Dudley Althaus
Monday, April 16, 2012 - 00:00
While Mexico's military remains among the country's most trusted institutions, citizens and politicians are questioning its effectiveness in ending gang wars and its growing liability.
Friday, April 13, 2012 - 00:00
Obama, facing what could be a tough re-election campaign and ongoing culture wars at home, isn't having any of it.
Monday, March 19, 2012 - 00:00
As John Paul did on his five visits here, Benedict will find in Mexico an overwhelming Catholic nation in which many people nevertheless have drifted from strict adherence to doctrine.
Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 00:00
"The participation of (government forces) in forced disappearances is also present," Dulitzky said. "Impunity affects all cases of forced disappearances."
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 00:00
Rear Adm. Colin Kilrain, a former senior commander of the U.S. Navy's special forces who last year worked on anti-terrorism for the National Security Council, recently took up the post of military attache.
Friday, February 17, 2012 - 00:00
Vigilante justice reigns in much of Mexico as villagers and security forces sidestep a legal system they consider inadequate to deal with rampant crime.
Friday, February 10, 2012 - 00:00
Vazquez-Mota was careful during the primary not to distance herself from Calderon's militarized effort against gangsters. She'll have to fine tune her stance with specific proposals.
Monday, February 6, 2012 - 00:00
U.S. and foreign based companies have hunkered down in Mexico - including dozens in Texas that have invested billions even as the drug wars escalated.
Monday, January 2, 2012 - 00:00
Nearly 30,000 alleged gangsters have been arrested this year alone, though most will likely never be convicted of a crime. Security forces in three years have killed or arrested 22 of the 37 Mexico's most wanted gangsters.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 00:00
Most Mexicans indeed take a very dim view of foreign military intervention of any kind, anywhere in the world. That’s hardly surprising in a country that suffered a series of debilitating attacks by U.S. and European armies