Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Border security
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Merida Initiative
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Border security
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Merida Initiative
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
At head of title: 110th Congress, 1st session. Committee print.
Merida Initiative
Author: Jess T. FordPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437936571
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Crime and violence related to drug trafficking in Mexico and Central America have increased in recent years and pose a threat not only to those areas but to the U.S. as well, particularly along the Southwest border. The Merida Initiative, announced in 2007, provides about $1.6 billion in law enforcement support to Mexico and Central American countries. The Dept. of State (State) manages the Initiative while other U.S. agencies play key roles in implementation. This report examines: (1) the status of Merida program implementation; (2) State's strategy for implementation; and (3) coordination mechanisms in place for Merida. The report reviewed agency documents and conducted fieldwork in Mexico and Central America. Charts and tables.
U.S. Obligations Under the Merida Initiative
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere (2007- )Publisher:
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Category : Border security
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Mérida Initiative for Mexico and Central America
Author: Clare Ribando SeelkePublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437933068
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
On Oct. 22, 2007, the U.S. and Mexico announced the Mérida Initiative (MI), a package of U.S. counter-drug and anti-crime assistance for Mexico and Central America that would begin in FY 2008 and last through FY 2010. Contents of this report: (1) Introduction; (2) Development of the MI; (3) Funding the MI: FY 2008-10: Mexico; Central America; The Caribbean; (4) Other MI Legislation in the 111th Congress; (5) Status of Implementation; (6) Policy Issues: Is MI the Right Drug Control Approach?; Monitoring Progress; Interagency Coordination; Role of the DoD; U.S. Pledges Under the MI; Mexico Policy Issues; (7) Beyond the MI: The FY 2011 Request: U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation. Illustrations.
Status of Funds for the Merida Initiative
Author: Jess T. FordPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437926398
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. In an effort to confront the challenges posed by criminal violence, in Oct. 2007, the U.S. and Mexico announced the Mérida Initiative, a $1.4 billion counter-narcotics and anticrime assistance package for countries in the region. Collaboration between the U.S. and Mexico has intensified, providing an opportunity to address the mutual threat of drug trafficking and organized crime affecting the region. This report provides information on the status of funding provided under the Mérida Initiative as of Sept. 30, 2009. It describes how much has been appropriated, obligated, and expended. The report also identifies factors affecting the delivery of major equipment, services, and training; and provides a timeline of key events related to the initiative.
Drug War Capitalism
Author: Dawn PaleyPublisher: AK Press
ISBN: 1849351880
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Though pillage, profit, and plunder have been a mainstay of war since pre-colonial times, there is little contemporary focus on the role of finance and economics in today's "Drug Wars"—despite the fact that they boost US banks and fill our prisons with poor people. They feed political campaigns, increase the arms trade, and function as long-term fixes to capitalism's woes, cracking open new territories to privatization and foreign direct investment. Combining on-the-ground reporting with extensive research, Dawn Paley moves beyond the usual horror stories, beyond journalistic rubbernecking and hand-wringing, to follow the thread of the Drug War story throughout the entire region of Latin America and all the way back to US boardrooms and political offices. This unprecedented book chronicles how terror is used against the population at large in cities and rural areas, generating panic and facilitating policy changes that benefit the international private sector, particularly extractive industries like petroleum and mining. This is what is really going on. This is drug war capitalism. Dawn Paley is a freelance journalist who has been reporting from South America, Central America, and Mexico for over ten years. Her writing has been published in the Nation, the Guardian, Vancouver Sun, Globe and Mail, Ms. magazine, the Tyee, Georgia Straight, and NACLA, among others.
Narco Noir
Author: Vanda Felbab-BrownPublisher: Geopolitics in the 21st Centur
ISBN: 9780815728184
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Crime and security expert Vanda Felbab-Brown conducted more than eight years of fieldwork across Mexico analyzing policy interventions in key crime and violence hotspots, as well as in control cases. The result is Narco Noir: Mexico's Cartels, Cops, and Corruption, an extensive and unique set of organized crime case studies that include principal cases like, Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana, Monterrey, Michoacan, and Chiapas - as well as in Mexico City. Narco Noir provides detailed assessments of the various law enforcement strategies, socio-economic anti-crime policies, and civil society mobilization efforts in key violent hotspots. The cases cover a wide variety of crime patterns and dynamics as well as policy responses. Felbab-Brown also includes an extensive section of policy recommendations, providing a detailed analysis of how to improve law enforcement capacity and strategies, change interdiction patterns to achieve greater deterrence capacity, and restructure socio-economic anti-crime policies.
Central America and the Merida Initiative
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere (2007- )Publisher:
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Category : Border security
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
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