The tide of drug madness has finally crested in Latin America as several nations move toward decriminalizing the use of drugs by people. In Argentine, the Supreme Court ruled that “each adult is free to make decisions without intervention of the state” and if they desire to smoke marijuana for their own use, it is [...]

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There is a quiet movement spreading across many areas of the Catholic world in which intelligent people are posing questions about the leadership of their church. Several years ago, Buenos Aires approved same sex unions and there currently is a case headed for the nation’s Supreme Court in which a judge ruled national laws banning [...]

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The American obsession with wanting drugs and making the sale or possession a criminal act has spawned drug gangs all over Latin America, but none are more dangerous than those in Mexico. Americans sleep peacefully in communities on one side of the border while a few miles away drug lords kidnap, kill and [...]

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The inhabitants of the United States of America enjoy the use of drugs. The government of the United States of America has declared the use of drugs is against the law. The government of the United States has decided anyone selling or using drugs should be placed in jail. These American policies have resulted in [...]

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Once upon a time in the history of crime, gangsters wiped out an opposing gang and changed the balance of power until another gang came along to wipe them out. The famous St. Valentine Day Massacre witnessed the end of Irish crime domination in Chicago and the rise of an Italian-Jewish coalition. But, Mexican [...]

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The American public and its political leaders continue discusing the war in Iraq and the need to resolve that conflict. Even as Bush, and McCain and Obama and Clinton devote enormous time and energy to wars in the Middle East and in Afghanistan, another war is raging on the borders of the United States. [...]

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There are numerous unintended consequences with the love affair between Americans and illict drugs, hundreds of thousands in prison and open warfare near the Mexican-American border. The decision of the United States to declare illegal the use and sale of drugs has created huge drug empires throughout central and South America. During the past three [...]

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The government of Mexico City began an experiment this week by offering the just-for-women city bus which seeks to protect females against sexual harassment while trying to get around the city. Officials believe about 14% of rapes, sexual harassment, and verbal abuse occur on a bus. According to Susan Navarro, “You have to put [...]

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For the second time in a month, saboteurs blew up sections of the Premex oil pipeline resulting in many factories forced to suspend operations. The explosions took place in the provinces of Veracruz and Tlaxcala where members of the People’s Revolutionary Army (EPR) carried out the raids. They announced the destruction of pipelines was part [...]

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