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Viewpoint: The cloud that hangs over 2008 Games
Written by Michael Forbes   
Saturday, 02 August 2008

Sadly, the Olympics Games are no longer the greatest high-principled sporting event on earth but more of a freak show, sold to corporate sponsors, plagued by cheats, used by scheming politicians, and hosted by imprudent cities that burden their inhabitants with debt for decades to come.

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Viewpoint: In defense of the bus driver
Written by Alex Gesheva   
Saturday, 26 July 2008
It’s always a great conversation starter – Guadalajara’s bus drivers, a force of nature, and one of the main obstacles to safe, civilized public transport.
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Vias Verdes: a surfeit of optimism?
Written by Michael Forbes   
Saturday, 21 June 2008
The landscape of Mexico is littered with promising rural projects that never saw the light of day due to poor planning and lack of financing.
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Drug wars & reality checks
Written by Michael Forbes   
Saturday, 31 May 2008

Does the U.S. government believe that 1.5 billion dollars (or even less after Congress has had its say) in aid over three years will go far in helping Mexico eradicate a 40-billion-dollar-a-year industry that has been operating successfully for decades?

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Better service for American citizens
Written by Edward J. Ramotowski, U.S. Consul General in Guadalajara   
Saturday, 17 May 2008
We were sorry to hear about the difficulty one of Allyn Hunt’s acquaintances had with our new appointment system for U.S. passports, and disappointed that he drew on this experience to condemn the program as contributing to the “distancing” of the American community from U.S. Government services (May 10-16 “South of  North” column).
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