By Alfredo CorchadoJuly 3, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. CDTAdd to list America’s sobering reckoning has been laid bare for the world to see — a nation beset by protests and rioting over police abuses, growing inequalities, a pandemic and resurgent white supremacists. Added to this season of discontent: A landmark presidential election looms just months away.… Seguir leyendo What’s gone wrong in America? An outsider explains.
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Mexico stood up to Reagan. It can stand up to Trump, too
A great debate is underway in foreign ministries, intelligence agencies and trade associations with regard to President-elect Donald Trump’s true intentions.
A push in Mexico City to legalize marijuana use
Last year, voters in Colorado and Washington state approved initiatives legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. While the details are being worked out, those watching the developments are in not only the United States.
In Mexico, dismay for the border ‘surge’ proposed in U.S. Senate immigration bill/Indigna a México el incremento de seguridad fronteriza
When Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said this week that the Senate immigration bill would transform the U.S.-Mexico boundary into “the most militarized border since the fall of the Berlin Wall,” it sounded to many here like a sensible statement of criticism./
The most embarrassing graph in American drug policy
The ability to raise prices is– at least is perceived to be–a critical function of drug control policy. Higher prices discourage young people from using. Higher prices encourage adult users to consume less, to quit sooner, or to seek treatment. (Though hi
U.S. role at a crossroads in Mexico’s intelligence war on the cartels
For the past seven years, Mexico and the United States have put aside their tension-filled history on security matters to forge an unparalleled alliance against Mexico’s drug cartels, one based on sharing sensitive intelligence, U.S. training and joint op
Who can fix America’s immigration mess? Mexico.
Everyone, it seems, is remaking the United States’ immigration system. The Senate and the House have their respective gangs of eight; labor and business groups have their talks; and the White House has its say, along with dozens of lobbyists and advocacy
Nothing to celebrate in Mexico
On first read, it might have been a hoax. On International Human Rights Day last month, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Anthony Wayne, “celebrated” Mexico’s human rights achievements. “The United States recognizes the Mexican government, including official
Mexico’s crime wave has left about 25,000 missing, government documents show
Mexico’s attorney general has compiled a list showing that more than 25,000 adults and children have disappeared in Mexico in the past six years, according to unpublished government documents.
Peña esboza estrategia contra narco en el Post
El virtual Presidente electo declara que el éxito en este tema no se juzgará por los capos capturados o abatidos, o los decomisos de narcóticos, sino por los homicidios en el país.