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Publicaciones » Obama y Echeverría | cidac.org

Al presidente y ahora candidato Obama le preocupan los pobres, le disgustan las empresas grandes y cree que el gobierno puede solucionar todos los problemas. Por encima de todo, rechaza la importancia de la creatividad empresarial, sataniza la creación de riqueza y considera que la confrontación social es un instrumento útil para avanzar su proyecto económico, social y político. Me recuerda cada día más a Echeverría, un presidente lleno de buenas intenciones que acabó por destruir todo lo que funcionaba bien en el país.via Publicaciones » Obama y Echeverría |...

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The Border is Vanishing as Mexico Pushes North – Newsweek and The Daily Beast

Eighty-five percent of all Mexico’s exports go to the United States, even as half of all Central America’s trade is with the U.S. While the median age of Americans is nearly 37, the median age is 25 in Mexico and even lower in Central America 20 in Guatemala and Honduras, for example. The destiny of the United States will be north–south, rather than the east–west “sea to shining sea” of continental and patriotic myth.via The Border is Vanishing as Mexico Pushes North – Newsweek and The Daily...

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A father’s plea: End the war on drugs – CNN.com

Every time I close my eyes I see my son’s gaze moments before his death. He is afraid, very afraid, and behind his fear I hear a horrible question. “If drugs were legalized, and there were no weapons, would I be here, just about to die? Go, dad, leave all your things behind and tell everyone that this war is destroying more people than the drugs themselves. Tell them that no prohibition is worth the death of any person. Go tell them that we need to find peace, so that no other father will have to see his son die like this, and no son will again suffer what I am suffering.”via A father’s plea: End the war on drugs –...

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Middle-class Mexicans snap up more products ‘Made in U.S.A.’ – The Washington Post

Trade between the United States and Mexico is surging, up 17 percent in 2011 to a record $461 billion, as Mexico vies with China to become America’s second-largest trading partner after Canada. China and the United States did $502 billion in trade last year.The growing middle class that is fast becoming Mexico’s majority is buying more U.S. goods than ever, while turning Mexico into a more democratic, dynamic and prosperous American ally.via Middle-class Mexicans snap up more products ‘Made in U.S.A.’ – The Washington...

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