The Savage Silencing of Mexico's Musicians
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MORELIA, Mexico -- Sergio GÃÂ³mez roared into town in a big SUV, entourage in tow, pressed suits, fancy cowboy boots.
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A deadly blast in Mexico City raises fears that Mexican drug cartels are adopting the tactics of their Colombian allies
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A government call for Mexicans to  show unity by singing the national anthem en masse met a tepid  response on Wednesday in another embarrassment for President  Vicente Fox.
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A crowd angry about recent child kidnappings cornered plainclothes federal agents taking photos of students at a school on Mexico City's outskirts and burned the officers alive, the latest example of mob justice in a country beset by corrupt police and high crime.
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The US and Mexico try to defuse a row about increasing violence near their shared border.
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Mexican police arrested dozens of people in a raid on a town where a frenzied mob beat and burned two federal police officers to death in an attack that shocked even this crime-hardened nation.
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Mexico is cracking down harder on the illegal loggers who are razing the nation's forests, including a prized butterfly reserve that draws thousands of tourists each year.
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Mexicans are setting aside their differences on Wednesday, declaring a break from political bickering and fears of crime to celebrate 150 years of their national anthem by launching a worldwide rendition.
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Elvira Arellano is back in Mexico, and opponents of illegal immigration hope her deportion will mark the start of a crackdown. But that isn't likely
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MADRID, Sep 10  (IPS) - Four well-known Venezuelan folk musicians were  deported when they arrived to perform at Spainâs Canary Islands,  where the community reacted with anger and pointed out that the  South American country took in tens of thousands of Spaniards  during the 1939-1975 dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
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The country is cracking down on reporters, activists, Christians and now a filmmaker. Many say the motivation is to silence dissenters in advance of the 2008 Olympics
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Honduran gangs had killed before, leaving dismembered bodies and grisly messages in defiance of President Ricardo Maduro&#39;s no-tolerance campaign against them.
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Mexico's government plans sweeping  reforms to end rampant human rights violations, but experts  complain the plan lacks the teeth to stop police torture and  other abuses.
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MEXICO CITY, Sept. 1 -- In a historic rebuke, opposition lawmakers seized control of Mexico's congressional chamber Friday and blocked President Vicente Fox from delivering his final State of the Nation address.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Call it silence of the Lamb. The church-owned Great Western Forum has canceled an April 9 concert appearance by the heavy metal band Lamb of God because church leaders were offended by the group's previous name, Burn the Priest. "We do owe something to our congregants.
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On Genova Street in downtown Mexico City, illegally copied CDs of music by top U.S. artists sell for 20 pesos, just under &#36;2 a piece, in tiny booths between tables overflowing with batteries, stuffed animals and cheap knockoff sunglasses. That&#039;s about one-tenth the price in nearby stores.
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MEXICO CITY -- This is what Mexico's presidential campaign has come to: For three days this month, dozens of legislators climbed atop the speaker's platform in the lower house of Congress and brought proceedings to a halt. In one widely televised scene, two congresswomen tried to grab a microphone from the speaker's hands, then shoved a placard in his face.