Issues / Drug Control

  • Fear, Loathing and Electoral Love in Mexico

    Commentary

    By Kent Paterson, May 15, 2012

    The following article describes Mexico's political climate during the lead up to the 2012 presidential election and the important factors that will determine its victor.

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  • Honduras: When Engagement Becomes Complicity

    Column

    By Laura Carlsen, March 15, 2012

    Honduran security forces are murdering, raping, beating, and detaining Hondurans -- with U.S. aid.

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  • The Drug War's Invisible Victims

    Column

    By Laura Carlsen, January 27, 2012

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    Women bear the burden of the violence that is convulsing Mexico.

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  • A Way Out of Mexico's Morass

    Commentary

    By Tania Arroyo, October 26, 2011

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    A Mexican politician is taking his call for a more balanced U.S.-Mexican relationship straight to Washington.

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  • Drug War: Faster and More Furious

    Commentary

    By Tania Arroyo, September 27, 2011

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    High-profile fiascos like Operation "Fast and Furious" are a drop in the bucket of the War on Drugs debacle.

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  • Migrants Demand End to the Violence

    Commentary

    By Kristin Bricker, September 23, 2011

    The caravan of drug war victims led by Mexican poet Javier Sicilia arrived at the Mexico-Guatemala border in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, on Sept. 14, where they asked for forgiveness from the migrants who risk their lives to cross Mexico to reach the United States.

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  • Drug War Madness

    Column

    By Laura Carlsen, September 7, 2011

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    Forty years after the war on drugs began the fallout from bad policy has had dire consequences both home and abroad.

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