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Indigenous Candidate Disqualified Because ‘Not a Man’
 Diego Cevallos
Eufrosina Cruz was unable to exercise her constitutional right to stand for election as mayor of a small municipality in the southern state of Oaxaca because, according to the "uses and customs" of her indigenous community, women can neither vote nor be elected.
Amnesty International Enters Fray on Behalf of Brenda Martin
 Jeremy Ashley
Amnesty International, the world's most vocal human rights advocate, has entered the fray on behalf of the imprisoned Brenda Martin, The Intelligencer has learned.
Vatican Lists "New Sins," Including Pollution
 Philip Pullella
Thou shall not pollute the Earth. Thou shall beware genetic manipulation. Modern times bring with them modern sins. So the Vatican has told the faithful that they should be aware of "new" sins such as causing environmental blight.
Bagpipers Honor Irish Who Fought for Mexico
 Chris Hawley
Every month, a wail of bagpipes reverberates through a plaza in downtown Mexico City, causing startled passersby to stop and stare. Then, from behind the bullet-scarred walls of an old fortress, a platoon of Mexican bagpipers emerges through the gates.
The Significance of the Deaths of the FARC Leaders
 Garry Leech
The Colombian government and many analysts are calling the killing of two top commanders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) last week a turning point in the country’s long-running civil conflict. Others suggest that the guerrilla group will simply replace its two fallen commanders and continue on with business as usual.
Bush, Colombia and Narco-Politics
 Andrés Cala
George W. Bush's strategy of countering Venezuela's leftist president Hugo Chávez by strengthening ties to Colombia's rightist government has been undercut by fresh evidence of high-level drug corruption and human rights violations implicating President Alvaro Uribe's inner circle.
Ottawa Must Help Get Brenda Martin Out of Mexican Jail, Her Supporters Say
 CBC News
Canada should step up efforts to help free an Ontario woman, who has been jailed in Mexico for more than two years without a trial, by formally protesting her imprisonment, her supporters say.
Bush’s Veto of Bill on C.I.A. Tactics Affirms His Legacy
 Steven Lee Myers
President Bush on Saturday further cemented his legacy of fighting for strong executive powers, using his veto to shut down a Congressional effort to limit the Central Intelligence Agency’s latitude to subject terrorism suspects to harsh interrogation techniques.
Mexico Approves Open-Trial System
 Hector Tobar
Mexico's Senate gave final approval this week to a landmark judicial reform bill that includes an overhaul of criminal trials and new wiretap powers for police.
Ailing US Building Industry Squeezes Remittances
 Jelena Kopanja
The end of the housing boom has signaled a bust in construction jobs, a field in which about 28 percent of workers are foreign-born, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics.
New Documents Reveal North American Union PR Campaign
 Steve Watson
New documents have been uncovered that reveal how heads of state of the U.S., Mexico and Canada are beseeching business leaders they privately meet with to launch public relations campaigns in order to counter critics of the secretive Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP).
Homeschool Ban Sends Shockwaves In CA
 Bob Egelko & Jill Tucker
A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents without teaching credentials sent shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000 children as possible truants and their parents at risk of prosecution.
Will Clinton-Obama Fight Hurt Democrats?
 David Lightman
Let Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama rip each other apart. It's really no problem for the Democratic Party, veteran California Democratic strategist Bob Mulholland said.
And Just Who Was Porfirio Díaz?
 Leon Metz
We've all heard of the Mexican Revolution, and most of us have heard of Mexican President Porfirio Díaz. But who was he?
Bush Endorsement May be Risky for McCain
 Deb Riechmann
Beware, John McCain. The money comes with a price. Sure, President Bush will raise millions of dollars for your Republican presidential campaign and GOP candidates. But he'll also give you the aura of a presidency tarnished by painful gasoline prices, a sagging economy, the threat of recession, a blemished U.S. reputation around the world, turbulence in the Middle East and many more problems.
Supporters Losing Hope for Jailed Canadian
 Charles Rusnell
Supporters of an Ontario woman jailed in Mexico without trial for two years say they have exhausted every avenue to gain Brenda Martin's freedom.
Death at US-Mexico Border Reflects Immigration Tensions
 Dan Glaister
Border Patrol agents have killed 12 people in the last two years; Border Patrol agent Nicholas Corbett is the first to be tried for murder since 1994.
Civil Rights Lawyer Warns Election Will Test Nation
 Derek J. Moore
Americans will have to overcome their systemic biases against gender and race if they are to take advantage of the historic possibilities in this year's presidential election, a prominent civil rights lawyer said at Sonoma State University.
Cyber-Rebels in Cuba Defy State’s Limits
 James C. McKinley Jr.
A growing underground network of young people armed with computer memory sticks, digital cameras and clandestine Internet hookups has been mounting some challenges to the Cuban government in recent months, spreading news that the official state media try to suppress.
Mexico Antitrust Body Says Plan Protects Monopolies
 Jens Erik Gould
Mexico's Federal Competition Commission said a proposal to scale back an antitrust initiative favors monopolies over the public interest and thwarts efforts to reverse a lack of competition that has hurt the economy.
In Two Battlegrounds, Voters Say, Not Yet
 Patrick Healy
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's victories in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday night not only shook off the vapors of impending defeat, but also showed that - in spite of his delegate lead - Senator Barack Obama was still losing to her in the big states.
Mexican-American Man Makes U.S. History
 Randolph Cabral
Thanks to one Mexican-American man, the American flag can be seen by people who are blind. The flag he created, called the "Tactile Braille American Flag" allows the blind to see not only the stars and stripes, but all the colors of the flag too.
Mexico Leftist Seizes Oil Reform to Drive Comeback
 Catherine Bremer
A firebrand Mexican leftist whose 2006 presidential bid sent jitters through Wall Street is back, leading protests against energy reforms after a year in the political wilderness.
Mexican Diplomat Criticizes US Cuba Policy
 Prensa Latina
The Mexican Ambassador to Havana Jorge Eduardo Navarrete said Monday that the US blockade policy against Cuba is obsolete, counter-productive and a total failure.
Clinton Criticizes Obama Over Canadian-Nafta Memo
 Mark Drajem
Hillary Clinton said rival Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is misleading voters about his views on trade, citing a private meeting his economic adviser held with Canadians that included a discussion of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
US & Mexican Activists Target Merida Initiative, Trade Pacts
 Frontera NorteSur
Promising $1.4 billion in new funding to fight the drug war over the next three years, the Bush White House's Merida Initiative is a strategic cornerstone of the outgoing administration's envisioned future relationship with Mexico and Central America.
For Clinton, They're Crucial - Texan Latinos
 Carla Marinucci
With just hours remaining until Tuesday's Texas primary, the efforts to turn up the political heat - and get out the vote - for New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton underscores the critical role of the Latino vote in must-win Texas, a "minority majority" state where Latinos will help determine Clinton's fate.
New Questions on Obama's Honesty
 Capitol Hill Blue
Barack Obama's senior economic policy advisor threw a monkey wrench into the Democratic frontrunner's smooth-running campaign machine recently by telling Canadian government officials the candidate's tough talk on NAFTA was just campaign rhetoric.
NAFTA's Had Its Trade-Offs For the US
 Marla Dickerson
Four campaign seasons have come and gone since presidential hopeful H. Ross Perot warned that NAFTA would create a "giant sucking sound" of jobs going to Mexico, and the trade pact is still generating plenty of noise. Calls to renegotiate the 14-year-old deal are rising from both sides of the border.
A Mexican Community Leader Dies of AIDS
 Alonso Yáñez
Unbearable pain. Infections. Partial deafness. This is how a Mexican community leader spent his last days in Casa Hogar Las Memorias, a hospice for HIV/AIDS patients 10 miles east of Tijuana, Mexico.
NAFTA Rhetoric May Harm Ties
 Andres Oppenheimer
Democratic hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's latest claims that they would "opt-out" of the U.S. free trade deal with Mexico may be just primary season political theater, but many Latin Americans see it as irresponsible rhetoric that could badly hurt U.S. ties with the region.
A Mexican Take on the Primary Race
 Ioan Grillo
U.S. elections grab attention around the world in ways that no other foreign election does, because the outcome of the race to lead the last economic and military superpower could have consequences everywhere.
Get Out Your Pencils: Paper Ballots Make a Return
 Richard Wolf
The people involved in overseeing elections will be watching closely Tuesday as Ohio's most populous county votes, but it won't have anything to do with Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton or John McCain.
Hillary: From Inevitable to Impossible
 Capitol Hill Blue
Hillary Rodham Clinton's once well-oiled campaign machine has devolved into a dysfunctional, bickering, petty collection of squabbles, disputes and shoutfests as the struggling Presidential candidate heads into what could be her political Waterloo on Tuesday.
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