Posted on January 16, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
El Universal, 1/16/2009
Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón will propose a higher letter of intelligence sharing between Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala and Panama, especially on issues of security, drug trafficking and organized crime. He will make the proposal during a meeting with the presidents of those Latin American countries this week.
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Posted on January 16, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Associated Press, 1/16/2009
The Department of Homeland Security will allocate as much as $50 million to mitigate the environmental impact of the U.S.-Mexico border fence ordered by the Bush administration. The agency signed an agreement Wednesday with the Department of the Interior to set aside funds for projects that the Interior department determines will soften the [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Raul Yzaguirre, Tuscan Citizen, 1/16/2009
As the eyes of the world remain riveted on violent conflicts in the Middle East, one of our closest international allies is under siege. Mexico is embroiled in a widening war with our hemisphere’s most powerful drug cartels. That’s the message Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón delivered during a visit to Washington [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Bloomberg, 1/16/2009
Mexico’s central bank reduced its benchmark interest rate for the first time in almost three years to bolster a slumping economy hurt by the U.S. recession. The bank’s five-member board, led by Governor Guillermo Ortiz, lowered the key lending rate a half point to 7.75 percent. The decision matched the forecasts of 14 of [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Joel Kurtzman, The Wall Street Journal, 1/16/2009
Mexico is now in the midst of a vicious drug war. Police officers are being bribed and, especially near the United States border, gunned down. Kidnappings and extortion are common place. And, most alarming of all, a new Pentagon study concludes that Mexico is at risk of becoming a [...]
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