killing each other and the worst thing is that they are killing innocent people. III. What is the government doing against this problem a) The drug war has being announced lately in all types of communication‚ thanks to the president of Mexico Felipe Calderon‚ the army of Mexico is capturing all the main leader of the drug organizations. He is one of the only presidents that is taking control of the drug war in Mexico. He created an army specialized on capturing drug dealers and all their illegal
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Felipe Rivera is motivated by‚ in a way‚ revenge. By aiding the forces rebelling against the Mexican authorities he sees a way to avenge the deaths of his parents. His father was involved in a protest against the Mexican government and was shot‚ along with Felipes mother‚ by federal troops. He is therefore directly affected by the injustices committed by the regime of Díaz. Perhaps he seeks to continue his fathers work by aiding the revolution. This is never stated but as most of the insight
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Mexican Drug War Background ! Mexico has had a reputation for trafficking drugs to the United States and South America since the major trafficking started in the early 1960s‚ but the drug trade between the United States and Mexico started in 1933 when the United States revoked the alcohol prohibition. It is easy for the drug cartels and traffickers to move the drugs through Mexico because of its prime location between the United States and South America. Also do to the cartels in nearby
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MEXICO Mexico is bordered by the United States to the north and Belize and Guatemala to the southeast. Mexico is about one-fifth the size of the United States. Baja California in the west is an 800-mile (1‚287-km) peninsula that forms the Gulf of California. In the east are the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche‚ which is formed by Mexico’s other peninsula‚ the Yucatán. The center of Mexico is a great‚ high plateau‚ open to the north‚ with mountain chains on the east and west and with ocean-front
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Bibliography: Aporrea‚ 2012. Felipe Calderón: Si EEUU consumiera menos droga México tendría menos problemas. Retrieved from: http://www.aporrea.org/internacionales/n213791.html Gobierno Federal‚ 2010. Discurso del Presidente Felipe Calderón en el Congreso de Estados Unidos de América. Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrrqDFBmw4g Rural Migration News‚ 2001. Guest Workers:
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Journalism 312I December 14‚ 2010 Media in Mexico Media can be defined as the main means of communication through such outlets as television‚ radio‚ newspapers and the Internet. In any country or region‚ there are many factors that contribute to how the media is molded and received by its audience. These range from things like geographical issues to technological developmental delays to issues in political structure. Whatever the case may be‚ with the effects of these particular influences
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This epic drug war was been taking place ever since these “cartels” relocated from the South American nation of Columbia to Mexico in the mid 1980s. since then ‚ this bloody conflict has arose several issues in Mexico. Mexico’s new president‚ Felipe Calderon‚ just recently launched an all out military campaign against these drug lords in 2007. This campaign included increased military personnel stationed in locations of intense combat. These increased troops eventually ammounted to more than
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government will need to reform police officers and courts so that trafficking can be better controlled. Immigration is another major issue between these two countries. Mexico is still the leading country for incoming illegal immigrants. In 2007 President Felipe Calderon denounced immigration because he said it claimed to tear families apart in Mexico. He also stated he was trying to create more jobs to reduce the amount of immigration to the United States. Many American citizens are fed up with the incoming
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of one of the victims‚ Javier Sicillia‚ tearfully tells CNN. “The horrific story of my son and his friends is one of thousands like it in our country. More than 60‚000 have been killed and 20‚000 have disappeared because of the myopic war strategy Felipe Calderon and the Mexican security forces have pursued since 2006. Some murder estimates are even higher.” He states with tears gleaming in his eyes.
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But on August 2003 he was appointed Deputy Managing Director at the International Monetary Fund‚ and was responsible for handing the IMF’s relationship with more than 70 member countries. On October 2006‚ he was invited by Mexico’s elected President Felipe Calderon to join his transition cabinet as Chief Economic Coordinator‚ where he was in charge of
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