Immigrant wave pours into South Texas

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Wave-of-migrants-pours-into-S-Texas-4433001.php#photo-4469720

April 15, 2013 10:27 am 0 comments

Militant Escalation in Nigeria

Stratfor Vice President of Africa Analysis Mark Schroeder discusses increasing tensions between northern and southern Nigeria and what militant groups in each region hope to gain through attacks. For more analysis, visit: http://www.Stratfor.com   http://youtu.be/4p4uJTWdfzw

April 9, 2013 5:10 pm 1 comment

Mexico’s Reset with China

from Stratfor.   http://youtu.be/EQImFo7hvp0

April 8, 2013 12:37 pm 0 comments

Chinese Investment in Africa

Stratfor Vice President of Africa Analysis Mark Schroeder discusses African countries’ dependence on Chinese investment for their own economic development. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_GWQ2PbU_Q&feature=share&list=UUZNjpcQLBx26W6lDWvpg7PQ

April 3, 2013 12:45 pm 0 comments

Peña Nieto’s Piñata: The Promise and Pitfalls of Mexico’s New Security Policy against Organized Crime

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

March 15, 2013 7:46 pm 1 comment

Chris Crane Testimony At Senate Immigration Hearing – 2/13/13

Chris Crane, an ICE agent and the president of the union for ICE agents. http://youtu.be/HWNiVaLGaik

February 15, 2013 6:08 pm 0 comments

Paper dragon Worry less about China’s rise than its fall BY COL. JOHN A. MAUK

A excellent article by a Distinguished and Respected author. http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2012/11/11781761#.ULK1GzNtA0t.email

November 29, 2012 8:52 pm 3 comments

The Oxymoron of Intelligence in the Western Hemisphere‏

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

November 11, 2012 8:05 pm 2 comments

Rajiv Shah: Supporting Inventors and Researchers

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, [...]

August 8, 2012 3:27 pm 0 comments

Border Page Storage

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 [...]

March 15, 2012 12:13 pm 4 comments