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Preteen as Carnival Queen Stirs Rio Controversy
 Bradley Brooks
She is the Shirley Temple of samba, a 7-year-old named to a coveted Carnival role normally reserved for barely clad models who have undergone more plastic surgeries than little Julia Lira has seen birthdays.
California Governor Candidate Stewart Alexander Receives SPUSA Endorsement
 Peace and Freedom Party 2010
After running as the 2008 Vice Presidential Nominee for Socialist Party USA, Stewart Alexander has now received the endorsement of SPUSA to run as a candidate for California Governor on the ticket of the Peace and Freedom Party.
 Obama's Weekly Address: Opening Doors for Small Business
 The White House Blog
Reiterating once again his commitment to small business as the engine of our economy, the President urges Congress to move forward immediately on steps to help them expand and create jobs.
Costa Rica Expected to Elect First Woman President
 Marianela Jimenez & Alexandra Olson
Costa Rican voters appear likely to elect the country's first female president, a protege of Nobel laureate Oscar Arias who holds a nearly 20-point lead over two male rivals ahead of Sunday's balloting.
US Security Chief: Mexico Can Beat Organized Crime
 The News
The Director of the National Intelligence of the United States (DNI), Dennis Blair, said on Tuesday that Mexico faces a “critical test” due to the attacks by organized crime, but he does not think that cartels will destabilize the country.
Nearly a Ton of Pot Seized Near U.S.-Mexico Border
 Associated Press
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized nearly a ton of marijuana hidden in a banana shipment at a cargo facility near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Landmark Case Could Restore US Felon Voting Rights
 Matthew Cardinale
A historic ruling earlier this month on behalf of felons who lost the right to vote could call into question the disenfranchisement of felons and ex-felons in the State of Washington and indeed across the United States.
Can the White House Control the News?
 Sherwood Ross
Now that one of every four Americans gets the news online, a communications authority wonders if the White House is still able to control the news.
Obama Wants to Expand DHS into an American Gestapo
 Capitol Hill Blue
The Obama administration is working to expand the controversial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) beyond its traditional role of fighting terrorism, giving the enforcement agency broad powers over cybercrime, disease control, immigration enforcement and other areas of American life.
Justice Department Clears Torture Memo Authors John Yoo, Jay Bybee of Misconduct
 Jason Leopold
A long-awaited Department of Justice watchdog report that probed whether John Yoo and his former boss Jay Bybee violated professional standards when they provided the Bush White House with legal advice on torture has cleared both men of misconduct.
Obama's Weekly Address: Reining in Budget Deficits
 The White House Blog
The President pledges to rein the deficit, citing three specific steps to this end.
Evo's New Cabinet: Ten Men, Ten Women
 EFE/Los Tiempos
Bolivian President Evo Morales kicked off his second term as leader of the country by announcing the appointment of his new Cabinet. Morales has replaced more than half of the ministers from his previous administration, and brought gender parity to his new team by apportioning exactly half of the ministerial positions to women.
Mexico Extradites Suspect in US Agent Slaying
 Greg Moran
The Mexican government has extradited a man who has been indicted in the United States on charges of running down a Border Patrol agent in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area in January 2008.
Marcha Migrante V (Feb 2-5, 2010)
 Enrique Morones
On Tuesday, February 2nd Border Angels and Gente Unida will again lead the annual Marcha Migrante advocating for Humane Immigration Reform. Previous National Marchas Migrantes have helped galvanize country to National Marches of 2006, share migrant stories 2007, Get out the Vote 2008 and last year "We marched we voted, now it's time to deliver" as we went to DC and White House.
Guatemala: Mexico to Decide if US Gets Ex-Leader
 Associated Press
A lawyer for former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo said Thursday that neighboring Mexico did not properly approve his arrest, a move necessary under the ex-leader's 2008 extradition from Mexico back home.
Honduran Coup d'Etat a "Win" for the US?
 Tom Loudon
Pepe Lobo will be inaugurated as the new president of Honduras in what many consider to be an institutionalization of the coup d'état, which took place seven months ago. Lobo comes to the presidency as a result of a highly disputed election process carried out by the coup regime.
Honduras: Lobo Sworn In; Zelaya Heads into Exile
 Thelma Mejía
Porfirio Lobo, who was sworn in Wednesday as president of Honduras, urged the people of his country and the international community to "forget the past" and move ahead towards reconciliation.
Weather, Stragglers Hamper Machu Picchu Rescues
 Andrew Whalen
Helicopters are struggling to bring out Machu Picchu tourists stranded by mudslides, yet new arrivals are swelling the numbers of those hunkered down in villages near the Inca citadel, complaining of a lack of food, water and accommodations.
Howard Zinn, Historian Who Challenged Status Quo, Dies at 87
 Mark Feeney
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and a leading faculty critic of BU president John Silber, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling, his family said.
State of the Union Address: Putting Washington at the Service of the Middle Class
 The White House Blog
In his State of the Union Address, the President laid out an agenda attempting to attack one problem from every conceivable angle: the terrible squeeze felt by America’s middle class.
El Salvador Denounces 3 Migrant Deaths in Mexico
 Associated Press
The government of El Salvador has filed a complaint with Mexican officials over the killing of three migrants and the rape of four others by armed men in southern Mexico.
U.S. Indicts Portillo in Money Laundering
 Amir Efrati & Paulo Prada
Alfonso Portillo, the former president of Guatemala, was indicted on money-laundering charges by a federal grand jury in New York City, U.S. prosecutors said Monday.
Obama Approved Secret Military Operations in Yemen
 Agence France-Presse
President Barack Obama approved secret joint U.S. military and intelligence operations with Yemeni troops that began six weeks ago and killed six regional al Qaeda leaders, The Washington Post reported.
Rains Strand 2,000 Tourists at Machu Picchu Ruins
 Andrew Whalen
Heavy rains and mudslides in Peru blocked the train route to the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu on Monday, keeping nearly 2,000 tourists stranded.
Capitalism's Woes Cheered at World Social Forum
 Alan Clendenning
Leftists are pouring into Porto Alegre, Brazil to rail against freewheeling capitalism during the World Social Forum, gleefully cheering the humbling of bankers and business titans by the global economic meltdown.
Send California Inmates to Mexico, Says Schwarzenegger
 Agence France-Presse
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested California could ease its crowded prison system by sending thousands of undocumented inmates to specially built jails in Mexico.
Baja Smugglers’ Use of Boats Rising Rapidly
 Leslie Berestein
On any given night, small fishing boats from Mexico are puttering up the San Diego County coast, unlighted and so dangerously overloaded with human cargo that their hulls are barely above water.
US Ambassador: No to Negotation with Drug Cartels
 The News
US Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual said Sunday that under no circumstance should drug cartels in Mexico be negotiated with, because this would imply a deepening of their “dirty business.”
Taking Dead Sea Turtle is Crime
 Jim Waymer
Upward of 4,100 sea turtles, most of them endangered green sea turtles from Mosquito Lagoon, floated up lethargic in Florida this week because of the cold. Taking a dead sea turtle for a wall hanging or souvenir could land you a $5,000 fine or five years in jail.
Castro Decries US, Others Sending Troops to Haiti
 Associated Press
Fidel Castro is questioning why the U.S. and other countries sent soldiers to quake-ravaged Haiti, saying military presence hindered international cooperation.
Bolivia's Morales Sworn in to Second Term
 Associated Press
Evo Morales has begun a second term as Bolivia's president by declaring colonialism dead in the Andean nation.
Manuel Zelaya Plans Mexico Stay, Later Return to Honduras
 Freddy Cuevas
Ousted President Manuel Zelaya will leave the Brazilian Embassy next week and travel to the Dominican Republic before settling in Mexico and planning his eventual return to Honduras, an aide said in an interview published Friday.
Obama's Weekly Address: President Obama Addresses This Week's Supreme Court Decision
 The White House Blog
In this week’s address, President Barack Obama addresses the Supreme Court decision to further empower corporations to use their financial clout to directly influence elections.
Celebrities Go Low-Key, and Sometimes Nameless, in the Haiti Telethon
 Alessandra Stanley
George Clooney is the un-Jerry Lewis of celebrity telethons. The star-studded fund-raiser on Friday that he organized for victims of the Haiti earthquake was a study in carefully muted star power. More than 100 of the most famous actors and music stars in the world went on stage pretending to be nobody.
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