Since then, former Mexican President Vicente Fox also said that legalizing drugs could reduce the daily slaughter in Mexico. In 2009, the Economic Commission for Latin America in terms of drugs and politics – co-chaired by three former presidents (Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil, César Gaviria of Colombia and Ernesto Zedillo, Mexico) – issued a report declaring war missing innovative drugs. The report also supported the decriminalization of marijuana and the need to "break the taboo on open and honest debate on international drug prohibition. The bloody unwinnable war is to bring together elected officials ever to speak against the drug prohibition.
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Thousands In Mexico Take To Street To Protest Drug War — We Need To Do The Same Here
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Apr 12, 2011 by News Gatherer
Mexico: President Considers Debate On Legalizing Drugs
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Aug 6, 2010 by News Gatherer
"We must carefully analyze the advantages and disadvantages and the key issues on both sides." Although most victims are suspected of involvement in drug trafficking themselves, the Mexican government began to recognize a growing number of civilians killed in clashes between security forces and gangs, many of them young children and students . Although the president said he personally opposes the idea of legalization, the new view is in the midst of the enormous pressure to justify continuing the horrible cycle of violence that rival drug cartels fight among themselves since the government launched the tour of the vineyard in 2006. "It's a fundamental debate that I think, first of all, it must allow a plurality of democracy (of views)," The Associated Press quoted saying that Calderon.
Immigration Law Ignites Fury In Mexico
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Apr 30, 2010 by News Gatherer
Mexico has condemned a law recently passed in Arizona, which requires the police to question suspected illegal immigrants and give orders to prove their immigration status. Mexico, in the city of Nogales, Arizona, April 22. . Border Patrol agent monitoring the fence separating the United States
Mexico The United States And Drug Gangs
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Apr 19, 2010 by News Gatherer
Each government has a good excuse to close Twitter, for example, terrorism. . I am sure that Al Qaeda is using Twitter too. Mexico Twitter ban to stop organized crime? Mexico receives half desperate and bloody war against drugs and prohibit Twitter and Facebook to curb organized crime who use social networks seem to intimidate the population.
Mexico Bans Twitter And Facebook To Fight Drug War
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Apr 17, 2010 by News Gatherer
. I am sure that Al Qaeda is using Twitter too. Mexico Twitter ban to stop organized crime? Mexico receives half desperate and bloody war against drugs and prohibit Twitter and Facebook to curb organized crime who use social networks seem to intimidate the population. Although it may be the cure for Mexico, may become a model for Internet censorship in 2.0.
News Iran John Barrowman Mexico City
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Jan 31, 2010 by News Gatherer
Trial for the murder of George Tiller. 51 years old, was convicted of aggravated assault for two reasons against the witnesses in the scene .. It took less than an hour to reach a verdict in the first doctor Friday, the jury convicted Scott Roeder first-degree murder to kill the Wichita, Kansas abortion provider in May
New Drug Law Changes Little In Mexico
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Jan 19, 2010 by News Gatherer
“Support slips to 69 percent among seniors, vs. 83 percent among all adults under age 65.”. “Medical marijuana, for its part, receives majority support across the political and ideological spectrum, from 68 percent of conservatives and 72 percent of Republicans as well as 85 percent of Democrats and independents and about nine in 10 liberals and moderates,” ABC noted.