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 News Around the Americas
Chavez's TV Drama Touches Off Fox Fight
 Oakland Ross
A weekly television show is probably not the best place to conduct foreign policy, but Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez likes to make his own rules. Plus, he has a weekly television show.more »»»
Panama Against Sex Exploitation
 Prensa Latina
A campaign to raise public awareness about sexual exploitation of girls and adolescents was presented by the National Commission for Prevention of Commercial and Sexual Crimes and the National Council of Journalism to mark International Day of Non Violence against Woman.more »»»
US Nears 1,000th Execution Since 1977
 Bradley Brooks
"Let's do it." With those last words, convicted killer Gary Gilmore ushered in the modern era of capital punishment in the United States, an age of busy death chambers that will likely see its 1,000th execution in the coming days.more »»»
Sheehan Back in Texas for War Protest
 Angelea A. K. Brown
The fallen soldier's mother whose August vigil near President Bush's ranch reinvigorated the anti-war movement returned to Texas to resume her protest Thursday as the president celebrated Thanksgiving a few miles away.more »»»
Castro Launches Cuban War Against Corruption
 Hernan Etchaleco
"In this battle against vice, no one will be spared, and we will call things by their name," said Cuban President Fidel Castro during an address broadcast live on Cuban national television to announce a nation-wide fight against corruption.more »»»
One in Six Women Suffers from Domestic Violence: WHO
 Stephanie Nebehay & Patricia Reaney
One in six women worldwide suffers domestic violence - some battered during pregnancy - yet many remain silent about the assaults, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.more »»»
US to End 'Catch and Release' at Mexican Border
 Bernd Debusmann
The United States is closing a legal loophole which has allowed tens of thousands of illegal immigrants to slip into the country and join the estimated 11 million undocumented foreigners already here.more »»»
Fuel Pact Defended at Local Signing
 Raja Mishra
Local legislators and Venezuelan officials yesterday vigorously defended an agreement that will bring discounted heating oil to more than 40,000 low-income Massachusetts residents courtesy of a Latin American leader engaged in an acerbic public campaign against President Bush and US foreign policy.more »»»
Antiwar Protesters Arrested Near Bush Ranch
 Rosalind S. Helderman
About a dozen antiwar protesters, including Daniel Ellsberg and the sister of Cindy Sheehan, were arrested Wednesday morning while camping on a roadside near President Bush's ranch in violation of a new county ordinance.more »»»
Thanksgiving Legacy Belongs to Hispanic Americans
 Hispanic News
A group of Spanish explorers celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 16th-century Florida, historian says. If Michael Gannon’s logic is correct, Pilgrims didn’t have their first Thanksgiving meal until 1621, 56 years later.more »»»
US Death Toll Reaches 2,100
 Bassem Mroue
A suicide car bomber attacked a police patrol Tuesday in the northern city of Kirkuk, killing at least 17 people, and three US soldiers died in two separate attacks, pushing the American death toll in Iraq to 2,100.more »»»
Unsafe Sex, Drug Use Leads to Spike in HIV/AIDS in Latin America: UN
 AFP
Unsafe sex and intravenous drug use led to a spike in HIV/AIDS cases this year in Latin America with Brazil, Argentina and Colombia among the worst offenders, a UN report said.more »»»
Chavez Pushes Petro-Diplomacy
 Justin Blum
The plea came in a letter from a group of U.S. senators to nine big oil companies: With huge increases in winter heating bills expected, the letter read, we want you to donate some of your record profits to help low-income people cover those costs. But the lawmakers received only one response.more »»»
Mildewed Police Files May Hold Clues to Atrocities in Guatemala
 Ginger Thompson
The reams and reams of mildewed police documents, tied in messy bundles and stacked from floor to ceiling, look on first sight like a giant trash heap. But human rights investigators are calling it a treasure hidden in plain sight.more »»»
Cheney Shifts Attack on War Critics
 Adam Entous
Vice President Dick Cheney denied on Monday that the administration was trying to stifle dissent by lashing out at Iraq war critics, but said he drew the line at what he called shameless charges by some Democrats that the president distorted prewar intelligence.more »»»
Bush's Asia Trip Meets Low Expectations
 Peter Baker & Philip P. Pan
When President Bush was flying toward Asia a week ago, his national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, predicted to reporters in the back of the plane that the four-nation trip would yield no "headline breakthroughs." He turned out to be right.more »»»
HIV Cases Pass Record 40 Million Mark: UN
 AFP
Progress has been made in tackling HIV infection in key African countries, but five million people were infected worldwide in 2005 to take the estimated total beyond 40 million, a UN report said.more »»»
Venezuelans March Against Bush Trade Pact
 UPI
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez led a protest of thousands in Caracas Sunday against U.S. President George Bush's proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas. "This country is free, we are not going to be colonized again," Chavez shouted into a microphone.more »»»
Rumsfeld Won't Set Timetable for Iraq Exit
 LATimes
While some lawmakers press for a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld made no promises on Sunday and said commanders' assessments will determine the pace of any military drawdown.more »»»
Tropical Storm Gamma Kills Six in Honduras, Belize
 USA Today
Tropical Storm Gamma weakened Sunday, a day after it deluged the coast of Central America and killed at least six people — three in flooding in Honduras and three in the crash of a small plane belonging to a Belize lodge owned by filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.more »»»
Protesters Call Again for Closing of School of the Americas
 Elliott Minor
Carlos Mauricio, a torture survivor from El Salvador, will be among the thousands who gather at Fort Benning's main gate this weekend to call for the closing of a military school they blame for human rights abuses in Latin America.more »»»
Venezuela Warns of New US Attacks
 Prensa Latina
The latest US darts hit Venezuela as there is an underlying crisis with Mexico in the wake of criticism by President Vicente Fox of Venezuela's rejection of the Washington-sponsored Free Trade Area of the Americas.more »»»
Fitzgerald Going Back to Grand Jury
 Jason Leopold
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will present evidence next week to a grand jury in his two year-old investigation into the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame in the hopes of securing a criminal indictment against an undetermined number of senior officials.more »»»
Bush Vows to 'Stay in the Fight' in Iraq
 Steve Holland
U.S. President George W. Bush vowed on Saturday "we will stay in the fight" until victory in Iraq, rejected critics' calls for a troop pullout timetable and insisted progress is being made in Baghdad.more »»»
Fidel Castro in Bustling Good Health
 Prensa Latina
Cuba´s president Fidel Castro asserted Thursday he was in good health and worked more than ever, despite alleged US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reports that he was suffering from Parkison´s disease.more »»»
Cindy Sheehan Found Guilty; Will Appeal
 Derrill Holly
Iraq War protester Cindy Sheehan and 26 other peace activists were found guilty Thursday of protesting without a permit near the White House. They were each ordered to pay $75 in fines and court costs, but Sheehan's lawyer said he plans to appeal the verdict.more »»»
Nixon Documents Shine Light on Iraq-like Struggle in Vietnam
 AFP
Documents released this week have cast a light on President Richard Nixon's struggles during the Vietnam war reminiscent of those that President George W. Bush is now grappling with in Iraq.more »»»
Perpetrators of Ancient War Crime Sought
 Guy Gugliotta
Whoever they were, the invaders made short work of the enormous palace in the Mayan lowlands, ignoring half-built ramparts to corral nearly three dozen members of the royal household, systematically murder them with spears and axes, then dismember the corpses and dump the pieces into a ceremonial cistern.more »»»
Democrats Have Proof Pre-War Intel Was Manipulated
 Jason Leopold
Senate Democrats have dug up additional explosive evidence over the past week that they say will help prove the Bush administration deliberately manipulated pre-war Iraq intelligence that was used to convince Congress and the public to support a pre-emptive strike against the Middle East country in March of 2003.more »»»
US Congress Arrives at A Deal on Patriot Act
 Jonathan Weisman
House and Senate negotiators reached a tentative agreement yesterday on revisions to the USA Patriot Act that would limit some of the government's powers while requiring the Justice Department to provide a better accounting of its secret requests for information on ordinary citizens.more »»»
Sheehan, Other Protesters Plead Not Guilty
 Associated Press
War protester Cindy Sheehan and several others pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of demonstrating without a permit outside the White House. Before the trial began, Sheehan announced plans to revive her protest near Bush's Texas ranch during Thanksgiving week. more »»»
Venezuela Kicks Ball to Mexico in Diplomatic Spat
 Patrick Markey
Venezuela said Wednesday Mexico should take the initiative to resolve a diplomatic standoff after both governments recalled their ambassadors in a dispute over U.S. regional free trade proposals.more »»»
CIA says Castro has Parkinson's Disease
 David Morgan
The CIA has concluded that Cuban President Fidel Castro suffers from Parkinson's disease and could have difficulty coping with the duties of office as his condition worsens, an official said on Wednesday.more »»»
United States Keeps 'Diplomatic' Silence Over Mexican-Venezuelan Tiff
 Wire reports
The USA has been keeping a 'diplomatic' silence about the break up of relations between Mexico and Venezuela. US State Department spokesman, Adam Ereli has told reporters at a press conference that it is entirely a matter between the two countries.more »»»
Tide Turning in GOP Senators' War View
 Dan Balz
For the past three years, President Bush has set the course on U.S. policy in Iraq, and Republicans in Congress - and many Democrats, too - have dutifully followed his lead. Yesterday the Senate, responding to growing public frustration with the administration's war policy, signaled that those days are coming to an end.more »»»
Venezuela, Mexico Recall Envoys
 Patrick Markey
Venezuela and Mexico recalled their ambassadors on Monday as left-wing President Hugo Chavez and his counterpart Vicente Fox sparred in an escalating dispute over a U.S. proposal for regional free trade.more »»»
US Supreme Court Won't Take Up Religion Case
 USA Today
The US Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a dispute over the constitutionality of putting "In God We Trust" on government buildings. Earlier this year justices were splintered on the appropriateness of Ten Commandments displays in and near government buildings.more »»»
Bush Fires Parting Shot at Iraq Critics
 Terence Hunt
Bush was expected to defend himself against Democrats' criticism that he manipulated intelligence and misled the American people about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction as he sought grounds to go to war against Saddam Hussein in 2003.more »»»
Civil Rights Focus Shift Roils Staff At Justice
 Dan Eggen
The US Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, which has enforced the nation's anti-discrimination laws for nearly half a century, is in the midst of an upheaval that has driven away dozens of veteran lawyers and has damaged morale for many of those who remain.more »»»
Bush Didn't Mislead on War, Adviser Says
 Douglass K. Daniel
While admitting "we were wrong" about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, President Bush's national security adviser on Sunday rejected assertions that the president manipulated intelligence and misled the American people.more »»»
Peru Scales Down Ties with Japan
 BBC News
Peru has announced it is withdrawing its ambassador in Tokyo due to Japan's attitude toward Peru's former leader. Alberto Fujimori is in custody in Chile while Peru seeks his extradition. He has Japanese and Peruvian nationality and lived in Japan before his arrest.more »»»
US 'Can't Maintain Iraq Troop Levels'
 John P. Gramlich
Unless the Bush administration significantly cuts American troop levels in Iraq next year, the U.S. military's roughly 140,000-strong presence there will become a detriment to America's national security, according to a report released this week.more »»»
Some Fear Quick Fix as House Expedites Immigration Reform
 Mike Madden
With lawmakers under increasing public pressure to take on illegal immigration, the House could act before the end of the year on legislation to beef up border security and enforcement.more »»»
Bush Ignores UN Vote Against Cuba Blockade
 Circles Robinson
Fresh off a near unanimous rebuke from the United Nations General Assembly on the 45-year US blockade of Cuba, President George W. Bush may be headed to further increase tensions with the island.more »»»
Absentee Voting Cited As Success In Mexico
 David Gaddis Smith
The most important accomplishment of Mexico's Congress has been its decision to allow absentee voting in next year's presidential election, a congressional leader said at an appearance in San Diego last week.more »»»
Poll: Most Americans Say Bush Not Honest
 Will Lester
Two crucial pillars of President Bush's public support perceptions of his honesty and faith in his ability to fight terrorism have slipped to their lowest point in the AP-Ipsos poll.more »»»
Bush to Swing Back at Democrats
 Reuters
U.S. President George W. Bush will use a Veterans Day speech on Friday to fight back against Democratic charges that the White House misused intelligence to gain support for the Iraq war, administration officials said.more »»»
Rumsfeld Can Authorize Torture Under New Directive
 Agency France-Presse
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld can authorize exceptions to a new Defense Department policy on military interrogations that bars torture and calls for "humane" treatment of detainees, a spokesman said Wednesday.more »»»
US Forbids Physical, Mental Torture in Investigations
 Agence France-Presse
The US Defense Department has issued a broad policy directive prohibiting physical or mental torture during military interrogations, a spokesman said, amid controversy over the treatment of detainees from Afghanistan and Iraq.more »»»
Stopping Bush's Bunker Buster
 Lawrence S Wittner
Confronted with strong opposition from disarmament groups and from Congress, the Bush administration has abandoned its plan to develop a nuclear "bunker buster." This new weapon, formally known as the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, became the symbol of the Bush administration's aggressive nuclear stance.more »»»
Kansas School Board OKs Evolution Approach
 John Hanna
Revisiting a topic that exposed Kansas to nationwide ridicule six years ago, the state Board of Education approved science standards for public schools Tuesday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution.more »»»
Democrats Sweep Virginia, New Jersey Races
 John Whitesides
Democrats swept tough and sometimes nasty governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday, dealing a setback to Republicans and Bush ahead of critical congressional elections next year.more »»»
Experts: AIDS Spreading in Central America
 Prensa Latina
The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is spreading throughout Central America, where a growing number of women are reported as HIV-positive every day, according to the United Nations Programs on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).more »»»
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