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Legalization gains support in Central America
Mike McDonaldGuatemalan President Otto Perez has invigorated the drug legalization debate in Central America, where leaders are under pressure to contain staggering crime rates and battle violent drug...
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VP Biden Goes to Latin American Amid Drug Debate
Martha MendozaVice President Joe Biden heads to Latin America Sunday amid unprecedented pressure from political and business leaders to talk about something U.S. officials have no interest in debating:...
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War on drugs takes center stage as Calderon meets with Obama
Brian BennettReporting from Washington— The unchecked scourge of drug violence in Mexico and that country's campaign to hobble the cartels is expected to overshadow economic discussions when Mexican...
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Drug Gang Fear Silences Growing Number of Mexico Journalists
Agence France-PresseDrug traffickers are applying a policy of terror against journalists who fail to follow their wishes, with threats and brutal killings silencing the press in many parts of Mexico....
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Mexico's Drug Death Toll Double What Reported, Expert Argues
Andrew O'Reilly The death toll in Mexico’s bloody drug war has been hotly debated since outgoing President Felipe Calderón declared an offensive on the country’s drug cartels back in 2006. The Mexican...
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Intensify The War On Drugs -- In A Radically New Form
Andrew BernsteinThe War on Drugs must forcefully continue. Toxic drugs destroy lives. No rational person wants to kill himself on drugs—or witness innocent others kill themselves in similar manner....
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Beyond legalization: Uruguay's bid to nationalize marijuana
Andres Oppenheimer Judging by what Uruguay's President José Mujica recently told me in an extended interview, there is a real possibility that people in his country will soon be able to buy marijuana...
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Amid drug war, Mexico homicide rate up for fourth straight year
Richard Fausset A study has found that Mexico’s homicide rate rose for the fourth year in a row in 2011, this time by 5.6% compared with the previous year -- a fact that will come as little surprise to...
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Mexico's "Caravan for Peace" Heads to Washington
Phillip SmithThe Mexico-based Caravan for Peace and Justice and its American allies are now more than halfway through their 6,000-mile, 27-city journey to focus attention on the drug war's terrible...
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With 60,000 dead, Mexicans wonder why drug war doesn't rate in presidential...
Mitt Romney’s single mention of Latin America Monday night, calling it a “huge opportunity" for the United States, generated immediate glee from Latin Americanists across Twitter – but the hemisphere...
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