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Obama Draws Line on Cuba, Latin America Policy
 Jim Lobe
In a major policy address on U.S.-Latin American relations, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, pledged Friday to immediately roll back key sanctions imposed by President George W. Bush against Cuba and called for a "new alliance of the Americas."
US Military Officers Challenge Official Account of September 11
 Pakistan Daily
Twenty-five former U.S. military officers have severely criticized the official account of 9/11 and called for a new investigation. They are among the rapidly growing number of military and intelligence service veterans, scientists, engineers, and architects challenging the government’s story.
 Raising a Stop Sign to Human Traffic
 Patriya Tansuhaj
Trade in people is not a new phenomenon, but the modern manifestation of slavery, according to US researchers. However, they point out that human trafficking and trade in human organs has intensified with increased globalization.
The New Lords of the Dance
 Jo Tuckman
Officials in Mexico City's governing body estimate that a decade ago there were about 50 Aztec revivalist groups in the capital. Today there are closer to 300, all part of a movement calling itself La Mexhicanidad, one of the fastest-growing urban subcultures around the world.
US Report Says 128 Americans Murdered in Mexico in 3 Years
 Penny Starr
A US State Department report on "non-natural deaths" of U.S. citizens abroad says that 128 Americans were victims of homicides or "executions" in Mexico between Jan. 1, 2005 and Dec. 31, 2007, and that a majority of these murders took place in Mexican cities located on the southern border of the United States.
The Death of US Journalist Brad Will and the Pattern of Violence in Oaxaca
 Nathaniel Raymond
The International Forensic Program of Physicians for Human Rights recommends a thorough and wider inquiry following its comprehensive forensic review of the ongoing investigation by Mexico's Attorney General into the October, 2006 death of 36-year-old American Brad Will.
Academic: IQ Determined By Social Class?
 Polly Curtis
Elite universities are failing to recruit working-class students because IQ is, on average, determined by social class, according to an academic.
Homeland Security's Emerging Immigration Police State
 Joshua Holland
Some would call last week's immigration raid in Postville, Iowa a victory for law and order. But a closer look at the showy example of "getting tough on illegals" offers some insight into what immigration restrictionists are really asking for when they call for more immigration enforcement.
Slavery Today: A Clear and Present Danger
 Matt Renner
Slavery never ended in the United States; it continues here and across the globe, facilitated by globalization, corruption and greed. There are more people enslaved today - controlled by violence and forced to work without pay - than at any time in human history.
Mexico Boosts Police Ethics to Fight Drugs
 Christian Science Monitor
As fresh violence has swept the nation's police force into the center of the drug war - with the unprecedented slaying of at least four high-ranking officers this month - new questions about how many officers are colluding with drug dealers and how effective police efforts are have battered its reputation once more.
US Latino Population Trends Defy the Stereotypes
 Victor Landa
According to the most recent Pew Hispanic Center study, "annual births to Hispanic women in the United States exceeded 1 million for the first time in 2006, and 1 in 4 children in the U.S. under the age of 5 is Hispanic."
The Perverse Patent of the Yellow Bean
 Diego Cevallos
Patenting an invention in the United States and benefiting from the patent rights is, in theory, an incentive for innovation and scientific discovery. But in practice it can spur theft, as occurred with a variety of Mexican bean.
Recent Developments in Mexico's Drug War
 Mica Rosenberg & Mariano Castillo
Here are some of the latest developments in Mexico's war with violent drug cartels, which produce and transport drugs across the border into the United States.
President Calderón: Mexico Will Not Stand Idly by During Food Crisis
 Presidencia de la República
President Felipe Calderón declared that as a result of the increase in food prices, the government has launched an aggressive policy to increase food production in the Mexican countryside.
Pemex Uncovers "Corruption Network"
 Petroleumworld.com
Mexican Petroleum (Pemex) has uncovered a corruption network among officials of the parastate firm and suppliers, who carried out fraudulent practices since 2006, "for a significant overall amount."
Olbermann's 'Cold-Hearted Killers'
 Capitol Hill Blue
When MSNBC's Keith Olbermann last week said President George W. Bush created an American that "includes cold-blooded killers who will kill people to achieve their political objectives," he set off a firestorm in the rabid right-wing blogging community with demands he be fired.
Q&A With Don Siegelman: "I Think This Will Make Watergate Look Like Child's Play"
 Markeshia Ricks
Former Gov. Don Siegelman has a fierce determination to not only clear his name but to do his part to expose a scandal in the U.S. Department of Justice that he says is bigger than Watergate.
A Vital Choice
 Angela Heimburger & Tamara Taraciuk
Mexico City’s abortion law gives women a vital choice. For some, the ability to exercise this choice may mean the difference between life and death.
What if Mexico's Military Doesn't Win the Drug War?
 Southern Pulse Network
For over 500 days, Mexican President Felipe Calderon has used his military to combat organized crime across the country, specifically in Tijuana, Juarez and the states of Michoacan, Sinaloa, and Tamaulipas. But the body count suggests his measures have incurred more trouble than solution.
Canadian, U.S., Mexican Officials: Protect Middle Class from NAFTA
 Mark Anderson
In a follow-up story to one that ran in AFP’s May 12, 2008 edition, the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) is actively opposing the Security and Prosperity Partnership, which its members see as a prelude to the construction of the North American Union on the ruins of once-independent nations.
As Prices Rise, US Crime Tipsters Work Overtime
 Shaila Dewan & Brenda Goodman
To gas prices, foreclosure rates and the cost of rice, add this rising economic indicator: the number of tips to the police from people hoping to collect reward money.
Drug Lords Go After Mexican Police Officers
 Mark Stevenson
Drug cartels are sending a brutal message to police and soldiers in cities across Mexico: Join us or die. The threat appears in recruiting banners hung across roadsides and in publicly posted death lists.
Rumsfeld: Why Not Another 9/11?
 Larry Chin
Sept. 11, and its resulting “war on terrorism” (in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, etc.), remains the Bush administration’s endless gift from hell, in large part courtesy of former War Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
$2.5B Human Smuggling Industry Examined
 Associated Press
Human smugglers have built sophisticated criminal enterprises generating an estimated $2.5 billion annually through their Arizona operations alone, authorities say.
That Wave of Retirees? Not So Big
 Adam Aston
Companies from cruise lines to retirement communities and financial consultants have been planning for this mass retirement. They hope to profit grandly by selling goods and services to tens of millions of relatively young boomers with bulging nest eggs and decades of free time ahead.
Mexico Police Battle Lethal Cartels
 BBC News
The seriousness of the current violence in Mexico was thrown into stark relief this week when at least three high-ranking officers crossed into the US to seek political asylum because of the threats they had been facing from the drug cartels.
Tri-West Fraud Victims Endure Protracted Wait for Restitution
 Dale Hoyt Palfrey
Between 1999 and 2001, at least 16,000 persons worldwide lost their shirts in the notorious Tri-West Investment Club fraud, according to United States Department of Justice investigators, who estimate that the perpetrators netted close to 60 million dollars.
Latin America: Food Price Inflation Threatens Children
 Daniela Estrada
Child malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean will be aggravated by global food shortages, even though the region produces much more food than it consumes, say experts and officials.
Gay Couples Celebrate California Decision; Both Sides See a Fight
 Jesse McKinley
Gay and lesbian couples in San Francisco rejoiced on Thursday over a State Supreme Court decision affirming their right to marry even as political leaders on both sides of the issue girded for an extended fight over the ruling in the courts and at the ballot box.
New US Approach Awaited on Latin America, Cuba
 Jim Lobe
More than 150 years after the United States promulgated the Monroe Doctrine, Washington should recognise that its dominance over the Americas has ended and that it must "engage Latin America on its own terms", according to a new report released by the Council on Foreign Relations.
US-Trained Forces Reportedly Helping Mexican Cartels
 Stewart M. Powell
As many as 200 U.S.-trained Mexican security personnel have defected to drug cartels to carry out killings on both sides of the border and as far north as Dallas, Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, told Congress on Wednesday.
Colombia: Extradition of Paramilitary Chiefs - a Blow to Truth
 Constanza Vieira
Fourteen former paramilitary chiefs were quietly extradited from Colombia to the United States before dawn on Tuesday on drug trafficking charges, in a move that drew criticism from human rights experts.
Some US Detainees Are Drugged for Deportation
 Amy Goldstein & Dana Priest
The U.S. government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against their will to keep them sedated during the trip back to their home country, according to medical records, internal documents and interviews with people who have been drugged.
Bush Gave Up Golf to Honor Fallen Soldiers in Iraq
 Capitol Hill Blue
In the kind of convoluted, twisted logic that could only come from a detached, dispassionate President, George W. Bush said Tuesday that he cared so much about the soldiers dying in his failed Iraq war that he gave up golf.
Italian’s Detention Illustrates Dangers Foreign Visitors Face
 Nina Bernstein
There are real but little-known dangers that many travelers from Europe and other first-world nations face when they arrive in the United States — problems that can startle Americans as much as their foreign visitors.
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