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Drug lord 'La Barbie' takes spotlight in Mexico City
Edgar Valdez Villarreal was arrested after a 14-month manhunt involving 1,200 Mexican federal police and an unknown number of U.S. agents. He faces multiple indictments in the United States for importing tons of cocaine. Mexican authorities say he is a kidnapper, torturer and murderer - as well as a major trafficker of marijuana and cocaine.

Efforts fail to stem flow of drug money
Stashing cash in spare tires, engine transmissions and truckloads of baby diapers, couriers for Mexican drug cartels are moving tens of billions of dollars in profits south across the border each year, a river of dirty money that has overwhelmed U.S. and Mexican customs agents.

 
Global Issues / Environment
China passes Japan as second-largest economy
After three decades of spectacular growth, China passed Japan in the second quarter to become the world’s second-largest economy behind the United States.

Fidel Castro addresses parliament on Iran
Former President Fidel Castro of Cuba addressed a session of Parliament for the first time in four years on Saturday, the latest of several recent public appearances after a long period of seclusion.

 
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That´s his.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
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Apatía argentina frente a elecciones
La indiferencia y el escaso entusiasmo cívico han caracterizado la campaña para los comicios presidenciales del 28 de octubre ante pronósticos prácticamente unánimes que anticipan el triunfo de la senadora Cristina Fernández, esposa del presidente Néstor Kirchner.

La única incógnita que resta es si la candidata del centroizquierdista Frente para la Victoria triunfaría en primera vuelta, o si debería competir el 25 de noviembre en un balotaje con el candidato opositor más votado.

Los últimos sondeos coinciden en que, salvo que ocurra un terremoto político, la senadora Fernández superaría los requisitos para eludir una segunda vuelta. Son ellos obtener el 45 por ciento de los votos, o más del 40 por ciento, si logra una diferencia superior a diez puntos sobre su más próximo contendiente.

La vigorosa recuperación de la economía argentina, después de la grave crisis del 2001, y el descenso de los niveles de desempleo, pobreza y marginalidad social logrados por la Administración de Kirchner parecen ser el principal sustento de la ventaja electoral de su esposa.

La campaña de la oposición no parece haber logrado instalar en la población el temor a un rebrote inflacionario, centro de su reciente prédica, como tampoco sus denuncias sobre supuestos actos de corrupción o tendencias autoritarias en el gobierno.

La prensa local publicó la semana pasada los sondeos efectuados por ocho encuestadores (Poliarquía Consultores, Rosendo Fraga, Hugo Haime, Artemio López, Manuel Mora y Araujo, Analía del Franco, Heriberto Muraro y Roberto Bacman). Todos coincidieron en que Fernández quedará seguramente consagrada Presidenta el 28 de octubre.

Su principal contendiente, según esos sondeos, es Elisa Carrió, candidata de la moderada Coalición Cívica, quien venía sosteniendo que la segunda vuelta estaba cada día más cercana y que en ella seguramente derrotaría a la primera dama.

Pero en declaraciones que publicó ayer el diario LaCapital de la ciudad de Rosario, Carrió admitió que ``todavía hoy es difícil que haya balotaje, aunque seguimos creciendo mucho''.
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Economics
Argentine growth feeds investor optimism
Argentina bond risk fell the most in Latin America over the past three months as quickening economic growth and a $12.9 billion debt restructuring boosted confidence in the country’s ability to pay its debt.

 
Identity/Culture
Scientists find evidence discrediting theory Amazon was virtually unlivable
Archaeologists say forest across the Amazon, was home to an advanced, even spectacular civilization that managed the forest and enriched infertile soils to feed thousands.

 
Soutbound Travel
House hunting in ... Colombia
The apartment is on the second story of a three-story, walk-up building, constructed of concrete about 40 years ago. The old city is Cartagena's tourist and cultural center; shopping, dining and public transportation are within walking distance.

 
Migration Issues
Grief across Latam for migrant killings
He was warned the journey north would be hard, so Gilmar Morales beefed up on eggs and sausage, bought some ham sandwiches from the bodega across the street, told his mother he loved her and set off with two other relatives on a path well-traveled by young people here in one of Latin America’s poorest countries.

 
Living/People
Trapped Chilean miners forge refuge
Mario Gómez is all too familiar with the hardships of prolonged confinement. While still in his 30s, his family said, he survived as a stowaway on a ship for 11 days, living below deck on little more than bits of chocolate and drops of water collected in a shoe — an ordeal so trying it brought him closer to God.

 
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 Our Opinion
Legalize, regulate and tax drugs

It’s great they got these drug lords, but they will be replaced quickly. Law enforcement is helpless in the fight against the cartels due to their economic ability to sustain their criminal activities.
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 Opinion
Chávez pierde opinión La popularidad del presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, cayó en dos años del 65 a un 38 por ciento actual, y continúa perdiendo puntos.

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