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In the Eerie Twilight, Frenetic Homage To a Potent Symbol
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
In the century since his death, Jesús Malverde, Mexico's beloved Robin Hood, has morphed into a potent symbol, especially for poor Mexicans who saw crime as the only way to overcome the corruption and repression that kept them in misery.
$205 Million Alibi, or Drug Evidence?
 Dudley Althaus
Weird got a little weirder last week in the case surrounding the seizure four months ago of more than $205 million in alleged narcotics money from a businessman's mansion in Mexico City.
After Six Years, the Global Trade Talks Are Just That: Talk
 Steven R. Weisman
Soon after Sept. 11, 2001, the United States helped start a round of global trade talks aimed at getting rich countries to lower trade barriers so that poor countries could prosper by exporting goods, not terrorism. But it was never that simple.
Freedom of Information Comes of Age in Mexico
 Jack Fischer
Former Mexican president Vicente Fox, who while in office backed a precedent-setting law in support of the public's right to government information, recently learned the hard way that the offspring of democracy can be unruly.
Lawsuits Expose Conditions in US “Guest Worker” Program
 Andre Damon
Three recent lawsuits offer a great deal of insight into the dynamics of the low-skilled labor market in the US. By some estimates, fifty to eight percent of seasonal field workers are undocumented immigrants, and are among the most exploited sections of the workforce.
Argentina's "Dirty War" Trials Continue, Families Testify
 Sam Ferguson
Three members of the Miralles family, all disappeared by Argentina's military government in 1977, testified Thursday in the trial of Father Christian Von Wernich, indicted for crimes against humanity.
Plame Suit Dismissed by Controversial GOP Loyalist
 Jason Leopold & Matt Renner
A federal judge has dismissed the civil lawsuit filed against top Bush administration officials by former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson.
American Women Supportive but Skeptical of Clinton, Poll Says
 Katharine Q. Seelye & Dalia Sussman
Women view Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton more favorably than men do, but she still faces skepticism among some women, especially those who are older and those who are married, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Edwards and Obama Pledge to Fight Poverty
 Scott Galindez
The American middle class is vastly larger and middle-class Americans, unlike poor Americans, have time and money to give to political campaigns - which is why most presidential campaigns prefer to champion middle-class causes, while paying only lip service to the poor. That is not the case for the campaigns of former Senator John Edwards and Senator Barack Obama.
Mexico Probes Agents' Role in Drug Case
 Michael Rubinkam
Mexico said on Wednesday it will investigate whether its federal agents protected a Chinese-Mexican businessman tied to the largest seizure of drug cash in world history, while the businessman's lawyers told a Washington news conference they fear for their client's life if he is returned to Mexico.
Mexicans Tighten Grip on Drugs Across Continent
 Frank Jack Daniel
From the lush mountain valleys of Peru to America's toughest streets, ruthless Mexican gangs are grabbing control of the multi-billion dollar cocaine and crystal meth smuggling trade.
Burial in Mexico Proves Expensive for Many Immigrants
 James Pinkerton
Mexican consular officials here estimate that 1,400 to 1,500 bodies are returned home to Mexico each year from the Houston area, and 30 percent of the families can't afford to pay. As America's Mexican immigrant population continues to surge — and age — those stats will likely increase.
Mexico Drug War Strikes Fear Even Among Traffickers
 Tim Gaynor
Severed heads and tortured bodies appear almost daily as foot soldiers of the rising Sinaloa cartel systematically take out operators of the Arellano Felix family cartel, Mexico's oldest drug gang.
UN Warns It Can't Afford to Feed World
 Javier Blas & Jenny Wiggins
Rising prices for food have led the United Nations programme fighting famine in Africa and other regions to warn that it can no longer afford to feed the 90m people it has helped for each of the past five years on its budget.
ST911 Scientist to Sue BBC for Public Deception
 Mick Meaney
A British scientist and member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth, John A. Blacker MSc IMI, is planning to sue the BBC for mass public deception via their “9/11: The Conspiracy Files” program, RINF Alternative News reveals.
Libby Judge "Perplexed" by Clemency
 Richard B. Schmitt
In an unusual expression of frustration, the judge who sentenced former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to 30 months in jail, only to see the sentence commuted by President Bush, said he was "perplexed" by the act of clemency.
Mexican Cities Along Border Want Their Due
 Diane Lindquist
Mayors from across northern Mexico formed a new organization yesterday to push border issues higher on the Mexican government's agenda.
Warnings Issued for US Reporters Working Along Mexican Border
 CPJ.org
A San Antonio Express-News reporter has been temporarily reassigned from his posting in the border city of Laredo after a U.S. law enforcement source warned that an unspecified American journalist is on the hit list of a Mexican criminal group.
Campaign Grows to Halt Execution of US Inmate
 Matthew Bigg
U.S. authorities should halt the execution next Tuesday of a man for killing an off-duty police officer in 1989 because of growing indications he might not be guilty, campaigners said on Friday.
Few in US Confident of Border Security
 Associated Press
The public has little faith the government is adequately screening visitors to the country or could cope with an outbreak of an infectious disease, according to an AP-Ipsos poll.
The Migrant Trail Through Mexico
 Duncan Kennedy
As the debate over immigration policies continues in the United States, the number of illegal immigrants heading to the US shows little sign of decreasing. Time-lag politics is being exploited by real-time action.
Audit: Corruption, Irregularities Marked Construction of Deadly Stretch of Mexican Highway
 Marion Lloyd
The construction of a mountain highway where 32 bus passengers died in a landslide last week was riddled with corruption and irregularities, according to officials and press reports.
Tougher Security Along US-Mexico Border Causes More Migrant Deaths
 Reuters
Tougher security along the US-Mexico border is forcing migrants to take more dangerous, remote routes to cross into the United States and pushing up the number of deaths in the desert.
Mexican Court Exonerates Former President in 1968 Student Massacre
 E. Eduardo Castillo
A federal court ruled Thursday that a 1968 student massacre was genocide but dismissed charges of involvement against former President Luis Echeverria.
Carlos Slim's Embarrassment of Riches
 Tim Padgett
Carlos Slim isn't just Mexico's richest man — he possesses an astronomical 8% of the country's GDP. So it's not surprising that Eduardo Garcia, one of Mexico's most respected business journalists and the editor-founder of the online financial publication Sentido Comun (Common Sense), last year started a quarterly feature called Slim Watch.
Video: Workers Unite in Brooklyn To Break Slavery Chains
 Marcos Meconi
In New York City, where minimum wage is $7.15 and a studio apartment may cost $900 a month or more, workers at HWH Trading Company work in conditions that are closer to slavery than anything else.
Mexico Won't Rule Soon on Reforms
 Associated Press
A government official has ruled out the immediate approval of constitutional reforms that would allow Mexico's Roman Catholic Church to get involved in politics.
Mexico: Bodies From 1968 Maybe Found
 Associated Press
The bodies of several student protesters gunned down by police in a massacre four decades ago may be buried under a Mexico City hospital, according to an architect who helped renovate the building.
Castro Calls US an Unethical 'World Tyranny'
 Agence France-Presse
Ailing President Fidel Castro railed against the United States in a newspaper article Sunday, calling it an unethical "world tyranny," and urged the CIA to come clean about all its attempts to murder him.
Latin American Scrap Metal Thieves Profit at Their Poor Countries' Expense
 PR Inside
Soaring metal prices driven partly by demand from China have motivated bandits across Latin America to plunder communication lines, traffic lights and other wiring to feed their families. In the process, they are cutting electricity to entire neighborhoods and damaging struggling economies.
Argentina's Struggle to Restore the Rule of Law
 Sam Ferguson
The trial of a former Argentine military chaplain accused of crimes against humanity began on Thursday under heavy security. The trial may be a tipping point for Argentina's long-awaited reconciliation process after their seven year "dirty war."
Mexican Population May Make or Break Economy
 UPI
Mexico's falling birth rate and increasing elderly population could make or break the country's economy, according to a U.S. industry group.
Mexicans Debate Social Issues and Moral Values
 Allan Wall
Disagreement over gay marriage? Arguing over sex education? Fighting over abortion in the court and Congress? Are we talking about the United States? We could be, but nowadays we could also be talking about Mexico.
Killing Messengers in Mexico
 East Valley Tribune
It has been little noted in this country, but a spate of murders and kidnappings of journalists in Mexico has intensified recently. That is a troubling story for Mexico’s reporters and the citizens they strive to inform.
UNESCO Slams Seven 'New' Wonders of the World List
 Agence France-Presse
The UN body for culture on Sunday blasted a private initiative that drew nearly 100 million Internet and telephone voters to choose seven "new" wonders of the world.
Calderon Bets Presidency on Anti-Drug Crackdown
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
Every Monday morning, President Felipe Calderon settles in at the head of the table in the presidential library at Los Pinos. Calderon presides over strategy sessions with the leaders of Mexico's army and navy, key players in the centerpiece initiative of his seven-month-old presidency: a military assault against drug cartels.
Alabama Coal Company Accused of Bankrolling Colombia's Killer Right-Wing Militias
 Frank Bajak
The bus had just left Drummond Co. Inc.'s coal mine carrying about 50 workers when gunmen halted it and forced two union leaders off. They shot one on the spot, pumping four bullets into his head, and dragged the other one off to be tortured and killed.
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