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Understanding the roots of the violence in Mexico

February 16, 2012
| President Calderon launched his war on drugs shortly after he came into office in December 2006. He brought the army out onto the streets and began a campaign of confrontation with drug cartels.

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Leaders' declaration on climate change falls short on needed changes
August 12, 2009 |
North American governments are trying to fake climate action by subtly agreeing to carbon emission baseline years other than the international standard of 1990.
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Weekly Immigration Wire: Resurrecting a failed war on drugs

By The Media Consortium
| April 2, 2009

by Nezua, TMC MediaWire Blogger

In 2008, a disturbing trend developed in mainstream media regarding Mexico. While Mexico's President Felipe Calderón began his aggression against the Cartels roughly two years ago, the resulting uptick in violence was of no real interest to mainstream media. But when the U.S. Joint Forces Command report Joint Operating Environment (JOE 2008) was issued in November, 2008, and declared Mexico and Pakistan nations in danger of a "rapid and sudden collapse," mainstream news outlets and certain politicians began broadcasting fears of violence spilling over into the US.

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