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Tijuana: Empire's Slum?

14 hours 45 min ago
The Mexican Government's Latest Drug War Operation: To Protect International Pharmaceutical Companies from Mom and Pop Drug Stores Along the US Border

By Rocky Neptun
San Diego Indymedia
August 21, 2008

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/08/20/18528084.php

Categories: Newsfeeds

Taking On The System: The Must-Read Political Book of the Year

August 18, 2008 - 9:00pm
Markos Moulitsas Zúniga Is Our Era’s Very Own Saul Alinsky

By Al Giordano
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
August 19, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3184.html

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Join Us in Denver on Sunday

August 18, 2008 - 9:00pm
David Rovics and Other Special Guests to Appear at Benefit for The Fund for Authentic Journalism

By Al Giordano
Publisher, Narco News
August 19, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3182.html

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Massacre at CIAD #8 in Juárez

August 17, 2008 - 9:00pm
Masked Gunmen Unleash AK-47s on Drug-Rehab Center; Mexican Soldiers Parked 50 Yards Away Do Nothing

By Molly Molloy
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
August 18, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3181.html

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House of Death Informant, Facing D-Day in Court, Pens Letter from Prison

August 17, 2008 - 9:00pm
Narco News Obtains Ramirez Peyro Letter on Eve of Hearing that Could Bring a Death Sentence Called Deportation

By Bill Conroy
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
August 18, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3180.html

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Bolivian Referendum Results Analysis

August 11, 2008 - 9:00pm
Evo Morales Makes Inroads in Opposition Territory

By Andrew Lyubarsky
The Indypendent
August 12, 2008

http://www.indypendent.org/2008/08/12/bolivian-referendum-results-analysis/

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FARC’s Options

August 10, 2008 - 9:00pm
Analysis of the Guerrilla Army: Continue Under the Classic Military Model, Become a Popular Movement, or Adapt to 4th Generation Warfare?

By Okke Ornstein
Via the NarcoSphere
August 11, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/okke-ornstein/2008/08/farcs-options

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Beware of Politicians Bearing Gifts for the Cold War Hydra

August 5, 2008 - 9:00pm
More on Senator McCain and the Freedom House Operation

By Bill Conroy
Via the NarcoSphere
August 6, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2008/08/beware-politicians-bearing-gifts-cold-war-hydra

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McCain’s Kyrgyz Connection: The “Freedom House” That Isn’t Free

August 2, 2008 - 9:00pm
The US Presidential Candidate, His Lobbyist-Advisor, and the “Tulip Revolution” Gone Awry

By Bill Conroy
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
August 3, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3175.html

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Chiquita Board Members: Total Identification

July 29, 2008 - 9:00pm
“When I joined the board, I knew the company was making payments to paramilitary groups in Colombia,” - Morten Arntzen, Current Chiqutia Brands Director

By CCAJAR
Editorial
July 30, 2008

http://www.colectivodeabogados.org/article.php3?id_article=1364

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Video Newsreel: The Drug War and Plan Mexico

July 27, 2008 - 9:00pm
“US Money and Training Will Only Make Things Worse”

By Avi Lewis
Inside USA, Al-Jazeera
July 28, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3172.html

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Scenarios for the FARC

July 25, 2008 - 9:00pm
The US Southern Command (SouthCom), as Expressed in Plan Colombia II, Does Not Seek the Definitive Defeat or Negotiations with the Colombian Guerrillas

By Raúl Zibechi
Americas Policy Program
July 26, 2008

http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5408

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The Democrats’ Schism at a Mexico City Fundraiser

July 23, 2008 - 9:00pm
The “NAFTA Generation” of Corporate Ex-Pats Deceived the Obama Campaign and the Attendees at a Fundraising Event Last Tuesday

By Al Giordano
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
July 24, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3169.html

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Panama Supreme Court Ruling May Leave Lawyers and Money Launderers Jobless

July 23, 2008 - 9:00pm
After 40 Years as a Haven for Banking and Corporate Secrecy a Libel Case Brought by HSBC Bank Against a Canadian Expatriate Has Far Reaching Consequences

By Okke Ornstein
Via the NarcoSphere
July 24, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/okke-ornstein/2008/07/panama-supreme-court-ruling-may-leave-lawyers-and-money-launderers-jo

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Join Narco News and The Field for a Garden Party on August 24 in Denver, Colorado

July 22, 2008 - 9:00pm
Sponsor and Reserve Your Ticket for a Fundraising Event to Benefit The Fund for Authentic Journalism

By Al Giordano
Publisher, Narco News
July 23, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/you-dont-have-be-denver-join-this-party

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“This is Essentially a Big Chunk of the Payoff the Corrupt Cuban Exile Community Gets”

July 22, 2008 - 9:00pm
Video: Frank Calzon of the Center for a Free Cuba Storms Off a TV Studio Set When Confronted with Fraud Charges by Joe Garcia in Miami

By Markos Moulitsas Zuniga
The Daily Kos
July 23, 2008

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/23/12101/4253

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US Congress Freezes Funding of for Cuban-American Groups Following Evidence of “Massive Fraud”

July 22, 2008 - 9:00pm
The Washington-Based Anti-Castro Group, The Center for a Free Cuba, Embezzled $500,000, Provoking the Moratorium

By Frances Robles
The Miami Herald
July 23, 2008

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/612979.html

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IACHR Denounces Haiti For Political Persecution Of Yvon Neptune

July 22, 2008 - 9:00pm
Two Years After His Release and No Credible Evidence Against Him the Haitian Government Remains Reluctant to Dismiss the Case

By Joe Emersberger
Haiti Analysis
July 23, 2008

http://www.haitianalysis.com/2008/7/23/four-years-of-political-persecution-for-yvon-neptune-and-counting

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Will the Stock Market Sink Panama’s Petaquilla Mine?

July 16, 2008 - 9:00pm
Misconduct by Public Officials, Environmental Protests, and Criminal Complaints May Result in Market Forces Ending the Company’s Destructive Mining Practices

By Okke Ornstein
Via The NarcoSphere
July 17, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/okke-ornstein/2008/07/will-stock-market-sink-panamas-petaquilla-mine

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The Historical Significance of the Cochabamba Factory Workers' Strike

July 14, 2008 - 9:00pm
If Neoliberalism Left Something Intact, It Was the Factory Workers’ Movement

By Oscar Olivera F.
Ukhampacha Bolivia
July 15, 2008

http://www.ubnoticias.org/en/article/the-historical-significance-of-the-cochabamba-factory-workers-strike

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