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A chink in the US-Mexico border fence

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By James Ridgeway - Oct. 14 (Opinion) - Close to the nation's busiest highway border crossing, from San Diego County to Tijuana, a border fence cuts across a park and a beach before stretching into the surf of the Pacific Ocean. This is the westernmost edge of the demarcation line in the US's war against unauthorised immigration, and we are heading into a militarised zone.

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U.S. antes up to fight drugs in Mexico, as it cuts funding for programs here

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Post Intelligencer - By Marcela Sanchez - Feb. 17 (Opinion) - No one has yet called Mexico a narco-state, but drug-related violence and corruption have become so widespread that President Felipe Calderon has declared war on drug syndicates operating in Mexican territory. The United States has encouraged these reappraisals sometimes with sticks, now most often with carrots, lots of carrots. Since 2000, it has funneled more than $5 billion into Plan Colombia; now it plans to invest up to $1.4 billion in Mexico for what is being called the Merida Initiative, named for the city where it was proposed.

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We Don't Need No Stinkin' Recount

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:33:14 -0700

The Guardian - By Greg Palast - Aug. 07 (Opinion) - In the six years since I first began investigating the burglary ring we call "elections" in America, a new Voting Reform industry has grown up. That’s good. What’s worrisome is that most of the effort is focused on preventing the installation of computer voting machines. Paper ballots, we’re told, will save our democracy. Well, forget it. Over the weekend, Mexico’s ruling party showed how you can rustle an election even with the entire population using the world’s easiest paper ballot.

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