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Mexico Drug Gangs in New Battle for Local Addicts
 Julian Cardona
Mexico's violent drug gangs are fighting over home-grown addicts in the dingy back streets of northern border cities, creating new turf wars that will further stretch the country's security forces.
Mexican Watchdog Wants to Halt Key Oil Project
 Mica Rosenberg
Mexico's new oil watchdog wants energy monopoly Pemex to ditch new contracts at its key Chicontepec oil field but the state-owned company said it could not abandon the project.
Whodunit? Sneak Attack on U.S. Dollar
 Eamon Javers
With the U.S. economy on the ropes and America by far the world’s biggest debtor, investors aren’t feeling as secure about the dollar as they used to. And the notion of second-tier economies ganging up on Uncle Sam didn’t sound so far-fetched.
Americans Cutting Back on Health Care to Save Money
 David Lightman
Many Americans have been putting off doctors' visits, forgoing medical tests and taking expired medications to save money over the past year, according to a new poll by Consumers Union.
 Beneath the Hype: Is Iran Close to Nukes?
 The Real News Network
Retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern speaks on disinformation, Iran, and "faith-based intelligence."
Comments from a Major US-Mexico Drug War Conference
 Kent Paterson
El Paso was the scene last month as academics, students, journalists, community members, and a smattering of government officials from the United States, Mexico and other parts of the world gathered to analyze and debate the 40-year war on drugs.
National Issues, Role Models and Mexican Foreign Policy
 Barnard R. Thompson
Following his release from prison in early September, after serving seven years on convictions for taking bribes, filing false tax returns, racketeering, etc., former U.S. congressman James Traficant (Dem., Ohio) quickly made headlines anew.
Honduras - 100 Days of Repression and Resistance
 Tom Loudon
Today marks 100 days since a military coup was carried out against President Zelaya in Honduras. It also marks 100 days of massive, sustained, nonviolent resistance on the part of the Honduran people who are saying no to this brazen attempt to return to the days of dictators.
Group Sues in Mexico to Stop Garcia Marquez Movie
 Catherine E. Shoichet
Efforts to film Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez's latest novel are meeting resistance in Mexico, where an anti-prostitution group is seeking to block production, charging the movie will promote child prostitution.
Afghan War Gives US Antiwar Movement Momentum
 Eli Saslow
A Sunday meeting and a Monday protest - that was the agenda planned in advance of Wednesday's eighth anniversary of the start of the Afghan war. There had been other protests in Washington over the course of the conflict, but this time organizers believed they could revive the beleaguered antiwar movement, once such a force in U.S. policy.
U.S. Marijuana Growers Cutting Into Profits of Mexican Trafficker
 Steve Fainaru & William Booth
Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug organizations in a way that decades of arrests and seizures have not.
Argentina's Dirty War: How to Defend an Accused Mass Murderer?
 Sam Ferguson
rosecutors here in Argentina have framed former Gen. Jorge Olivera Rovere as Argentina's Adolf Eichmann: a mid-level official who dutifully helped execute orders to exterminate opponents of Argentina's last military dictatorship.
D'Escoto: "The UN has Failed"
 The Real News Network
As he leaves the office of the President of the UN General Assembly, Father Miguel d'Escoto gave Real News Senior Editor Paul Jay a no holds barred interview on the issues plaguing the United Nations.
Substitute 'Obama' for 'Bush' and 'Afghanistan' for 'Iraq'
 Dana Milbank
It was a scene repeated countless times during the Bush years: A few hundred people massed on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House, wearing orange jumpsuits and hoods, holding photos of wounded children or carrying coffins.
Mexico's Rural Poverty Has a Woman's Face
 Emilio Godoy
Some transformations occur so imperceptibly that people only become aware of them when the new reality has set in. That’s exactly what happened in Mexico’s countryside, where economic and social conditions have combined to put rural production largely in the hands of women.
Brazil and South America Celebrate Their Victory
 Los Tiempos
"The hour has arrived for Brazil and for all of South America," said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, making his case for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Shortly after his presentation to the International Olympic Committee, his request was granted.
Mexico Confronting a Drug Addiction Epidemic
 Dudley Althaus
Cheap and plentiful narcotics have flooded the country as producers and traffickers have sought to open new markets for cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs.
Firms Are Getting Billions, but Homeowners Still in Trouble
 Chris Adams
The US federal government is engaged in a massive mortgage modification program that's on track to send billions in tax dollars to many of the very companies that judges or regulators have cited in recent years for abusive mortgage practices.
Mexico Drug Law is "Tool" Against Cartels: US
 Robin Emmott
Washington is closely watching Mexico's recent decriminalization of drugs but respects its neighbor's move as a tool in the fight against drug cartels, two senior U.S. officials said last week.
The Damage of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
 New York Times
Sixteen years after passage of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, there is reason to hope that the military is edging away from its destructive opposition to allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly.
Obama's Olympics Failure Will Haunt Him in Future
 Jennifer Loven & Julie Pace
OK, so it wasn't health care, climate change or war. Still, President Barack Obama's high-profile failure to win the Olympics for Chicago could feed negative narratives already nipping at his heels — that he's a better talker than closer, more celebrity than statesman. And this could hamper his efforts on the weightier issues.
Globalization, a "Devastating Success"
 The Real News Network
Jomo K.S.: "Before the crisis, finance accounted for 15% of the economy, but had 40% of the profits."
U.S. Businesses at Risk of Becoming Targets of Mexican Drug Cartels
 Alejandra Labanca
American interests could become targets of Mexico's drug cartels as Washington deepens its involvement in the war against drugs south of the border, according to a leading global intelligence and security corporation.
Victim's Dad: Drug War Distracts from Kidnapping
 Catherine E. Shoichet
A former Mexican sports commissioner whose daughter was killed by her abductors criticized the government this week for failing to combat crimes like kidnapping as aggressively as it fights drug trafficking.
Blacks in Mexico Seek Government Recognition
 TABOO2U
The first town of freed African slaves in the Americas is not exactly where you would expect to find it - and it isn't exactly what you'd expect to find either. First, it's not in the United States.
Where Did Mexico's Blacks Go?
 Steve Sailer
Most Americans, and even many Mexicans, don't realize that a significant fraction of the Mexican population once looked markedly African. At least 200,000 black slaves were imported into Mexico from Africa.
The State of America's Leadership
 David Ruth
Contemporary leaders are less trusting, but also less cynical, than those in top positions nearly four decades ago, according to a new comprehensive survey of White House Fellows — a group that includes more than 600 prominent leaders in nearly every sector of American society.
Corporate America v. Proposition 8 Opponents
 Stewart A. Alexander
While same-sex marriage supporters are circulating petitions for another shot to have same-sex marriage rights back on the 2010 ballot, the supporters of Proposition 8 gained a new ally to help defeat any measure that will give same-sex couples the right to marry.
Mexican Youth Facing Risky Situations
 Rocío Zayas
The Federal District Human Rights Committee (CDHDF) warned that young people are exposed to risky situations, which is damaging to their interpersonal relations.
US, NATO Poised for Most Massive War in Afghanistan's History
 Rick Rozoff
Over the past weeks U.S. newspapers and television networks have been abuzz with reports that Washington and its NATO allies are planning an unprecedented increase of troops for the war in Afghanistan, even in addition to the 17,000 new American and several thousand NATO forces that have been committed to the war so far this year.
Immigration Crackdown with Firings, Not Raids
 Julia Preston
Obama administration officials say that they have not followed the Bush pattern of concluding investigations with a mass roundup of workers. Those raids drew criticism for damaging businesses and dividing immigrant families.
Minor Offenses: The Tragedy of Youth in Adult Prisons
 Antonio Ramirez
Interview: Campaign for Youth Justice's Liz Ryan talks about the thousands of teenagers detained in adult jails and prisons.
US Troops Call Afghan Region "Vietnam Without Napalm"
 Hal Bernton
The men of Bravo Company have a bitter description for the irrigated swath of land along the Arghandab River where 10 members of their battalion have been killed and 30 have been wounded since the beginning of August. "Like Vietnam without the napalm," said Spc. Nicholas Gojekian, 21, of Katy, Texas.
Latin America's Black Population Still Largely Invisible
 Raúl Pierri
Making the contributions by black people to the cultural heritage of Latin America visible is one big step towards pulling people of African descent out of the poverty and marginalisation in which so many still live, said participants at a regional seminar in the Uruguayan capital.
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