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<title><![CDATA[Will the U.S. follow Britain's wrong turn on immigration?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  The U.S. must avoid following the path paved by the British. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Beyond 'American-backed' foreign policy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "American-backed." We hear those words over and over from reporters, politicians and policy analysts. They are like an epithet, carrying an insidious and self-important ring in reference to governments and events in the Third World, as if American support is somehow the deciding factor in whatever... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[To 'out-innovate,' we must let more immigrants in]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Skilled workers can help us 'out-innovate' -- if only we'd let more in. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos by Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Women's success tied to household help]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ High-achieving American women should care about immigration.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082620277" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082620277" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[What does it mean to be an American?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In the immediate aftermath of the Arizona shootings, when speculation focused on whether Jared Loughner was politically motivated, no one said we should cancel his American citizenship. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Is it time to reconsider birthright citizenship?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ There is no pressing reason to reconsider birthright citizenship. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By letting trade pact languish, the U.S. aids Colombia's misery]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ How the Obama administration aids Colombia's misery. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The GOP's census dilemma: Embrace immigration or gerrymander]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Red-state gains depend on two big ifs.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082622919" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082622919" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kay Bailey Hutchison's Dream Act dance]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Kay Bailey Hutchison's clearly choosing not to show her cards. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Spanish lessons for the GOP]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Newt Gingrich represents a new Republican stance on immigration. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The GOP's Latino base: Real or imagined?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Lamar Smith overstates Latinos' support for the GOP. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Mexico should call in the Marines]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Mexico needs to call in the Marines.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082624752" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082624752" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Democrats owe Latinos: Passing the Dream Act]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Democrats risk Latino withdrawal if they fail on immigration reform. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama's Indonesia speech bridges a divide]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The president's message to the Muslim world is applicable to our own. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[What an immigrant would say to Boehner]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Republicans and immigrants are on the same side of many issues. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The case for immigration enforcement]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Activist groups need to be out in front of the enforcement argument, not trying to block it.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082626354" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082626354" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Let California voters lead the way on state drug-use answers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Let California voters lead the way on state drug-use answers. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[California's vote to legalize marijuana is a step in the right direction]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The state's vote to legalize marijuana is a step in the right direction.   ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What if the Latino vote stays home? ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Democrats shouldn't take Hispanic votes for granted. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[GOP's Hispanic hopefuls swim with a nativist tide]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Hispanics embrace Republican values but not today's candidates.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082628728" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082628728" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Misplaced furor over a field trip]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Sixth-grade field trip to a Boston mosque was a lesson in religious tolerance, not proselytizing.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[We must stanch Cuba's coming crisis]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Is this the beginning of the end for the Castro brothers in Cuba, and if so, what should Washington do? ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[We must stanch Cuba's coming crisis]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Cuba plans to fire 10 percent of its workers. If the U.S. doesn't respond, their turmoil will be ours, too. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Illegal immigration: What's the real cost to taxpayers?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In 1909, at the height of the last great immigration wave, when immigrants reached a peak of almost 15 percent of the U.S. population, they made up about half of all public welfare recipients.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082630521" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082630521" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[How illegal immigrants are helping Social Security]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Social Security would be in much worse shape if it weren't for illegal immigrants' contributions. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S.-Colombia base pact on the rocks]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Ending a U.S.-Colombia military agreement would help Bogota win cooperation from Venezuela.  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Ground Zero mosque fight shows how little we've learned from U.S. history ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The mosque debate shows how little we've learned from U.S. history. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA['Enforcement first' has already happened on border with Mexico]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Programs to curb illegal immigration are more effective than you might think.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082632265" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082632265" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Democrats must seize the immigration issue]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It's time for Democrats to take the reins on immigration. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[President Obama should adopt the McCain border plan]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Obama should adopt John McCain's 10-point border security plan. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Immigration reform is within our grasp. Meanwhile, people die.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Let's push immigration reform before more people die. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Administration needs to trumpet immigration success]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Obama should tout his success on immigration enforcement ahead of November.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082635434" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082635434" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Denying citizenship for illegal immigrants' children is a bad idea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ They are called "anchor babies" -- the children born in the United States of illegal immigrant parents -- and pressure is growing to change the meaning of the 14th Amendment so as to deny them automatic citizenship. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Immigration enforcement is working. Now we need to look at what isn't.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Immigration enforcement is working. Now we need to look at what isn't.  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Migrant workers in peril]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Good night and good luck, guest workers. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Cold facts and hot words on immigration]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ You would think that with unemployment running at 10 percent, economics would play a role in deciding how many immigrants to let into the country and what to do with the unauthorized ones here.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082637566" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082637566" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Honduran election offers hope for resolving constitutional crisis]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ My bet is that the world will come around to Washington's view. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Honduras hijacked by ideology]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ How some Senate Republicans could throw the country into violent chaos.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Under New U.S. Policy, Ch&amp;#225;vez Tide Ebbs]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Adept U.S. policy is eroding support for the Venezuelan strongman. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Schumacher-Matos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Immigration Raids Highlight ICE's Abusive Tactics]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A pattern of immigration enforcement abuses raises the question of what kind of nation we want to be.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082639760" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082639760" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Dose of Realism in Honduras]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Obama and Clinton have helped spur a genuine movement toward a peaceful resolution. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Honduras Coup May Be Legitimate]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Honduras is guilty of two sins: impatience and size. The rest of the world is committing two more: hubris and hypocrisy. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In Mexico, Faltering, Not Failed]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  It's the U.S. war on drugs, and it's time to talk about legalization. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vindication for Colombia's Uribe]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Securing Ingrid Betancourt's freedom was a win for Uribe.  He should go out on top.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082642062" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinions;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=71082642062" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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