29/06/2018 | Frente Externo
Mexico - Promises to the Electorate by Mexican Presidential Candidates
"El prometer no empobrece – El dar es lo que aniquila," a Spanish proverb (To promise does not impoverish – To give is what annihilates.)
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30/05/2018 | Frente Externo
Mexico - The Second Mexican Presidential Debate
The second Mexican presidential debate was held on May 20, 2018, in Tijuana, Baja California, across the border from San Diego, California.
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11/06/2016 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - The Galling Saga of ¨El Chapo,¨ Disjointed Attorneys, and Showbiz
The entire Chapo Guzman case has so many bizarre complications that one wonders where it will all end up?.
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20/03/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Drug War - Mexico has Captured ¨Z-42,¨ another vicious Zeta Kingpin
Just five days after the capture of Servando Gomez Martinez, the leader of southern Michoacan state’s Caballeros Templarios, Mexican authorities captured another big narco boss, Alejandro “Omar” Treviño Morales, known as Z-42, leader of the infamous Zetas cartel.
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14/02/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico, USA - Using Drones and Magnets, Drug Smugglers continue to Innovate
In the ongoing cat and mouse game of drug smuggling across the border, the smugglers continue to innovate, finding creative ways of getting drugs across the border from Mexico to the United States.
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23/09/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - Predictably, a Freed Mexican Drug Kingpin has Flown the Coop
Recent months in Mexico have seen some captures of high-level drug cartel barons, but also the release of a notorious cartel boss, which shocked many people.
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03/09/2013 | Economia y Finanzas
Mexico - The Future of PEMEX, Mexico's Petroleum Monopoly, an Ongoing Debate
Once again, the future of PEMEX (Petróleos Mexicanos), the country’s petroleum monopoly is being debated in Mexico. The issue is very important economically, but it’s more than an economic question. The question of how to handle PEMEX is closely tied to national sovereignty and Mexican identity. Any politician who wants to reform it had better take that into consideration.
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23/08/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - The Unbelievable and Appalling Release of a Mexican Drug Boss
Rafael Caro Quintero, a 1980’s-era Mexican drug baron, was released from prison on August 9th, 2013, to the shock and amazement of many. The United States Department of Justice called the release “deeply troubling,” and the Mexican Attorney General expressed discontent. Why was Caro Quintero released, and will this provide a precedent for the release of other dangerous narco criminals?.
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06/08/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - The Mexican Navy Downs a Cartel Leader but Loses an Admiral
The Mexican Navy is on the frontlines of the Mexican government’s war against the drug cartels, and has received high marks from analysts for its work. In the month of July, the Navy enjoyed a great victory against one cartel and suffered a great defeat from another one.
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09/09/2012 | Frente Externo
Mexico - Mexican Olympians Won Seven Medals, including Soccer Gold
Four years ago Mexico sent 85 athletes to Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the Mexicans brought back two gold medals and a bronze. After the Olympics, President Felipe Calderon received the Mexican medalists at Los Pinos (the Mexican equivalent of the White House), and proposed change to improve the medal count, stating that "We must correct what doesn't work."
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30/06/2012 | Frente Externo
Mexico - Election: The Final Countdown to Mexico's Election Day, on July 1
Mexico's presidential election is scheduled for Sunday, July 1st, so there is less than one week to go until balloting.
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21/10/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico, US - Frightening 'Drug Threat Assessment' for the USA and Mexico
The National Drug Intelligence Center, a branch of the U.S. Department of Justice, recently released a document entitled the "National Drug Threat Assessment 2011."
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