Executive Branch. And he gives himself the responsibility "for ensuring constitutional government."
Questions Linger About Mexico's 'House of Death'
 Dave Montgomery
The code phrase was "carne asada": a barbecue. When word went out that one was going to be held at the two-story residence in Juarez, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, it meant that one of Mexico's powerful drug cartels planned to kill a perceived double-crosser or a rival operative.
Domestic Violence Stalks Mexican Women
 Duncan Kennedy
Domestic violence is not a phenomenon exclusive to Mexico. But the figures you are about to read are chilling: Between 1999 and 2005 it is believed that more than 6,000 women and girls were murdered.
Who's Afraid of Jimmy Carter? George Bush
 John Nichols
When Jimmy Carter, whose approval ratings dwarf those of George Bush these days, gets to talking about what's wrong with the current president the White House spin machine goes into overdrive. And Carter has been talking.
Evolution Opponent is in Line for US Schools Post
 Cornelia Dean
The candidate is Kenneth Willard, a Kansas Republican who voted with the conservative majority in 2005 when the school board changed the state's science standards to allow inclusion of intelligent design, an ideological cousin of creationism.
In Mexico, Many Critical of US Bill
 Traci Carl
Mexican news media and activists have attacked what they viewed as a measure to limit the number of seasonal workers allowed into the United States - even as the compromise's proponents said it would let in many more.
The Pro-Familia Candidate
 Joel Achenbach
A couple of months ago a reporter in Washington asked Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson why he thought he could do well next year in the California primary. Richardson paused for a moment and then ran through a comprehensive, policy-oriented list: Western governor, strong on environment, solid on immigration, and so on. "Plus I'm Hispanic," he said.
World Bank Diagnoses Mexican Economic Problems
 Allan Wall
Economic growth in Mexico is in just about everybody's interests. Though the fundamentals of the Mexican economy are solid, a greater dynamism that would provide more and better-paying jobs seems to elude the country's economy.
In Senate Deal, Details Bedevil Illegal Migrants
 Randal C. Archibold & Julia Preston
Under the shade of a mesquite tree here one morning this week, waiting for work that did not come, Elías Ramírez weighed the hurdles of what could be the biggest overhaul in immigration law in two decades.
Mexican Families Face Difficult Choice
 Julie Watson
About 3 million U.S.-born children have a parent who is living illegally in America, according to the Pew Hispanic Center, and since 2004 the government has been deporting illegal immigrants at a record rate.
Weighing In
 Ed Zieralski
Mexican Fishing: Wayne Bisbee of Bisbee's Black & Blue Tournaments is sending out a plea to fishermen to get involved in the fight against a new Mexican fisheries law, passed yesterday, that allows commercial longline vessels to fish 15 miles off the Baja coastline.
US Immigration Reform Blasted in Mexico
 CBS/AP
Many in Mexico expressed disappointment Friday with the U.S. Congress' immigration reform proposal, arguing it doesn't let enough Mexicans enter the United States legally to work while focusing on an arduous path to residency for those who have already taken the illegal path.
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