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U.S. Anti-Drug Plan Would Recast Legal System in Mexico
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
The Bush administration's proposed counternarcotics aid package for Mexico would set in motion a vast reengineering of the country's justice system, revamping the legal education process, creating a network of court clerks and helping to write new laws, according to two summaries obtained by The Washington Post.
LATIN AMERICA: And Now For Some More Ambitious Anti-Poverty Goals
 Daniela Estrada
Sixty-eight percent of the time available for reaching the first Millennium Development Goal, which is to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015, has expired, and Latin America has gone 87 percent of the way towards achieving it.
Congress Should Fund U.S.-Mexico Counter-Drug Plan, Heritage Says
 Associated Content
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., has published a new web memo on a U.S.-Mexican agreement designed to fight drug traffickers.
Mysterious Jet Crash Is Rare Portal Into the “Dark Alliances” of the Drug War
 Bill Conroy
The Gulfstream II aircraft that crashed on the Yucatan Peninsula outside of Cancun in late September while laden with some four tons of cocaine has been the subject of considerable media and blogger attention in recent weeks.
His Son Killed in Iraq, Dad Takes on Recruitment of Hispanics
 His Son Killed in Iraq, Dad Takes on Recruitment of Hispanics
Agence France-Presse
Over his objections, his son joined the army and died in Iraq in 2003. Now Fernando Suarez is spearheading a crusade to stop the recruitment of young, financially vulnerable Hispanics into the US military.
LA Judge Dismisses Second Suit Against Mexican Cardinal
 Associated Press
A judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday that accused Mexico City Cardinal Norberto Rivera of conspiring with Roman Catholic officials in the United States to shelter an accused pedophile priest.
Lawmakers Vow to Revise Mexico's Constitution to Strengthen Separation of Church, State
 Associated Press
A group of opposition lawmakers said Friday they will introduce a measure to strengthen Mexico's long-standing separation of church and state, which they see as imperiled.
Mexico's Centennial/Bicentenial Just Three Years Away
 Allan Wall
Just 3 years from now, in 2010, Mexico is slated to commemorate, in the same year, the Centennial of the Revolution and the Bicentennial of the Independence movement - or what became the independence movement.
The U.S. and Mexico: Taking the "Mérida Initiative" Against Narco-Terror
 Ray Walser & James M. Roberts
In a series of breakthrough decisions unprecedented in the history of U.S.-Mexico relations, Calderón has demonstrated his commitment to being a sincere partner in the joint fight against a foe as formidable as global terrorists.
Mexican Land Reform's Contribution to Mass Migration to the U.S.
 National Center for Policy Analysis
The roots of the recent wave of immigrants from Mexico to the United States lie partly in the failure of the Mexican Revolution to live up to its promise to return land to the country's dispossessed peasants.
Victims of Colombian Conflict Sue Chiquita Brands
 Associated Press
Victims of Colombia's civil conflict sued the banana importer Chiquita Brands International yesterday, accusing it of making payments to a paramilitary group responsible for thousands of killings.
The Assassination of Hugo Chavez
 Greg Palast
Before The Lord spoke unto Pat Robertson and told him to endorse Rudy Giuliani, family man, for President, the Reverend got a message that higher powers wanted him to arrange a hit on another President.
“Crisis in the Americas” – A Page Out of Washington’s Propaganda Playbook on Venezuela
 Michael Fox
What does the founder of the U.S. House of Representatives Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, the son of an advisor and close friend of Cuba's former Dictator Fulgencio Batista, and the great-grandson of the legendary Baseball Hall of Famer, Connie Mack, all have in common?
The Veteran Suicide Epidemic
 CBS News
They are the casualties of wars you don't often hear about - soldiers who die of self-inflicted wounds. Little is known about the true scope of suicides among those who have served in the military.
Agents Increasingly Outgunned on Mexican Border
 Jerry Seper
Alien and drug smugglers along the U.S.-Mexico border have spawned a rise in violence against federal, state and local law-enforcement authorities, who say they are outmanned and outgunned.
Growing Up in 2 Worlds, Richardson Learned to See Issues From Both Sides
 Ray Quintanilla
The seminal moment in Bill Richardson's life came shortly before he was born. His father, a headstrong American banker who worked and lived in Mexico City, told his pregnant wife in the fall of 1947 to pack for a brief trip across the U.S. border.
Mexico-Guatemala: The Other Border
 Vanessa Burgos
When the topic of immigration comes up in the U.S., the debate usually centers on the Mexico-U.S. border and the Mexican immigrants that make up a large portion of those who cross the border. Far fewer think about the significant number of immigrants who must cross multiple borders before they arrive in the U.S.
LatAm's Homegrown Anti-Corruption Measures
 Patricia Grogg
An anti-corruption programme being designed by the Ecuadorian government of Rafael Correa could serve as a model in Latin America, where many countries are plagued by this social ill, which acts as a curb on development and even as a threat to political stability.
House Panel Criticizes Latin America Anti-Drug Plan
 Tina Marie Macias
Members say that Bush's $1.4-billion Merida Initiative focusing on Mexico would spend money unwisely, that supplies could be misused, and that Congress should have been involved in planning.
San Diego Wildfires Rattle Faraway Hamlet in Mexico
 Leslie Berestein
Though it is 2,000 miles away, a small community in Mexico is reeling from last month's firestorms in San Diego County, a disaster that has left one of the town's young people dead and three missing.
U.S. Gets Tough With Undocumented Immigrants
 David Rosen
A recent series of raids by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) service, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, signals a new era of anti-immigrant hysteria in America.
New Data Show Significant Disruptions In U.S. Methamphetamine, Cocaine Markets
 NewsBlaze
This week, the U.S. Drug Czar, John Walters, released new data signaling significant progress against methamphetamine.
Surge Seen in Number of Homeless US Veterans
 Erik Eckholm
More than 400 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have turned up homeless, and the Veterans Affairs Department and aid groups say they are bracing for a new surge in homeless veterans in the years ahead.
Fewer Died Trying to Enter US Illegally
 Jacques Billeaud
The number of illegal immigrants who died while crossing the southern U.S. border fell for the second straight year, officials said recently.
Politicians Make Hay With Flood Aid
 Diego Cevallos
In the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco, hundreds of thousands of people made homeless by unprecedented flooding are queuing for up to six hours to collect food and water, a large part of which has been donated by ordinary Mexicans, but which is being used by some authorities and politicians to their own advantage.
Mexican Relishes Hunt for US Fugitives
 Elliot Spagat
It's a Hollywood theme older than "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and as recent as "Thelma & Louise." Flee south of the border to escape the law. Alfredo Arenas Moreno's mission is to convince fugitives that Mexico is no hiding place, despite what the movies say.
Mohawks, Border Delegation, Inflamed Over Arrest of Indigenous Peoples
 Brenda Norrell
Indigenous delegates to the border on Tohono O'Odham Nation land were outraged by the federal agents, hovering customs helicopter, profiteering contractors, federal spy tower, federal "cage" detention center and watching the arrest of a group of Indigenous Peoples, mostly women and children, by the US Border Patrol on an Indian Nation.
Economists Debunk 'Amero' Story
 Eunice Moscoso
Economists say that creating a regional currency for the United States, Canada and Mexico is highly unlikely, primarily due to domestic politics.
Tabasco and Chiapas: From Chaos to Death
 Yudith Diaz Gazan
The Mexican state of Tabasco is emerging from contaminated waters as a flood-hit region, while neighboring Chiapas buries the victims of a huge wave that swept away the small town of San Juan de Grijalva.
Mexican Floods Push Families to Last Islands of Home
 Elisabeth Malkin
Just as Hurricane Katrina produced pictures that will forever mark Americans’ memories of New Orleans, the flooding here has created its own bank of images. There are dramatic helicopter rescues and crowded shelters. But the strangest stories belong to those people who have chosen to remain camped out on their roofs, often with their families.
Corruption Blamed for Tabasco Floods
 Marla Dickerson & Reed Johnson
Although many people in this rainy, low-lying tropical city regard last week's catastrophic flood as an act of God or fate, others see it largely as a man-made disaster that could have been anticipated and should have been prevented.
Money Trumps All, Even Mexican Mafia Edicts
 Sam Quinones
Investigators allege that orders issued from prison include killing blacks and taxing drug dealers - commands that Latino gangs willingly carry out until 'the color green comes into play.'
Rains Bring Mexico's Poverty to Surface
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
When the Grijalva River turned vicious over the weekend, when it slipped over its banks and ran wild across the state of Tabasco, its brown waters exposed a socioeconomic divide far deeper than its channel.
People, Nature Share Responsibility for Tabasco Tragedy
 Diego Cevallos
Hit by torrential rains in the last 15 days, one million people have been left homeless and damages are estimated at five billion dollars. Recovery will take years. But environmentalists and experts say the disaster could have been mitigated.
Just Stop It: Nike, Gap Sweatshops Exploit Third-World Citizens
 Belize Lane
Behind the bright, colorful labels of the fashion world, there hides a less attractive truth about the clothes we wear.
Inside the Border Crisis: Migrants Risk Death to Cross an Increasingly Perilous Frontier
 Walt Staton
Six men sit in a row on wooden benches, their feet badly blistered after spending four days walking through the Arizona desert to enter the United States. Although they paid thousands of dollars for a guide, U.S. Border Patrol agents were able to find their group, apprehend them and deport them to Mexico.
Devastation Continues After Mexico Floods
 Independent Television News
Supplies and medical aid have streamed into the region, but still little food and water is available in stores in Villahermosa. here have been reports of looting and warnings of possible disease outbreaks in the state, on the Gulf of Mexico.
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