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Migration-Mexico: Where Is My Son?
 Diego Cevallos
Ana Celaya from El Salvador has been desperately searching for her son Rafael since he went missing in Mexico in May 2002, as he was trying to make it to the United States. But Rafael is just one of hundreds of Central Americans who have disappeared in Mexico on their journey north.
This Financial Crisis is Now Truly Global
 Adrian Michaels
Over the past few months, we were told that we were caught in the worst economic crisis for 20 years, then 30, then 80, then 100. It can't be long before someone points out that really, all things considered, the Black Death was comparatively pleasant.
 CIA and Pentagon Wonder: Could Mexico Implode?
 Tom Bowman
Drug-related violence in Mexico is escalating at an alarming rate and threatening the government of President Felipe Calderon. CIA and U.S. military planners now fear a worst-case scenario — that the country could implode.
Calderon Hopes to Quell Drug Violence by 2012
 Traci Carl
Mexico's president says he hopes to quell his country's rampant drug violence by the end of his term in 2012, and disputes U.S. fears that his government is losing control of its territory.
US Military Might Be Sent to US-Mexico Border
 Josh Meyer
The Homeland Security Department has developed a plan to send more agents and other resources, and possibly military support, to the U.S.-Mexico border if the drug violence continues to spill over and overwhelm the agents stationed there, a department official confirmed.
There are Now More Slaves on the Planet than at Any Time in Human History
 Kav Kaz
According to UN report, today the number of people actually living in the slave position, exceeds the number of "live goods" that existed at any other time in human history.
Campaign to Close Down School of the Americas
 The Real News Network
While the US commits 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan, in part to seek out terrorist training camps, many in the US and Latin America are demanding that President Obama shut down what they believe is a terrorist training camp run on US tax dollars, the School of the Americas.
Doomsday Clock May Finally Stop Ticking
 Haider Rizvi
The Barack Obama administration's apparent resolve to take U.S. foreign policy in a new direction is creating ripples of hope for an enhanced U.N. agenda on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament.
UN: Latin America Needs Help Vs. Drug Traffickers
 Edith M. Lederer
Central American nations need urgent international help to confront the increasingly dangerous presence of Mexican and Colombian drug cartels, the head of a U.N.-backed commission investigating organized crime in Guatemala said Tuesday.
Helping Mexico Help Itself
 Shannon K. O'Neil
Brazen assassinations, kidnappings, and political intimidation by drug lords conjure up images of Colombia in the early 1990s. Yet today, it is Mexico that is being engulfed by escalating violence.
Q&A: Mexico's Drug-Fuelled Violence
 BBC News
Despite the deployment of 40,000 soldiers across the country to root out drug cartels, gang violence is surging in Mexico. Here's a quicl look at some of the major issues involved.
Mexico’s First Black President
 Ted Vincent
Barak Obama admires Abraham Lincoln. Vicente Guerrero, Mexico’s first black president, was his nation’s Lincoln. In 1829 he issued Mexico’s slavery abolition decree (which led a few years later to Texas slave holders taking Texas out of Mexico).
In Mexico, Faltering, Not Failed
 Edward Schumacher-Matos
Mexico is not a failing state, as it has become fashionable to say. What has failed is our "war on drugs." That failure and the drug-related violence wracking Mexico suggest it is time to open a national discussion on legalizing drugs.
Why Catholic Indulgences Are Making a Comeback
 Bonnie Rochman
It sounds too good to be true. Now, for a limited time — the year of St. Paul, to be specific, which ends in June — say a prayer, pop by a designated church and qualify for an indulgence that deducts time from your scorching sojourn in the cleansing fires of purgatory.
Ron Paul to Bill Maher: America's War on Drugs Must End
 David Edwards & Stephen C. Webster
Congressman Ron Paul is the most conservative, grandfatherly man to ever be admired by America's marijuana enthusiasts. On Friday night's episode of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, he reminded those who may have been suffering an impaired short-term memory at that late hour why, exactly, they should like him.
Mexico's President Calderón Labeled Mexican Drug Cartels as Cowards
 Michael Webster
Mexican President Felipe Calderon condemned last week's street protests against his army-backed drug war, saying they were cowardly acts orchestrated by drug traffickers.
Chomsky: Obama OKed Israel's Gaza War
 Press TV
Renowned US intellectual Noam Chomsky says Barack Obama did not comment on Israel's war on Gaza, as it was part of the "premeditated" plan.
Kidnapping in Mexico Leads to Police Apathy and Few Answers
 Associated Press
Once, mostly millionaires were targeted. But like Monica, the daughter of a government doctor, more and more victims are middle- and working class. Since citizens fear police and most crimes go unsolved, kidnappings have become an increasingly sure bet.
Rights-Mexico: Ordeal Ends for Sons of Alleged Guerrillas
 Diego Cevallos
Antonio and Héctor Cerezo, whose parents have been accused by the Mexican authorities of founding a guerrilla group, walked free out of prison this week after serving seven-and-a-half year sentences. According to human rights organisations, they were victims of state revenge.
US Says Mexico Drug Violence Poses Growing Threat to Tourists
 Shobhana Chandra
Drug-related violence and gun battles have increased in Mexico recently, the State Department warned in an updated alert for U.S. citizens traveling to and living in the neighboring country.
Geronimo's Descendants Demand Return of 'Stolen' Remains
 Tom Leonard
American Indian leader Geronimo's descendants have launched a legal fight to have his 'stolen' remains returned to his birthplace in the Gila Mountains of New Mexico.
Mexico's Shrinking Families Could Cut Flow to US
 Jason Lange
Mexican families sent millions of illegal workers to the United States in the late 20th century as the country's population grew faster than its ability to create jobs. But now, Mexicans are having many fewer children due to government birth-control campaigns and changing lifestyles.
In US, Jailing Kids for Cash
 Amy Goodman
As many as 5,000 children in Pennsylvania have been found guilty, and up to 2,000 of them jailed, by two corrupt judges who received kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities that benefited.
 Drug Tie Seen to Protests in Mexico
 Marc Lacey
They kill. They bribe. They launder money. And now Mexico’s drug cartels may have their hands in a new activity: street protests.
International Cooperation Crucial Element in Fight Against Organized Crime: President Calderón and US Legislators Agree
 Presidencia de la República
Mexican President Felipe Calderón met this morning at the official Los Pinos residence with members of the Sub-Committee of Foreign Operations of the House Appropriations Committee.
Experts Say Mexico Ripe for Insurrection
 Diana Washington Valdez
The Mexican government is not aware of an armed movement that presents a threat to Mexico's security, but officials are monitoring whether the self-styled Movimiento Armado del Norte (Northern Armed Movement) resorts to more than online rhetoric in the future.
Mexican Tourism: Beach Areas Down but Still Not Out
 Kent Paterson
The squeeze is on. Up and down Mexico's Pacific Coast tourist resorts are feeling the pinch of the world economic meltdown, and the signs of the downturn are literally everywhere.
Massacre Raises Concerns that Mexico Drug War is Out of Control
 Adam Thomson
Twelve people were gunned down in southern Mexico over the weekend in a massacre that brought the number of drugs-related murders so far this year to more than 800.
FBI Focus Shifts from Terror to White Collar Crime
 Lucile Malandain
With the economic crisis unrelenting, the United States is stepping up its fight against white collar crime, which has been trumped by the fight on terror.
No Limits To Make Ends Meet
 Associated Press
Americans are selling everything from the hair on their heads to what's coursing though their veins to make ends meet, as the US economy continues to tank.
The Latest Round of the US-Mexico Soccer Rivalry
 Allan Wall
For those of our American readers who aren't aware of it, the U.S. and Mexico just played a big soccer game on February 11th. It was big news in Mexico. For Mexicans, to beat the U.S. in the U.S. has become almost a sick obsession.
Mexico's Calderon Raps Billionaire Slim on Economy
 Noel Randewich & Armando Tovar
Mexican President Felipe Calderon took a swipe at billionaire Carlos Slim this week, saying people who have benefited most should give back during hard times, after the magnate warned of dire economic trouble.
Latin American Leaders Say 'No' to U.S. Drug War
 Marina Litvinsky
A commission led by three former Latin American heads of state has called the 30-year U.S. "war on drugs" in Latin America a failure and urged a drastic change in policy.
Mexico Official Retracts Salinas Graft Accusations
 Associated Press
Mexico's transportation secretary says he had no proof when he accused former President Carlos Salinas of stealing half the money in a secret government fund.
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