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Major Blow to Mexican Child Porn Ring
 Diego Cevallos
Seven Mexicans who allegedly created and ran a child porn ring that sent on-line images to Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Chile, Spain, the United States and Venezuela were arrested in Mexico.
Obama Opens Door for Torture Prosecutions
 Caren Bohan
President Barack Obama opened the door this week to possible prosecutions of U.S. officials who laid the legal groundwork for harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects during the Bush administration.
 American Torture
 The Real News Network
The release of some of the Bush administration torture memos now presents the Obama administration with a crucial dilemma
Strained US Detention System a Virtual Black Hole
 Marina Litvinsky
The U.S. government has failed to uphold international human rights standards in its detention of immigrants and asylum seekers, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) said in a report released Wednesday.
 Investing in Economic Downturns
 Daniel Gomez
The true effect of the economic crisis that is spreading globally may not be felt fully in Puerto Vallarta until next year. While tourism numbers appear depressed, it is too early to tell how we'll fare.
Who Really Benefits from the Expiration of the Assault Weapons Ban?
 Kristopher Seydel
During last Thursday’s press conference in Mexico City with Presidents Obama and Calderón one of the more discussed topics was related to the large number weapons bought in the US that have been confiscated from Mexican drug cartels.
Mexico: Dealing With Drug Violence
 George Grayson
George Grayson, professor of Comparative Politics (Latin America) and author of "Mexico's Struggle With 'Drugs and Thugs,'" was online Thursday, April 16, at 1 p.m. ET to discuss the drug problem and the administration's attempt to crack down on the narco-traffickers.
An Army Takeover Quells Violence in Mexico
 Steve Fainaru & William Booth
A few months ago, the mayor of the most violent city in Mexico would sometimes sleep across the border in El Paso for safety. Now, with the military firmly in control of Ciudad Juarez, an entire day can pass without a single drug-related killing.
US-LatAm: We Can't Be Trapped by History
 Peter Richards
President Barack Obama had promised that his administration would be different. His, he said, would be a listening, caring one, even though like previous United States leaders, he came to the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago bearing gifts - no doubt hoping for support for his new initiatives.
Americans Assess Blame on Drug War
 Angus Reid Global Monitor
56 per cent of the adults polled in the US believe Mexican drug producers are primarily responsible for the violence in Mexico. Conversely, 30 per cent of respondents believe drug users in the U.S. are more to blame for the problem.
Effects of the Economic Crisis on the European Union
 Alberto Mucci
Much has been written on the similarities between the current economic crisis and the infamous one of September 1929. Simplistically, an economic crisis implies the forgetting of others, fostering a state of nature of all against all.
The Bush Administration's Stunning Geneva Hypocrisy
 Jason Leopold
Newly released US government documents, detailing how Bush administration officials punched legalistic holes in the Geneva Conventions' protections of war captives, stand in stark contrast to the outrage some of the same officials expressed in the first week of the Iraq war when Iraqi TV interviewed several captured American soldiers.
Obama Won't Punish Those Who Approved Torture
 Douglass K. Daniel
President Barack Obama does not intend to prosecute Bush administration officials who devised the policies that led to the harsh interrogation of suspected terrorists, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said Sunday.
US Will Boycott UN Conference on Racism
 Laura MacInnis & Sue Pleming
The United States will boycott a United Nations conference on racism next week, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday, citing objectionable language in the meeting's draft declaration.
Obama Supports an Inter-American Arms Treaty
 Merle David Kellerhals Jr.
Stemming the flow of illegal firearms into Latin America and the Caribbean from the United States is a significant concern because of the threat these weapons pose to people's personal security and well-being, President Obama says.
As States Redefine Life, Abortion Activists Fret
 Nacha Cattan
Abortion activists say a growing number of states that have granted embryos the same rights as people are limiting women's access to legal abortions. The result, they say, could be a national ban on all such procedures.
A Slum that Nags Site of Americas Summit
 Frank Bajak & Vivian Sequera
A newly finished brick wall mostly obscures from the view of leaders arriving at the Summit of the Americas a slum that embodies their biggest challenges: drug-related violence and an economic crisis that threatens to erase gains against poverty.
US Plaintiffs Must Serve Mexicans via Mexico: Court
 Gina Keating
U.S. lawsuits against Mexicans must be served through Mexico's designated central authority, a federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled in a case involving broadcaster Grupo Televisa and others.
Mexico and the United States: A Window of Opportunity?
 The Pacific Council on International Policy
A timely report was released yesterday that was prepared by Pamela Starr, a well-known political scientist. The report is about the present moment in the US-Mexico relationship and includes comments on the oil sector.
Cartels Spreading South from Mexico
 Devlin Barrett
Mexican drug cartels are spreading south into Central America as they are squeezed by stepped-up law enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. drug enforcement officials said Wednesday.
Obama Targets Mexican Cartels
 Spencer S. Hsu
President Obama yesterday ratcheted up efforts to curb the flow of drugs and guns across the southern border, imposing financial sanctions against three of the most violent Mexican drug cartels and threatening to prosecute Americans who do business with them.
Spain Rejects US "Torture" Probe
 BBC News
Spain's attorney general has rejected an attempt to bring a criminal case against six former US officials over torture allegations at Guantanamo Bay.
Chronicler of Oaxaca Struggle Finds Himself in a Lead Role
 Mari Hayman
For the last two years, Gustavo Vilchis has been documenting a movement he believes could grow into the next Mexican Revolution. After the government’s brutal crackdown on a teacher’s strike in Oaxaca in 2006, he traveled to the region to photograph the hundreds of thousands of angry Oaxacans protesting the state’s repressive tactics.
As Mexican Killings Rise, Groups Take Envoy to Task
 Elisabeth Malkin
Lawless Ciudad Juárez has become a potent symbol of Mexico’s escalating drug war. Drug cartels recently chased out the police chief there, and citizens have become fearful witnesses to daily murders of drug dealers, police officers and bystanders. But lost amid the headlines are the murders of young women that drew international notice more than a decade ago and that continue today.
Dry Taps in Mexico City: A Water Crisis Gets Worse
 Ioan Grillo
About five million people, or a quarter of the population of Mexico City's urban sprawl, woke up Thursday with dry taps. The drought was caused by the biggest stoppage in the city's main reservoir system in recent years to ration its depleting supplies
Expectations for the Fifth Summit of the Americas
 Tom Loudon
There are high expectations for the upcoming Summit of the Americas, happening April 17-19 in Trinidad and Tobago. It will be President Obama's first opportunity to dialogue with Latin American and Caribbean presidents. Many hold out hope for a new direction for United States policies towards our neighbors in the hemisphere.
The Road to Area 51
 Annie Jacobsen
Area 51. It's the most famous military institution in the world that doesn't officially exist. If it did, it would be found about 100 miles outside Las Vegas in Nevada's high desert, tucked between an Air Force base and an abandoned nuclear testing ground. Then again, maybe not - the U.S. government refuses to say.
For Official Use Only: Department of Homeland Security Document Predicts Violence in Response to New Gun Restrictions
 Kurt Nimmo
In the wake of the MIAC report and the Virginia Terrorism Threat Assessment, another document issued by the Department of Homeland Security “for official use only” covering so-called “rightwing extremism” has surfaced.
Obama Passes First National Security Test
 Jennifer Loven
The U.S. economy is showing only glimmers of life and two costly wars remain in the balance, but President Barack Obama's "no drama" handling of the Indian Ocean hostage crisis proved a big win for his administration in its first critical national security test.
The Bush Six
 Jane Mayer
About a year ago, a book came out in England that made a fascinating prediction: at some point in the future, the author wrote, six top officials in the Bush Administration would get a tap on the shoulder announcing that they were being arrested on international charges of torture.
In Mexico, Crisis is this Year's Big Judas Figure
 The News
If you want to know who sits atop Mexico´s current villains list, just wait for Holy Saturday. That´s when the nation´s most unpopular politicians, crooks, business tycoons and even popular culture figures are burned in effigy as Judas figures.
Mexico's "Saint Death" Cult Says is Drug War Victim
 Mica Rosenberg
Followers of Mexico's "Saint Death" cult figure, revered by thieves and drug runners but also law-abiding housewives, say their faith is being persecuted by the government's war against drug cartels.
Empire and Latin America in the Obama Era
Manuel Pérez-Rocha
Barack Obama's rise to the U.S. presidency has left most Latin Americans suspended between skepticism and hope. That's bound to make the V Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, to be held on April 18 and 19, especially interesting.
Obama's Military Budget
 The Real News Network
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said before presenting his FY2010 budget that the event was special due to the "scope and significance of the changes". Change was expected, given the arrival of a new administration and the fiscal pressures applied by the economic crisis, but what specifically has changed?
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