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Carlos Slim: Leaders Must Help Small Businesses
 Michelle Roberts
Policymakers must focus not just on big financial institutions in the current economic crisis but should also provide capital to smaller regional banks that lend to small- and medium-sized businesses, billionaire mogul Carlos Slim Helu said Tuesday.
Obama Advisers Say No Charges Likely Against Those Who Authorized Torture
 Lara Jakes Jordan
Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government officials who authorized or engaged in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the George W. Bush presidency.
US Child Labor Going Largely Unchecked
 Ames Alexander & Franco Ordonez
Decades after the enactment of regulations designed to prevent such tragedies, thousands of youths still get hurt on American jobs deemed unsafe for young workers. On a typical day, more than 400 juvenile workers are injured on the job.
Mexico Drug Wars Spill Across the Border
 Richard A. Serrano & Sam Quinones
The drug violence that has left about 4,000 people dead this year in Mexico is spreading deep into the United States, leaving a trail of slayings, kidnappings and other crimes in at least 195 cities as far afield as Atlanta, Boston, Seattle and Honolulu, according to federal authorities.
For Mexico’s Wealthy, Expenses Include Guards
 Marc Lacey
With drug-related violence spinning out of control and kidnappings a proven money-maker for criminal gangs, members of Mexico’s upper class find themselves juggling the spoils of their status with the fear of being killed.
Obama Has More Threats Than Other Presidents-Elect
 Associated Press
Threats against a new president historically spike right after an election, but from Maine to Idaho law enforcement officials are seeing more against Barack Obama than ever before.
None of $400 Million Handed to Mexico Yet
 Stewart M. Powell
Not a dime of the Merida Initiative's $400 million in promised emergency security assistance has reached Mexico nearly five months after President Bush signed landmark legislation to help the beleaguered neighbor combat drug smugglers' murderous violence.
Report: Illegal Immigrant Minors Mistreated by US
 Anabelle Garay
Federal authorities have compromised the rights and safety of some unaccompanied illegal immigrant children they have detained, and inadequate government guidelines are partly to blame, according to a Texas-based research group.
Canada Warns Would-Be Refugees of Fraud
 United Press International
The Canadian government has posted a warning to would-be Mexican and Haitian refugees of U.S. scams that lie about receiving special immigration status.
Mexico's Drug Wars Curtail Holiday Travel
 Anna Gorman
Fearing that they won't be safe visiting relatives south of the border, many are forsaking family traditions and staying in the U.S.
U.S. No Longer a Haven for Gay-Mexican Asylum Seekers
 Katie Hunter
Proposition 8's defeat in California isn't the only thing making headlines for the gay rights movement as of late. According to the Washington Post, gay Mexican citizens who seek asylum in the United States are facing an increasingly uphill battle.
Mexico's War: The Iraq Next Door
 Ibd
The accelerating drug war in Mexico cries out for more attention. The horrific violence signals something already too big for Mexico to fight alone. It will spread north. The U.S. can't afford to wait.
 Bush: 'I Regret Saying Some Things I Shouldn't have Said'
 Alexander Mooney
As his presidency nears its end, a reflective President Bush suggested Tuesday that he regrets some of his more blunt statements on the war on terrorism over the last eight years and said he wishes he had not spoken in front of a "Mission Accomplished" banner only a month after U.S. troops in Iraq were deployed.
Guantanamo Closure Called Obama Priority
 Peter Finn
The Obama administration will launch a review of the classified files of the approximately 250 detainees at Guantanamo Bay immediately after taking office, as part of an intensive effort to close the U.S. prison in Cuba, according to people who advised the campaign on detainee issues.
As U.S. Sours, Home Beckons Immigrants
 Lornet Turnbull
The economic crisis that is affecting American workers and families is hitting illegal immigrants hard as well. Their incomes are down and, for the first time in years, their overall numbers in the U.S. have shown a slight drop.
Mexico Deadlier than Iraq
 Chelsea Schilling
Drug-related bloodshed has killed more than 4,400 people across Mexico this year – a body count that has already exceeded the U.S. military death toll of 4,192 in the Iraq war since March 20, 2003.
US Immigration Reform Might be a Long Shot in the Short Term
 Frontra NorteSur
Will Barack Obama’s historic election victory give new impetus to immigration reform in the United States? Analysts and political observers in the United States and Mexico have mixed assessments.
US Hispanics Flex Political Muscle for Choice Obama Appointments
 Karen Branch-Brioso
Hispanic advocacy groups are pressing hard to get President-elect Barack Obama to name unprecedented numbers of Hispanics to his administration.
Wanted: A New Leader for US Republicans
 Stephen Collinson
The US Republican Party, once dominant now in disarray, is beginning the search for a leader to chart a course out of the wilderness after the presidential and congressional elections disaster.
In Key US States, Latino Vote Fueled Obama's Victory
 Ivan Moreno
Latinos are hailed as a key voting bloc, even though they show their power at the polls only sporadically. When they turned out in record numbers to vote for Democrat Barack Obama, they not only erased recent gains by Republicans but shattered the myth of a black-Latino divide.
DRC: The Cost of War
 Stephanie Kale
War is expensive. The costs include not only the millions of dollars spent on military equipment and maintaining an army, but the financial and psychological toll it takes on the everyday lives of people caught in the crossfire.
Obama Positioned to Quickly Reverse Bush Actions
 Ceci Connolly & R. Jeffrey Smith
Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues.
Can Barack Obama Undo Bush's Tangled Legal Legacy?
 Marisa Taylor & Michael Doyle
When Barack Obama becomes president in January, he'll confront the controversial legal legacy of the Bush administration. From expansive executive privilege to hard-line tactics in the war on terrorism, Obama must decide what he'll undo and what he'll embrace.
What Obama Win Means
 The Real Network
The Real News Senior editor Paul Jay and Jonathan Schell, activist, journalist and author discuss the importance and meaning of the election of Barack Obama.
In Food Crisis, Mexican Valley Offers Lessons
 Julie Watson
On the walls of some farmhouses here, a photo of a one-time Iowa farm boy hangs along with a portrait of the pope. The American long ago wrought a kind of miracle in the wheat fields of this valley, one that today's world hungers for anew.
After the Imperial Presidency
 Jonathan Mahler
The assertion and expansion of presidential power is arguably the defining feature of the Bush years.
Time to Look Towards the Future: Calderón
 Presidencia de la República
Yesterday, at Campo Military Marte, President Felipe Calderón led the ceremony in honor of Interior Secretary Juan Camilo Mouriño and his collaborators, killed in a plane crash in Mexico City on Tuesday.
Obama and Latin America
 The Real Network
Hylton: Will Obama recognize Latin America is no longer "America's backyard?" Who will get the key job?
Mexico's Corruption Inquiry Expands to Ex-Police Official
 Associated Press
Mexico detained a former senior police official Friday as it investigates claims of high-level corruption within security forces battling powerful drug cartels.
Coca Cultivation Up Despite Six Years of Plan Colombia
 Jim Lobe
Despite the expenditure of nearly five billion dollars in U.S. military, security, and economic assistance, the cultivation of coca leaf and production of cocaine in Colombia actually increased between 2000 and 2007, according to a major review by the U.S. Congress's independent investigative agency.
Activists Decry Arrest of APPO Members in Brad Will Murder
 Kari Lydersen
The Mexican government has argued that Will was shot at close range, which would implicate the APPO protesters around him. But eyewitness accounts contend he was shot at long range.
Pot Wins in a Landslide: A Thundering Rejection of America's Longest War
 Rob Kampia
On Tuesday, largely under the radar of the pundits and political chattering classes, voters dealt what may be a fatal blow to America's longest-running and least-discussed war - the war on marijuana.
Santa Muerte is No Saint, Say Mexican Bishops
 Martin Barillas
According to a statement by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico City on November 3, 2008, popular devotion to the so-called "Saint Death" is not compatible with the Catholic faith.
Party Chiefs Reflect on Day After
 The Real Network
With the grueling campaign finally over, DNC Chairman Howard Dean and RNC Chairman Mike Duncan appeared at the National Press Club in Washington to give their thoughts on the results.
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