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 US Military to Set Up in Colombia
 The Real News Network
With the hemisphere fixated on the coup d'etat in Honduras, the Colombian military announced it would be opening up some of its military bases to be shared with the US military.
The US Drug War's Wrong Focus
 Robert Weiner & Zoe Pagonis
Why is the Obama administration proposing to spend an even higher percentage of its anti-drug resources on law enforcement than the administration of George W. Bush?
The Honduran Battle for Washington
 PVNN
As talks for a peaceful resolution fail, a fierce battle is on to win over the US government.
Mexican Cartels Seek Safety and Friends by Moving South
 Jerry Brewer
Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s relentless push and disrupting of the profit making agendas of the Mexican drug gangs has forced many of their operations into Central America.
You're (Probably) a US Federal Criminal
 Brian Walsh
Federal law now criminalizes activities that the average person would never dream would land him in prison. Consequently, every year, thousands of upstanding, responsible Americans run afoul of some incomprehensible federal law and end up serving time in federal prison.
State Force Legitimate Means of Maintaining Order, Legality and Security: President Calderón
 Presidencia de la República
Mexican President Felipe Calderón declared that in response to the enemy that organized crime represents, the state has the right and obligation to use all available resources to ensure Mexicans’ right to order and peaceful coexistence.
Barack Obama Ratings Fall as Polls Show Honeymoon May Be Over
 Alex Spillius
Barack Obama's honeymoon period appears to be coming to an end in America as polls have shown his ratings have fallen to their lowest point yet.
Inside Bush and Cheney's Final Days
 Massimo Calabresi & Michael Weisskop
Hours before they were to leave office after eight troubled years, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney had one final and painful piece of business to conclude.
Canada: Visa Ruling has no Ulterior Motives
 Thérese Margolis
The only reason Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government imposed new visa requirements on Mexican tourists visiting Canada was to ensure the integrity of the nation's refugee program, Canadian Ambassador Guillermo Rishchynski said this week.
US Senate Rejects Concealed Weapons Amendment
 Greg Vadala
The Senate on Wednesday rejected an amendment that would have allowed licensed gun owners to carry concealed firearms across state lines.
Deaths of US Troops Exceed 5,000 in Wars
 Andrea Stone
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan reached two solemn milestones Monday: July has become the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and the combined death toll surpassed 5,000.
Mexico's Army is Violating Human Rights, Groups Say
 Howard LaFranchi
The US should withhold key counternarcotics funds from Mexico until progress is made, argue several human rights organizations in the US and Mexico.
Venezuela: Drug Trafficking Getting Worse, Says U.S. Report
 Danielle Kurtzleben & Ali Gharib
Governmental corruption and the refusal to cooperate with U.S. counter-drug efforts are worsening a ballooning drug trafficking problem in Venezuela, according to a new report by the investigative office of the U.S. Congress.
Nicaragua: An Unfinished Revolution
 PVNN
On July 19, 1979, the Sandinista revolution removed what many considered to be one of Latin America's most brutal dictatorships. Thirty years later, and with the Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega once again in power, Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman visited Nicaragua and found that many of the revolution's promises have remained unfulfilled.
Discovery Channel to Run Viral Pandemic Survival Show
 Kurt Nimmo
According to the Discovery Channel website, the show “is a controlled experiment to see exactly what it would take to survive and rebuild” after a global catastrophe, specifically a worldwide viral pandemic scheduled to strike this autumn.
Drug Dealing for Jesus: Mexico's Evangelical Narcos
 Ioan Grillo
Mexican gangsters have long financed their own music genre. But La Familia's effort to forge their own religious sect is new, proof of a cultural autonomy to match their fearsome ability to defy Mexico City and Washington with impunity.
Behind the Headlines: Escobar’s Hippo and the Calibío Battalion
 Carmen Andrea Rivera
Since his death in 1993, the image of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has been shrouded in mystique. Escobar, whose accrued cocaine wealth once earned him a nod from Forbes Magazine as one of the world’s richest men, has become, at least in U.S. pop culture, the personification of the kind of bravado only exhibited by the most criminally successful.
Oysters for Health Care
 Bill Moyers & Michael Winship
This is a story of health care and two Americans; a tale of two citizens, if you will.
Did Cheney's Assassination Squad Operate on U.S. Soil?
 Washington's Blog
Both Talking Points Memo and Raw Story are raising the possibility that Cheney's assassination squad operated on U.S. soil - both news sites basing their speculation on a statement in the Washington Post.
'CIA Suspect in Bhutto's Assassination'
 Press TV
Slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto could have been targeted by the CIA as part of its recently-exposed alleged assassination program, reports say.
Who's in Charge of US Foreign Policy?
 Mark Weisbrot
The current stand-off in Honduras, in which the coup government headed by Roberto Micheletti is refusing to allow the return of elected president Manuel Zelaya, is raising questions about who is in charge of US foreign policy for the hemisphere.
President Calderón a Hero: DEA
 Notimex
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) approved the Mexican government’s position of not negotiating with drug traffickers or criminal groups, whose only possible destination is prison.
US Security Firms Vie for Mexican Drug War Work
 Mica Rosenberg
As Mexico battles to keep a lid on raging drug war violence, U.S. companies are fighting over millions of dollars in contracts for military equipment and training under a long-promised U.S aid package.
Bush's Hit Teams
 Robert Parry
Despite the new controversy over whether a global CIA "hit team" ever went operational, there has been public evidence for years that the Bush administration approved "rules of engagement" that permitted executions and targeted killings of suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Man Who Knew Cheney's Secret
 The Daily Beast
The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh was mocked in March when he referred to Dick Cheney's secret squad of CIA assassins. Now, he talks to The Daily Beast about the next shoe to drop.
The US is Compromising Democracy in Honduras
 Shamus Cooke
If President Zelaya unconditionally returns to finish his term in office, democracy will be restored; anything short of that will have democracy "compromised" into its opposite.
McNamara's Mindset Pt2
 The Real News Network
In this second part of the interview, Gareth Porter discusses the documents that served a smoking gun for McNamara's deception over the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
In US, Mexico Expats in Awe Over PRI Wins
 The News
The opinion of Mexican expats living in the U.S. is a subject to ponder on. The general attitude is one of disbelief and awe over the result of the midterm elections which placed the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) once again in control of Congress.
US Denying Sanctuary to Mexicans Fleeing Drug War
 Todd Bensman
It's difficult to know how US judges are ruling because asylum records are not public for security reasons. But lawyers report steep losses and few wins amid differing and evolving interpretations of asylum law as it applies to Mexicans.
Storm Clouds Loom Over Obamaland
 Doug Thompson
New polls show more erosion in Obama's once sky-high approval ratings as more and more Americans question his ability to deal with the many daunting problems that face the nation.
Swine Flu 1976
 Daily Motion
CBS "60 MINUTES" documentary on the swine flu epidemics of 1976 in the U.S. It went on air only once and was never shown again.
Honduras: Coup d'Etat - What's In a Name?
Diana Cariboni
The events unleashed two weeks ago in Honduras have raised questions about the options available in a democratic system to penalise infringements of the constitution without, in turn, trampling the constitution.
American Children in Poverty on the Rise
 Annie Gowen
A growing number of American children are living in poverty and with unemployed parents, and are facing the threat of hunger, according to a new federal report.
Council on Foreign Relations Backs Amnesty for Illegals, Opposes Arpaio-Style Raids
 Phoenix Business Journal
The uber-establishment Council on Foreign Relations said last week that it favors granting legal status to many of the roughly 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., creating a guest worker program for low-skilled foreign workers to come and work in the U.S and opposes local police getting to conduct immigration raids.
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