La semana pasada informamos en este espacio de la celebración en diciembre de 2008 de un seminario semisecreto en México sobre seguridad y narcotráfico. De ese cónclave, el ex zar de las drogas y ex jefe del Comando Sur de Estados Unidos, el general en re
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Bush ha dejado un vacío en la región
Por su incapacidad para llevar a cabo proyectos importantes como la inmigración, la reducción de tarifas para el etanol o los TLC que tiene pendientes, aBush ha dejado un vacío de liderazgo en América Latina que con razón ha llenado Chávezd, dice Jorge Ca
Mexico Goes to War
Felipe Calderon is on a roll these days. Mexico’s young president has an approval rating of between 57 percent and 68 percent, according to various polls: twice his score in last year’s election. The reason is his war on drugs, which has convinced most of
¿Guerra contra el narcotráfico?
Como resultado de su experiencia en Vietnam, Colin Powell elaboró en vísperas de la Guerra del Golfo la doctrina que lleva su nombre. Tres tesis en particular se volvieron celebres y adquirieron carácter de dogma durante un decenio en el seno de las Fuerz
In Search of Calderón
In style, at least, Mexico’s president Felipe Calderón’s first 100 days have been a success, for reasons on display when he met President George W. Bush last week. Calderón runs a tight ship, speaking only under highly controlled circumstances. In fact, h
An Answer for Hugo Chávez
MEXICO CITY — Each stop on President Bush’s upcoming swing through Latin America has its own mini-agenda: ethanol and the Doha round with Brazil; a Trade Framework Agreement in Uruguay; Plan Colombia and drug enforcement in Bogotá; immigration and securi
Mexico needs to be freed from unhealthy monopolies
Felipe Calderón, Mexico’s new president, kicked off his domestic policy agenda by launching military campaigns against drug lords and violence in Michoacán and along the US border, in Tijuana. The winner of last year’s election – if only by a hair-thin ma
Looking for the Future
Mexico’s amazingly close 2006 presidential election has already become the object of much written analysis and even more speculation. Many have discussed what the 2006 election was “really” about and which policies are likely to be implemented over the c
A Way to Peace in Mexico
AT last, Mexico has a president-elect. The process has been painful, protracted and rife with problems for the future. Still, the Electoral Court declared yesterday that Felipe Calderón will be the country’s new chief of state on Dec. 1.
His defeated riv
The World’s Toughest Job
This may be a long hot summer in Mexico, but the outcome seems not to be in doubt. Perhaps by only half a percentage point, possibly with huge demonstrations taking place through the end of August, with or without the vote-by-vote recount demanded by form