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February 21, 2013

Defense and Security
Mexico’s Drug War and the Disappeared

An often overlooked problem with the so-called “war on drugs” mindset has been the effect on local populations: as military officials or militarized law enforcement officers fight narcotraffickers, t…

DisappearedHRW - LAM

July 10, 2019

Americas
Mexico Can’t Solve Its Three Biggest Crises Alone

Dealing with Central American migrants, rising crime and faltering energy supplies will require more U.S. help.

Members of the National Guard patrol around the neighborhoods in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City, Mexico July 5, 2019

January 19, 2012

Economics
Mexico’s 99 Percent: How the Next President Can Reduce Poverty and Inequality

It is campaign season in Mexico, and aside from security issues, front-runners Enrique Peña Nieto of the PRI and Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the PRD are focusing on poverty and inequality. Both cr…

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February 5, 2013

Economics
Mexico’s Congressional Agenda for 2013

With Enrique Peña Nieto’s first congressional session just starting, expectations are high. Between now and April 30th, when the sixty-second Congress will adjourn, many hope the administration will …

Calderon by the numbers - LAM

April 26, 2013

Diplomacy and International Institutions
The World Next Week: Obama Visits Mexico and Costa Rica, Shinzo Abe Visits Russia, Tensions Rise in the East China Sea

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed Barack Obama’s trip to Mexico and Costa Rica, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s trip to Russia, and rising tensions in the East China…

Barack Obama meets with Mexican president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto in the Oval Office in November (Kevin Lamarque/Courtesy Reuters).