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A History of Violence
 Jeremy Schwartz
It is the worst bloodshed the nation has seen since the Mexican Revolution, and it leaves the unmistakable impression that the Mexican government is overwhelmed by well-armed cartels that control a $40 billion-a-year drug trade.
Mexican Government Makes Firm Commitment to Latin American Children
 Presidencia de la República
President Felipe Calderón declared Mexico's firm commitment to working for the good of Latin American children, in conjunction with Fundación Alas and all the governments in the region.
Obama to McCain: What about Middle Class?
 David Eggert
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to score a quick post-debate advantage Saturday by traveling to two Republican-leaning states and accusing GOP rival John McCain of being out of touch with middle-class Americans.
 Rice Admits Torture Okayed by Officials
 David Edwards & Muriel Kane
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently became the first Bush administration official to admit that high-level discussions of the use of torture had taken place in 2002 and 2003.
McCain and the POW Cover-Up
 Sydney H. Schanberg
John McCain, who has risen to political prominence on his image as a Vietnam POW war hero, has, inexplicably, worked very hard to hide from the public stunning information about American prisoners in Vietnam who, unlike him, didn't return home.
Bolivia: Morales Cites "Evidence" of U.S. Meddling
 Haider Rizvi
Bolivian President Evo Morales reiterated the charge this week that the U.S. government was plotting to overthrow his government and that Washington had a hand in the recent episodes of violence in which a number of his supporters were killed and wounded by opposition gangs.
Fact Checking the First Debate
 Calvin Woodward & Jim Kuhnhenn
Some facts got lost when Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain confronted each other over the financial crisis, Iraq, the oil industry and more in the first presidential debate of the 2008 general election.
Narcoterrorism in Mexico
 Carlos Montemayor
On September 15, Mexican Independent Day, unknown assassins threw two fragmentation grenades into a crowd of revelers gathered for the traditional grito or cry for independence. The attack has brought the debate of whether Mexico constitutes a "narco-State" to the forefront in Mexico.
The Mexican Diaspora
 Frontera NorteSur
Although Mexican immigrants are now found in the remotest stretches of the U.S., even in the frigid reaches of the North Pole, slightly more than 70 percent reside in four states that have long been immigration magnets - California, Texas, Illinois and Arizona.
Continued Drug Violence Transforming Mexico into War Zone
 Shannon Firth
New stats show hundreds of drug-related killings in Mexico in July alone - more than Iraq or Afghanistan - raising questions about the effectiveness of President Calderon’s efforts.
Mexico Bailout Mistakes May Provide Lessons for U.S. Lawmakers
 Thomas Black
U.S. legislators, under pressure to vote quickly on a $700 billion rescue fund for the U.S. financial system, may want to heed the missteps Mexico made more than a decade ago when its banks collapsed.
Really Bad Day for the GOP
 Charles Babington
Even for a party whose president suffers dismal approval ratings, whose legislative wing lost control of Congress and whose presidential nominee trails in the polls, it was a remarkably bad day for Republicans.
The State of the Empire
 The Real Network
Gareth Porter: The US and the world near the end of the Bush administration. Part 2
'Virtual Kidnappers' Target Illegal-Immigrant Families
 Jacques Billeaud
Families of illegal immigrants in Arizona are increasingly being targeted by an extortion scam in which criminals falsely claim to have kidnapped their loved ones as the immigrants tried to sneak across the U.S. border with Mexico.
Bush Doctrine at the UN
 The Real Network
Gareth Porter comments on Bush's 'war on terror' legacy. Part 1
Mexico Drug Crackdown Breeds More Violence from the Cartels
 Chris Hawley
For residents of this city, last week's attack that killed seven people and injured 108 was yet another sign that President Felipe Calderón's nationwide war on drugs, which began in Morelia nearly two years ago, is going poorly.
Mexico: The Shadow of the U.S. Border Fence
 Associated Press
U.S. Border Patrol agents in shiny white pickups keep most migrants from crossing the yellow stripe, painted on the concrete bed of the dry Tijuana River, that marks the U.S. border.
Dirty Secret of the Bailout: Thirty-Two Words that None Dare Utter
 Jason Linkins
A critical - and radical - component of the bailout package proposed by the Bush administration has thus far failed to garner the serious attention of anyone in the press.
Homeschooling Banned in California as State Turns Parents Into Criminals for Teaching Their Own Children
 NaturalNews
A California appeals court has ruled that homeschooling of children is illegal unless their parents have teaching credentials from the state.
Millions of Americans Still Need to Know about the Cuban Five Case
 Mathaba
Help raise awareness on the case, though millions of Americans still need to know about it, said Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon.
McCain's Straight Mess Express
 Pepe Escobar
John McCain has been in Washington for 26 years. In the last 8 years he voted with George W. Bush 90% of the time. He admits he knows nothing about economics. But he knows K street very well – the campaign of the self-styled maverick happens to be swamped by lobbysts working all around here.
Salvador Allende - Greatest Chilean, by Popular Acclaim
 Daniela Estrada
The late socialist President Salvador Allende, who was overthrown by the armed forces on Sept. 11, 1973, was elected the "greatest Chilean in history" in a viewers' poll organised by a television programme that stirred up controversy.
Mexicans' Drug Trade Fears Grow
 James Painter
Mexicans are increasingly concerned about the impact the country's drugs trade is having on their lives, a BBC World Service poll suggests.
Casinos in Mexico – A Safe Bet or Endless Machinations?
 Barnard R. Thompson
The seemingly perpetual debate, over the possible authorization of full-fledged casinos that are prohibited today in Mexico, goes on. Yet, once again, there are expectations that something might finally be done by the Mexican Congress.
America Today is Still a Racist Nation
 Charles Babington
Since the nation's birth, Americans have discussed race and avoided it, organized neighborhoods and political movements around it, and used it to divide and hurt people even as relations have improved dramatically since the days of slavery, Reconstruction and legal segregation.
Grenade Attacks Raise Stakes in Mexico Drug War
 Catherine Bremer
Mexico's powerful drug cartels have apparently opened an alarming new chapter in their two-year-old war against President Felipe Calderon's government with their first major attack on civilians.
Is Mexico Safe for Americans?
 Melissa Navas
Each year, U.S. citizens travel to Mexico by the millions — more than to any other country. Most tour, relax, work and return. They never encounter a problem. But the recent death of an Oregon man in Mexican police custody has ignited a debate.
When Refusing to Kill Has a Higher Sentence Than Murder
 Ann Wright
In the five and one-half years of the US occupation of Iraq, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians have been killed by US military personnel at checkpoints, during convoy movements and during operations to find the "enemy." The deaths of most civilians are counted in the "costs of war."
Free Legal Representation for Veterans
 David Lord
Three-quarters of the American public think the federal government is not doing enough to support veterans. The National Veterans Legal Service Program offers assistance to Veterans who have lost their initial claim and have decided to appeal.
Shades of 2000 and Hanging Chads?
 David Espo
This time, there are no hanging chads. Yet the Republicans' drive to derail an abuse of power investigation against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP vice presidential candidate, reflects the same determination and many of the same methods employed in shutting down the 2000 presidential recount in Florida.
Displaced People: NAFTA's Most Important Product
 David Bacon
Economic crises provoked by NAFTA and other economic reforms are uprooting and displacing Mexicans in the country's most remote areas.
U.S. Ties to Bolivian Opposition "Shrouded in Secrecy"
 Haider Rizvi
Who in Bolivia is receiving millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars? That is what many Latin America policy analysts in Washington want to know.
US Supreme Court's Global Influence Is Waning
 Adam Liptak
Judges around the world have long looked to the decisions of the United States Supreme Court for guidance, citing and often following them in hundreds of their own rulings since the Second World War. But now American legal influence is waning.
Health Facilities Flush Estimated 250 Million Pounds of Drugs a Year
 Jeff Donn, Martha Mendoza & Justin Pritchard
Millions of pounds of unused and expired pharmaceuticals are flushed down the drain across the United States annually by the health services industry. Traces of these drugs are found in the nation's drinking water supplies, affecting at least 46 million Americans, and in rivers and streams where they harm aquatic wildlife species.
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