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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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