Archive for category: Border

“<a href=”http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/mexicos-drug-war-balkanization-leads-regional-challenges”>Mexico&#039;s Drug War: Balkanization Leads to Regional Challenges</a> is republished with permission of Stratfor.”

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Mark P. Sullivan Specialist in Latin American Affairs June S. Beittel Analyst in Latin American Affairs April 5, 2013   http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RS21049.pdf

The Trailer Park Show – ‘Silvio Canto Jr.’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aALd4ziEvk&feature=share&list=UUPpmaq5QgQlLeXNCZS5ba4w

From Brookings  a long read but good.  It’s free. http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/02/mexico-new-security-policy-felbabbrown

I have long complained about the lack of diplomatic attention being paid to Latin America.  To be honest it does go back at least 8 years, but also to be honest this current administration as accelerated and exasperated the problems we face in the region.   http://www.mexidata.info/id3490.html

http://youtu.be/9BM7-kYXr4k More of my Latin American Studies. Why do I like this, spending tax money in this way. It’s called “Soft Power”. When you watch the news on TV and film showing some problem comes on, earth quake or fire or bombing, in a foreign country look at the ambulance, [...]

I started writing about the border because of my numerous experiences on the border made me a “Connected Expert” . One of my favorite “Intelligence Experts” told how there are two ways of seeing  thing’s, from 3000 feet or 30,000 feet.  Well “Connected Expert” or not I was seeing thing’s [...]

by James “Slow Pokey” Ritter | July 9, 2011 | The Trailer Park Show Mike Whitney is a libertarian, has long written about banking from a libertarian perspective and he’s quite prolific. I have a lot of libertarian views myself but they always seem to turn me off with their general [...]

I’ve written here before about Obama’s failures in Latin American diplomacy. Since it may well be his intention to fail in Latin America, I feel the need to write a bit more. I’ll make it short.   CLICK HERE