Democracy can be defined as people having the right to vote and those elected into government are chosen through a free and fair election process. Mexico was able to briefly become a democracy when the 71-year rule of the PRI came to an end in a transparent 2000 presidential election. The lack of voter fraud evidence made it clear that it was one of the fairest elections to date for Mexico. During the PRI power Mexico was a hybrid regime. It was disguised as a democracy that only favored those who
Role of social network structure in illicit drug trafficking in Columbia By Preeti Kanther Over the past three decades, the US has spent more than a trillion dollars to curtail drug industry operations in Latin America. During 1980s, Peru, Bolivia and Columbia used to contribute 65%, 25% and 10% toward the overall coca production globally. Since then, due to many US funded war efforts on drugs in these neighboring Andean countries, drug industry in Columbia got a tremendous boost, increasing
Humberto Corral Professor – Andy Homeland Security 11 October 2014 Narcoterrorism – The link between Drugs and Terrorism INTRO - 1 EXTREME VIOLENT ACTS OF TERROR 5 OPERATIONS 6 FINANCIALS 8 SUMMARY – ARE DRUGS AND TERRORISM LINKED? 9 INTRO - Drug cartels perform brutal criminal activities such as terrorism in the United States apart from sale of drug trafficking, money laundering, kidnappings for Ransom and the sale of illegal weapons in the United States. The presence of criminal activities goes
So, it was Day One of our trip and I felt quite nervous. I didn’t sleep the night before as my head was spinning with thoughts of spending the next three weeks flying all the way from Phoenix, Arizona to Santiago, Chile in a small airplane. I couldn’t refrain from dwelling on how crazy we were, especially given the State Department warning against U.S. citizens visiting Mexico. Up until that point in time, I had never been out of the continental United States. I visited Puerto Rico when I was
State Department Advisory: The US State Department advises citizens not to visit Mexico during their elections. So, it was Day One of our trip and I felt quite nervous. Sleep eluded me the night before as my head was spinning with thoughts of spending the next three weeks flying all the way from Phoenix, Arizona to Santiago, Chile in a small airplane. I couldn’t refrain from dwelling on how crazy we were, especially given the State Department warning against U.S. citizens visiting Mexico. Up
In this current day, we are considered to be living in the “golden age of drug trafficking”. In 2016, top officials and diplomats from governments all over the world met at the United Nations headquarters to figure out what do to about the worldwide drug trafficking problem. Over various days of the discussions, they came to the conclusion to make a more extensive advancement and approach, but continue to keep conducting the war on drugs. They developed an “outcome document” that orders countries
The Mexican Drug War By: Blake Cohen INR2002 – Spring 2013 Jeff Hernden Word Count: 3800 Date: 4/22/13 In 2006, Mexico began to crack down on drug trafficking operations in union with the United States. Why all of the sudden? In regard to that question, my paper will include a history of events leading up to this sudden crack down on drug trafficking, from its start in the 1960’s until today. After the history of the drug war, I will discuss the main states involved like the United States
daily in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua in crimes related to drugs. Drug lords send their gunmen to strategic places where innocent people that are in the wrong place at the wrong time are killed. Narco Lords like Vicente Carrillo Fuentes and Joaquin el Chapo Guzman, fight among themselves for the