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 News Around the Americas
Immigrant Smuggler Once More Convicted of Murder
 Jose Luis Jiménez
An immigrant smuggler was convicted yesterday of second-degree murder for killing three illegal immigrants in a high-speed crash while fleeing the California Highway Patrol near Borrego Springs.more »»»
Hispanic Media Split On May 1 Boycott
 Elena Shore
Although Hispanic media helped to mobilize hundreds of thousands of people in last month's immigration protests, they are split when it comes to the economic boycott planned for May 1.more »»»
Bush Impeachment - The Illinois State Legislature Is Preparing to Drop a Bombshell
 Steven Leser
The Illinois General Assembly is about to rock the nation. Members of state legislatures are normally not considered as having the ability to decide issues with a massive impact to the nation as a whole.more »»»
Schwarzenegger Blasts Idea of Border Wall
 Michael R. Blood
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday said that building a 700-mile wall along the Mexican border to deter illegal immigration would amount to "going back to the Stone Ages," and instead urged the use of high-tech gear and more patrols to secure the nation's southern boundary.more »»»
Disagreement Seen in Tactics for Nationwide May 1 Boycott
 Leslie Berestein
The organizers of a nationwide boycott planned for May 1, who intend to demonstrate the economic power of immigrants in the marketplace and the workplace, are confident that participation will be high even though factions are divided over tactics.more »»»
Once-Stuck Ship is Headed to Asia
 Sandra Dibble
At 5:40 a.m. yesterday, 116 days after the APL Panama ran into shallow waters south of the port's entrance, the 855-foot vessel was finally towed away, with no cargo on board, as it launched a trans-Pacific journey to an Asian repair yard.more »»»
Castro Marks Bay of Pigs Victory
 Stephen Gibbs
Cuban President Fidel Castro Castro's army defeated the invasion in less than 72 hours Cuban President Fidel Castro has marked the 45th anniversary of the failed United States-backed invasion of the island, known as the Bay of Pigs.more »»»
20,000 on Death Row Worldwide
 BBC News
At least 20,000 prisoners are awaiting execution worldwide and more than 2,000 were put to death last year, a leading human rights group has said.more »»»
CA Court Lets Schools Ban Inflammatory T-Shirts
 Henry Weinstein
Schools in the Western United States can forbid a high school student to wear a T-shirt with a slogan that denigrates gay and lesbian students, a sharply divided federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled.more »»»
Groups Call for ‘A Day Without an Immigrant’
Selene Rivera
Activists with the March 25th Coalition, organizers of the massive immigration rights protest which took place in Los Angeles two weeks ago, are now calling for an economic boycott to take place next month.more »»»
Venezuela, Cuba Likely to Get U.N. Spots
 Pablo Bachelet
The Bush administration is battling to stop Venezuela and Cuba from gaining seats in important U.N. posts in a confrontation that has many Latin American nations caught in the middle, diplomats and analysts say.more »»»
A Bigger, Badder Prehistoric Beast
 Jia-Rui Chong
The fossilized remains of what may be the largest meat-eating dinosaur has been discovered in Argentina — a bus-sized monster that attacked its prey in roving packs, scientists announced Monday.more »»»
Death Squad Allegations Threaten to Derail Bush's Last Latin Ally
 Daniel Howden
Alvaro Uribe's procession to a second term as Colombia's President hit a stumbling block yesterday as he responded wildly to allegations that his government colluded with paramilitaries to kill civilians.more »»»
Rumsfeld Not Considering Resigning
 Robert Burns
Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday he hasn't considered resigning despite calls for him to do so by a half dozen retired generals, and that whether he should remain as secretary of defense is up to President Bush.more »»»
Mother Could Face Deportation
 Garance Burke
In 2004, the government tried to deport Myrna Dick. It charged that she once lied to gain entry to the United States, that she claimed she was an American when she was in fact a Mexican. But Myrna was pregnant, and a federal judge in Missouri said Myrna's fetus essentially was already an American citizen.more »»»
Cheney Authorized Leak Of CIA Report, Libby Says
 Murray Waas
Vice President Dick Cheney directed his then-chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, on July 12, 2003 to leak to the media portions of a then-highly classified CIA report that Cheney hoped would undermine the credibility of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, a critic of the Bush administration's Iraq policy, according to Libby's grand jury testimony in the CIA leak case and sources who have read the classified report.more »»»
Generals Clamor for Rumsfeld's Ouster Over Iraq War
 Steve Holland
Two more retired U.S. generals called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign this week, claiming the chief architect of the Iraq operation ignored years of Pentagon planning for a U.S. occupation and should be held accountable for the chaos there.more »»»
Out of the Shadows: The Seattle Immigration March
 Paul Rogat Loeb
People marched because families and futures were at stake. Seattle didn't have a half million marching for immigrant rights, like Los Angeles or Dallas, or 300,000 like Chicago. But 25,000 marched for fifteen blocks through the heart of our city, packing the streets.more »»»
Migrants Rush to Arizona Border Anticipating Passage of Guest Worker Plan
 Olga R. Rodriguez
At a shelter overflowing with migrants airing their blistered feet, Francisco Ramirez nursed muscles sore from trekking through the Arizona desert – a trip that failed when his wife did not have the strength to go on.more »»»
Sheehan Returns to Protest Near Bush Ranch
 Associated Press
Peace activist Cindy Sheehan returned to Texas on Wednesday for another war protest near President Bush's ranch, although he was to spend the weekend at Camp David. The anti-war demonstrators accused Bush, who has spent every Easter at his Crawford ranch since he was elected, of running from them and their message to bring the U.S. troops home from Iraq immediately.more »»»
Beverage Creates a Buzz
 Chris Kraul
Call it the "Real Thing." Indians in this remote mountain village in southern Colombia are marketing a particularly refreshing soft drink that harks back to Coca-Cola's original formula, when "coca" was in the name for a reason.more »»»
Venezuela Roasts US for Coup
 Prensa Latina
Venezuela recalled the fourth anniversary of a dictatorship installed through a coup that briefly withdrew President Hugo Chavez on April 11, 2002, assuring it was an action secretly concocted by the United States.more »»»
GOP Leaders to Drop Felony for Immigrants
 David Espo
The two top Republicans in Congress, confronted with internal party divisions as well as large public demonstrations, said Tuesday they intend to pass immigration legislation that does not subject illegal immigrants to prosecution as felons.more »»»
Left-Wing Candidate Leads Peru Election Race
 The Guardian UK
The leftwing ex-army officer Ollanta Humala, who has pledged to redistribute Peru's wealth, today looked certain to enter a final run-off vote in the country's presidential election.more »»»
Women and Jobless Armed by Chavez to Resist "US Invasion"
 Andrew Buncombe
The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, is recruiting and training a people's militia to help lead a "war of resistance" against what he claims is the threat of a US invasion. Housewives, students, construction workers and the unemployed are being recruited for the country's Territorial Guard.more »»»
Two Million Join Protests as Immigrant Debate Grips US
 Andrew Gumbel
The unprecedented wave of immigrants' rights protests sweeping the United States reached a new high yesterday as an estimated two million people took to the streets in 140 different cities around the country in an extraordinary mobilisation many supporters are likening to a second civil rights movement.more »»»
Poll: Bush, GOP Hit New Lows in Public Opinion
 Associated Press
President Bush's approval ratings hit a series of new lows in an AP-Ipsos poll that also shows Republicans surrendering their advantage on national security - grim election-year news for a party struggling to stay in power.more »»»
US Gears Up for New Immigrant Protests
 AFP
Thousands of people will take to the streets in a new wave of demonstrations across the United States demanding amnesty for an estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants.more »»»
Group Burns Mexican Flag in Front of Consulate
 Paul Cicala
Dozens of protestors and counter protestors showed up in front of Tucson’s Mexican Consulate as a Mexican flag was burned in a heated debate that saw tempers flare.more »»»
UN's Annan: World Can Clear Landmines in Matter of "Years"
 Agence France-Presse
United Nations chief Kofi Annan called this week for a world free of landmines, which claim new victims every day, saying their elimination could be achieved in a matter of years, not decades.more »»»
Peru Looks Set to Elect Region's Next Populist
 Danna Harman
If Peru's presidential front-runner Ollanta Humala - a retired Army officer with no governing experience - emerges victorious after Sunday's vote, he soon may give Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and Bolivia's Evo Morales a run for their money as the South American leader most worrying to Washington.more »»»
US Won't Seek a Seat on the UN Rights Council
 Warren Hoge
The US said Thursday it would not be a candidate for the new United Nations Human Rights Council, which was approved last month by the General Assembly with Washington nearly alone in opposition.more »»»
Alleged Pedophile could be Extradited to Mexico
 Wire services
A U.S. federal court in Arizona on Tuesday authorized the extradition to Mexico of businessman and accused sex offender Jean Succar Kuri, authorities said. Judge David Duncan ruled that probable cause exists for the arrest warrants issued for Succar Kuri by the Mexican government, and therefore he authorized the extradition.more »»»
Mexican and U.S. Governments Expand Program Against Migrant Smugglers
 Ioan Grillo
Mexico and the United States announced Tuesday they will expand a joint program to crack down on people smugglers, an action that coincides with the start of the peak season of undocumented migrants sneaking north over the border.more »»»
Two Spanish-Language Stations to Support Sunday's March
 Norma de la Vega
Two leading Spanish-language radio stations agreed yesterday to help promote Sunday's large march in San Diego in support of immigrants. The managers of the two stations, both owned by Univision – said they would call other Spanish-language stations to encourage their participation.more »»»
Oregon Suit Tests Bush Wiretaps
 Ashbel S. Green
The document sits in a specially designed room in Seattle built to safeguard top-secret information. It is the key evidence in a Portland lawsuit that many legal experts say presents the most potent challenge to the Bush administration's secret wiretapping program.more »»»
Revealed: Victims of UK's Cold War Torture Camp
 Ian Cobain
Photographs of victims of a secret torture programme operated by British authorities during the early days of the cold war are published for the first time today after being concealed for almost 60 years.more »»»
First of César Chávez Family to Run for Public Office
 YubaNet
Christine Chávez is the first of the César Chávez family to run for public office and represents a new crop of Latino leaders and a new generation from the Chávez legacy ready to be put to the political test.more »»»
Evo Morales with 80 Percent Popularity
 Prensa Latina
A recent poll showed 80 percent of Bolivians support President Evo Morales despite efforts by the opposition and hostile media to censure his government.more »»»
US Poll: Most Open to Letting Immigrants Stay
 Nancy Benac
A slim majority of Americans are open to allowing undocumented workers to obtain some sort of temporary legal status to remain in the United States, with stronger support for the idea among Democrats, younger adults and more educated Americans, a new poll finds.more »»»
Bush Says Border ID Need Not Hurt Ties
 George E. Condon Jr. & S. Lynne Walker
President Bush concluded his two-day summit with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, declaring progress on security issues but acknowledging concerns that border crossings may be complicated when new travel documents are required at the end of next year.more »»»
Canadian Lawyer Blasts Fox's Comments
 Gregory Bonnell
It was "beyond the pale" for Mexico's president to comment publicly on the investigation into the murder of Dominic and Nancy Ianiero, a prominent criminal lawyer said yesterday as he demanded justice be done on the Yucatan Peninsula.more »»»
Bush Hopeful at Summit on Issues of Immigration
 George E. Condon Jr. & S. Lynne Walker
President Bush expressed optimism yesterday as he opened talks with the leaders of Mexico and Canada on a wide range of border, trade and security issues, predicting that Congress will deliver an immigration bill he can accept.more »»»
Bush Says North American Leaders Must Work on 'Vital Relations'
 Jennifer Loven
On a neighborly sightseeing jaunt Thursday with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, President Bush said the three were working to improve vital relationships that can better the lives of all their people.more »»»
Bush's Publicity Nightmare: Veterans Against War
 Inigo Gilmore & Teresa Smith
They are a publicity nightmare for the US military: an ever-growing number of veterans of the Iraq conflict who are campaigning against the war. To mark the third anniversary of the invasion this month, a group of them marched on Katrina-ravaged New Orleans.more »»»
Full Senate to Take Up Immigration Debate
 Associated Press
Immigrant supporters claimed their first major victory since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks after a bipartisan group of senators approved legislation that would give millions of illegal immigrants a chance at citizenship.more »»»
Thousands of Students Boost US 'People Power' Immigration Protest
 AFP
Thousands of high school pupils across the United States boycotted classes for the third straight day, hoping to derail a proposed law that would criminalize millions of illegal immigrants.more »»»
500,000 Pack L.A. Streets to Protest Immigration Bills
 Teresa Watanabe & Hector Becerra
A crowd estimated by police at more than 500,000 boisterously marched in Los Angeles on Saturday to protest federal legislation that would crack down on undocumented immigrants, penalize those who help them and build a security wall along the U.S.' southern border.more »»»
Iraqi Civilian Deaths Shrouded in Secrecy
 David Gritten
Recent figures from the campaign group Iraq Body Count put the minimum number of civilians killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion three years ago at between 33,710 and 37,832.more »»»
Venezuela Demands US Hand Over Cuban "Terrorist"
 Reuters
Venezuela's government has accused U.S. immigration authorities of protecting a Cuban exile who Caracas wants extradited to face trial for a 1976 plane bombing that killed 73 people.more »»»
"Troops Home" Call Echoes Across US
 Lisa Söderlindh
Wrapping up a week of over 600 protest actions to mark three years since the United States invaded Iraq, activists here say that anti-war sentiment has become the dominant perspective in the US and leaves the war "without legitimacy."more »»»
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