Category Archive: Mexico

The Coyote

Source: LA Times

The border patrol would like to claim that increased enforcement is the cause for the recent 24 percent decrease in the apprehension of undocumented immigrants. From Hold the Line in 1993 to the Secure Border Initiative of 2006, a myriad …

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The CARICOM Blueprint for Illicit Drug Trafficking

Source: U.S. DEA

Drug trafficking and related violence is on the rise throughout the Caribbean at a time that the region is being heavily influenced by organized Latin American criminal groups. U.S./Mexico border controls have been profoundly tightened, resulting in a growing spillover …

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Professor Grayson on Mexico’s Drug War

Source: WM

Dr. George W. Grayson, the Class of 1938 Professor of Government at the College of William and Mary, and an expert on Mexican affairs, was interviewed by COHA on November 22, 2011 on the drug wars ravaging that country. Among …

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The Internet and Latin America: The Rise of the Virtual World and Emerging Cyber Security Issues

Source: AP

Throughout the world, many regions have embraced the internet as a vital communication and business tool, and Latin America has been no exception. While demonstrably the expansion of internet usage has not rivaled that of the United States, Europe, or …

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Latin America’s Pacific Alliance Plans for 2012

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During the Second Pacific Alliance Summit on December 4, 2011, held in Mérida, Mexico, the Heads of State of Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Peru took a significant step towards the formation of what could turn out to be an unprecedented …

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