The
Road
to
Mérida:
Interviews
with
Participants
in
the
"Out
from
the
Shadows"
Campaign
1/17/03
This week DRCNet continues
our series of interviews with prominent participants in the "Out from the
Shadows" Latin America summit and campaign. We interview Dr. Francisco
Fernandez, Chairman of the Anthropology Dept. and recent former Rector
of the Autonomous University of the Yucatán (Universidad Autónoma
de Yucatán, or UADY), our host in Mérida, and Al Giordano,
founder of Narco News, our key partner organizing the Mérida conference.
Visit http://www.drcnet.org/wol/271.html#mariomenendez
and http://www.drcnet.org/wol/271.html#jaimemalamud
for last week's Out from the Shadows interviews. And keep checking
the Week Online and the Out from the Shadows conference web pages --
(English) and http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/sombras/
(Español) for more interviews between now and the conference and
thereafter.
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Issue #272, 1/17/03
The Road to Mérida: Interviews with Participants in the "Out from the Shadows" Campaign | The Road to Mérida: Interview with Dr. Francisco Fernandez, Anthropologist and Former Rector of Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán | The Road to Mérida: Interview with Al Giordano, publisher of Narco News | Bolivian Government Represses Coca Protests, Four Dead... So Far | Ed Rosenthal Medical Marijuana Trial Underway -- Judge Blocks Mention of Prop. 215, Has Trouble Seating Jury | Canadian Prime Minister Promises Motion on Decriminalization as Courts Continue to Chip Away at Marijuana Laws | Latin American Anti-Prohibition Conference, Feb. 12-15, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | Cumbre Internacional Sobre Legalización, 15-Dec Febrero, Mérida, México | Newsbrief: Souder Pushes Partial HEA Reform, Frank to Reintroduce Drug Provision Repeal Bill | Newsbrief: Racine Caves Before the Ravers | Newsbrief: MPP "War on Drug Czar" Continues -- State Reacts to Allegations | Newsbrief: 12 Dead in Brazil as Drug Police Raid Shantytowns | Newsbrief: Mexican Soldiers Bust Narcs | Newsbrief: Colombian President Seeks Iraq-Like Mobilization Against Traffickers | Newsbrief: Some Colombian Terrorists May Be More Equal Than Others | Newsbrief: Alaska Lieutenant Governor Disqualifies Marijuana Legalization Petition Signatures, Proponents Vow Fight | Newsbrief: Return of the RAVE Act | Newsbrief: Ecstasy Rarely Kills, British Study Finds | Alan Shoemaker Ayahuasca Legal Defense Fund Needs Support | Media Scan: Washington on Forchion, Cockburn on Rosenthal, Forbes on Walters, Szasz on Drug Medicalization, Bruce McKinney, GAO on DARE | DC Job Opportunity at DRCNet -- Campus Coordinator | The Reformer's Calendar
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