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Calderón Corruption Trial May Derail Presidential Aspirations
Region: Costa Rica
In 2004, documents were made public [es] indicating that a company of former Costa Rican president Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier had received $440,500 from the Fischel Corporation. This amount corresponded t... more
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Mexico's Calderón comes to Washington
Region: District of Columbia
Although President-elect Obama's meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderón is considered by some to be largely ceremonial, Calderón has a wish list of topics to bring up when he visits Obama in Was... more
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Mexican police score some victories
Region: Mexico
Recent shootouts in Mexican cities between police and drug cartel members suggest the police are getting the upper hand – despite the hefty arsenals attributed to the criminals. Police officers killed several cart... more
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Drug Killings in Mexico Become Routine
Region: Mexico
The number of drug-related killings in Mexico is increasing so exponentially that they're almost not news. The latest is right out of a Hollywood gangster movie: A Mexican police chief and his three bodyguards gunned... more
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Mexico Rejects Merida Initiative
Region: Mexico
Balking at the strings attached to US aid, the Mexican government is saying no thanks to the Merida Initiative. The $1.4 billion drug-fighting plan for Mexico and Central America includes helicopters and encrypted commu... more
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Entire Police Forces Defecting in Mexico
Region: Mexico
The question in Mexico’s Calderon-declared war against drug cartel violence is, who’s winning? The good guys or the bad guys? Which brings up another question: How do you tell the good guys from the bad g... more
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Mexican Immigrants Aid US economy, says Calderón
Region: Mexico
Families of Mexican origin contribute hundreds of billions of dollars annually to the US economy, Mexico President Felipe Calderón said in a speech in New Orleans on Monday, April 21. Calderón, along with Can... more
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Mexico Ambassador Warns U.S. Citizens Away From Chihuahua
Region: Mexico
Alarmed that crime and violence is rapidly increasing, Mexico Ambassador Antonio O. Garza, said that the travel alert for Americans going into Mexico, set to expire soon, not only should be re-issued, but should be heighte... more
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Tijuana Shootout Leaves 13 Dead
Region: Mexico
The shooting began before dawn today. As several vehicles barreled along one of Tijuana’s main thoroughfares, triggermen fired rifles and automatic weapons at each other in a wild and bloody Hollywood-style shootout.... more
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