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		<title>Obama Says Mexico&#8217;s Drug War Is Not Like Colombia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today in Latin America Top Story &#8212; President Barack Obama said that Mexico&#8217;s problem with drug cartels is not comparable to Colombia at the height of its own drug war. &#8220;Mexico is vast and progressive democracy, with a growing economy, and as a result you cannot compare what is happening in Mexico with what happened [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://latindispatch.com/2010/09/10/obama-says-mexicos-drug-war-is-not-like-colombia/</link>
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		<title>Indigenous Colombians Face Possibility Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &#8212; Thirty-four indigenous groups face extinction due to internal armed conflict from Colombia’s ongoing violent conflicts, according to a report released by the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights. The conflict is not new, but the current level of displacement among poor indigenous groups is unprecedented. The UNHCR report states that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://latindispatch.com/2010/09/10/indigenous-colombians-face-extinction-u-n-report-says/</link>
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		<title>Cuba&#8217;s Fidel Castro Says His Country&#8217;s Economic Model No Longer Works</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today in Latin America Top Story &#8211; A U.S. journalist surprised observers Wednesday by reporting that former Cuban head of state Fidel Castro no longer has enough confidence in the Cuban economic model to export it. During an interview with Atlantic Magazine correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg, Castro said the Cuban economic model &#8220;doesn&#8217;t even work for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://latindispatch.com/2010/09/09/cubas-fidel-castro-says-his-countrys-economic-model-no-longer-works/</link>
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		<title>Undocumented Students Facing Deportation Breathe Sigh Of Relief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As school starts up again, undocumented students around the country are concentrating on classes, not deportation proceedings. In August, President Barack Obama’s administration pushed the emphasis of deportations away from students, saying the priority should not be people who came here illegally as children. Undocumented students had lobbied for less pressure, staging sit-ins in politicians’ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://latindispatch.com/2010/09/09/undocumented-students-facing-deportation-breathe-sigh-of-relief/</link>
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		<title>Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce Discusses Illegal Immigration, SB 1070, And Elections (Interview)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MESA, Arizona &#8212; On Tuesday, Aug. 24, The Latin America News Dispatch sat down with Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce to discuss the controversial immigration law, SB1070, of which he was the lead author. At the time Pearce was up for reelection, but the incumbent senator ran uncontested, predictably coming away with 96.56 percent of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://latindispatch.com/2010/09/09/russell-pearce-discusses-illegal-immigration-sb-1070-and-elections-interview/</link>
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		<title>Mexican Military Launches Investigation Into Killing Of Civilians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today in Latin America Top Story – The Mexican military has launched an investigation into the shooting death of a 15-year old boy and his father by soldiers at checkpoint in northern Mexico. Soldiers allegedly attacked the car carrying the father and son, which they say failed to stop at the checkpoint in the state [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://latindispatch.com/2010/09/08/mexican-military-launches-investigation-into-killing-of-civilians/</link>
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		<title>Chile&#8217;s Education Initiative Hopes To Attract More Qualified Teachers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SANTIAGO &#8212; Chile’s Minister of Education Joaquín Lavín recently announced a new set of proposals designed to make teaching a more attractive profession for the country’s top students. Lavín, a former presidential candidate and past political opponent of current President Sebastian Piñera, was not shy in his promotion of the proposals, which he said were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://latindispatch.com/2010/09/08/chiles-education-initiative-hopes-to-attract-more-qualified-teachers/</link>
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		<title>Mexican Soldiers Kill Two At Checkpoint; Obama Administration Considers Increase In Military Aid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today in Latin America Top Story &#8211; Two people were shot dead at a military checkpoint in northern Mexico, authorities said Monday. Soldiers attacked a car passing a military checkpoint, saying the car failed to stop, shooting and killing a 15-year-old boy and his father, The Miami Herald Reports. Relatives said the car had passed the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://latindispatch.com/2010/09/07/mexican-soldiers-kill-two-at-checkpoint-obama-administration-considers-increase-in-military-aid/</link>
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		<title>Mudslides In Guatemala Kill Dozens; Colom Declares &#8220;National Tragedy&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today in Latin America Top Story &#8212; Mudslides caused by torrential rains have killed dozens of people in Guatemala, with President Álvaro Colom calling it a &#8220;national tragedy.&#8221; At least 37 people have been killed and rescue crews are digging through the mud in the hopes of finding nearly two dozen people missing. The people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://latindispatch.com/2010/09/06/mudslides-in-guatemala-kill-dozens-colom-declares-national-tragedy/</link>
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		<title>Mexican Drug War Intensifies With 27 Dead After Shootout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today in Latin America Top Story &#8212; Mexico&#8217;s bloody drug war continued as the Mexican army claims to have killed 27 suspected drug cartel members in a shootout in the state of Tamaulipas. The shootout took place after a military patrol approached a suspected training camp that had been spotted during an aerial search. Authorities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://latindispatch.com/2010/09/03/mexican-drug-war-intensifies-with-27-dead-after-shootout/</link>
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