Jun 8, 2002

Antonio wakes up two minutes before his alarm goes off to the sound of his little sister begging for five more minutes. To his left is his younger brother, to his right the sound of running water, and just below his feet was his back pack, which he casually donned haphazardly after squeezing in a couple bites of chorizo.

A year and a half after the “battle of Florida” ended with the installation of George W. Bush in the White House, the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) is charging that “voter irregularities” marred the 2000 election in at least three Florida counties.

New military spending is coming so fast, and in so many forms, it is difficult to know the total cost. The administration is officially proposing an increase of $46 billion, bringing the total to $437 billion – but we can assume that this is a minimum figure. The U.S. is now spending almost as much on arms as the rest of the world combined!