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US Secretary of State: A Cautionary Tale

Human Rights in the Hemisphere and Beyond Are at Stake with US President-elect Obama’s Pick for the State Department

By Al Giordano

Via the NarcoSphere

FTA with Colombia Favors Companies over Colombians

Passage of the Trade Agreement May Increase Violence as the Government and Transnational Companies Continue to Terrorize Civilians in Resource Rich Areas

By Charles Mostoller

ZNet


November 20, 2008

http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/19691

Audio: Justice Gone Awry - The U.S. Goverment's Targeting of an Honest Man

An Interview with Bill Conroy Detailing Iran-Contra Whistleblower Celerino Castillo's Recent Sentencing on Minor Weapons Charges

By Michael Levine, Mark Marshall, and Bill Conroy

Expert Witness Radio

Propaganda War: Magic Laptops hit FARC, Chavez

“This campaign uses a well-established technique: Allegations of FARC ties have long been used in Colombia to defame human rights activists and dissident politicians”

By Daniel Denvir

The Indypendent


November 19, 2008

http://www.indypendent.org/2008/11/14/propaganda-war/

US Releases $90 Million in Plan Mexico Military Hardware

Sources Within the US Congress Have Confirmed to Narco News that the US Government has a Large Portion of the $116.5 Million Assigned To Plan Mexico

By Kristin Bricker

Via the NarcoSphere

Up to the Highest Level: Narco Infiltration in Felipe Calderon’s Government

The Agencies in Charge of Mexico’s Drug War Have High-Ranking Officials Who Protect the Cartels

By Ricardo Ravelo

Proceso

Morelia Grenade Attack Case: Confessions “Under Torture”

"The accused say they were kidnapped and psychologically and physically tortured for days"

By Jorge Carrasco Araizaga and Francisco Castellanos J., Proceso

Translated by Kristin Bricker

It's On: Outgoing US President Bush Threatens President-Elect Obama Over His Opposition to the US-Colombia Trade Deal

“Neither Obama nor congressional leaders are inclined to concede the Colombia pact to Bush”

By Jackie Calmes

The New York Times


November 11, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/us/politics/11auto.html

Mob Evicts Other Campaign Adherents in San Cristobal, Chiapas

Those Evicted Have Not Been Able to Return to the Property to Assess the Situation Because of Fears of Violence

By Kristin Bricker

Via the NarcoSphere

Will Larry Summers Repeat History if Named Treasury Secretary?

"Chalked up a less-than-stellar record on civil rights issues" While in a Leadership Role in Bill Clinton's Treasury Department

By Bill Conroy

Via the Narcosphere

Latin America Sends Obama Congratulations - and a Piece of Its Mind

"By far, the most important challenge will be to listen"

By Laura Carlsen

Americas Project


November 8, 2008

http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5654

The Organizing of the President: What's Next for the Obama Movement?

Join Al Giordano Nate Silver, Micah Sifry and More in Chicago at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 6, at DePaul University

By Al Giordano

The Field


November 5, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/yes-we-did-now-what

The Battle for Pemex: a Mexican Oil Worker Explains Energy Reform

Mexican Congress Approves Light Reforms for the State Oil Company; Legislators Vow to Continue the Campaign to Privatize Pemex

By Kristin Bricker

Special to The Narco News Bulletin

U.S. Government Finally Exacts Revenge on Iran-Contra Whistleblower Cele Castillo

Federal Judge W. Royal Furgeson Jr. Sentences Former DEA Agent, and Decorated Vietnam Veteran to Three Years in Prison for a Simple Paperwork Crime

By Bill Conroy

Via the NarcoSphere

In Cold Blood, US Border Patrol Agent On Trial for Murder

Witnesses Said He Shot the Youth Without Provocation; He is Charged with Second-Degree Murder, Manslaughter and Negligent Homicide

By Brenda Norrell

Via the NarcoSphere