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 War on Drugs and Mexico's Demise
 The Real News Network
Miguel Tinker Salas Pt2: US-funded militarization didn't stop Colombian drug trade and won't in Mexico either.
Year of Ups and Downs for Brenda Martin, Who is Celebrating One Year of Freedom
 Canadian Press
It's been a year of ups and downs for Brenda Martin since regaining her freedom after languishing in a Mexican prison, and the woman whose plight captured national headlines says she hopes Canadians are now more sympathetic and share her distrust of Mexico's justice system.
Mexico's Reopening from Flu Lockdown Faces Hitches
 Julie Watson & David Koop
Mexico's emergence from a national shutdown hit snags as some high schools were not cleaned in time to open and students returned to class in others without swine flu checkups. Cases of the virus popped up in two more Latin America countries.
Maryland Becomes First State in US to Protect Homeless People Under Hate-Crimes Law
 Ben Nuckols
Maryland granted a new safeguard to its most downtrodden residents Thursday, becoming the first state in the nation to extend hate-crimes protection to homeless people.
Flu Quarantines Could Violate Law: U.N. Rights Chief
 Stephanie Nebehay & Laura MacInnis
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged countries on Friday not to quarantine healthy Mexican travelers on grounds of nationality, saying it was a violation of international law.
Mexico: "They Kill Our Trees So We'll Grow Their Drugs"
 Yemeli Ortega
The village of Creel was the site of narco-killings in broad daylight that shocked Mexico's conscience last year, but the Tarahumara Indians' subjugation to the cartels extends to even the most remote corners of their rugged lands.
Mexico's Weapons Cache Stymies Tracing
 E. Eduardo Castillo & Michelle Roberts
Deep inside a heavily guarded military warehouse, the evidence of Mexico's war on drug cartels is stacked two stories high: tens of thousands of seized weapons, from handguns and rifles to AK-47s, some with gun sights carved into the shape of a rooster or a horse's head.
A Critical Patient, an Overwhelmed Hospital and a Tenacious Newspaper
 Tracy Wilkinson
How Oaxaca, one of the nation's poorest and most ethnically diverse regions, with a crusading newspaper and a strapped health system, faced the first strikes of what would become a global health crisis underscores the public-health dilemma facing Mexico.
US Latinos Irked by Mexican Dominance
 Manuel Valdes
With mariachis, tequila and parades, Cinco de Mayo will be celebrated this week in parties across the nation, kicking off a commemoration of Mexican heritage in the United States as a pseudo-holiday that has been adopted by the general population.
Poverty, Tendency to Self-Medicate Help Drive Up Flu Deaths in Mexico
 Joshua Partlow & William Booth
Several theories have emerged as to why all but one of the confirmed deaths from swine flu have occurred in Mexico.
Guess How DHS Defines Who is a Terrorist Now
 Drew Zahn
Two weeks before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security penned its controversial report warning against "right-wing extremists" in the United States, it generated a memo defining dozens of additional groups – animal rights activists, black separatists, tax protesters, even worshippers of the Norse god Odin – as potential "threats."
Mexico Criticizes Swine Flu Discrimination
 David Koop
President Felipe Calderon said a nationwide shutdown and an aggressive informational campaign appeared to have helped curtail the outbreak in Mexico. His health secretary said the government is starting preparations for people to return to classes and work.
Ecuador's Election Shows Why Left Continues Winning in Hard Times
 Mark Weisbrot
Washington's foreign policy establishment has been proven wrong. Latin America is more stable and democratic than ever.
Swine Flu Scare Doesn't Put Stop to Drug Cartels
 Alicia A. Caldwell
Even people caught in Mexico's murderous drug war are heeding advice to use face masks as protection against swine flu.
Relying on Religion in Uncertain Times
 Malcolm Beith
Religion and faith tend to play a large role during crises, and in Mexico - which is 90 percent Catholic - it's likely to play a major part in the coming weeks as concerns about the flu outbreak continue.
Free Trade and Mexico's Drug War
 The Real News Network
Miguel Tinker Salas: Collapse of traditional economy created the space for the cartels to grow.
Rumors, Speculation and Fear: San Miguel de Allende Copes with the Spread of Media-Fueled Alarm, Not H1N1 Flu Virus
 Jan Baumgartner
To date, there are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in the entire state of Guanajuato. But you would never know that by the air of growing concern, masked faces, and government mandated closings that has this otherwise bustling town still, and eerily quiet.
In US, Health Scare Brings Out Xenophobia
 Tim Gaynor
A new strain of flu has stirred a heated debate in the United States about immigration, an emotional topic that is never far from the surface in this country of migrants.
Blaming ‘Media Hype’ for Swine Flu Fears
 Robert Mackey
This past week has presented the world’s news media with a conundrum: How loudly should a responsible person shout (or whisper) “Possible Fire!” in a crowded theater?
Mexico: Congress Closed to Indigenous Women
 Diego Cevallos
No indigenous woman has ever held a seat in the Mexican Congress. But two of them, one belonging to the conservative ruling party and the other representing the leftwing opposition, are trying to change that in the July legislative elections.
Mexican Ambassador: Flu Exaggerated
 Reid Wilson
The Mexican ambassador to the United States said Thursday reports about the deadly H1N1 flu virus have dramatically overstated the disease's reach, and that just eight deaths can be definitively pinned on the virus.
Scientists See This Flu Strain as Relatively Mild
 Karen Kaplan & Alan Zarembo
As the World Health Organization raised its infectious disease alert level Wednesdays, scientists studying the virus are coming to the consensus that this hybrid strain of influenza isn’t shaping up to be as fatal as the strains that caused some previous pandemics.
Mexico Outbreak Traced to ‘Manure Lagoons’ at Pig Farm
 Chris Ayres
The first known case of swine flu emerged a fortnight earlier than previously thought in a village where residents have long complained about the smell and flies from a nearby pig farm, it emerged last night.
Rights Group: Mexico Fails to Punish Army Abuse
 Mark Walsh
Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that the Mexican army is failing to hold soldiers to account for possible human rights abuses including killings, torture and rape.
Swine Flu Fears Grip Mexico
 Arthur Brice
Fear and skepticism on the streets of Mexico have led to panic buying and deep suspicions about the government. Can officials handle a deadly swine flu epidemic, many people are asking, and are authorities lying about what's really going on?
Among the Swine Flu Mysteries: Why Only Deaths in Mexico?
 Arthur Brice
It's a confounding question on the lips of disease detectives: Why have the only deaths from the swine flu outbreak happened in Mexico?
Mexico Faces Criticism Over Swine Flu Response
 Niko Price
Two weeks after the first known swine flu death, Mexico still hasn't given medicine to the families of the dead. It hasn't determined where the outbreak began or how it spread.
Mexico Clamps Down Harder on Flu Outbreak
 Sophie Nicholson
Mexico faces a "critical moment" in its handling of a deadly swine flu outbreak, the capital's mayor said Tuesday, as he ordered all eateries in the city closed to combat the virus's spread.
Are Women Being Denied Justice?
 PBS.org
This week's "NOW" on PBS: Are women being denied justice? "NOW" investigates the enormous backlog in rape cases. Watch the show for yourself RIGHT NOW.
March 24, 1976: President Ford Orders Swine-Flu Shots for All
 Tony Long
Ford was acting on the advice of medical experts, who believed they were dealing with a virus potentially as deadly as the one that caused the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic.
In Mexico, Young Adults Appear Most at Risk
 Joshua Partlow
The question of who contracts and ultimately dies from this virus has become a matter of central concern in Mexico. And the answers that are beginning to emerge as the death toll rises have been ominous.
Critics Question Mexico's Reaction to Health Crisis
 Nacha Cattan
One day after a deadly flu epidemic put Mexico City at the center of an international public health scare, some residents complained that authorities were slow to react and others accused the government of causing senseless panic.
Counting Mexico's Guns
 D'Angelo Gore
President Obama says 90 percent of Mexico's recovered crime guns come from the U.S. That's not what the statistics show.
Military-backed Mapping Project in Oaxaca Under Fire
 Cyril Mychalejko & Ramor Ryan
A University of Kansas professor is under fire for a mapping project in Mexico partially funded by the U.S. Defense Department as colleagues in the field of geography are calling for an investigation, while growing local opposition to the project leaves it in peril.
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