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 News Around the Americas
Immigrants Rising Up Against Immigration Reform Bill
 Tim Molloy
Thousands of people across the country protested Friday against legislation cracking down on illegal immigrants, with demonstrators in such cities as Los Angeles, Phoenix and Atlanta staging school walkouts, marches and work stoppages.more »»»
Both Americans and Mexicans Oppose Border Fence
 Reuters
Both Mexicans and Americans oppose plans for a security fence along their border, according to a survey released Wednesday that also showed Americans as more appreciative of Mexicans than vice versa.more »»»
Leftists Redefine Latin American Politics
 Traci Carl
These aren't the hide-in-the-hills leftists of yesteryear, ready to take up arms against the oppressor. A new wave of Latin American leaders - variously labeled leftist, populist, nationalist or socialist - is redefining politics in a region where U.S.-backed, right-wing dictatorships spent decades crushing their mostly leftist opponents.more »»»
US Blasted for Creating Terrorism Quagmire on Anniversary of Iraq War
 Agence France-Presse
Asian newspapers Monday took the United States to task on the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, with one commentator saying it had created the ideal environment for terrorism to fester.more »»»
Bush Still Sees No Reason to Apologize
 Rupert Cornwell
If anyone was looking for even the slightest hint of second thoughts from those led the US into Iraq, they would have been sorely disappointed on the third anniversary of a war that is eating into America's soul and that may well reshape its political landscape.more »»»
Police Arrest Dozens of Anti-War Protesters
 Reuters
Dozens of U.S. anti-war protesters were arrested on Monday in demonstrations marking the third anniversary of the Iraq war, while others denounced President George W. Bush during an appearance in Cleveland.more »»»
Thousands Protest War's 3rd Anniversary
 Sara Lin & Deborah Schoch
While some brought anti-war placards and petitions to Hollywood on Saturday, a group called Veterans for Peace crafted 100 flag-draped coffins from cardboard cartons and carried them down Sunset Boulevard to mark the more than 2,300 US troops killed in the Iraq war.more »»»
Two Thirds of Americans Dislike Bush's Handling of Iraq: Poll
 Agence France-Presse
More than two thirds of Americans think President George W. Bush is mishandling events in Iraq and almost a third believe civil war in the country is imminent, according to a Harris poll.more »»»
U.S. Canal Plan Sparks Outcry from Mexico
 Elliot Spagat
Despite its name, the All-American Canal has been leaking water to the Mexican side of the desert border for more than 60 years, nourishing alfalfa, onion and cotton crops that might otherwise wither. Now the U.S. is preparing to line the earthen channel with concrete.more »»»
Third Anniversary of Iraq War Is Marked by Protests Around World
 Terry Kirby
Hundreds of thousands of people will take to the streets in Britain and around the world today to protest over the presence of British and American troops in Iraq, amid increasing official recognition that the country is slipping into civil war.more »»»
Families Protest 9/11 Memorial
 Associated Press
Construction workers began clearing gravel and debris from the site of the World Trade Center towers this week, the first step in building a permanent memorial to victims of the 9/11 attacks. Some family members of those killed rallied at the site, protesting that the project would destroy a piece of history and dishonor their loved ones.more »»»
FBI Documents Raise New Questions About Extent of Surveillance
 Jonathan S. Landay
An FBI counterterrorism unit monitored - and apparently infiltrated - a peace group in Pittsburgh that opposed the invasion of Iraq, according to internal agency documents released on Tuesday.more »»»
US Complicity in Cuba Attacks
 Prensa Latina
The US government´s blind eye to terrorist actions on Cuba was underlined Tuesday as a proof of its complicity with groups hostile to Havana from southern Florida. "There is no aggression or terrorist action against Cuba committed by those people that Washington doesn´t know about," US lawyer Claudia Morcom told Prensa Latina.more »»»
Venezuela Denies Backing Mexican Presidential Candidate
 VOA News
Venezuela's foreign minister has rejected reports that President Hugo Chavez is funneling money to a leftist candidate in Mexico's presidential campaign. Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez told state television that Mexican media and sectors of the government run a constant smear campaign against Venezuela.more »»»
Experts Question Credibility of US Human Rights Report
 William Fisher
Foreign policy, legal, and human rights authorities are raising serious questions about the credibility of the US State Department's annual report on human rights, released last week.more »»»
US Postwar Iraq Strategy a Mess, Blair Was Told
 Ewen MacAskill
Senior British diplomatic and military staff gave Tony Blair explicit warnings three years ago that the US was disastrously mishandling the occupation of Iraq, according to leaked memos.more »»»
Deputies' Questions Unsettle University
 Richard Winton & J. Michael Kennedy
A Pomona College professor of Latin American history said Friday that he was questioned about his Venezuela connections by two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies working for a federal task force and called the quizzing an intrusion on his academic freedom.more »»»
Feingold Proposes Censuring President Bush
 Douglass K. Daniel
A liberal Democrat and potential White House contender is proposing censuring President Bush for authorizing domestic eavesdropping, saying the White House misled Americans about its legality.more »»»
Peace Activist Taken Hostage in Iraq Is Found Dead
 Martin Weil & Michael Alison Chandler
Tom Fox, the Virginia peace activist who was taken hostage last year in Iraq, has been found dead, a State Department spokesman said last night. The FBI verified that a body found in Baghdad on Thursday morning was that of Fox, according to the State Department. It was not immediately clear when he had been killed or how.more »»»
Bachelet Is Chile's First Female President
 Federico Quilodran
Michelle Bachelet, a Socialist pediatrician who suffered prison, torture and exile under Chile's military dictatorship, was sworn in as the nation's first female president on Saturday.more »»»
IRS Awards First Debt Collection Contracts
 Mary Dalrymple
The nation's tax collectors announced Thursday that three companies will help collect unpaid tax debts. The firms, chosen from 33 applicants, will help the Internal Revenue Service collect money from taxpayers who agree they owe taxes but haven't paid.more »»»
US More Intent on Blocking Chavez
 Paul Richter
The Bush administration is stepping up efforts to counter leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as he builds opposition to U.S. influence in Latin America. In recent months Chavez has sharpened his attacks - and touched nerves by increasing ties with Iran - American officials have become more outspoken about their intention to isolate him.more »»»
Bush Signs New Version of Patriot Act
 Bill Brubaker
President Bush yesterday signed the new version of the USA Patriot Act, the broad anti-terrorism law that gave the FBI expanded powers after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. "America remains a nation at war," Bush said at a White House signing ceremony. " . . . In the face of this ruthless threat, our nation has made a clear choice. . . . We are not going to be attacked again."more »»»
Immigrant Bill Sends Chill Through Rally
 Paul Schwartzman
Thousands of people massed outside the U.S. Capitol yesterday to protest proposed federal legislation that they contend would allow law enforcement authorities to prosecute social service workers, doctors and other professionals who help illegal immigrants.more »»»
Dubai Firm to Give Up Stake in U.S. Ports
 David Espo
Bowing to ferocious opposition in Congress, a Dubai-owned company signaled surrender Thursday in its quest to take over operations at U.S. ports. "DP World will transfer fully the U.S. operations ... to a United States entity," the firm's top executive, H. Edward Bilkey, said in an announcement that capped weeks of controversy.more »»»
Groups Counterattack Strict South Dakota Abortion Law
 Reuters
Abortion rights supporters on Tuesday responded to South Dakota's strict new abortion law by organizing protests, raising money and debating whether to use legal action or a statewide vote to try to strike down the law.more »»»
UN: Women Denied Representation, Making War on Poverty Hard to Win
 Maxine Frith
Millions of women around the world, including those in the UK and other Western countries, are being denied effective representation because of the low numbers of female politicians, judges and employers, the United Nations has warned.more »»»
Women Rally, Demand Equal Rights in Asia
 Khalid Tanveer
Thousands of women from villages and cities across patriarchal Asia took to the streets Wednesday for International Women's Day to press for freedom, equal rights and an end to discriminatory laws.more »»»
Cuban Official Blames U.S. in Keys Case
 Vanessa Arrington
A top Cuban official blamed the United States for the predicament of a group of migrants sent back home after reaching an abandoned bridge in the Florida Keys. The U.S. government said the bridge did not count as dry land because chunks of it are missing and it no longer connects to U.S. soil — and it sent back the 15 men, women and children in January.more »»»
Bush Orders DHS to Create Center for Faith-Based Aid
 Spencer S. Hsu
President Bush ordered the Department of Homeland Security yesterday to create a center for faith-based and community initiatives within 45 days to eliminate regulatory, contracting and programmatic barriers to providing federal funds to religious groups to deliver social services, the White House announced last night.more »»»
Five Vermont Towns Endorse Move to Impeach the President
 David Gram
In a white-clapboard town hall, circa 1832, voters gathered Tuesday to conduct their community's annual business and to call for the impeachment of President Bush.more »»»
Groups Counterattack Strict S.Dakota Abortion Law
 Yahoo! News
Abortion rights supporters on Tuesday responded to South Dakota's strict new abortion law by organizing protests, raising money and debating whether to use legal action or a statewide vote to try to strike down the law.more »»»
Decades Later, Marines Hunt Vietnam-Era Deserters
 Bill Nichols
In the summer of 1965, Marine Cpl. Jerry Texiero quietly disappeared from his California base, plagued by personal demons and a mounting opposition to the Vietnam War.more »»»
8,000 Desert During Iraq War
 Bill Nichols
At least 8,000 members of the all-volunteer U.S. military have deserted since the Iraq war began, Pentagon records show, although the overall desertion rate has plunged since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.more »»»
Cheating on US Taxes Becomes Bigger Taboo
 Mary Dalrymple
If you knew your neighbors had cheated on their taxes, should you turn them in? More than 3 out of 5 people surveyed by the IRS Oversight Board said you should.more »»»
South Dakota Governor Signs Abortion Ban Into Law
 Chet Brokaw
Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday banning nearly all abortions in South Dakota, setting up a court fight aimed at challenging the 1973 US Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.more »»»
Peace Activist Sheehan Arrested in NY Protest
 Reuters
Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war activist whose son was killed in the Iraq war, was arrested with three other protesters in New York on Monday after a rally with women from Iraq.more »»»
Bolton's UN Punctuality Drive Comes to Early End
 Reuters
An unpopular punctuality drive launched in the U.N. Security Council last month by U.S. Ambassador John Bolton came to an abrupt end on when Argentina took over the council's rotating presidency.more »»»
US Army to Launch Criminal Probe of Tillman's Death
 Mark Mazzetti
The Army said Saturday that it would launch a criminal probe into the death of Pat Tillman, the onetime National Football League star who was inadvertently killed by gunfire from fellow soldiers in the mountains of Afghanistan in April 2004.more »»»
Bush: No Nuclear Pact for Pakistan
 Peter Wallsten
President Bush praised Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday as a "strong friend and ally" but said in no uncertain terms that his host's government would not receive the kind of landmark nuclear cooperation deal the U.S. struck last week with India, Pakistan's longtime rival.more »»»
Battle Brews as South Dakota Abortion Law Nears
 Reuters
US abortion-rights defenders and opponents are preparing for battle as South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds considers whether to sign a state abortion ban that advocates hope will lead to a national Supreme Court showdown.more »»»
Brazil President Wants Bush, Chavez Chat
 Associated Press
Brazil's president says he'd like to get President Bush and ardent US critic Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to sit down together and talk out their differences.more »»»
Pakistan Is Tense as Bush Arrives on 24-Hour Visit
 Carlotta Gall & Elisabeth Bumiller
President Bush arrived here on Friday for a 24-hour visit to a capital locked down under extraordinary security, as a broad coalition of political parties closed shops and halted transportation across the country and planned more demonstrations for the weekend.more »»»
Nuclear Deal With India a Victory for Bush
 Deb Riechmann
n his first trip to India, President Bush and his Indian counterpart agreed Thursday on a landmark nuclear energy agreement that deepens ties between the world's oldest and largest democracies.more »»»
US Immigration Bills May Split Republicans
 Jonathan Weisman
The Senate will begin work today on legislation to overhaul the nation's immigration laws and plug its porous borders, but a bipartisan push to create a new guest worker program has put Senate Republicans on a collision course with their counterparts in the House.more »»»
San Francisco Supervisors Ask Lawmakers to Impeach Bush
 Edward Epstein & Charlie Goodyear
San Francisco's supervisors jumped into national politics this week, passing a resolution asking the city's Democratic congressional delegation to seek the impeachment of President Bush for failing to perform his duties by leading the country into war in Iraq, eroding civil liberties and engaging in activities they see as transgressions.more »»»
Video: Bush, Chertoff Warned before Katrina
 Margaret Ebrahim & John Solomon
In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage.more »»»
Gonzales Seeks to Clarify Testimony on Spying
 Charles Babington & Dan Eggen
ttorney General Alberto R. Gonzales appeared to suggest yesterday that the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance operations may extend beyond the outlines that the president acknowledged in mid-December.more »»»
Mexican Ambassador Calls For More Bridges, Fewer Barriers
 Nora Boustany
The US Senate kicks off debate this week on an immigration bill introduced by Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), and Mexican diplomats here are hoping the arguments will address the humanitarian, legal and security aspects of this touchy topic in the post-Sept. 11 world.more »»»
Bush Arrives in India to Mass Muslim Protests
 AFP
US President George W. Bush arrived in New Delhi, where tens of thousands of Muslims have protested his first visit to India which will include talks on a landmark deal on civilian nuclear trade.more »»»
Patriot Act Renewal Clears Final Hurdle
 Laurie Kellman
The USA Patriot Act renewal is heading for Senate approval even as lawmakers continue to squabble over whether it has enough curbs on government power in terror investigations.more »»»
Bush Confident Bin Laden Will Be Captured
 Terence Hunt
President Bush, on an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, vowed Wednesday to stand by this emerging democracy and not "cut and run" in the face of rising violence. He also predicted Osama bin Laden would be captured despite a futile five-year hunt.more »»»
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