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God, Gays, Ganja and Mexican Politics

“Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.”
- Shoeshine man in Ciudad Juarez

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - In the U.S., evangelical leaders have been at the forefront of pushing prayer in public schools. But in Mexico, they are in the vanguard in opposing it.

While the so-called narco war and economic distress are generally regarded as the top two issues in this year’s electoral races, fundamental issues of church, the state and religion are also swirling around the political scene.

International Bank Considers Ciudad Juarez Redevelopment Loan

While homicide rates have dipped since 2010, the Ciudad Juarez press routinely reports fresh murders, frequently several killings each day.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Representatives of the Washington-based Inter-American Development Bank scouted out downtown Ciudad Juarez last week in anticipation of a possible loan package.

The tour was promoted by the Chihuahua state and Ciudad Juarez municipal governments as part of a $50 million investment drive to revive the Mexican border city’s long decaying downtown core.

FEATURE:The Cactus at the Crossroads

Huichol Indians in Mexico help our writer take a spiritual journey to the land of new perspectives...

(NAYARIT, Mexico) - From Wikipedia: Lophophora williamsii better known by its common name Peyote is a small, spineless cactus with psychoactive alkaloids, particularly mescaline.

It is native to southwestern Texas and Mexico. It is found primarily in the Chihuahuan desert and in the states of Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi among scrub, especially where there is limestone.

FNS News: Bleak News for Rio Grande Irrigators

The May 2012 Water Supply Forecast for New Mexico cited unseasonal temperatures that could impact farmers later in the growing season.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Rio Grande irrigators in the Paso del Norte borderland are in for more bad news.

Experts have noted that spring runoff forecasts for the Rio Grande into New Mexico’s Elephant Butte Reservoir are only 21 percent of normal flows.

Oversight Committee Outlines Case Against Eric Holder, for Contempt over Fast and Furious

Darryl Issa briefing discusses Retaliation against ATF agents who blew the whistle on Holder's 'Fast and Furious' fueling violence in Mexico.

(WASHINGTON DC) - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) has distributed a staff briefing paper and draft of the contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Eric Holder to Members of the Oversight Committee.

The briefing paper explains what happened in Operation Fast and Furious, and the hardships faced by the family of fallen Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in getting truthful answers about his death...

The Winds of May Day: 2006-2012

Occupy has undoubtedly shifted the parameters of political debate and popularized the notion of the 99 percent.

(LAS CRUCES, NM FNS News) - Revived in the United States on a mass scale by the immigrant rights movement six years ago, the annual commemoration of International Workers’ Day is fast becoming an established tradition across the country.

And if anything captured the essence of the 2012 celebrations, it was the convergence of issues popularized by Occupy Wall Street-influenced movements with demands for justice long pushed by immigrant community organizations.

Last Stand in Lomas de Poleo

In 2005, one resident, Luis Guerrero, was beaten to death by a group of 20-30 men. In another incident, two young children burned to death in a blaze of mysterious origin...

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Descending down the long road that curves down from the heights of Lomas de Poleo, a panoramic view of the borderland dazzles the eyes.

Below the now-paved Anapra highway sits the town of Sunland Park, New Mexico, with its big border landfill, racetrack and casino, El Paso Electric plant and scandal-ridden politics.

May 3 to May 5 Events Explore Mexican and Mexican-American History in Oregon

An art exhibition, lectures and Cinco de Mayo celebration will take place in Portland

(PORTLAND, OR) - “From Mexico to Oregon: History, Culture and Identity,” a series of events presented by the University of Oregon’s Latin American Studies Program, will take place May 3 to May 5 at the White Stag Block in Portland.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, where the Mexican army defeated the French occupying forces on May 5, 1862.

The Victims Shall Not be Forgotten

The victims of violence and their memories won't be swept under the rug in a campaign by some Mexican officials to minimize bad news to lure new foreign investment.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Every night this week, a street in central El Paso will light up with the names of more than 10,000 people killed in the violence that’s ravaged Ciudad Juarez and Mexico since 2008.

The nightly projection/vigil is part of a week-long series of activities that will culminate with a dinner honoring in person the Mexican poet and anti-violence activist Javier Sicilia.

An Apology for the New Republic

My father, without hesitation enlisted in the European World War I “for King and country,” just as he cheered on my late oldest brother to follow suit some two decades later.

(SASKATCHEWAN) - My father was an imperialist.

He was raised in Tory Ontario in a Baptist family that was perhaps embarrassed by the existence of the rebel Philip Annett who, four generations earlier, had seized the family flintlock and hastened to join William Lyon MacKenzie during the abortive rebellion of 1837.