The Fire and the Word: The Most Complete History of the Zapatista Movement

Mexican Journalist Gloria Muñoz Ramírez’s Book is the Result of Seven Years of Research, Interviews and, Most Importantly, Listening...

By Kristin Bricker
Via The NarcoSphere

September 7, 2008

Mexican Generals Propose a Militarized National Police Force

Under the Proposal, Police Allied with Drug Traffickers Would Face the Death Penalty

By Kristin Bricker
Via The NarcoSphere

August 30, 2008

Tijuana: Empire's Slum?

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

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

Markos Moulitsas Zúniga Is Our Era’s Very Own Saul Alinsky

By Al Giordano
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

August 19, 2008

Join Us in Denver on Sunday

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

Massacre at CIAD #8 in Juárez

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

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

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

Bolivian Referendum Results Analysis

Evo Morales Makes Inroads in Opposition Territory

By Andrew Lyubarsky
The Indypendent

August 12, 2008

FARC’s Options

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

Beware of Politicians Bearing Gifts for the Cold War Hydra

More on Senator McCain and the Freedom House Operation

By Bill Conroy
Via the NarcoSphere

August 6, 2008

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

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

Chiquita Board Members: Total Identification

“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

en español... Los Directivos de Chiquita Brands International: Totalmente identificados

July 30, 2008

Video Newsreel: The Drug War and Plan Mexico

“US Money and Training Will Only Make Things Worse”

By Avi Lewis
Inside USA, Al-Jazeera

July 28, 2008

Scenarios for the FARC

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

The Democrats’ Schism at a Mexico City Fundraiser

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

in italiano... Lo scisma dei Democratici a una raccolta fondi a Città del Messico

July 24, 2008

Panama Supreme Court Ruling May Leave Lawyers and Money Launderers Jobless

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

IACHR Denounces Haiti For Political Persecution Of Yvon Neptune

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

Will the Stock Market Sink Panama’s Petaquilla Mine?

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

The Historical Significance of the Cochabamba Factory Workers' Strike

If Neoliberalism Left Something Intact, It Was the Factory Workers’ Movement

By Oscar Olivera F.
Ukhampacha Bolivia

July 15, 2008

Law Enforcement Groups Call for Probe of U.S. Rep. Reyes’ Handling of Kidnapping Case

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

What is the Venezuelan News Media Actually Like?

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

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

The Los Angeles Times Welcomes Your Comments, Too, at its La Plaza Blog

By La Plaza
The Los Angeles Times

July 9, 2008

Stops Along the Cancer Treatment Trail

“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

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

Narco News Continues Breaking the Information Blockade, Now on Both Sides of the Border

By Al Giordano
Publisher, Narco News

July 7, 2008

North America Doesn't Exist

Proponents of Extending the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Flunk Geography, and Economics, Too

By Laura Carlsen
IRC Americas Program

July 7, 2008

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

Trainer Gerardo “Jerry” Arrechea is a High-Ranking Member of the Comandos F4, an Armed Cuban Terrorist Organization

By Kristin Bricker
Via The NarcoSphere

en español... La Empresa Encargada del Entrenamiento de Tortura para la Policía Mexicana es Risks Incorporated de Miami, Florida

July 7, 2008

Congressman Still Has Chance to Redeem Himself in Juarez Kidnapping Case

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

León Torture Trainers Identified

Mexican Daily El Universal Reports More Details Behind the Training-for-Torturers Video

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

July 4, 2008

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

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

Plan Mexico: Uphill Battle Will Continue Against Failed Model

What to Expect Now that US President Bush Has Signed the Merida Initiative into Law

By Laura Carlsen
Americas Mexico Blog

July 3, 2008

So, That's Why McCain Went to Colombia

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

US Private Contractor Leads Torture Training in Mexico

Warning: Graphic Content from the Training Videos Appear with This Story

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

July 2, 2008

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

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

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

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

Congressman Defends ICE's Rescue of Mexican Citizen Kidnapped in Juarez

Government Watchdog Group Asks, "Did ICE officials assist in resolving a foreign kidnapping simply because the victim is related to a powerful member of Congress?"

By Bill Conroy
Via the Narcosphere

June 27, 2008

Immigration Issue About to Cross the Media Border

US Presidential Candidates McCain and Obama Will Either Frame Clear Positions on Immigration Reform, or Be Framed By It

By Al Giordano
Via The Field

June 26, 2008

US Rep. Silvestre Reyes Sought US Help for Kidnapped Relative

Paper Credits Narco News with Breaking the Story; Quotes Copublisher and Former ICE Official Miguel Contreras

By Diana Washington Valdez
The El Paso Times

June 26, 2008

A Hidden Agenda: John McCain and the IRI

US Presidential Candidate McCain’s Connection to the IRI Could Endanger Already Stressed US-Latin American Relations

By Sarah Hamburger
Council on Hemispheric Affairs

June 25, 2008

Juarez Kidnapping Case Opens Pandora’s Box for Congressman Silvestre Reyes

Victim, Assisted by U.S. Law Enforcement, Was Relative of Congressman's Wife and a Mexican Citizen

By Bill Conroy
Via The NarcoSphere

June 25, 2008

McCain to Travel to Colombia and Mexico Next Week

US Republican Presidential Candidate Has Colombian “Free Trade” Agreement and the Drug War on His Agenda

By Jill Zuckman
The Baltimore Sun

June 24, 2008

Send Al to Denver

“We must not let others determine our fate... let him speak freely and come what may, I believe we will know that we have been participating in the American experience.”

By Jamaica Kincaid
The Field

June 24, 2008

US Congressman's Family Member Kidnapped, then Released, in Juarez

Abduction of the Sister-in-Law of US Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) Met with Turf War Between Homeland Security (ICE) and DEA

By Bill Conroy
Via The NarcoSphere

June 23, 2008

Two Years Later in Oaxaca: Part IV and Final

What’s the Difference - Law and Memory as Political Weapons

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

June 23, 2008

APPO and PRIistas Clash in Zaachila, Oaxaca

Protesters Accused the Father of the Current Municipal President of Having Fired Shots at Supporters of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca

By Eliza Ruiz Jaimes
Noticias Voz e Imagen de Oaxaca

en español... Chocan APPO y priístas en Zaachila

June 23, 2008

Charges Finally Dropped Against Father Gerard Jean-Juste

After Intense International Pressure Haitian Court Dismisses Unsubstantiated Allegations of Criminal Association and Firearms Possession of Popular Haitian Activist

By Wadner Pierre and Joe Emersberger
HaitiAnalysis

June 22, 2008

The House of Death: Now Available on Video

Major Overseas TV Network Tackles a Story the U.S. Networks Fear to Cover

By the People and Power series
Al-Jazeera English

June 19, 2008

Two Years Later in Oaxaca: Part III

What’s the Difference - The Long Slow Process on the Ground and the Observance of June 14

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

June 18, 2008

Panama Supreme Court to Review US-Backed Drug Interdiction Program

The Arrest and Imprisonment of Two Suspects by the United States May Have Violated Panama’s Constitution

By Okke Ornstein
Via The NarcoSphere

June 17, 2008

Al Giordano's "The Field" Moves to Narco News

Faced with Censorship, Al Has Disassociated Himself and The Field from its Former Host

By The Narco News Team
(Celebrating in the Newsroom)

June 14, 2008

The New Government Provocation Against Zapatismo

“The New Governmental Effort to Make Out the EZLN to Be an Accomplice in Organized Crime Attempts to Take Advantage of the Wave of Anti-Narco Sentiment”

By Luis Hernández Navarro
La Jornada

en español... Zapatismo: la nueva provocación gubernamental
in italiano... Zapatismo: la nuova provocazione del governo

June 12, 2008

No Rest For the Working Poor

Globalization Continues to Break Down Its Own Myths, Especially in Developing Countries

By Laura Carlsen
Americas MexicoBlog

June 11, 2008

Death Squads in Oaxaca

The Mexican Government Ignores the Assassination of Two Community Radio Activists

By John Gibler
In These Times

June 10, 2008

Mexican Military and Police Use Drug War to Attempt to Enter Zapatista Territory

They Claimed to Be Looking for Marijuana Plants; Local Civilians Drove them Away

By The Good Government Council
La Garrucha, Chiapas, Mexico

en español... Con el pretexto de la guerra contra las drogas, militares y policías intentan entrar a territorio zapatista
in italiano... Col pretesto della lotta aòòa droga, militari e poliziotti tentano di entrare in territorio zapatista

June 6, 2008

No More Drama

The Obama Campaign, the First Mass Multi-Racial Collaboration in the US Since the Southern Civil Rights Movement, Has Changed American Society

By Al Giordano
The Field

June 5, 2008

Two Years Later in Oaxaca: Part II

What’s The Difference? - Networking and Local Autonomy: The Thigh Bone’s Connected to The Knee Bone


By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

em português... Dois Anos Depois em Oaxaca - Parte II

June 2, 2008

CIA Spook Gunned Down by Intolerance

Former Federal Agent Confirms Roland Carnaby Was CIA as Wildfire of Speculation Surrounds Mysterious Circumstances of His Death

By Bill Conroy
Via the Narcosphere

May 29, 2008

Two Years Later in Oaxaca: Part I

What’s The Difference?

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

em português... Dois Anos Depois em Oaxaca: Parte I

May 27, 2008

Obama and the US-Latin America Time Bomb

Defusing US Policy Toward Latin America Requires Cutting the Wires in Proper Order

By Al Giordano
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

en español... Obama y la bomba de tiempo Estados Unidos-Latinoamérica

May 26, 2008

Rethink the Fight Against Cocaine

Drug Use is Up, and Colombian Farmers are Unfairly Targeted - Let’s Overhaul Counternarcotics

By Mark L. Schneider
The Christian Science Monitor

May 24, 2008

“Time to Dig Into That Jar”

Please Join Me in Donating to The Fund for Authentic Journalism to Keep Narco News Publishing

By Bill Conroy
The Fund for Authentic Journalism

May 22, 2008

The McCain Doctrine: Back to the Cold War in Latin America

The Cuba Embargo, Colombia Trade and Human Rights in Mexico Are Suddenly Major Issues in the US Presidential Campaign

By Al Giordano
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

en español... La Doctrina McCain: De vuelta a la Guerra Fría en Latinoamérica

May 22, 2008

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