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    <title><![CDATA[Mexico |Commentary | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
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    <description>Articles, Letters, Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Testimony</description>
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    <dc:creator>jacob@ciponline.org</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Missed Their Chance To Say No to Bribery]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/missed-chance-say-no-to-bribery</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/missed-chance-say-no-to-bribery#When:09:44:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Holman W. Jenkins Jr.'s ambivalent portrait of the Wal-Mart of Mexico bribery scandal in his April 25 Business World column]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-07T09:44:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico&#8217;s False Dilemma]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-false-dilemma</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-false-dilemma#When:13:41:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico is currently confronting a human rights crisis. Headlines document the overt violence that has claimed more than 50,000 lives since December 11, 2006 when President Felipe Calderón launched the war on drugs. Yet beneath the bloodshed]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-20T13:41:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones Flying Under the Radar]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-flying-under-radar</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-flying-under-radar#When:10:24:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry discusses the expanding use of drones and the lack of control over their proliferation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-05T10:24:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Sotol Story]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-sotol-story</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-sotol-story#When:00:14:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry explores the story of sotol, a classic Mexican liquor, on a trip to the U.S. - Mexican borderlands]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-02T00:14:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The G20 Under the Mexican Presidency]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-g20-under-the-mexican-presidency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-g20-under-the-mexican-presidency#When:17:45:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico took on the presidency of the G20 in December 2011 at a moment of multiple crises. The nation shares the presidency with a “three-member management Troika of past, present and future chairs”, this year, France and Russia.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-16T17:45:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Who Is Securing the Texas Border? How Private Contractors Mislead the Public, Then Get Rich Off Taxp]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/who-is-securing-texas-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/who-is-securing-texas-border#When:16:24:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Roy “Mac” Sikes wasn’t wearing a white 10-gallon like the other top Texas Rangers attending the 2010 Texas Border Sheriffs Coalition meeting in El Paso. Mac, as the Texas Rangers and sheriffs call him, was going hatless. But that may have been because it’s not entirely clear which hat Mac should have been wearing – ranger, cop, or consultant? ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-12T16:24:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8220;Fantastic&#8221; Drone Technology Comes to Rescue on the Border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fantastic-drone-technology-comes-rescue-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fantastic-drone-technology-comes-rescue-border#When:16:21:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Candice Miller, the Republican chair of the House Border and Marine Security Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee, is effusive in her praise of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), referring to the drones at a March 15, 2011, hearing on Capitol Hill as "fantastic technology" that have proved "incredibly, incredibly successful in theater." As the new chair of the subcommittee that oversees the air operations of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Miller has become one of the leading Congressional advocates of increased domestic drone deployment]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T16:21:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Numbers Game: Government Agencies Falsely Report Meaningless Deportations and Drug Seizures]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/numbers-game-government-agencies-falsely-report-meaningless-deportation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/numbers-game-government-agencies-falsely-report-meaningless-deportation#When:15:22:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security says it needs a fleet of two-dozen Predator and Guardian drones to protect the homeland adequately. Designed for military use, 10 of these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are already patrolling U.S. borders in the hunt for unauthorized immigrants and illegal drugs]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T15:22:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Should We Care About Mexico?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-should-we-care-about-mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-should-we-care-about-mexico#When:16:15:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The cold, hard numbers of the poor and the dead are familiar. Instead we are told that we should care—or rather, worry—about Mexico for a very different reason. The State Department, the Pentagon, the press and members of Congress tell us, with increasing shrillness]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-16T16:15:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Women Human Rights Defenders in Mexico Face Threats, Violence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-human-rights-defenders-in-mexico-face-threats-violence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-human-rights-defenders-in-mexico-face-threats-violence#When:15:13:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico is facing a major human rights and humanitarian crisis. Fifty thousand people have been murdered in the war on drugs just since 2007. Thousands more have been displaced, orphaned and forcibly disappeared]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-14T15:13:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ALERT: Spate of Attacks on Human Rights Defenders and Activists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/alert-spate-of-attacks-on-human-rights-defenders-and-activists</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/alert-spate-of-attacks-on-human-rights-defenders-and-activists#When:15:54:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexican human rights defenders have been under attack over the past weeks. The murders of Nepomuceno Moreno of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD), whose son was forcibly disappeared apparently by government security forces in Sonora]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Asia Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-13T15:54:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dispatches from Obama&#8217;s Other Wars - on Immigrants and Drugs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-other-wars-immigrants-drugs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-other-wars-immigrants-drugs#When:14:16:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama came to office promising immigration reform in his first term. As a candidate and as president, Obama also made it clear that he stood firmly in supporting the “rule of law,” even if the law was overdue for reform]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-06T14:16:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[NAFTA Is Starving Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nafta-starving-mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nafta-starving-mexico#When:12:29:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) became the law of the land, millions of Mexicans have joined the ranks of the hungry]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-21T12:29:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rick Perry Is Just Fine with &#8220;Big Government&#8221; When It Gives Him the Power to Crack Down on Immigrant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/rick-perry-fine-with-big-government-when-gives-him-power-crack-down</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/rick-perry-fine-with-big-government-when-gives-him-power-crack-down#When:11:39:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[More than other border hawks, Rick Perry has infused border security with a populist rage]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-21T11:39:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Cockamamie Iran-Mexico Terrorist Plot]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cockamamie-iran-mexico-terrorist-plot</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cockamamie-iran-mexico-terrorist-plot#When:15:57:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, Oct. 12 the New York Times, USA Today and other papers ran front-page stories about the discovery of a plot by Iranians allegedly associated with the Quds Revolutionary Forces of the government to murder the Saudi ambassador in Washington D.C. by hiring the Mexican drug cartel, the Zetas, to do the job]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-14T15:57:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Unaccountable Private Contractors Pocket Your Tax Dollars Militarizing the Texas Border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/private-contractors-militarizing-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/private-contractors-militarizing-border#When:15:11:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Heavy on outsourcing and lacking documented success, the "Texas model"of border security's features are not original, but borrowed directly from the DHS or the military.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-27T15:11:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Security After 9/11: Ten Years of Waste, Immigrant Crackdowns, and New Drug Wars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-security-after-911-ten-years</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-security-after-911-ten-years#When:10:02:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Prior to the September 11 terrorist attacks, the term "border security" was rarely used. Today, however, it is both a fundamental goal of US domestic security and the defining paradigm for border operations.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-11T10:02:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Failure of Vision US Drug War Turns to International Combat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/failure-of-vision-us-drug-war-turns-to-intl-combat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/failure-of-vision-us-drug-war-turns-to-intl-combat#When:10:15:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime, released in late July by the White House, offers the strategic context for the increasing rhetorical focus of the Obama administration on “transnational crime,” “transnational threats,” and “transnational criminal organizations.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-07T10:15:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aiding Insecurity: Four Years of Mexico&#8217;s Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/aiding_insecurity_four_years_mexicos_drug_war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/aiding_insecurity_four_years_mexicos_drug_war#When:13:31:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico's drug-trafficking organizations constitute a threat to regional security and to US national security, says the US government. Yet the region is becoming less secure and less safe as the result of the security emphasis of US counternarcotics initiatives.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-16T13:31:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Return of the Dinosaurs in Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/return_dinosaurs_mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/return_dinosaurs_mexico#When:13:38:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The first question I get from the foreign press on these elections is: why would the Mexican people choose to return to a party known for authoritarian rule? It isn't a question I can answer completely, but here are a few considerations.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-15T13:38:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Development and Migration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/development_and_migration</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/development_and_migration#When:14:47:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama's speech in El Paso on May 10 put the immigration debate back on the table. In reaffirming his]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-27T14:47:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[In Texas, Obama Faces Test on Border-Wall Promise]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in_texas_obama_faces_test_on_border_wall_promise</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in_texas_obama_faces_test_on_border_wall_promise#When:16:44:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama speaks today about immigration in El Paso, Texas, along the U.S. border with Mexico. Although ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T16:44:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexicans Reject US-Backed Drug Was]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicans_reject_us_backed_drug_was</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicans_reject_us_backed_drug_was#When:16:37:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Mexicans made history on May 8 in a march through the nation’s capital, protesting the war ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T16:37:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Operation Fast and Furious Threatens Scandal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/operation_fast_and_furious_threatens_scandal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/operation_fast_and_furious_threatens_scandal#When:16:51:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels – overseen by US government agents – threatens ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-09T16:51:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building Strategic Alliances in Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/building_strategic_alliances_in_latin_america</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/building_strategic_alliances_in_latin_america#When:11:15:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The drug war has become the Pentagon's main way of occupying and controling Latin America, and to combat this ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-27T11:15:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Beyond Solidarity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/beyond_solidarity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/beyond_solidarity#When:11:33:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In our work, our travels, our crossborder families and friendships, we learn to transit between languages, cultures and contexts to support something deeply human–the will to assert life in the face of violence and brutality.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-21T11:33:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Mexicogate?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_mexicogate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_mexicogate#When:11:41:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels — overseen by U.S. government agents ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-20T11:41:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Securing Arizona]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing_arizona</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing_arizona#When:16:26:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A sense of solidarity led the Tea Party Patriots to Phoenix for their American Policy Summit in February. It’s “our ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-21T16:26:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/protecting-women-human-rights-defenders</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/protecting-women-human-rights-defenders#When:08:19:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Josefina Reyes began her career as a human rights organizer the same way as thousands of women across the]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-09T08:19:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Putting US/Mexico Relations Back on Track&#8230; in Wrong Direction]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/putting-us-mexico-relations-back-on-track-in-wrong-direction</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/putting-us-mexico-relations-back-on-track-in-wrong-direction#When:08:30:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The presidential meeting this week between Mexico's Felipe Calderon and Barack Obama looked from the outside like a hastily arranged exercise in damage control. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-07T08:30:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Napolitano in Texas: Tough Talk, Little Coherence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/napolitano-in-texas-tough-talk-little-coherence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/napolitano-in-texas-tough-talk-little-coherence#When:08:48:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Monday, Jan. 31, I crossed the border to hear Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speak at the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-23T08:48:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Women Lead Latin America&#8217;s Growing Anti-Militarization Movements]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-lead-latin-americas-growing-anti-militarization-movements</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-lead-latin-americas-growing-anti-militarization-movements#When:09:11:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After hopes of a something closer to FDR’s Good Neighbor Policy of (relative) non-intervention, we find ourselves facing a new wave of militarization in Latin America–supported and promoted by the Obama administration.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-25T09:11:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Murdered Women of Juarez]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-murdered-women-of-juarez</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-murdered-women-of-juarez#When:10:12:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Marisela Escobedo’s life changed forever in August 2008 when her 16-year-old daughter Rubi failed to come home. What was left of Rubi’s body was found months later in a dump -- 39 pieces of charred bone.
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      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-19T10:12:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <description><![CDATA[The UN Climate Conference (COP16) in Cancun is turning out to be both anti-climactic and anti-climatic. There will be no major agreement to stop global warming this week
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      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-09T11:32:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Legalizing Marijuana Would Weaken Mexican Drug Cartels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-legalizing-marijuana-would-weaken-mexican-drug-cartels</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-legalizing-marijuana-would-weaken-mexican-drug-cartels#When:15:55:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the months leading up to today's vote on California's Proposition 19 to legalize recreational use of marijuana, opponents of legalization have issued a barrage ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-02T15:55:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Worlds Collide at Cancun Climate Talks]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/worlds-collide-at-cancun-climate-talks</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/worlds-collide-at-cancun-climate-talks#When:16:18:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The debate over climate change generally transpires within the cloistered confines of expensive hotels, executive boardrooms, and diplomatic halls. As seen in the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-27T16:18:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[At War in Texas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/at-war-in-texas</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/at-war-in-texas#When:17:40:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Heads bowed in prayer, we stand at a bucolic spot on the banks of the Rio Grande known by locals as Neely’s Crossing. Like most of West Texas, there is nothing here.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-09-01T17:40:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lethal Force on the Border]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sergio Hernandez Guereca's short life revolved around the U.S.-Mexico border that ultimately led to his death. On June 7, at approximately 6:30 p.m., a U.S. Border ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-18T09:16:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico&#8217;s State of Impunity]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When international human rights observers rounded a curve on a remote road in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, they found the way blocked by boulders. They decided ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-05-11T11:36:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Phase 2 of the Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/phase-2-of-the-drug-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/phase-2-of-the-drug-war#When:11:46:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When the top brass of US and Mexican security met in Mexico City March 24, they took historic steps to ratchet up US involvement in Mexico's failed drug war. At the same time, ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-10T11:46:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Profit At Others&#8217; Expense At Heart Of Issue]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/profit-at-others-expense-at-heart-of-issue</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/profit-at-others-expense-at-heart-of-issue#When:11:43:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Immigration has become a loaded word, arousing an emotional response. In particular, it disregards the historical, political and economic]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-06-02T11:43:18+00:00</dc:date>
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