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Celebrate Narco News' 7th Anniversary in NYC 4/18
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 12:23 am | narconews.com
Seven years ago, on the date commemorating Paul Revere's ride, I opened this website to distribute some news stories about the drug war in Mexico that various commercial periodicals declined to publish. If you read them then, you know the story: how Narco ... More >>
Narconews: Oaxaca - Supermodels 1, Ulises Ruiz 0
Monday, 2 April 2007, 2:27 pm | narconews.com
Supermodels for Oaxaca (APMO, in its Spanish initials) celebrated its first victory yesterday as the embattled Oaxaca Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz was dealt yet another blow to his attempts to reassert his control in the state. More >>
Narconews: Davies - Organized Chaos In Oaxaca
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 3:23 pm | narconews.com
The struggle for a legitimate government and against injustices in the Mexican state of Oaxaca continues. Nancy Davies, commenting for Narco News from Oaxaca, discusses the recent actions taken by members of the Oaxacan community ranging from strikes ... More >>
Narconews: The Other Campaign Begins Anew
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 12:17 am | narconews.com
The Other Campaign began its second stage with the installation of international peace encampments in Huitepec, Chiapas (near San Cristóbal de Las Casas) and in El Mayor, a Cucapá community of Baja California. This weekend, the comandantes and ... More >>
FOIA Records of Intimidation of Narco News Refused
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:08 pm | narconews.com
The House of Death cover-up now appears to have extended its reach to The Narco News Bulletin. Authentic Journalist Bill Conroy, in his latest addition to this ongoing story, writes that fear of the exposure of embarrassing and harmful actions by ICE, ... More >>
War on Terra Arrives with Bush-Lula Ethanol Deal
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:01 pm | narconews.com
Last week U.S. President George W. Bush concluded his "South of the Border '07 Tour" around Latin America. Narco News contributor Garrett St. James, reporting from Brazil, analyzes Bush's visit to the region's countries, which included Uruguay, Colombia, ... More >>
Jordan: Zapatistas Inaugurate Two Peace Camps
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 6:53 pm | narconews.com
Last September, Narco News reported the arrest of indigenous farmers in the Mexican village of Huitepec for a trumped up "environmental crime" of... planting radishes. More >>
Accused Narco Banker to Host Bush-Calderón Meeting
Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 1:01 pm | narconews.com
In 1999 Narco News’ Al Giordano reported on an "anti-drug" summit between the President of the United States and his counterpart in Mexico held on land owned by then President of Banamex, Roberto Hernández Ramírez. While the mainstream media was reporting ... More >>
Davies: 10th APPO Megamarch Observes Women's Day
Monday, 12 March 2007, 1:15 pm | narconews.com
This past Thursday Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO, in its Spanish initials) fully recovered and reloaded after the federal police assault which began on November 25, organized its tenth megamarch in defiance of the repressive policies ... More >>
Supermodels to Take Oaxaca Protest to New York
Monday, 12 March 2007, 1:13 pm | narconews.com
- Supermodels to Take Oaxaca Protest to New York - Opposition to Miss Universe Pageant in Monte Alban in May 2007 - Connor: "We models aren't cheap props for dictators" - Auditions April 18 in New York City for a Protest with Poise Aimed at Donald Trump ... More >>
House of Death Case Takes Turn Towards a No-Win
Monday, 5 March 2007, 8:02 pm | narconews.com
The US Eighth District Court of Appeals has delivered a major rebuke for Department of Justice prosecutors and their attempts to cover-up official misdeeds in the House of Death case. More >>
Narconews: Oaxaca Conflict Puts Spotlight On Media
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 2:37 pm | narconews.com
The civil struggle in Oaxaca has taken on many forms and methods in fighting against what the people call the "bad government." Nancy Davies, our commentator in Oaxaca, reports about a new tactic being used by the APPO: to sponsor as much public debate ... More >>
Narconews: APPO Comes Back Strong in Oaxaca
Sunday, 25 February 2007, 10:29 pm | narconews.com
Much speculation has hovered around the question of whether the APPO, weakened by the massive attack by Mexican federal police on November 25, would be able to survive. Today, Nancy Davies gives an answer to that question as the APPO and the teachers’ ... More >>
Narconews: Zapatistas to Raise 2 Peace Encampments
Sunday, 25 February 2007, 10:29 pm | narconews.com
Subcomandante Marcos, spokesman of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), recently announced that the Sixth Commission and the EZLN will be supporting two peace encampments, one in Baja California and the other in Chiapas, on Zapatista ... More >>
Nancy Davies' Book on Oaxaca's Popular Assembly
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 11:04 am | narconews.com
When on May 25, 2006 Nancy Davies published a reporter's notebook entry on The Narcosphere titled "The Desperate Government in Oaxaca" few observers– other than Davies – saw the regime of Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz as desperate. More >>
Villarreal: Zapatista Health Care from Below
Monday, 15 January 2007, 3:47 pm | narconews.com
The Narco News Bulletin continues its coverage of the "Meeting of the Zapatista Peoples with the Peoples of the World" that took place in Oventic, the highlands of Chiapas. Narco News correspondent Ginna Villarreal attended and now reports on ... More >>
AP's Oaxaca Correspondent in Conflict-of-Interest
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 10:33 pm | narconews.com
Associated Press correspondent in Oaxaca, Rebeca Romero, spent much of 2006 distorting the story of the Popular Assembly movement in Oaxaca to protect that state's disgraced governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz. More >>
Narconews: Davies and Donahue - Updates on Oaxaca
Thursday, 28 December 2006, 6:12 pm | narconews.com
Widespread repression continues to rear its ugly head in Oaxaca. Commentator Nancy Davies reports on further developments from the Southern Mexican State, including more kidnappings and beatings, the supposed end of the teacher support of the APPO, ... More >>
Narconews: London Observer Cribs from Bill Conroy
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 6:08 pm | narconews.com
Since April 2004, Bill Conroy has investigated and written 41 breaking reports about U.S. law enforcement's complicity with murder in Ciudad Juárez in the "House of Death" case. More >>
Giordano: The Coup d’Etat in Mexico
Friday, 1 December 2006, 5:41 pm | narconews.com
Friday, December 1, and the scheduled ascension of Felipe Calderón to the presidency, will mark the culmination of a Coup d'Etat in Mexico, reports Al Giordano. More >>
