News Roundup - August 6, 2008

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, left, waves as Mexican billionaire businessman Carlos Slim stands behind at a press conference in Mexico City, Monday, Aug. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

TOP STORY - Bill Clinton's new mission in Latin America: Shoring up lap-dog governments (Canada NewsWire)

Bolivia - President suspicious over helicopter crash (Agence France-Presse)

Bolivia - Morales Says He 'Doesn't Fear' Results of Recall Referendum (Bloomberg)

Mexico - Mexico's Poor Forgo Goods as Income From U.S. Drops (Bloomberg)

United States - Militarizing the Social Sciences (Global Research.ca)

Venezuela - New Books by Marta Harnecker and Michael A. Lebowitz for Debate on Socialism (Monthly Review)

World - Privatisation and the World Bank (The Daily Star)

World - Don’t cry for Doha (Daily News)