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

16 hours 1 min ago
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”

16 hours 1 min ago
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

16 hours 1 min ago
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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Law Enforcement Groups Call for Probe of U.S. Rep. Reyes’ Handling of Kidnapping Case

July 14, 2008 - 9:00pm
The Complaint, Filed with a Congressional Committee, Seeks an Ethics Investigation into the Congressman's Actions and Cites Narco News Reports

By Bill Conroy
Via The NarcoSphere
July 15, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2008/07/law-enforcement-groups-call-probe-us-rep-reyes%E2%80%99-handling-kidnapping-cas

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What is the Venezuelan News Media Actually Like?

July 13, 2008 - 9:00pm
21 Caracas Daily Newspapers, Diverse Community Radio and TV Stations, Disprove the US-Propagated Myths

By Andrew Kennis
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
July 14, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3161.html

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Plan Mexico: An Online Debate Between US Senator Pat Leahy and Laura Carlsen

July 8, 2008 - 9:00pm
The Los Angeles Times Welcomes Your Comments, Too, at its La Plaza Blog

By La Plaza
The Los Angeles Times
July 9, 2008

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/07/draft-merida.html

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Stops Along the Cancer Treatment Trail

July 6, 2008 - 9:00pm
“The nurse asked me to close my eyes, take a few deep breaths, and imagine myself in a calm, familiar and peaceful place. I pictured myself on on Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, with my Narco News cohorts”

By George Sanchez
The Arizona Star
July 7, 2008

http://www.azstarnet.com/accent/246581.php

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84 New Co-Publishers in Three Weeks, and 42 Regional Groups

July 6, 2008 - 9:00pm
Narco News Continues Breaking the Information Blockade, Now on Both Sides of the Border

By Al Giordano
Publisher, Narco News
July 7, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3158.html

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North America Doesn't Exist

July 6, 2008 - 9:00pm
Proponents of Extending the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Flunk Geography, and Economics, Too

By Laura Carlsen
IRC Americas Program
July 7, 2008

http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5343

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Company that Led Training in Torture Techniques for Mexican Police Is Risks Incorporated of Miami, Florida

July 6, 2008 - 9:00pm
Trainer Gerardo “Jerry” Arrechea is a High-Ranking Member of the Comandos F4, an Armed Cuban Terrorist Organization

By Kristin Bricker
Via The NarcoSphere
July 7, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/kristin-bricker/2008/07/company-led-training-torture-techniques-mexican-police-is-risks-inc

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Congressman Still Has Chance to Redeem Himself in Juarez Kidnapping Case

July 4, 2008 - 9:00pm
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes Should Call for Congressional Oversight Hearings in the House of Death Abductions and Murders

By Bill Conroy
Via The NarcoSphere
July 5, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2008/07/congressman-reyes%E2%80%99-still-has-chance-redeem-himself-juarez-kidnapping-ca

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León Torture Trainers Identified

July 3, 2008 - 9:00pm
Mexican Daily El Universal Reports More Details Behind the Training-for-Torturers Video

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere
July 4, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/kristin-bricker/2008/07/león-torture-trainers-identified

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Source: US Military Special-Ops Team, and Not the Colombian Army, Carried Out Hostage Rescue in Colombia

July 2, 2008 - 9:00pm
Months in the Planning, the Operation Included US Special Forces Posing as Members of a “French Humanitarian Group”

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

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3153.html

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Plan Mexico: Uphill Battle Will Continue Against Failed Model

July 2, 2008 - 9:00pm
What to Expect Now that US President Bush Has Signed the Merida Initiative into Law

By Laura Carlsen
Americas Mexico Blog
July 3, 2008

http://americasmexico.blogspot.com/2008/06/plan-mexico-uphill-battle-will-continue.html

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So, That's Why McCain Went to Colombia

July 2, 2008 - 9:00pm
Colombia's Uribe Leaped into Partisan Quicksand; Why Mexico's Calderon Is Unlikely to Do the Same

By Al Giordano
The Field
July 3, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/so-thats-why-mccain-went-colombia

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US Private Contractor Leads Torture Training in Mexico

July 1, 2008 - 9:00pm
Warning: Graphic Content from the Training Videos Appear with This Story

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere
July 2, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/kristin-bricker/2008/07/us-private-contractor-leads-torture-training-mexico

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McCain Backer’s Firm Pled Guilty to Funding a Terrorist Group in Colombia

July 1, 2008 - 9:00pm
Chiquita Paid a $25 Million Fine After Convicted of Financing the Paramilitary Organization “United Self Defense Forces” (AUC)

By Nico Pitney
The Huffington Post
July 2, 2008

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/02/mccain-fundraiser-oversaw_n_110354.html

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Factual Plagiarism: The AP, NY Times, Washington Post & Washington Times Stole Their Work from Narco News This Week

June 28, 2008 - 9:00pm
The News Organizations Used an “Internal ICE Memorandum” on the Reyes Kidnapping Without Citing the Source

By Al Giordano
Publisher, Narco News
June 29, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3147.html

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