Americans Shot in Mexico Were C.I.A. Operatives – NYTimes.com

Americans Shot in Mexico Were C.I.A. Operatives – NYTimes.com.“The thing that really worries me,” said Gabriel Guerra, a political analyst who has worked with the three major parties here, “is that we are seeing the unraveling of what was supposed to be the main achievement in the fight against organized crime, which was the creation of a trustworthy national...

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The GOP Platform on Latin America | LatIntelligence

On Latin America’s two biggest economies—Brazil and Mexico—there is close to nothing. Apart from saluting Mexico’s cooperation in the drug war, the more important mention is on energy. The GOP heralds the abundant resources of Mexico, Canada, and the United States and presents a long term vision of North American energy independence. While a good idea, making this a reality depends much more on Mexico’s next president, Enrique Peña Nieto (and his willingness and ability to change the Mexican constitution), than on the next U.S. president.via The GOP Platform on Latin America |...

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Analysts: Mexican vote leaves more questions than it answers – CNN.com

Analysts: Mexican vote leaves more questions than it answers – CNN.com.“In the end, I don’t think he will do many things differently than Calderon, because there isn’t much that can be done differently,” Chabat said. “There’s not a lot of room to work. In speeches, it sounds really great to say that you’re going to do things differently, but there won’t be many...

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