Colombia Free Trade Deal Could Boost Cocaine Exports
There’s only one Colombian industry that can potentially employ workers who would lose their job in the wake of a free trade deal.
60-Second Expert: Gunrunning to Mexico
The Obama administration faces a scandal around a U.S. gunrunning operation to Mexico.
Mexico’s House of Deputies Likely to Approve Police State Law
Mexico’s House of Deputies has brought the country to the cusp of a police state.
Film: The Exile Nation Project
The Land of the Free punishes or imprisons more of its citizens than any other country. This collection of testimonials from criminal offenders, family members, and experts on America’s criminal justice system puts a human face on the millions of Americans subjugated by the US Government’s 40 year, one trillion dollar social catastrophe: The War on Drugs; a failed policy underscored by fear, politics, racial prejudice and intolerance in a public atmosphere of “out of sight, out of mind.”
Obama’s Mexicogate?
A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels — overseen by U.S. government agents — threatens to become a major scandal for the Obama administration.
Central America: ‘Deadliest Non-War Zone’
The Department of Defense has announced that Mexico will receive $51 million for fiscal year 2011. According to military officials the drug war has grown to rival the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. We ask if throwing more money at the situation, or even more American troops, work? Institute for Policy Studies’ Sanho Tree explains.
Shutdown The War Grant To Mexico That Has Cost $1.5 Billion; Save $600 Million!
The governments of the United States and Mexico are using large budget expenses to entangle us in the corrupt politics of arms deals.
Author Event: Living in the Crossfire
Living in the Crossfire is an exhaustive study of the violence that touches the daily lives of Rio de Janeiro’s favela residents caught in the crossfire between the traffickers that control the favelas and police officers. This book provides vivid accounts from favela residents, human rights activists and policy makers. It offers an analysis of public policies to address this grave problem while pointing out the underlying social and economic problems that exacerbate the situation.
Colombia Is No Model for Mexico’s Drug War
Far from breaking morale, the tactic of taking out the heads of trafficking groups gives junior thugs a shot at becoming the kingpin–if only briefly.
Free Trade’s Winners and Losers in Latin America
Scrapping tariffs can hurt poor farmers, and a deal with Colombia might boost coca production.
Addicted to Failure: US Drug War Policy in the Americas
Since the 1960s, the US has squandered about trillion dollars on a failed drug war. Internationally, much of our “war” has taken place in Latin America where eradication planes have defoliated millions of acres in Colombia, US-trained police have filled prisons, and prohibition has fueled murderous gang wars. To foster a greater understanding of this issue Witness for Peace is hosting a speaking tour of Sanho Tree, IPS fellow and Director of the Institute’s Drug Policy project through Eugene, Portland, Corvallis, Seattle, and Olympia.
Presidential Meeting Puts US-Mexico Relations Back on Track – In the Wrong Direction
The presidential summit made a show of putting the bi-national relationship back on track – in precisely the wrong direction.
WikiLeaks: Local Mexican Governments Corrupted by Drug Money Leave Citizens Nowhere to Turn
Once Latin America’s safest city, Monterrey has become a central battlefield in Mexico’s war drug war.
More U.S. Aid Won’t End Mexico’s Drug War
Even former Mexican President Vicente Fox has said that “prohibition isn’t working” and that “violence against violence doesn’t work.”
Napolitano in Texas: Tough Talk, Little Coherence
A recent speech by Secretary Napolitano highlights the deficiencies plaguing U.S. border policy.