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Mexico Aid Should be Withheld, Human Rights Watch says

mexicoinstitute wrote 5 days ago: Photo by Flickr user saikofishLos Angeles Times, 7/14/2009 Citing alleged rights abuses by Mexican s … more →

Tags: Media and Society, Security and the Rule of Law, Human Rights Watch

I'm in Mexico. So, I should write about Mexico.

gringolost wrote 1 week ago: And of course what better to write about than the drug war.  Today, the Washington Post published an … more →

Tags: Mexican government, illegal drug industry, México, pri, Drug decriminalization, Militarization

Counter-narco woes

gringolost wrote 1 month ago: This article just appeared in the CS Monitor about how increased enforcement in Mexico has led to in … more →

Tags: Balloon Effect, illegal drug industry, México

House Approves Merida Initiative

mexicoinstitute wrote 1 month ago: Immigration Reform Caucus, 6/11/2009 Washington, D.C. — Acting to prevent the escalating violence i … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, House of Representatives, Funding

Mexico's Narco-Insurgency and U.S. Counterdrug Policy

BBVM wrote 1 month ago: View the Summary First Download it Now In late 2007, the U.S. and Mexican governments u … more →

Tags: drugs, military industrial complex, Immigration, Civil Liberties, Prison Industrial Complex, DHS, DEA, FBI, Information

World Trade Week: View from the Border

tomhanson wrote 1 month ago: 2009 World Trade Week events in the southern California/US-Mexico border region: Los Angeles Chamber … more →

Tags: Cali-Baja, Colón Free Trade Zone, Gold Key, Hayward Pools, los angeles chamber of commerce, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Mexico Trade Outlook, NAFTA, Orange County Center for International Trade

Policy Blog: Human rights orgs criticize the Merida Initiative

brookelliottbuettner wrote 1 month ago: I have written before about the Merida Initiative to fund the “war on drugs” in Mexico.  … more →

Tags: Policy Blog, Human Rights, Latin America, México, Policy

Quadrennial Review of Diplomacy and Development1 comment

Rebecca Williams wrote 1 month ago: Last Wednesday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee considered the two-year Foreign Relations Author … more →

Tags: Analysis, Quadrennial Review of Diplomacy and Development

Mexican NGOs, Brigadier General, Unite in Letter Against Plan Mexico1 comment

BBVM wrote 1 month ago: May 7, 2009 Yesterday, 72 Mexican civil society organizations and a Brigadier General of t … more →

Tags: CBP, Civil Liberties, DEA, DHS, drugs, FBI, free speech, ice, Immigration

Army War College Strategic Studies Institute | Mexico’s Narco-Insurgency and US Counterdrug Policy

João Hwang wrote 1 month ago: Overview of Document: On 30 June 2008, President Bush signed into law the Merida Initiative providi … more →

Tags: Americas, Rand Corporation, United States of America, México, Colombia, plan colombia, Strategic Studies Institute, narco-insurgency, Counterdrug

Mexico: Mexican civil organizations send letter regarding the Merida Initiative to the US Congress

SIPAZ wrote 2 months ago: On May 6, hundreds of Mexican organizations of the civil society sent a letter to members of the US … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Merida Inititative, México, Militarization, civil organizations, U.S. Senate, war on drugs

U.S. considers providing Mexico with $470 million in emergency funds (in Spanish)

mexicoinstitute wrote 2 months ago: Congressman Obey Reforma, 5/5/2009 The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday moved one crucial ste … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, Economic Integration, Politics and Elections, war on drugs, drug war, Congress, House of Representatives, Dave Obey, Appropriations Committee

Obama's Real Plan in Latin America

rogerhollander wrote 2 months ago: Written by Shamus Cooke      Wednesday, 29 April 2009, www.towardfreedom.com   At first glanc … more →

Tags: Latin America, Colombia, Barack Obama, cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Free Trade, Álvaro Uribe, roger hollander

Critiques of the Merida Initiative1 comment

brookelliottbuettner wrote 2 months ago: The Merida Initiative is a well-funded initiative, subtitled “Guns, Drugs and Friends,”  … more →

Tags: Policy Blog, Human Rights, Humanitarian, Latin America, México, Policy

US to boost aid for Mexican war on drug cartels

mexicoinstitute wrote 3 months ago: Financial Times, 4/17/2009 Barack Obama yesterday promised to step up backing for Mexico’s war … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, Security, Calderon, obama, CIFTA, Meeting

FACT SHEET: US-Mexico Discuss New Approach to Bilateral Relationship

mexicoinstitute wrote 3 months ago: White House, 4/16/2009 On April 16, President Obama made his first trip to Mexico and his first to L … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, Energy and Natural Resources, Security, White House, Obama and Calderon, Energy and Climate Change

Op-Ed: What Mexico really needs from Obama

mexicoinstitute wrote 3 months ago: John M. Ackerman, Los Angeles Times, 4/13/2009 President Obama should not focus exclusively on short … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, Economic Integration, Politics and Elections, obama, Justice, military, Institutions, visit, ASSISTANCE???

Op-Ed: U.S. needs to do its part for Mexico

mexicoinstitute wrote 3 months ago: U.S. Reps. Silvestre Reyes, Ike Skelton, & Howard Berman, The Houston Chronicle, 4/6/2009 Rep. R … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, México, drug war, Congress, intelligence, U.S. Drug Demand, National Security Council

JACK BE NIMBLE -- TERRORIST AND DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS DEFY STEREOTYPES

tomadan wrote 3 months ago: Instead of being run by a handful of massive, price-fixing ‘cartels’, the Colombian dru … more →

Tags: Crime, gangs, Latino gangs, México, Terrorism, Terrorism and counter-terrorism, Transnational Crime, counter-terrorism, Drug Enforcement Administration


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