JORGE G. CASTAÑEDA.- Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s militarized, politicized fight against Mexico’s drug cartels has been ineffective.
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Former Mexican official urges legalizing marijuana
TOM EVANS.- The United States and Mexico should both legalize marijuana in an attempt to break the power of the Mexican drug cartels and end the spiraling violence south of the border, a former Mexican foreign minister said Tuesday.
America is to Blame for Mexico’s Drug War
Nearly 10,000 people in Mexico have died in drug-related violence since January 2007. Who or what is to blame? Some say it is America’s insatiable consumer demand for illicit drugs and the constant flow of our guns, which arm the cartels. Others believe t
Calderón’s War of Choice
Barack Obama may not have realized it while in Iraq last week, but when he comes to Mexico on April 16, he will once again be confronting the consequences of a war of choice rushed into by an unprepared president—in this case Mexico’s Felipe Calderón. Hav