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Oily insecurity
Damien Cave
After Sept. 11, conservatives call again for drilling in Alaska -- but environmentalists say the real danger is our addiction to oil.
What’s wrong with the rock ‘n’ roll biz, you ask?
Salon Staff
People are treated like ATM machines, that's what! Readers sound off on the music industry's woes.
Deadly mistake
Fiona Morgan
Why did the Peruvian military shoot down a plane full of innocent people -- and why was the CIA involved?
Treachery over the Andes
Jeff Stein
The downing of a U.S. missionary plane over Peru raises questions about whether we can trust our drug-war allies -- and the families of soldiers who died in Colombia say the answer is no.
Will free trade kill democracy?
David Moberg
Thousands of protesters send out an SOS in Quebec: Governments are giving corporations free rein to negotiate a hemispheric trade pact.
Isabel Allende
Kaitlin Quistgaard
Her books don't get edited, she says Latin lovers make lousy husbands and her daughter's pornographic letters are a great read.
It’s the character, stupid
David Horowitz
Voters don't trust Al Gore, especially when it comes to national security. And they're right.
Everything but the truth
Joe Conason
Dick Cheney says he didn't depend on government help during the big oil
days that made him a $39 million man. The record of his Halliburton dealings
tells a different story.
Macho anthropology
Juno Gregory
Did scientists start a deadly epidemic to prove that humanity is innately violent -- or are they victims of politics?
You’re an excellent host
Jill Wolfson
Parasites can slip into your body, rewrite your DNA and, sometimes, change your mood.
Adios, Alberto!
Stephanie Boyd
In the wake of a scandal involving his closest aide, Peru's president calls
for new elections and says he will step down. But can he be kept to his
word?
Hola, Domino’s calling
Sandra Hernandez
The pizza chain is a huge hit among rich Venezuelans, who can't get enough "corte Chicago" pies delivered to their doors -- rapido.
Venezuela’s president is playing with fire
David A. Wernick
By befriending U.S. enemies like Saddam Hussein, Hugo Chavez risks
alienating his troubled country's biggest trading partner.
Just another flight to Cali
Elliott Neal Hester
Mini-dramas unfold on a Colombian odyssey. First of two parts.
The 49th Annual Miss Universe Pageant
Cintra Wilson
The wank parade of inflato-chested international hose bags that won't go away.
A short guide to Curagao
Burt Wolf
Our roving connoisseur explores the Caribbean island's history and highlights.
Surfzilla vs. the Banzai Pipeline
Cintra Wilson
Hobnobbing with the Pipe Masters at Oahu's G-Shock Triple Crown of Surfing.
Exporting Indian beauty
Hank Hyena
Sexy subcontinentals are grabbing Miss World and Miss Universe crowns.
Murder in Colombia
Ana Arana
American Indians seek to avenge the murder of one of their leaders by leftist rebels.
A quiz that matters
Douglas McGray
Foreign-policy experts come up with the real questions George W. Bush should answer.
Coping with the EgyptAir mystery
Elliott Neal Hester
When you work at 30,000 feet, you don't want to doubt the pilot.
Next stop, Hollywood
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor dismisses the 'authentic' pose of indie-hit 'Next Stop, Wonderland' and defends the glossier good-time gal movies 'Dance With Me' and 'How Stella Got Her Groove Back'.
Time for One Thing: The worst mother who ever lived and other light reading
Kate Moses
Three new books -- 'Medea' by Christa Wolf, 'Hacienda' by Lisa St. Aubin de Teran and 'The Autobiography of Red, A Novel in Verse' by Anne Carson -- take on stories of
mythic proportions. Reviewed by Salon staffers Kate Moses, Dawn MacKeen and Karen Templer; introduction by Kate Moses
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