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Dear Colleague:   The abortion revolution is putting on a big push in Colombia, the latest victim of First World-funded efforts to impose abortion-on-demand in Latin America.   Steven W. Mosher, President   PRI Weekly Briefing, 30 September 2005, Vol. 7 / No. 38   Pro-Abortion Court Revolution Targets ColombiaBy Joseph A. D'Agostino   A tyrannical global revolution in law is underway, and the leaders of this international movement have targeted the small, turbulent country of Colombia.  By their own admission, they want Colombia to be on the leading edge of legalizing abortion in Latin America.  They may have their...

MEXICO CITY — The 2006 Mexican presidential campaign kicks off after Labor Day — in Los Angeles. The leading contenders are planning appearances in L.A. this fall, campaign aides confirm, in a bid to capture the attention and support of their country's newest constituency. Last month, Mexicans living abroad were granted the right to vote by mail, beginning with the presidential election in July 2006. There are estimated to be 10 million adult Mexicans living in the United States, and experts say a third or less are eligible to vote, though it is anybody's guess how many will cast ballots....

Farmers from the state of Veracruz protested in Mexico City yesterday. The farmers want the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, to return land seized between 1992 and 1998. The PRI governs Veracruz. Stripping to one's underwear has been a common form of protest in Mexico in recent years.

Public broadcast funding 'may breach EU rules' Chris Tryhorn Thursday March 3, 2005 The funding of public broadcasting in Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands may be in breach of EU competition rules, the European commission warned today. The commission said it had written to the governments of the three countries asking them to justify their funding or suggest changes after a preliminary investigation into complaints from competitors. "Having examined allegations from several complainants, the commission's preliminary view is that the current financing system in these member states is no longer in line with treaty rules requiring member states not to...

Andres Mauel Lopez Obrador: Yes. I know that you haven't heard from me in quite a while. After all, it is hard to keep in touch with my loyal, working class supporters when the filthy, plutocratic scum who have usurped power and are intent on keeping the "PEOPLE'S REVOLUTION" down bring their weight to bear against a proletarian hero such as myself. Many of you may have heard of Interior Minister Santiago Creel, the lackey of Coca-Cola-slurping, American stooge Vincente Fox, and his persistent attempts to suppress the "THE PEOPLE'S REVOLUTION"; the case broguht against me is nothing more than...

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - For generations, leftist activists have fought the Institutional Revolutionary Party in the southern state of Guerrero through the ballot box and the rifle. After skirmishes, massacres and hundreds of martyrs, they were celebrating victory Monday with dancing and the honking of horns in the state's famous resort, Acapulco. Official state election results showed former Acapulco Mayor Zeferino Torreblanca with a stunning victory, 55 to 42 percent, over the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which has run Guerrero for 76 years. "After nearly 50 years of social struggle, we have achieved the miracle of the vote," said...

UNFPA Elusive About Abortion Aid for Tsunami Victims The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) describes itself as the "largest international public sector supplier of contraceptives, condoms and other reproductive health essentials," and states that such supplies are "critical to protecting reproductive health in emergency situations." Yet in press releases on its tsunami relief activities, UNFPA steers clear of directly stating that it provides contraceptives or abortion aids. UNFPA may be responding to past public criticism after disclosures that it was providing such supplies. In its January 6 press release, the latest and most explicit to date, UNFPA has requested $28 million...

Many Mexicans who voted for Vicente Fox are bewildered. Four years into his term as president, the man who promised to kick the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, out of power forever now seems to have been kidding. The PRI is coming back, winning state election after state election, and Mexico's first president elected in a free and fair race doesn't appear to be doing anything about it. But other Mexicans should, because if the former ruling party returns to office in the next presidential election, in 2006, the country's democracy will have been short-lived. If the PRI returns, it...

MEXICO CITY — The drama surrounding the slaying of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's youngest brother intensified Friday, as authorities said the dead man probably knew his killers. Mexico state's top prosecutor said the investigation was "advancing rapidly," focusing on a "close nucleus" of people associated with 52-year-old businessman Enrique Salinas, who was found strangled Monday in a parked car in an upscale suburb of the capital. "Evidently, there is a relationship between the victim" and the assailants, Alfonso Navarrete Prida, attorney general of Mexico state, said at a news conference. He said several people could be involved....

MEXICO CITY - The Institutional Revolutionary Party won nearly every Mexican election for seven decades. Thrown into disarray after President Vicente Fox (news - web sites) knocked it from power four years ago, the party has recovered — and is again becoming tough to beat at the ballot box. Fox's failure to live up to the lofty promises of his historic run to the presidency has pushed some voters back to the party known as the PRI, whose leaders are known as dinosaurs because of their adherence to old-guard politics. Some say they just want to go back to what's...

I wrote a brief amazon.com review of Garrison Keillor's "Homegrown Democrat," one of the most vile, bigoted tracts published by a major publisher this year. Apparently the lefties have been voting against my review in droves! Please stop by and vote for it. Muchos Gracias!

PEMEX (Petróleos Mexicanos) is the world's fifth-largest oil company. It is protected from competition in Mexico, where it enjoys a legal monopoly on the exploration, processing and sale of petroleum. And its privileged status in national mythology affords it a certain immunity from criticism. PEMEX is also in deep trouble. It's heavily-indebted and unable to provide the capital necessary to locate and exploit Mexico's oil deposits. Energy Minister Felipe Calderon recently announced that, without more investment, Mexico's known reserves could be depleted within 13 years. This wasn't the future envisioned by President Lazaro Cardenas, who expelled the foreign oil...

Mexico's first lady says she will seek presidency Mexico City, Feb 10 (EFE).- First Lady Marta Sahagun's confirmation that she will seek the nation's presidency in 2006 has roiled the waters of Mexican politics and prompted a top jurist to say that if she does indeed become a candidate, her husband, incumbent Vicente Fox, should resign before the end of his term. Asked in a television interview Monday night if she would run - a possibility much debated in the media and on the streets in recent weeks - Sahagun replied: "Speaking truthfully, as we say we should, the...

The Bush Amnesty Plan: A Tragedy in Three Acts by William Buchanan Posted Jan 30, 2004 Many individual events have occurred during the Bush Administration's tenure. However, there is one theme that consistently flows through the administration's domestic security initiatives. It is an undisguised, almost obsessive effort to eliminate our southern border. Complementing this endeavor is the one and only goal of Mexico's Fox administration—to drive as many Mexicans into the United States as possible. Bush's new "temporary worker" plan, in rapacious pursuit of cheap labor and votes, prefigures national self-destruction, while Fox seeks to maintain the corrupt and oppressive...

Accusing the White House of playing political games with the lives of poor women overseas, pro-abortion members of Congress pressed President Bush Tuesday to explain why he has held up $34 million for U.N. family planning programs that have looked the other way as China has implemented a policy of coercive abortions and sterilizations. A group of 48 pro-abortion members of Congress sent a letter to Bush asking that he release the findings of a U.S. delegation that traveled to China in early May to see how the funds are used. The group asked Bush to meet with them so...

<p>BEIJING — A decision by President Bush to suspend $34 million of funding to a U.N. body accused of assisting forced abortions in China is threatening to cloud his visit to Beijing this month.</p> <p>By withholding the money from the U.N. Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), Mr. Bush has made clear his opposition to China's extreme population-control methods. Beijing is hoping to extend the controls, which restrict the majority of couples to one child, for another generation.</p>

With the 30th anniversary of the horrible Roe vs Wade ruling upon us, I want to make a compilation of all the pro-life rallies and observances. Please post any rallies that you know of. Hopefully you can make one of these or start your own. 2003 Pro-Life Rallies * CALIFORNIA * Wednesday 22 January SACRAMENTOTHIRTY YEARS OF ROE: A GENERATION LOST a Statewide Leadership Conference. 8am-10am Annual Prayer Breakfast at The Grand, 1215 J Street, Sacramento. (Cost $20 to register) 10:30 a.m. - the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento and Catholics for Life will sponsor a pro-life Mass. 11th and K,...

Completely contradicts past UNFPA claimsWASHINGTON, September 24, 2002 (LSN.ca) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has admitted that it does not monitor the 32 counties in China where it operates, and therefore has no way of knowing if coercive abortion is as rampant in its 32 county programs as victims and human rights groups claim. The admission comes after UNFPA told U.S. authorities that no coercive abortion was taking place in a bid to ensure U.S. financial support for UNFPA's activities in China. UNFPA is desperate to reinstate US funding for its programs after a Population Research Institute (PRI)...

Dear RNC/Life Supporters: Please act on this report right away. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) who has led the way in trying to protect American taxpayers from involvement with China's coercive "one-child" abortion policy, and who supported George W. Bush's campaign for president, has said, according to Ken Connor's December 20, 2001 Washington Update, "I have no doubt in my mind they (the Bush administration) will do the right thing." [If they did not, "it would be a real breach of faith." You bet it would be a breach of faith - for millions of Americans who voted for George Bush, ...

(CNSNews.com) - A Virginia-based population research organization claims that Americans are funding coerced abortions and sterilizations over seas, without even knowing it. At a hearing before the House International Relations Committee Wednesday, witnesses to China's harsh population control laws testified about the effects of the laws on women and their families. Currently in China, families are allowed to have only one child. In keeping with the country's one-child policy, pregnant mothers in the People's Republic of China are required to have an explicit "birth authorization" to have their child. Violators of the law face forced abortions and sterilization. According to ...