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Mexico: Films on Indigenous People - But Who Will See Them?
 Diego Cevallos
Half a century of films about indigenous peoples have been removed from forgotten corners of store rooms, recorded on compact discs and launched on the Mexican market, in order to bring to light views and realities that are seldom shown on commercial television and in movies.
No Stamp of Approval for Mexico Bureaucrats
 Ken Ellingwood
Mexico is in a league of its own when it comes to red tape. It's gotten so bad that the government is even rewarding citizens for choosing the paperwork best fit for the dustbin.
Invasion of Gaza Met With Protests Throughout Latin America
 Basil Mahayni
Since the military operations commenced, millions have taken to the streets around the world demanding an end to the disproportionately violent siege inflicted upon the Palestinian people. Such protests have occurred throughout Latin America at various scales.
Citizens of India-Pakistan Stand-Up for Peace
 Bobby Ramakant
To confront the present war posturing between India and Pakistan, the citizens of both countries are launching a joint signature petition campaign on 9 January 2009, to voice their mandate against terrorism, war posturing and to promote mutual cooperation and peace.
Pakistan, Mexico and U.S. Nightmares
 Bernd Debusmann
What do Pakistan and Mexico have in common? They figure in the nightmares of U.S. military planners trying to peer into the future and identify the next big threats.
Health Amid a Financial Crisis: A Complex Diagnosis
 Jane Parry & Gary Humphreys
The global financial crisis could have profound implications for the health spending plans of national governments. Unless countries have safety nets in place, the poor and vulnerable will be the first to suffer.
US/MEX Border: A Relationship In Flux
 NPR.org
The U.S.-Mexican border is in flux as economic, political and social changes reshape the relationship between the two countries.
Did Obama Team Push Richardson To Withdraw?
 USNews
The AP reports that "aides to both men insisted that Richardson made the decision to withdraw and was not pushed out by Obama," but "one Democrat involved in discussions over the matter said transition officials became increasingly nervous during the last couple of weeks that the investigation was a bigger problem than Richardson had originally indicated."
Kidnappings in Mexico Send Shivers Across Border
 Sam Dillon
A string of similar kidnappings, singling out people with children or spouses in the United States, so panicked a village in the state of Zacatecas that many people boarded up their homes and headed north, some legally and some not, seeking havens with relatives in California and other American states.
Bush's Personality Shaped His Presidency
 Ben Feller
President George W. Bush's style and temperament are as much his legacy as his decisions. Policy shapes lives, but personality creates indelible memories — positive and negative. Call it distinctly Bush.
Mexico is World Leader in Gruesome Violent Killings in 08
 Michael Webster
During 2008 Mexico’s violent deaths broke historic records raising the death toll to 5,630 execution murders, beating out last years all time record.
EZLN Criticizes the Drug War
 Kristin Bricker
On the first day of the Zapatista National Liberation Army's participation in the Festival of Dignified Rage, its spokesperson Subcomandante Marcos discussed the drug violence that has increasingly plagued Mexico.
The Truth About Plan Colombia
 Adam B. Kushner
Instead of cutting drug production in half by 2006, as Plan Colombia intended, the acreage of land dedicated to coca cultivation is up 15 percent since 2000 and now yields 4 percent more cocaine than it did eight years ago.
End of the Year Brings a Burst of Settlements With US Justice Department
 Carrie Johnson
The Justice Department has reached more than a dozen business-related settlements since the presidential election, with more in the pipeline for January, prompting lawyers and interest groups to assert that companies are seeking more favorable terms before the new administration arrives.
Obama Faces Legacy of Lawlessness at Justice
 Daphne Eviatar
As internal government reports and congressional hearings have documented, the Bush Justice Department over the last eight years expelled or ignored attorneys that it didn't agree with and replaced them with inexperienced lawyers hired more for their ideology than their qualifications.
Mexican Drug-Cartel Violence Claims 5,300 Lives
 Voice of America
As drug cartels wage turf wars to gain transportation routes into the United States, the number of deaths resulting from gang-related violence in Mexico has doubled in the past year, shifting from 2,477 in 2007 to nearly 5,400 in 2008.
Cesar Chavez, the UFW and the Roots of Obama’s Field Campaign
 Randy Shaw
Cesar Chavez, the UFW, and UFW alumni developed many of the core grassroots electoral strategies, and it took the Barack Obama campaign to update them for the Internet age and implement the UFW model on a national scale.
 Lost Souls of Afghanistan's Heroin Trade
 The Real News Network
Guardian: a look at the rise in drug addiction in Kabul since the invasion of Afghanistan.
Former Aides: Cheney did not Pull Bush's Strings
 Doug Thompson
Two former top aides of President George W. Bush dismiss claims that Vice President Dick Cheney was the "power behind the throne" or the puppetmaster who controlled the Presidency, saying the claims are "myth" or just plain "hooey."
No Stamp of Approval for Mexico Bureaucrats
 Ken Ellingwood
Mexico is in a league of its own when it comes to red tape. It's gotten so bad that the government is even rewarding citizens for choosing the paperwork best fit for the dustbin.
Video Interview: Edward Herman on Latin America & the US
 Hans Bennett
In this interview, longtime activist and author Edward Herman discusses the history of US influence in Latin America, and contextualizes this with what he says is an anti-democratic US policy throughout the Global South, designed to create a favorable investment climate for US corporations.
US Court: Naked People Have Privacy Rights
 Associated Press
A state appeals court ruled Tuesday that a person who is voluntarily nude in the presence of another still has privacy rights against being secretly videotaped, in a decision that bolsters Wisconsin's video voyeur law.
Ex-Aides: Bush Never Recovered from Katrina
 Associated Press
Hurricane Katrina not only pulverized the Gulf Coast in 2005, it knocked the bully pulpit out from under President George W. Bush, according to two former advisers who spoke candidly about the political impact of the government's poor handling of the natural disaster.
Mexico's Top Crime Family Active in US
 Jim Kouri
The Castorena Family Organization is a large-scale criminal organization with more than 100 key members who oversee cells of 10 to 20 individuals in cities across the United States, according to public court documents filed by the US government in Colorado and in other judicial districts around the country.
Mexico Against Gender Based-Violence
 Prensa Latina
The Mexican Senate´s Commission for Legislative Studies is preparing an initiative to declare 2009 as the Violence Against Women Year.
Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expected
 Mark Thompson
The news that President Bush's war on terror will soon have cost the U.S. taxpayer $1 trillion - and counting - is unlikely to spread much Christmas cheer in these tough economic times.
Confessions of a Mexican Narco Foot-Soldier
 Ioan Grillo
For a confessed drug cartel hood whose alias is "The Nut Job," Marco Vinicio Cobo is remarkably calm and plain-looking. Sitting in the blue-walled interrogation room of a Mexican army base, the chubby, goatee-bearded 30-year-old coolly describes his work for the Zetas.
A Payoff Out of Poverty?
 Tina Rosenberg
Forty-nine years ago, the anthropologist Oscar Lewis published a book called “Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty,” detailing a single day in these families’ lives. Lewis singled out elements of a culture that, he argued, keep those socialized in it mired in poverty.
For One Mexican Family, Pull of US has Faded
 Oscar Avila
For the Villafuerte family, back home in Mexico for five years now, the pull of the U.S. no longer seems so strong.
Brenda Martin: Happy to Be Home, but Still Trying to Move On
 Joanna Smith
Almost eight months after Brenda Martin was freed from a Mexican prison, flying home on a chartered jet amid a flurry of headlines, the 52-year-old still struggles to talk about her ordeal.
Bush a Catalyst in America's Declining Influence
 Paul Richter
The president oversaw a period of eroding economic and political power, in which the rise of China, India and others was a major factor, but assisted by an aversion to him and his policies.
Mexico: Gays Defend Their Right to Be Catholic
 Diego Cevallos
Social activists and members of "unusual couples," as the Catholic Church calls gay, lesbian and transsexual unions, are discussing possible actions to be taken on Jan. 13-18, 2009 when Mexico hosts the Sixth World Meeting of Families organised by the Vatican.
 "Living Under the Trees"
 A Photoessay by David Bacon
"Living Under the Trees" is a project that documents the experiences and conditions of indigenous farm worker communities. It focuses on social movements in indigenous communities and how indigenous culture helps communities survive and enjoy life.
Amazon Unsafe 20 Years After Crusader's Killing
 Bradley Brooks
The shotgun blast that tore through the chest of Chico Mendes made the Brazilian rubber tapper an environmental icon and his fight to save the Amazon a global crusade. But the battle against clear-cutting in remote jungles hasn't gotten any safer in the 20 years since two gunmen hid in Mendes' backyard and patiently awaited their target.
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