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 News Around the Americas
Fidel Calls for March on US Office
 Prensa Latina
Cuban President Fidel Castro has called on the people of Havana to stage a giant march on January 24 in front of the US Interest Section (USINT), in response to new Washington provocations.more »»»
Morales Vows to Nationalize Bolivian Natural Gas
 Associated Press
Bolivian President Evo Morales used his inaugural address to renew his pledge to nationalise the country's vast natural gas reserves, but said he is open to the idea of a U.S.-sponsored trade zone that he criticized during his campaign.more »»»
US Accused of Spying on Those Who Disagree with Bush Policies
 William E. Gibson
While the White House defended domestic surveillance as a safeguard against terrorism, a Florida peace activist and several Democrats in Congress accused the Bush administration on Friday of spying on Americans who disagree with President Bush's policies.more »»»
Pinochet Stripped of Immunity in Cases
 Associated Press
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was stripped of immunity from prosecution Friday in 59 cases of torture and kidnapping at a secret detention center where hundreds of dissidents were held - including President-elect Michelle Bachelet and her mother.more »»»
Panama: Wave of Protests
 Prensa Latina
Panamanian unions and civilian groups Friday warned they would continue pressuring the government in order to hamper signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US and support a similar pact with Chile.more »»»
Osama bin Laden: Is It Him? Almost Certainly.
 Robert Fisk
So why only on audio? Why no video tape? Is he sick? Yes, say the usual American "intelligence sources". It's the same old story: Osama bin Laden talks to us from the mouth of a cave, from within a cave, from a basement perhaps, from a tape almost certainly recorded down a telephone line from far away.more »»»
US Obtains Internet Users' Search Records
 Joseph Menn & Chris Gaither
Federal investigators have obtained potentially billions of Internet search requests made by users of major websites run by Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. and America Online Inc., raising concerns about how the massive data trove will be used.more »»»
Terror Fight Burdens Minorities
 Prensa Latina
The negative impact of the so-called anti-terrorist war on minorities, as a result of persecution, torture and deaths, was denounced during the presentation of the 2006 World State of Minorities.more »»»
Answers Sought in Killing of Mexican National by State Trooper
 Kaitlin Bell
The Mexican government and the family of a Mexican national whom a state trooper shot and killed in Roma this weekend want to know why a seemingly routine traffic stop ended in death.more »»»
US Rejects Bin Laden Truce Offer
 AFP
The United States rejected a truce offer from Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, with the White House declaring: "We do not negotiate with terrorists. We put them out of business."more »»»
Feds After Google Data
 Howard Mintz
The Bush administration asked a federal judge to order Google to turn over a broad range of material from its closely guarded databases. The move is part of a government effort to revive an Internet child protection law struck down two years ago by the US Supreme Court. more »»»
Democrats Poised Against Alito
 Maura Reynolds
Senate Democrats emerged from a strategy meeting Wednesday saying that most members appeared inclined to vote against the nomination of Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court, but that they were unlikely to mount a filibuster to halt his confirmation.more »»»
Pinochet Forged Wife Signatures
 Prensa Latina
Ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet forged his wife´s signatures in various bank documents, according to a report on handwriting tests on his family and collaborators released Thursday.more »»»
In 'Design' vs. Darwinism, Darwin Wins Point in Rome
 Ian Fisher & Cornelia Dean
The official Vatican newspaper published an article this week labeling as "correct" the recent decision by a judge in Pennsylvania that intelligent design should not be taught as a scientific alternative to evolution. more »»»
Venezuela: Extradite or Prosecute Posada Carriles
 Prensa Latina
Venezuelan ambassador to the US, Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, has called on the American people to demand that their government extradite or prosecute terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, during a Washington Post´s forum discussion.more »»»
Congressional Agency Questions Legality of Wiretaps
 Dan Eggen
The Bush administration appears to have violated the National Security Act by limiting its briefings about a warrantless domestic eavesdropping program to congressional leaders, according to a memo from Congress's research arm released yesterday.more »»»
13 Leaders to Attend Morales Inauguration
 Prensa Latina
Until Thursday, 13 heads of state have confirmed their attendance at the new Bolivian President Evo Morales´ swearing in ceremony, reported Foreign Affairs Minister Armando Loaiza. Loaiza said the figure was reached after the confirmation of President Ricardo Lagos, the first Chilean dignitary to visit La Paz since 1954.more »»»
Chertoff: Reports of Mexican Military Stepping on U.S. Soil are Overblown
 Elliot Spagat
Reports of Mexican soldiers frequently crossing onto U.S. soil are overblown, and many of the incidents are just mistakes, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said. Chertoff's remarks followed a newspaper report that Mexican military units had crossed into the United States 216 times since 1996.more »»»
Schwarzenegger Officially Non Grata in Baja California Sur
 Pedro Juárez
The Legislature of the State of Baja California Sur, Mexico, has declared California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to be a persona non grata insofar as he introduced a racist migration policy, especially against Mexican immigrants.more »»»
Domestic Spying Challenged in Courts
 Claudia Parsons
Two U.S. civil liberties groups filed lawsuits on Tuesday challenging the legality of President George W. Bush's domestic spying program and demanding the practice be ended immediately.more »»»
Fear and Loathing on US's Lawless "Third Border"
 Bernd Debusmann
This dusty frontier town caters to smugglers and illegal migrants. It's a stone's throw from Mexico, across the brown waters of the Suchiate river. In a way, it is also the southernmost border of the United States. more »»»
California School Scraps 'Intelligent Design
 Juliana Barbassa
Under legal pressure, a rural school district agreed Tuesday to stop offering high school students an elective philosophy course on "intelligent design," an advocacy group said.more »»»
Canadian Teen's Slaying Kindles US-Style Gun Control Debate
 Doug Struck
The Dec. 26 killing of Jane Creba, and the wounding of 6 others, climaxed a year of sensational shootings here, propelling the issue of gun violence to the top of the national debate during an election season.more »»»
California Executes Oldest Inmate
 Don Thompson
California executed its oldest condemned inmate early Tuesday for arranging a triple murder 25 years ago to silence witnesses in another killing. Clarence Ray Allen was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 12:38 a.m. at San Quentin State Prison, less than an hour after his 76th birthday ended at midnight.more »»»
Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Assisted Suicide Law
 Adrienne Mand Lewin
Rejecting the Bush administration's argument that doctors should be punished for helping terminally ill patients die, the Supreme Court today upheld Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law.more »»»
White House Accuses Gore of Hypocrisy
 Nedra Pickler
The White House accused former Vice President Al Gore of hypocrisy Tuesday for his assertion that President Bush broke the law by eavesdropping on Americans without court approval.more »»»
NSA Spying Evolved Pre-9/11
 Jason Leopold
In the months before 9/11, thousands of American citizens were inadvertently swept up in wiretaps, had their emails monitored, and were being watched as they surfed the Internet by spies at the super-secret National Security Agency, former NSA officials said.more »»»
Age, Infirmity Cited in Bid to Block Execution
 Associated Press
California's oldest death row inmate - who is 75, legally blind and nearly deaf - is asking the Supreme Court to do something it has never done before: block an execution because of the condemned man's advanced age and infirmity.more »»»
U.S. Envoy Defends Tough Mexico Border Measures
 Hugh Dellios
The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Antonio Garza, issued a blunt retort last week to Mexicans' growing criticism of tougher U.S. border security measures, calling the criticism "excessive, often irresponsible and almost always inaccurate."more »»»
US Poll: Concerns Shift From Economy to War
 Will Lester
Economic worries have decreased over the last six months as the American public has shifted its concern more to the war in Iraq and problems faced by political leaders, AP-Ipsos polling found.more »»»
GOP Hopes Ney Removal Will Aid Reform
 David Hammer - Associated Press
The House Republican leadership has achieved its goal of separating Rep. Bob Ney, the committee chairman implicated in a burgeoning scandal, from GOP efforts to change how Congress interacts with lobbyists and their clients.more »»»
Former Political Prisoner Is Chile's New President
 Patrick J. McDonnell
Michelle Bachelet, a socialist who was jailed and went into exile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, was elected the first female president of this South American nation Sunday in a vote that underscored the region's leftward drift.more »»»
Americans Honor Martin Luther King
 Associated Press
Millions of people across the country are remembering slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, who would have turned 77 on Sunday. In advance of today's national observance, Rev. Jesse Jackson said the new and vibrant South was made possible by King's work.more »»»
HIV Rate of Mexican Migrant Workers on the Rise
 Courtney Burks
New efforts to test and treat Mexican migrant workers for HIV are in development throughout California, along with education methods and materials, as part of a new study showing rising rates of the virus among the population.more »»»
Victim of Pinochet Era Asks Chilean Voters to Make History
 Jonathan Franklin
"I am a woman, a socialist, separated and agnostic - all the sins together," said Chilean presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet with a laugh. Whether joking about being a political outsider or being overweight, this 54-year-old mother of three has become the darling of Chilean politics.more »»»
National ID a 'Nightmare' for States
 Brian Bergstein
An anti-terrorism law creating a national standard for all driver's licenses by 2008 isn't just upsetting civil libertarians and immigration rights activists. State motor vehicle officials nationwide who will have to carry out the Real ID Act say its authors grossly underestimated its logistical, technological and financial demands.more »»»
Chilean Runners End Race to Prez
 Prensa Latina
Without a single minute of truce, ruling Michelle Bachelet and opposition Sebastian Piñera are finishing their presidential campaigns Thursday with massive acts. Bachelet, favorite in the polls, will close with a cultural-political rally in Santiago.more »»»
Deadline Nears in Mexican Election
 Judy Keen
Sunday is the last day to mail ballot requests for the July 2 voting for a successor to Mexico's President Vicente Fox, who can't run again because of term limits. With the deadline looming, only a fraction of eligible Mexicans in the USA have participated.more »»»
Pinochet Stripped of Legal Immunity
Eduardo Gallardo
An appeals court stripped Gen. Augusto Pinochet of his legal immunity Wednesday, a ruling that paved the way for the former dictator to stand trial on charges of responsibility for killing two bodyguards of the Marxist president he toppled in a bloody 1973 coup.more »»»
1st Suit in California to Attack 'Intelligent Design' Filed
 Henry Weinstein
A group of parents in the small Tehachapi mountain community of Lebec filed the first lawsuit challenging the teaching of "intelligent design" in a California public school. The suit targets what appears to be the latest wrinkle in the continuing national fight between supporters and opponents of teaching evolution in public schools.more »»»
NSA Whistleblower Alleges Illegal Spying
 Brian Ross
Russell Tice, a longtime insider at the National Security Agency, is now a whistleblower the agency would like to keep quiet. For 20 years, Tice worked in the shadows as he helped the United States spy on other people's conversations around the world.more »»»
US Vows Diligence on New Money Laundering Threats
 Laura MacInnis
Internet banking, online payment systems and stored value cards not requiring identification give criminals new opportunities to filter money through the United States, U.S. regulators said on Wednesday.more »»»
Mexico, Central America Demand US Allow More Legal Immigration
 Mark Stevenson
Diplomats from Mexico and Central America on Monday demanded guest worker programs and the legalization of undocumented migrants in the United States, while criticizing a U.S. proposal for tougher border enforcement.more »»»
Battle to Legalize Abortion Heats Up in Brazil
 Todd Benson
Although abortion is outlawed in Brazil except in rare circumstances, the country has one of the highest abortion rates in the developing world. The Health Ministry estimates that 31 percent of all pregnancies end in abortion.more »»»
More and More, Women Risk All to Enter US
 Lizette Alvarez & John M. Broder
It took years for Normaeli Gallardo, a single mother from Acapulco, to drum up the courage to join the growing stream of Mexican women illegally crossing the border on the promise of a job, in her case working in a Kansas meatpacking plant for $5.15 an hour.more »»»
Bush-Authorized Spying Spills into Alito Hearings
 Bloomberg
U.S. senators challenging Samuel Alito's Supreme Court nomination are focusing on a potentially combustible issue to raise at the confirmation hearings starting today: the limits of presidential power.more »»»
Foes in Central America Stall CAFTA
 Evelyn Iritani
Under the Central American Free Trade Agreement, the U.S. agreed to open its markets further to key Central American products, such as sugar and apparel and textiles, while those countries promised to lower barriers to U.S. farm goods, high-tech products and services.more »»»
Democrats Ready to Go After Alito
 Charles Babington
Senate Democrats are expected to attack Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. on multiple fronts at the confirmation hearing that opens at noon today, but their strongest ammunition is likely to come from the nominee's own hand.more »»»
Chertoff Targets Human Smuggling
 Anna Cearley
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced last week that the agency will beef up efforts to dismantle human smuggling operations through closer collaboration with local police agencies, additional space to hold detainees and more prosecutions.more »»»
Feingold Won't Rule Out Bush Impeachment
 Shay Totten & Kathryn Casa
If President George Bush broke laws when ordering wiretaps and secret spying on U.S. citizens, a key Senate Democrat said he would not rule out calling for his impeachment.more »»»
Bachelet Ahead in Electoral Polls
 Prensa Latina
More relaxed but cautious, pro-government candidate Michelle Bachelet enters Monday the last week of the Chilean presidential campaign before the January 15 polling, leading the electoral race against opponent Sebastian Pinera.more »»»
Venezuela to Expand Fuel Discounts to US
 Associated Press
Venezuela said Friday it will expand a program to provide discounted home heating oil to low-income Americans, bringing savings to some Indian tribes in Maine. Venezuelan-owned Citgo Petroleum Corp. has already begun selling cheaper fuel in some areas of Massachusetts and New York City.more »»»
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