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Americas Mexico Blog.
The following come from press reports in English and
Spanish:
Guatemala's Otto
Perez Molina calls for drug decriminalization
Fox News Latino:
"Only days after taking office on the promise of an "iron fist"
approach to security, Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina called for a
discussion about decriminalizing drugs.
The former general argued on Mexican television that a
regional strategy for decriminalization should be looked into as soon as
possible. “Here we are speaking from the southern area, where it occurs,
through all the countries like Guatemala that are transit points to Mexico and
the United States," Pérez Molina said, according to El Nuevo Heraldo
newspaper.
Pérez Molina added that Mexican President Felipe Calderón
had made a great effort in combating drug trafficking, but criticized the
United States for not matching Mexico’s effort and for being the world’s
largest drug consumer."
Pérez Molina: La "mano dura" takes a shot at the United States
Calderón meets with
CIA Director to discuss the security agenda
Justice in Mexico:
"President Felipe Calderón met in private today with Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) Director, General David Petraeus, U.S. ambassador in Mexico,
Anthony Wayne, Nobel Prize economist, Nouriel Roubini and members of his
security cabinet. The meeting took place at the presidential residence in Los
Pinos and focused on the security agenda between the two countries.
According to a statement issued from the Office of the
President, Calderón and Petraeus discussed “different topics in the bilateral
agenda and agreed to continue strengthening ties in the area, driven by both
governments.”
Presidential
candidates debate the drug war
The ITT List:
"While the Republican presidential candidates try to shoot down Mitt
Romney before it's too late for them, their conservative counterparts in Mexico
held a relatively genteel debate on Tuesday about the future of that country,
including the U.S.-backed drug war that has claimed over 40,000 victims since
2006. Three "pre-candidates," as they are called, are competing for
the nomination of the right-wing National Action Party (PAN), which will hold
an internal election on February 5th. The general election is July 1st."
... The PAN's candidates are holding firm... in their
insistence that (the war against the cartels) continue. Josefina Vázquez Mota,
a former Secretary of Education and the front-runner for the nomination,
recently said that "there will be no. . .truce with organized crime"
if she is elected. One of her rivals, Senator Santiago Creel, has proposed
continuing the struggle under a centralized Anti-Organized Crime Agency. The
third candidate, ex-Secretary of Housing Ernesto Cordero, said he wants to
lengthen the prison sentences of people convicted of drug-related crimes."
U.S. Ambassador to
Mexico highlights Merida Initiative support for drug abuse prevention
Milenio: "The
U.S. ambassador (to Mexico), Anthony Wayne, emphasized the support of the
Merida Initiative is providing to reduce the demand for drugs in Mexico by
providing $18 million for the National Network Against Addictions and New
Life Centers.
The diplomat met Tuesday with the first lady, Margarita
Zavala, at the official residence of Los Pinos, to talk about drug policy and
support for young migrants. After listening to Zavala talk about how the New
Life Centers help families better cope with the problem of drug abuse,
Ambassador Wayne said "there is no doubt that New Life has saved many
lives and changed so many countless others. We are proud to support this
campaign through the Merida Initiative. "
The New Life campaign includes prevention and education at
different levels for millions of children and adolescents as well as training
for more than half a million health workers, teachers, coaches, and other first
responders to drug abuse."
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