Posted on March 31, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Violence Policy Center, 3/31/2009
The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released Iron River: Gun Violence and Illegal Firearms Trafficking on the U.S.-Mexico Border, a comprehensive study of how the U.S. civilian firearms market contributes to the ongoing drug-related violence in Mexico. The report urges the Obama administration to take immediate action under the federal 1968 Gun [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Los Angeles Times, 3/31/2009
The United States does not need to send troops to the border in response to Mexico’s drug war, nor is Mexico in danger of becoming a failed state, law enforcement officials told a congressional panel Monday.
Witnesses testifying before members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in El Paso urged the lawmakers to [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Reuters, 3/31/2009
Mexico’s economic downturn is complicating the battle against drug trafficking, draining state budgets and boosting the ranks of the unemployed who may turn to criminal gangs for work, a government minister said on Tuesday.
“An adverse (economic) situation like the one we’re faced with obviously complicates the fight against drug trafficking,” Social Development Minister Ernesto [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Bloomberg, 3/31/2009
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said the country is ready to take a $30 billion to $40 billion credit line from the International Monetary Fund.
The credit line may support the peso and ease concern that foreign reserves will dwindle. The currency has risen 8.1 percent against the U.S. dollar in March, its biggest monthly rally [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Economist Intelligence Unit, 3/31/2009
It is now clear that Mexico’s economy is sinking further into recession, given the abysmal plunge in economic activity in the month of January. As the economy in Latin America most dependent on the US market, Mexico is suffering in tandem with its northern neighbour as the latter’s downturn deepens, affecting trade, [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Miami Herald, 3/31/2009
The long-simmering dispute over allowing Mexican trucks onto U.S. highways is escalating into a trade war that could cost Washington state agricultural interests millions of dollars in lost sales and present the Obama administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress with an early test of their trade policies.
Washington’s pear, cherry, apricot and Christmas tree growers [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
The Associated Press, 3/30/2009
The journalism and free speech museum called the Newseum added 77 names to its Journalists Memorial on Monday to honor reporters, photographers and broadcasters who died while covering the news, including several killed in Mexican drug violence.
Mexico ranked second only to Iraq among the deadliest places for journalists last year, said Alberto [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Wall Street Journal, 3/30/2009
State oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, has awarded a $646 million drilling contract to Weatherford International Ltd. (WFT), expanding the oil service company’s workload in Mexico, Pemex said Monday.
In a statement, Pemex said the project will start April 15 and last over three years. The contract is for 500 wells in [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
Houston Chronicle, 3/30/2009
For generations, people of this central Mexican state have trekked to the U.S. and labored on farms and ranches, in factories and construction.
But now this traditional exodus is reversing itself in ways that could profoundly impact both Mexico and America: Immigrants returning to their native lands are starting industries and businesses so they [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2009 by mexicoinstitute
La Plaza Blog, Los Angeles Times, 3/30/2009
“Los Que Se Queden” (Those Who Remain) scooped the prize for best Mexican documentary at the closing of last week’s Guadalajara International Film Festival.
The film, which we featured on La Plaza on Friday, was made by Mexican directors Carlos Hagerman and Juan Carlos Rulfo and is an intimate study [...]
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