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CIA to Close Secret Overseas Prisons, End Security Contracts
 Jonathan S. Landay
The CIA is decommissioning the secret overseas prisons where top al Qaida suspects were subjected to interrogation methods, including simulated drowning, that Attorney General Eric Holder, allied governments, the Red Cross and numerous other experts consider torture, the agency said Thursday.
US to Seek Stronger Latam Ties at Trinidad Summit
 Mike Melia
U.S. President Barack Obama will seek stronger cooperation with Latin America at a summit marking a "new beginning" for hemispheric relations, an adviser said Thursday.
Border Deaths Up Despite Apparent Dip in Crossings
 Arthur H. Rotstein
Illegal immigrant deaths are continuing to rise along the U.S.-Mexico border despite a nearly 25 percent drop in Border Patrol arrests that suggests far fewer people are entering the country unlawfully.
Obama to Push Immigration Bill as One Priority
 Julia Preston
While acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult, President Obama plans to begin addressing the country’s immigration system this year, including looking for a path for illegal immigrants to become legal.
Indigenous Oaxaca Clan Smuggled Drugs to U.S.
 Sam Quinones & Richard Winton
For two decades, an indigenous Oaxacan family allegedly ran an international drug ring that smuggled heroin through Tijuana into Southern California, generating millions of dollars in profit that returned to Mexico.
US Lawmakers Meet Castros, Urge End to Embargo
 Associated Press
As the Obama administration considers a shift in the half-century policy of isolating Cuba, members of the Congressional Black Caucus returned from Havana saying the Castro brothers are eager to see a new day in U.S.-Cuban relations.
Many New U.S. Citizens are Latino
 Suzanne Gamboa
Latinos made up nearly half of the more than 1 million people who became U.S. citizens last year, according to a Latino advocacy group.
Peru’s Ex-President Convicted of Rights Abuses
 Simon Romero
A three-judge panel of Peru’s Supreme Court on Tuesday convicted former President Alberto K. Fujimori of human rights abuses and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.
 Cities Collapsing Throughout the USA
 The Coming Depression Blog
With enough abandoned lots to fill the city of San Francisco, Motown is 138 square miles divided between expanses of decay and emptiness and tracts of still-functioning communities and commercial areas.
Gates Calls for Shift in Defense Spending Priorities
 Mary Louise Kelly
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that he wants to "profoundly reform" the way the Pentagon does business, calling for more money for unmanned spy planes, helicopters and other items for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
US Law Fights Submarine-Like Boats Hauling Cocaine
 Frank Bajak
It's a game played out regularly on the high seas off Colombia's Pacific coast: A U.S. Navy helicopter spots a vessel the size of a humpback whale gliding just beneath the water's surface.
Obama to Abolish Limits on US-Cuba Family Ties
 Jeff Franks & David Alexander
In a move that could herald better ties between Cold War foes, the Obama administration is planning to abolish limits on family travel and cash remittances between the United States and Cuba, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Chavez Hopes to "Reset" US-Venezuela Relations
 Brian Ellsworth
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he hopes to "reset" relations with the United States at an Americas summit this month after nearly a decade of tensions between Caracas and Washington.
Obama's Weekly Address: The Challenges of Our Time
 White House Blog
In this week’s address, filmed aboard Air Force One between vital diplomatic engagements abroad, the President discusses the breadth and depth of the global challenges we face.
Homeland Security Boss Says Cartels Under Pressure
 Eileen Sullivan
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says strategies outlined with Mexican officials this week will put warring drug cartels in a vice.
Obama Hails the New World Order
 Andrew Grice, Nigel Morris &Sean O'Grady
Gordon Brown declared that a $1 trillion package to stimulate economic growth agreed at yesterday's G20 summit in London will ensure that the world pulls out of recession more quickly.
US Food Stamp List Swells to Record 32.2 Million
 Charles Abbott
A record 32.2 million people - one in every 10 Americans - received food stamps at latest count, the government said on Thursday, a reflection of the recession now in its 16th month.
G20 Protests Rock London's Financial Area
 The Real News Network
While the differences between the big G20 players were quietly discussed behind closed doors, out on the streets of London there was real anger.
US Lawmakers Vote for Mexico Border Funds
 Agence France-Presse
Alarmed by violence from Mexico's drug war, the US Senate voted Wednesday for a 550-million-dollar package to stop the southward flow of guns and money to cartels from US sources.
Fujimori Ends Trial Saying Has 'No Regrets'
 Carla Salaza
Ex-President Alberto Fujimori closed out his 15-month murder and kidnapping trial on Wednesday by calmly telling a court there was no incriminating evidence against him and that he does not regret imposing security policies that crushed a fanatical Maoist insurgency.
Interpol Warns on Use of False Passports
 Federico Quilodran
The head of Interpol urged governments to do more checking on lost and stolen passports, warning they could be used to smuggle terrorists into countries in the Americas.
Arab-Latin American Ties Hailed
 Al Jazeera
Latin American leaders have underscored the importance of economic and political ties with the Arab world in a summit meeting with their Arab counterparts in Qatar.
Mexico, U.S. Swap Murder Suspects
 Xinhua
Judicial authorities of Mexico and the United States had extradited two suspects accused of homicide to their respective countries, Mexico's prosecutor general said Sunday.
Arizona Deputies on Lookout for Guns Smuggled to Mexico
 Associated Press
Federal officials and members of a special border crime detail are busy looking for powerful weapons that could fall into the hands of dangerous drug cartels operating in Mexico.
Mexico Drug Violence "Out of Hand": Obama
 Agence France-Presse
Drug violence in Mexico has "gotten out of hand" and poses a serious threat to communities along the US-Mexico border, President Barack Obama said Sunday.
CAN Aspires to Full Membership for Chile, Mexico and Panama
 Xinhua
The Andean Community of Nations (CAN) will work for full membership for Chile, Mexico and Panama, CAN General Secretary Freddy Ehlers said Sunday.
US Goes After Mexican Cartel Guns, Cash On Border
 Robin Emmott
Ending years of lax controls, the United States is stepping up checks of vehicles heading into Mexico to stop weapons and cash fueling a drug war south of the border. But local U.S. officials on the border are clamoring for even more help.
Obama Worried by Spillover from Mexico Drug Fight
 Associated Press
President Barack Obama says the violence spilling over from Mexico's fight against drug cartels has gotten out of hand and is a serious threat to U.S. border communities.
Verdict Due for Peru's Authoritarian Antihero
 Frank Bajak
The man who energetically led Peru back from the brink of economic collapse and crushed a fanatical Maoist insurgency during his 1990s presidency is now a much diminished figure.
Guatemala Finds Mexico Drug Smuggler Training Camp
 PVNN
Guatemalan security forces have discovered a camp run by Mexico's most violent drug gang where traffickers trained dozens of gunmen, police said on Friday.
Obama's Weekly Address: Crisis and Service
 The White House Blog
This week the President dedicates his address to the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota as they face down disastrous flooding.
UN Urges 1 Trillion for Developing World
 Financial Times
Ban Ki-moon, United Nations secretary-general, on Wednesday called on Group of 20 leaders to support a $1,000bn stimulus package for developing countries threatened by the global financial crisis
McCain Urges More US Forces to Mexico Border
 Agence France-Presse
Republican Senator John McCain called Thursday for deploying more US National Guard troops to the southern US border to contain violence spilling over from Mexico's fight with drug cartels.
Americas: Backsliding on Summit Promises
 Daniela Estrada
With less than a month to go to the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, social organisations complain that governments have not fulfilled commitments assumed at earlier editions of the summit, on questions like access to information, freedom of expression, decentralisation and participation by civil society.
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