Parts of Mexico Show Signs of ‘Failed State’
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
For two months, a dozen cities in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas have had no acting mayor. Eight of the mayors were killed; others disappeared or fled.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: failedstate, mexico, mexicocartels, mexicofailedstate, mexicoviolence, narcotraffic, narcoviolence
Mexican Dispatch: Even in Wine Lover's Paradise, Drug War Takes Its Toll
PBS NewsHour, News Report, Posted: Sep 19, 2010
Mexican winemakers blame publicity over drug violence for a big drop in sales of wine.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Mexican Dispatch: Tijuana Is No Juarez, Residents Insist
PBS NewsHour, News Report, Posted: Sep 18, 2010
Times are harder than ever in Tijuana, and the publicity about the Mexican government's war against narco-traffickers doesn't help.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: drugtrafficking, Juarez, Mexico, police, Tijuana, tourism, violence
Illegal But Not Criminal—Calif. Gov Candidates Don't Get It
ChicoSol, Commentary, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
“Alicia” and 700,000 others in her position are at the mercy of politics. But in California, Jerry Brown has been MIA on the subject, even as Meg Whitman supports deporting them all.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Mexican Dispatch: A Quiet Beach Town, Kept That Way by "Tourist" Police
New America Media/PBS NewsHour, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Rosarito Beach's quiet main street gives little hint of how hard this tourist community has struggled to remain peaceful over the past four years.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: drugtrafficking, Mexico, police, tourism, violence
Obama: Mexico Is No Colombia
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
President Barack Obama yesterday dismissed the comparison Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made between Mexico and Colombia.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: clintonmexico, drugcartels, mexicancartels, mexicocolombia, narcoviolence, obamamexico
The 'Great Wall of America' and the Threat From Within
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
As it erects a barrier along its Mexican border, the U.S. ignores an important truth: Great empires expand beyond their own borders. Empires in decline build walls.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Featured Columnists, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: border, immigration, Mexico, wall
Big Business for Mexican Cartels: Kidnapping Central American Migrants
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
Kidnapping, extortion and murder of Central American immigrants has become a source of income for Mexican drug cartels.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: drugcartels, kidnapping, massgraves, mexicancartels, mexicomassacre, mexicomigrants