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Former Agent Recounts Life on the Frontline of Drug War

Mary Mata June 28, 2012

By Melissa del Bosque, The Texas Observer During his 27 years in federal law enforcement, David Ramirez posed as a high level drug smuggler, nearly suffocated in a car trunk […]

Rafael Correa: The Minor-League Caudillo

Mary Mata June 27, 2012

Mexican Spring: Youth Movement #YoSoy132 Stirs Elections

Mary Mata June 25, 2012

Indictment Links Texas Horse Stable to Zeta Money Laundering

Mary Mata

By Andrew Wheat and Forrest Wilder, The Texas Observer A prominent Texas family with connections to the state’s top officials is alleged to have purchased and boarded horses for a […]

Unaccompanied Migrant Children Requires Congressional Attention

Mary Mata June 19, 2012

By Lavinia Limon, The Texas Observer Despite border fences, increased militarization and drones patrolling our southern border, every year thousands of children from Latin America traveling without parents or adult […]

Latin America Climate, Energy and Environment News

Mary Mata

By La Onda Verde Chile The electricity company Colbún has denied speculation that is it planning to sell its holdings in the controversial HidroAysén hydroelectric project in Patagonia. While development […]

Morning NewsTaco

Mary Mata

Tuesday June 19, 2012 Why Republicans can’t write off Hispanics (The Washington Post):  Much has been made in the last 96 hours of President Obama’s decision to stop deporting young illegal […]