Somewhat surprisingly, the Republican and Democratic Party platforms diverge on international trade, with the Democrats far more engaged. Their agenda promises to push the economic frontiers to the south and to “expand free and fair trade in the Americas.” They tout the fact that the United States exports “more than three times as much to Latin America as [it does] to China,”via The Democratic Platform on Latin America |...
Read More"The gun industry is in complete denial. The gun dealers say they’re not knowingly supplying traffickers. But they are knowingly selling the cartels’ weapons of choice. If you look at some of the dealers in the border areas, all they sell are the traffickers’ weapons of choice, and then they allegedly can’t figure out how these guns are ending up in the hands of the cartels when their whole product line is targeted at that market,"via The US gun smugglers recruited by one of Mexico's most brutal cartels | World news |...
Read More"What’s clear … is that we’ve made advances Mexicans should feel proud of," the president said, adding that it may take years for his government’s efforts to come to full flower. "Mexico has started along the path toward a life full of liberty and security."via Mexico's Calderon defends drug war in final state of nation address –...
Read MoreJust being American is no longer the shield against cartel violence that it used to be, and the unwillingness of Obama and Napolitano to press the Mexican government to allow US agents to defend themselves with more than just harsh language is unacceptable.via Is Mexico Becoming the New Iraq for American Agents? – CNN Security Clearance – CNN.com...
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MEXICO CITY – Mexicos national oil monopoly has been issuing critical alerts seemingly every week, warning of natural gas shortages lasting hours or even days and crimping supplies to homes, power plants and factories.via Mexicos gas squeeze is Texas gain – Houston...
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